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コレクトリンが腎臓のアミノ酸輸送に果たす重要な役割
Ursula Danilczyk1, Renu Sarao, Christine Remy
1IMBA, Institute for Molecular Biotechnology of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Bohr-Gasse 3, A-1030, Vienna, Austria.
Nature
|December 15, 2006
まとめ
コレクトリン (Collectrin) は,ACE2遺伝子に近いタンパク質で,腎臓機能に不可欠です. ネズミの体内には含まれていないため,アミノ酸の吸収に重大な欠陥が生じ,トランスポーターのダウンレギュレーションが起こります.
科学分野:
- ネフロロジーはネフロロジーを用います.
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
背景:
- アンジオテンシン変換酵素2 (ACE2) はレニン-アンジオテンシン系を調節し,肺機能不全,心臓血管機能,SARS感染症に関与しています.
- コレクトリン (Tmem27) は,ACE2の同型遺伝子で,ACE2の場所の近くに位置し,in vivoの機能は不明である.
研究 の 目的:
- コレクトリンのインビボ機能を調査する.
- 腎臓のアミノ酸輸送におけるコレクトリンの役割を決定する.
主な方法:
- ネズミのコレクトリン遺伝子の標的型破壊.
- 腎臓のアミノ酸吸収とアピカルアミノ酸トランスポーター発現の分析.
- クセノプス・オオサイトとマディン・ダービー犬の腎臓 (MDCK) 細胞におけるコレクトリンの発現は,アミノ酸トランスポーターBに及ぼす影響を評価するためである.
主要な成果:
- コレクトリン欠乏症のマウスは,腎臓のアミノ酸吸収に深刻な欠陥を示した.
- この欠陥は,腎臓におけるアピカルアミノ酸トランスポーターのダウンレギュレーションに起因する.
- コレクトリンは複数のアピカルトランスポーターと結合し,新しいグループを定義することが判明しました.
- コレクトリン発現は,実験システムでトランスポーターB ((0) AT1によってアミノ酸の輸送を強化した.
結論:
- コレクトリンは腎臓のアミノ酸吸収の重要な調節剤です.
- コレクトリンは,アミノ酸トランスポーターを調節することによって,腎臓の機能に重要な役割を果たします.
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