プラズマ膜チャンネルタンパク質,ギャップ・ジャンクション・コネクシン43のマルチサブユニット・アセンブリは,ERからの脱出後に発生する
1Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115.
Cell
|September 24, 1993
まとめ
コネキシン43 (Cx43) モノメアは細胞内,特にトランスゴルギネットワークでチャネルを形成する. この組み立てプロセスは,他の膜タンパク質とは異なり,エンドプラズマの網膜からゴルギへの輸送を必要とします.
科学分野:
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
背景:
- Connexin43 (Cx43) は,脊椎動物細胞のギャップ・ジャンクションを形成する鍵となる統合性プラズマ膜タンパク質である.
- ギャップ・ジャンクションは,小分子やイオンの通過を可能にすることで,直接の細胞間通信を促進します.
研究 の 目的:
- ギャップ・ジャンクション・アセンブリの初期段階:Cx43モノマーのコネクソン・チャネルへのオリゴメリゼーションを調査する.
- Cx43コネクソンアセンブリの細胞内位置と輸送要件を決定する.
主な方法:
- タンパク質複合体を分離するためにサクラロスのグラデント分化.
- 相互作用するCx43モノマーを識別するための化学的クロスリンク.
- エンドプラズマ網膜 (ER) からゴルギへの輸送を阻害するには,特定の反応剤と温度変化を使用します.
- 分泌に欠陥があるCHO細胞変異体の分析.
主要な成果:
- Cx43コネクソンアセンブリは,ER-to-Golgi輸送を阻害することによって,特にブロックされました.
- カーボニルシアン化物m-クロロフェニルヒドラゾンやブレフェルディンAなどの阻害剤,低温はCx43のオリゴメリゼーションを止めました.
- コネクソン・アセンブリは細胞内,主にトランス・ゴルギ・ネットワーク内に位置していた.
- この組み立て経路は,他の統合性プラズマ膜タンパク質と異なる.
結論:
- Cx43ギャップ・ジャンクション・アセンブリは,トランス・ゴルギ・ネットワークで発生する,ポスト-ER経路に従っています.
- 細胞内輸送とCx43のオリゴメリゼーションは密接に関連しています.
- この研究は,統合膜タンパク質の組み立てのユニークなメカニズムと,細胞内密輸との関係を明らかにしています.
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