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メタロプロテインアース分解は,腫瘍死滅因子αを細胞から放出するメタロプロテインアース分解です
R A Black1, C T Rauch, C J Kozlosky
1Immunex Corporation, Seattle, Washington 98101, USA. rblack@immunex.com
Nature
|February 20, 1997
まとめ
研究者らは,新しい酵素であるTNF-α変換酵素 (TACE) を特定し,腫瘍死滅因子-alpha. TACEを阻害すると,溶解性TNF-αの生成が低下し,新しい治療戦略の道が開けます.
科学分野:
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
背景:
- 哺乳類の細胞は,表面タンパク質の細胞外領域を放出し,細胞機能を変化させ,調節因子を放出します.
- 溶性腫瘍死滅因子アルファ (TNF-alpha) の放出は,重要な炎症プロセスである.
- メタロプロテインゼは,阻害剤の研究で示唆されているように,TNF-αの脱落に関与しています.
研究 の 目的:
- 前駆体TNF-alpha.を分裂させるメタルプロテインアースを特定し,特徴づけること.
- 溶性TNF-α生成におけるこの酵素の役割を調査する.
- この酵素を治療的介入に利用する可能性を調査する.
主な方法:
- 新しい金属タンパク質酵素の浄化とクローン化.
- マウス細胞における遺伝子不活性化で,TNF-αの分泌におけるその役割を評価する.
- 酵素活性を確認するための生化学的分析.
主要な成果:
- TNF-α変換酵素 (TACE) と呼ばれるメタルプロテインーゼを浄化し,クローン化しました.
- TACEは特異的にTNF-alpha.前駆体を分割する.
- TACE遺伝子の非活性化により,マウス細胞における溶解性TNF-αの生成が著しく減少した.
結論:
- TACEは,TNF-alpha.の分泌における重要な酵素である.
- TACEはアダマリシン (ADAM) 家族に属し,このタンパク質クラスの新しい触媒機能を明らかにしています.
- これらの発見は,TNF-αの放出阻害剤の開発を促進し,タンパク質の流出におけるアダマリシンの役割を示唆しています.
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