ビート・ホッグ・デュベ症候群の根底にあるのは,基質特異的なmTORC1経路である
Gennaro Napolitano1,2, Chiara Di Malta1, Alessandra Esposito1
1Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine (TIGEM), Naples, Italy.
Nature
|July 3, 2020
まとめ
ラパミシン複合体1 (mTORC1) のメカニズムの標的は,Rag GTPase依存の経路経由で転写因子EB (TFEB) をリン酸化し,mTORC1のシグナル伝達における基板特異性のメカニズムを発見した. この経路はビート・ホッグ・デュベ症候群の 重要な経路です
科学分野:
- 細胞生物学
- 分子生物学
- 生物化学
背景:
- ラパミシン複合体1 (mTORC1) のメカニズム的標的は,細胞の代謝と成長の中心的調節剤である.
- mTORC1が様々な刺激に反応して,その基質を差別的にリン酸化する方法を理解することは,細胞の信号伝達経路を理解するために極めて重要です.
研究 の 目的:
- mTORC1の酸化の基質特異性を調査する.
- mTORC1基板選択を媒介するRag GTPasesの役割を明らかにする.
- ビート・ホッグ・デュベ症候群における このメカニズムの影響を探る
主な方法:
- mTORC1基質のリン酸化を生物化学的測定を用いて調査した.
- Rag GTPasesとRHEBの遺伝子操作を利用した
- ビート・ホッグ・デュベ症候群の マウスモデルを分析した
主要な成果:
- トランスクリプション因子EB (TFEB) をmTORC1によってRag GTPase依存メカニズムによってリン酸化される基質として特定した.
- mTORC1によるTFEB酸化は,S6Kと4E-BP1のような他の基板とは異なり,RagC/Dに依存しているが,RHEBには無感性であることが示された.
- ビート・ホッグ・デュベ症候群のマウスモデルでは,構成TFEBの活性化が腎臓の異常とmTORC1の過剰活性化を誘発することを示した.
- 罹患した腎臓のTFEBの減少は疾患のフェノタイプを回復させ,mTORC1の活動を正常化させた.
結論:
- Rag GTPasesによって媒介されるmTORC1基板特異性の新しいメカニズム,特にTFEBを発見した.
- このTFEBのリン酸化経路の調節不良は,腎臓のキストや癌を含むBirt- Hogg- Dubé症候群の病原性に関与しています.
- ターゲティングTFEBは,Birt-Hogg-Dubé症候群の治療の可能性を提供します.
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