C9orf72における GGGGCC 繰り返し膨張は,核細胞質輸送を危うくする
Brian D Freibaum1, Yubing Lu2, Rodrigo Lopez-Gonzalez2
1Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105, USA.
Nature
|August 27, 2015
まとめ
C9orf72のGGGGCC (G4C2) 繰り返し膨張は,核輸送を妨害することによって神経変性を引き起こす. この研究は,C9orf72に関連する疾患における重要なメカニズムとして核毛孔複合体の欠陥を特定しています.
科学分野:
- 神経科学
- 遺伝学
- 細胞生物学
背景:
- C9orf72 GGGGCC (G4C2) リピート拡張は,アミオトロフィック横筋硬化症とフロントテンポラル認知症の主要な遺伝的原因です.
- C9orf72に関連する神経変性疾患の正確な病原性メカニズムは,ほとんど不明である.
研究 の 目的:
- トランスジェニック・フライモデルを用いてG4C2の繰り返し膨張の細胞および分子的影響を調査する.
- G4C2の再発に伴う毒性を変化させる遺伝的要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- 異なる長さのG4C2リピートトランスクリプトを表現するトランスジェニックのDrosophila melanogasterの生成.
- G4C2の重複毒性の変異因子を特定するための大規模遺伝子スクリーニング
- 核包膜の形態と核細胞体輸送のインビトロおよびインビボ分析
主要な成果:
- トランスジェニックのハエは,投与量および繰り返しの長さに依存する神経変性およびダイペプチド繰り返しのタンパク質生成を示した.
- 遺伝子スクリーンは,核毛孔複合体の機能と核細胞質輸送に関与する18の変形剤を特定した.
- 拡張されたG4C2の繰り返しは,核包膜の異常と,フライとヒトの細胞の両方のRNAの輸出を損なった.
結論:
- C9orf72 G4C2の繰り返し膨張は,核孔欠陥を通じた核細胞プラズマ輸送を直接危うくする.
- 核輸送の障害は,C9orf72に関連する神経変性における新しい病原性メカニズムを表しています.
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