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帕拉纤维素/Hyrax通过与β-catenin/Armadillo直接关联来激活Wnt/Wg目标基因转录
Christian Mosimann1, George Hausmann, Konrad Basler
1National Research Center Frontiers in Genetics, Institut für Molekularbiologie, Universität Zürich, Winterthurerstrasse 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland.
Cell
|April 25, 2006
概括
研究人员发现,PAF1复合体的一部分Hyrax/Parafibromin对于Wnt信号传输至关重要. 这种蛋白质将β-catenin与基因转录联系起来,揭示了控制Wnt目标基因的新机制.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- Wnt信号通路调节基本的细胞过程,包括细胞命运的决定,组织稳态和癌症的发展.
- 激活Wnt通路涉及β-catenin与核TCF/LEF蛋白结合,从而导致向基因转录.
- 核β-catenin调节转录控制的精确机制在很大程度上仍未定义.
研究的目的:
- 确定Wnt/Wg途径中介于β-catenin的转录结果的新组件.
- 阐明核β-catenin控制基因转录的分子机制.
主要方法:
- 在Drosophila中进行遗传选,以识别新的Wnt/Wg通路组件.
- 生物化学测试以确定β-catenin,Hyrax/Parafibromin和Pygopus之间的蛋白质与蛋白质相互作用.
- 对响应Wnt通路调节的转录激活和基因表达的分析.
主要成果:
- 多菌Hyrax和其人类正系原体Parafibromin,是聚合酶相关因子1 (PAF1) 综合体的组成部分,被确定为新型Wnt/Wg通路组件.
- 黑/甲直接与β-catenin/Armadillo的C端区域结合,对于Wnt/Wg信号的核转移至关重要.
- 帕拉纤维素/海拉克斯的交换活化能力取决于Pygopus对β-catenin/Armadillo的招募,在Wnt信号复合体和PAF1复合体之间建立直接联系.
结论:
- 瘤抑制剂Parafibromin在Wnt信号传递中发挥了以前未知的作用.
- 提出了一种用于Wnt目标基因控制的分子机制,涉及核Wnt信号复合体对PAF1复合体的直接参与.
- 这种相互作用促进了RNA聚合酶II对转录启动和延长的控制,为Wnt通路调节提供了新的见解.
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