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Detection of Alternative Splicing During Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition
Published on: October 9, 2014
代替スプライシングは,筋肉と脳で分泌されるN-CAMの形態を生成します
H J Gower1, C H Barton, V L Elsom
1Institute of Neurology, London, England.
Cell
|December 23, 1988
まとめ
研究者らは,ヒトの骨格筋における神経細胞粘着分子 (N-CAM) の新しい分泌された同型を発見した. この発見は,細胞結合を超えて,N-CAMの既知の機能を拡張し,細胞外マトリックス相互作用を含みます.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
背景:
- 神経細胞粘着分子 (N-CAM) は,複数の膜関連イソフォームに存在する.
- N-CAMの機能は,主に細胞間粘着と関連しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 新しく分泌されるN-CAMイソフォームの構造を解明するために.
- この新しい同型体の遺伝的基礎と発現を調査する.
- 分泌されたN-CAM.の機能的影響を調査する.
主な方法:
- 人間の骨格筋のN-CAM mRNAのcDNA分析.
- エクソン構造を特定するためのゲノムクローン分析.
- 特定のmRNA種を検出するための北極点分析.
- アイソフォームの発現と局所化を研究するために,細胞系を安定的に変異させる.
主要な成果:
- N-CAM遺伝子内の新しい配列ブロックは,早期の終了を経由して,分泌された同型を作り出します.
- この分泌されるアイソフォームは,骨格筋と脳の5.2kbのmRNAと特異的に関連しています.
- 分泌されたイソフォームを発現する感染した細胞は,それを細胞内に蓄積し,細胞表面発現した脂質尾のN-CAMと異なり,媒質に放出します.
結論:
- 新しく分泌されるN-CAM同型は,ヒトのN-CAM遺伝子のユニークなエクソンから発生します.
- このアイソフォームは,骨格筋と脳組織に特異的に発現しています.
- 分泌されるN-CAMイソフォームの発見は,細胞結合を超えた役割を示唆し,細胞外マトリックス相互作用を潜在的に含む.
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