通过电子断层扫描解脱脱体结
Wanzhong He1, Pamela Cowin, David L Stokes
1Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, 540 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016, USA..
概括
细胞粘附涉及卡德林分子在粘附结和脱酶体中的粘附. 这项研究可视化了卡德林尖端的相互作用,揭示了细胞粘附和通信的灵活机制.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 结构生物学是结构生物学.
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
背景情况:
- 细胞粘附对于组织完整性至关重要,通过细胞结节 (如粘附结节和脱体) 介导.
- 卡德林相互作用是细胞粘附特异性和机制的核心,但它们的精确分子接口仍在争论中.
研究的目的:
- 为了可视化在desmosomes内cadherin分子的in situ组织.
- 为了阐明基底的分子机制,卡德林介导的细胞粘附特异性和动态.
主要方法:
- 在嵌入塑料的新生儿小鼠皮肤部分上利用电子断层扫描.
- 生成高分辨率的三维地图的desmosome结构.
- 集成的C-cadherin晶体结构数据与断层扫描图.
主要成果:
- 揭示了在德斯莫索姆内分离的集群中组织的单独的卡德林分子.
- 证明了在它们的尖端发生的卡德林相互作用.
- 确定了一种灵活的分子间接口,涉及氨基末端托芬交换.
结论:
- 提出了一种通过柔性尖端相互作用调解的卡德林cis和trans相互作用的新机制.
- 突出了这种灵活性在沿细胞结点传播粘合力的作用.
- 提供了对德斯莫索姆功能分子基础的新结构见解.
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