HuR

Ying Huai1,2,3,4, Xue Wang1,2,3, Wenjing Mao1,2,3

  • 1Lab for Bone Metabolism, Xi'an Key Laboratory of Special Medicine and Health Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.

Aging cell
|February 20, 2024
PubMed

加齢は骨芽細胞の機能と骨代謝回転を低下させ、加齢に伴う骨変性を引き起こす。ストレス顆粒(SG)は、RNA結合タンパク質(RBP)の集積を介してストレスに応答して形成される膜のないオルガネラであり、加齢性疾患における新たなメカニズムとして注目されている。本研究では、骨に関連するRBPとして、SGに凝集し、加齢過程における骨形成を促進するHuRを同定した。骨芽細胞の分化に伴いHuR陽性のSG形成が増加し、HuRの過剰発現は、老化骨芽細胞で見られるSG形成の減少を軽減した。さらに、HuRは標的であるβ-カテニンに結合してSGへリクルートすることで、そのmRNAの安定性と発現を正に調節していた。潜在的な治療ターゲットとして、HuR活性化剤であるアピゲニン(API)はHuRの発現を高め、これにより骨芽細胞の分化を助けた。API処理はHuRの核外輸送を増加させ、HuR陽性SGへのβ-カテニンのリクルートを強化し、β-カテニンの核内移行を促進することで、骨形成に寄与した。以上の知見は、骨格の加齢過程における骨形成の促進におけるHuRとそのSGの役割を明らかにするものであり、加齢に伴う骨格疾患に対する新たな治療戦略の基礎となる。

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