細胞間交換と病原体の栄養のための砂糖トランスポーター
Li-Qing Chen1, Bi-Huei Hou, Sylvie Lalonde
1Department of Plant Biology, Carnegie Institution for Science, 260 Panama St, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Nature
|November 26, 2010
まとめ
研究者らは,植物や動物におけるグルコース輸送に不可欠なSWEET糖流出輸送体を特定した. 病原体は,これらのトランスポーターを悪性のために利用し,生物学的プロセスにおける重要な役割を強調します.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 植物科学 植物科学について
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
背景:
- 糖流出輸送体は,動物や植物のグルコースホメオスタシスに不可欠です.
- これらのトランスポーターの特定の分子同一性は,この研究の前に未知のままでした.
研究 の 目的:
- 糖流出輸送体の分子同一性を特定し,特徴づけること.
- 植物の発達と病原体の相互作用におけるこれらのトランスポーターの役割を調査する.
主な方法:
- 光学的なグルコースセンサを使用して,新しい砂糖輸送機を特定しました.
- アラビドプシス,米,C.elegans,そして人間を含む異なる種間の同類を分析した.
- 特定のSWEETタンパク質が花粉の生存能力と病原体の毒性における機能を調査した.
主要な成果:
- 糖質の輸送を媒介するSWEETと呼ばれる新しい糖質輸送器のクラスを特定しました.
- 特定のSWEETタンパク質は花粉の生命力 (アラビドプシスSWEET8) に不可欠であり,病原体 (米SWEET11とSWEET14) の標的となっていることが実証されました.
- SWEET遺伝子発現の病原体および共生体誘導が観察され,栄養上の利益のために搾取することを示唆しています.
結論:
- SWEETトランスポーターは,グルコース輸送に不可欠であり,多様な生物学的役割を持っています.
- 病原体や共生体は,SWEETトランスポーターを直接標的とし,宿主-微生物の相互作用におけるその重要性を示している.
- メタゾアンのSWEETの同類は,様々な哺乳類の細胞タイプにおける砂糖流出に役割を果たしている可能性が高い.
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