細胞のプリオンタンパク質は,生体内で銅と結合する
1Department of Neuropathology, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany.
Nature
|December 31, 1997
まとめ
細胞のプリオンタンパク質 (PrPC) は脳内の銅 (Cu) を結合する. PrPC遺伝子を消去したマウスは,銅のレベルが低下し,細胞機能が変化することを示し,PrPCは生体内で銅結合タンパク質として作用することを示しています.
科学分野:
- 神経科学は神経科学である.
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
- プリオン生物学の学科
背景:
- 正常細胞プリオンタンパク質 (PrPC) は,BSEやCJDのような神経変性疾患を引き起こす病原性形態 (PrPSc) の前駆体として関与しています.
- PrPCアミノ端のオクタペプチドの繰り返し領域は,哺乳類全体で高度に保存されています.
研究 の 目的:
- PrPCと銅イオン (Cu) の相互作用を調査する.
- PrPC-銅結合の生理学的関連性を in vivoで決定するために.
主な方法:
- 銅の含有量と細胞のフェノタイプを評価するために,PrPC遺伝子除去された (Prnp0/0) マウスを使用しました.
- 中性pHでPrPCアミノ端末ドメインの銅結合親和性と協同性を分析した.
- 脳抽出物の様々なサブセルラー分数の銅濃度を調べた.
主要な成果:
- PrPCのアミノ端末ドメインが,5〜6箇所でCu (II) を結合し,正の協力性を示した.
- Prnp0/0マウスの脳抽出物,シナプトソーマ,エンドソーム濃縮分子の銅含有量が著しく低下した.
- Prnp0/0マウスの細胞フェノタイプが変化し,銅/亜鉛超酸化物ディスミュータゼの活性が低下し,電気生理学的反応が変化したと報告されています.
結論:
- PrPCは生体内で銅結合タンパク質 (Cu-metalloprotein) として機能する.
- PrPCと銅の相互作用は細胞機能に影響を与え,プリオン関連疾患に関連している可能性があります.
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