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アポトーシスの減少とシトクロームc媒介のカスパース活性化が,カスパース9を欠いたマウスで示された
K Kuida1, T F Haydar, C Y Kuan
1Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Cell
|August 26, 1998
まとめ
カスパース9 (Casp9) は,細胞死カスケードの開始に不可欠です. マウスの遺伝子ターゲティングにより,Casp9は脳の発達とカスパース活性化中のアポトーシスに不可欠であることが明らかになった.
科学分野:
- 細胞生物学 細胞生物学
- 発達生物学 発達生物学とは
- 分子遺伝学 分子遺伝学
背景:
- カスパスは,哺乳類におけるプログラム細胞死 (アポトーシス) の主要な実行者です.
- カスパースカスケードを開始する正確な上流アクティベーターは,まだ完全に理解されていません.
- カスパース9 (Casp9) は,カスパースのイニシアター候補である.
研究 の 目的:
- カスパースカスケードの上流アクティベーターとしてのカスパース9 (Casp9) の役割を調査する.
- 哺乳類のアポトーシスにおけるCasp9のインビボ機能を決定する.
主な方法:
- マウスの遺伝子ターゲティングで,Casp9のノックアウトモデルを作成します.
- Casp9欠乏マウスにおける胚性脳発達とアポトーシスの分析.
- カスパースの活性化とチモサイトと細胞抽出物の分裂の評価.
主要な成果:
- Casp9ノックアウトマウスは,減少したアポトーシスによる重度の脳変形とともに,生前死亡率を示しています.
- Casp9の消去は,胚の脳におけるCasp3の活性化を阻害する.
- Casp9欠乏細胞はアポトーシスに抵抗性を示し,Casp3のような分裂とDNAの断片化がない.
結論:
- カスパース9 (Casp9) は,カスパースカスケードの重要な上流アクティベーターである.
- Casp9は,哺乳類の脳発達中のアポトーシスの調節に不可欠な役割を果たしています.
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