核外的芽使得在突触Wnt信号传递过程中能够输出大型核蛋白颗粒
Sean D Speese1, James Ashley, Vahbiz Jokhi
1Department of Neurobiology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, 01605, USA.
Cell
|May 15, 2012
概括
含有突触转录的大型核糖蛋白 (RNP) 颗粒聚集在突触后核中. 这些核RNP颗粒通过核包膜芽,一种新的出口途径,从细胞中退出.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
背景情况:
- 局部蛋白质合成对于细胞功能至关重要.
- 对于运输至关重要的大型核糖蛋白 (RNP) 颗粒的组装地点以前是未知的.
- 突触发育涉及特定蛋白质转录物的运输.
研究的目的:
- 为了确定大型RNP颗粒组合的细胞位置.
- 阐明这些大型RNP颗粒的核出口机制.
主要方法:
- 免疫光显微镜可视化RNP焦点.
- 核出口路径的分析.
- 西方涂抹检测蛋白质酸化.
主要成果:
- DFrizzled2,一个Wnt-1受体片段,在后突触核内形成大型RNP颗粒.
- 这些核RNP颗粒含有突触蛋白转录.
- RNP颗粒通过一个涉及核外的芽机制从核中退出,类似于病毒的退出.
- 核外的芽取决于A型层的酸化.
结论:
- 后突触核作为大型RNP颗粒的聚集点.
- 核包裹的芽代表了出口大型RNP颗粒的内生途径.
- 该机制为核出口及其监管提供了新的见解.
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