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DNAダメージ経路は,NKG2D受容体の先天的な免疫系リガンドを調節する
Stephan Gasser1, Sandra Orsulic, Eric J Brown
1Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Cancer Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3200, USA.
Nature
|July 5, 2005
まとめ
DNA損傷反応経路は,病気の細胞のNKG2Dリガンドを上位に調節する. このメカニズムは,ATMとATRキナーゼを含む免疫系を潜在的に危険な細胞に警告します.
科学分野:
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
背景:
- NKG2Dのような先天性免疫受容体は,未知のメカニズムを通じて,病気の細胞の自己分子を認識します.
- NKG2Dは,自然キラー細胞と活性化されたCD8 ((+)) T細胞で発現する.
研究 の 目的:
- 病気の細胞でNKG2Dリガンドが上調されるメカニズムを解明する.
- NKG2Dリガンド発現におけるDNA損傷反応経路の役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- 遺伝子毒性ストレスを利用し,細胞系におけるDNA複製を停止した.
- ATR,ATM,Chk1キナーゼの薬理学的および遺伝的阻害を働かせている.
- 腫瘍細胞系におけるATMを標的とした短い干渉RNAを使用した.
主要な成果:
- 遺伝子毒性ストレスとDNA複製の停止は,マウスとヒトの非腫瘍細胞系におけるNKG2Dリガンドを上位調節した.
- ATR,ATM,またはChk1の阻害は,リガンドのアップレギュレーションを防止しました.
- 腫瘍細胞系における構成リガンド発現を減少させたsiRNAをATMに標的とした.
結論:
- ATRとATMによって開始されるDNA損傷反応経路は,NKG2Dリガンドを上調する.
- この経路の慢性的な活性化は,腫瘍細胞におけるリガンド発現を誘導する可能性がある.
- DNA損傷反応は,免疫系に危険な細胞を警告する可能性がある.
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