核毛孔复合体的年龄依赖性恶化导致转移后细胞的核完整性丧失
Maximiliano A D'Angelo1, Marcela Raices, Siler H Panowski
1Salk Institute for Biological Studies, Molecular and Cell Biology Laboratory, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Cell
|January 27, 2009
概括
核孔复合体 (NPC) 在分化的细胞中具有长寿命,与分裂细胞不同. 衰老导致NPC损伤,增加核透性,并表明NPC在衰老过程中发挥了作用.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 衰老研究研究 衰老研究
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 核孔复合体 (NPC) 对于核细胞质运输至关重要.
- 在细胞分裂 (线粒分裂) 过程中,NPCs分解和重新组装.
- 在非分裂 (转移后) 细胞中NPCs的命运和稳定性在很大程度上仍然未被描述.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究NPC在分化后转移细胞中的循环和稳定性.
- 为了确定NPC是否经历与年龄相关的变化.
- 探索NPC在衰老过程中发生变化的功能后果.
主要方法:
- 利用技术追踪在分化的细胞中核素 (NPC成分) 的稳定性.
- 在不同年龄的细胞中评估NPC完整性和核透性.
- 研究了核波林在老化细胞中的氧化损伤状态.
主要成果:
- 核孔复合物 (NPCs) 在分化细胞中不表现出循环;支架核孔复合物在细胞的整个寿命中异常稳定.
- 一个NPC组件的子集 (例如,Nup153,Nup50) 经历了持续的交换.
- 衰老与NPC恶化,核透性增加和细胞质蛋白质进入核中的泄漏有关.
- 在老化的细胞中观察到核氨酸的氧化损伤.
结论:
- 核孔复合体是分化的细胞中非常稳定的结构.
- 核电池经历了与年龄有关的损伤,有助于增加核透性.
- 在NPC积累的损伤是细胞衰老的一个重要事件.
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