Tankyrase-1媒介のPARsylationはTFEBパートナー切り替えを指示し、選択的なWnt標的遺伝子発現を調節する
Gahyeon Song1, Chanhyeok Park2, Eek-Hoon Jho1
1Department of Life Science, University of Seoul, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Molecules and cells
|January 10, 2026
まとめ
Wntシグナル伝達は転写因子TFEBを再プログラムする
科学分野:
- 細胞生物学
- 分子生物学
- 遺伝学
背景:
- Wnt/β-カテニンシグナル伝達は、発生および癌における遺伝子発現を調節する。
- リソソーム生合成およびオートファジーのマスターレギュレーターであるTFEBは、一部のWnt標的遺伝子においてWnt誘導性共同レギュレーターとして機能する。
- TFEBのWntシグナル伝達への選択的関与のメカニズムは、以前は不明であった。
研究 の 目的:
- Wntシグナル伝達がTFEBの転写活性を調節する分子メカニズムを解明すること。
- TFEBがWnt標的遺伝子に選択的に関与する方法を調査すること。
主な方法:
- Wnt3a刺激後のTFEBとTCF-1/LEF-1の相互作用を研究した。
- TFEBの塩基性ヘリックスループヘリックス(bHLH)およびロイシンジッパー(LZ)ドメインが欠損した変異体を利用した。
- Tankyrase-1(TNKS1)媒介のTFEBのPARsylationを調査した。
- PARsylation欠損TFEB変異体がWnt-TFEB標的遺伝子の発現に及ぼす影響を評価した。
主要な成果:
- Wnt3a刺激はTFEBとTCF-1/LEF-1の相互作用を促進し、TFEBのbHLHおよびLZドメインを必要とする。
- Wntシグナル伝達はTFEBホモ二量体化を低下させ、TNKS1を介してbHLHドメイン内の特定のロイシン残基(K237、K274)でTFEBのPARsylationを誘導する。
- PARsylation欠損TFEB変異体はTCF-1/LEF-1に結合できず、Wnt-TFEB標的遺伝子の発現を誘導できない。
結論:
- TFEBの新規PARsylation依存性パートナー切り替えメカニズムを明らかにした。
- Wntシグナル伝達は、ホモ二量体からTCF-1/LEF-1複合体への結合親和性を変化させることにより、TFEBの転写出力を再プログラムする。
- このメカニズムは、Wnt媒介転写制御における新たな調節層を強調する。
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