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Published on: October 8, 2012
bcl-2 抑制了多种形式的亡,但并未抑制发细胞中的负选择
C L Sentman1, J R Shutter, D Hockenbery
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110.
Cell
|November 29, 1991
概括
在发育中的T细胞中,bcl-2蛋白质可以防止被编程的细胞死亡 (细胞亡). 将bcl-2重定向到不成熟的胸细胞保护它们免受亡,但并没有完全阻止T细胞选择,揭示了不同的死亡途径.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
背景情况:
- 大多数胸细胞在胸腺皮层的T细胞发育过程中经历了编程细胞死亡 (细胞亡).
- bcl-2蛋白质是一种亡抑制剂,通常存在于胸膜髓中的成熟T细胞中.
- 对于bcl-2在胸细胞亡和T细胞选择中的确切作用仍需得到充分阐明.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究bcl-2在调节节程细胞死亡中的作用.
- 为了确定BCL-2表达是否影响T细胞成熟和选择过程在胸腺.
主要方法:
- 产生转基因小鼠,在皮质胸细胞中重定向bcl-2表达.
- 评估对各种刺激 (葡萄糖皮质类药物,辐射,抗CD3抗体) 的反应中的胸细胞亡.
- 对T细胞成熟标志物 (CD4,CD8,CD3) 和克隆缺失的分析.
主要成果:
- 宫外bcl-2表达保护不成熟的CD4+8+小胞细胞免受多种亡刺激.
- bcl-2改变了T细胞的成熟,导致CD3hi和CD4-8+胸细胞的百分比增加.
- 识别内源超抗原的T细胞的克隆删除并没有被bcl-2表达完全废除.
结论:
- 在T细胞发育过程中,bcl-2蛋白在预防乳细胞亡中发挥着重要作用.
- 胸腺内存在多个不同的亡途径,它们因它们对bcl-2的依赖而有所区别.
- bcl-2 影响T细胞成熟,但并不能取代胆小板中的所有选择性死亡信号.
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