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保存的MicroRNAmiR-8/miR-200及其目标USH/FOG2通过调节PI3KK来控制生长
Seogang Hyun1, Jung Hyun Lee, Hua Jin
1School of Biological Sciences and National Creative Research Center, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-742, Korea.
Cell
|December 17, 2009
概括
一个微RNA (miR-8) 和它的标 (USH) 通过控制胰岛素信号传递来调节虫的体型. 这一发现揭示了对生长调节的新见解,以及对衰老和癌症的潜在作用.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
背景情况:
- 确定体型是一个基本的生物学问题,其调节机制在很大程度上是未知的.
- 胰岛素信号在生长和新陈代谢中起着至关重要的作用.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定Drosophila.体型测定中的新型调节者.
- 阐明体型控制背后的分子机制.
- 为了研究已识别的调节剂在人类中所保留的作用.
主要方法:
- 产生的miR-8无Drosophila melanogaster突变的突变物.
- 进行脂肪体特异表达和克隆分析.
- 对和人类基因同类进行了比较分析.
- 研究了FOG2与PI3K子单元的相互作用.
主要成果:
- miR-8无的飞体型较小,体脂中的胰岛素信号受损.
- 发现miR-8可以激活PI3K,促进细胞自主脂肪细胞生长和非细胞自主生物体生长.
- USH被确定为Drosophila中的miR-8的直接标,FOG2是miR-200准的人类同类.
- USH/FOG2 抑制PI3K活动,抑制了两种物种的细胞生长.
- FOG2直接与p85alpha结合,干扰PI3K复合体的形成.
结论:
- 一个保存的微RNA (miR-8/miR-200) 和它的基因 (USH/FOG2) 途径通过调节胰岛素信号来调节身体大小.
- 这一途径在细胞和生物体生长中起着关键作用.
- 这些发现表明,对青少年的成长,衰老和癌症有潜在的影响.
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