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Isolation and Th17 Differentiation of Naïve CD4 T Lymphocytes
Published on: September 26, 2013
一个STAT3棕化循环促进TH17分化和结肠炎
Mingming Zhang1,2, Lixing Zhou3, Yuejie Xu4
1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
STAT3蛋白棕化调节了T辅助细胞的分化. 这种由DHHC7和APT2酶控制的可逆变异为炎症性肠病 (IBD) 提供了潜在的治疗点.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学
- 细胞信号传输
- 免疫学
背景情况:
- 囊类棕化 (S-棕化) 是一种可逆的翻译后修饰,影响蛋白质功能.
- 在特定的生物过程中S-palmitoylation的精确调节仍然在很大程度上是未知的.
- STAT3是T助手17 (TH17) 细胞分化的一个关键刺激剂.
研究的目的:
- 研究S-palmitoylation在调节STAT3功能和TH17细胞分化中的作用.
- 确定参与STAT3的棕化和脱棕化酶.
- 探索针对IBD等炎症性疾病的治疗潜力.
主要方法:
- 在氨酸108中研究了STAT3 S-palmitoylation.
- 鉴定DHHC7为棕甲基转移酶和乙基蛋白硫酶2 (APT2) 为STAT3的脱棕甲基酶.
- 使用小鼠炎症性肠病 (IBD) 模型来测试治疗干预措施.
主要成果:
- 通过DHHC7介导的STAT3的棕化促进了其膜招募和化.
- 通过APT2介导的p-STAT3脱化促进其核转移,增强TH17细胞的分化.
- 在小鼠模型中,抑制APT2或DHHC7 (通过Zdhhc7淘汰) 改善了IBD症状.
结论:
- 一个STAT3棕化-脱棕化循环关键调节TH17细胞分化.
- 针对DHHC7或APT2代表了炎症性肠病的潜在治疗策略.
- 这项研究提供了S-palmitoylation如何调节细胞信号通路的模型.
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