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Ca2+応答の振幅と持続時間によって誘発される転写因子の微分活性化
R E Dolmetsch1, R S Lewis, C C Goodnow
1Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and Neurosciences Program, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305, USA.
Nature
|April 24, 1997
まとめ
レベルだけでなく,カルシウム信号パターンが,特定の細胞機能を決定する. 異なるカルシウム信号幅度と持続時間は,B型リンパ球におけるNF-kappaB,JNK,NFATのような異なる経路を活性化させます.
科学分野:
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- 免疫学 免疫学とは
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
背景:
- 細胞内カルシウムイオン濃度 ([Ca2+]i) は,粘着,運動性,遺伝子発現,増殖などの重要な細胞機能を調節する.
- カルシウムのシグナル伝達には,一時的,振動,高原を含む多様なパターンがありますが,細胞応答を特定する役割は不明です.
研究 の 目的:
- 異なるカルシウムシグナル伝達パターンがBリンパ球における特定の細胞反応をコードするかどうかを調査する.
- カルシウム信号の振幅と持続時間が,下流の転写レギュレータをどのように差別的に活性化するかを決定する.
主な方法:
- カルシウムシグナル伝達ダイナミクスを研究するためにBリンパ球を使用した.
- 測定された細胞内カルシウムイオン濃度 ([Ca2+]i) の変化.
- NF-kappaB,c-Jun N-ターミナルキナーゼ (JNK),およびNFAT経路の活性化を評価した.
主要な成果:
- カルシウム信号の振幅と持続は,NF-kappaB,JNK,NFATの異なる活性化を制御することが判明しました.
- NF-kappaBとJNKは,大きく,一時的な[Ca2+]i増加によって選択的に活性化されました.
- NFATの活性化は,低水準の持続的なCa2+高原によって特に誘発された.
結論:
- ダウンストリーム効果器は,Ca2+信号の振幅と持続時間で暗号化された情報を解読します.
- このメカニズムは,Ca2+のような多用途のセカンドメッセンジャーが,核に向かってシグナル特異性を達成することを可能にします.
- カルシウム信号のダイナミクスがB細胞の異なる転写結果にどのように変換されるかを示しています.
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