细胞环境塑造了核孔复合结构
Anthony P Schuller1, Matthias Wojtynek2,3, David Mankus4
1Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Nature
|October 14, 2021
概括
人类的核孔综合体 (NPC) 比以前想象的更灵活. 细胞环境对NPC结构和传输通道尺寸有重大影响.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学
- 结构生物学
- 生物物理
背景情况:
- 核孔复合体 (NPC) 是重要的分子机器,促进细胞核和细胞质之间的运输.
- NPC 是由多个核波林组成的大型结构,在中央通道周围排列成不同的环.
- 对于理解核运输法规来说,了解其原生环境中的NPC结构至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在其本地细胞环境中生成人类NPC的高分辨率结构模型.
- 研究细胞环境对NPC架构和尺寸的影响.
- 探索NPC子结构的功能相互依赖.
主要方法:
- DLD-1细胞的冷电子断层扫描 (冷ET).
- 用冷聚焦离子束 (冷FIB) 研磨以制备样本.
- 针对Nup96的降解,以评估环的相互依赖性.
主要成果:
- 与以前的模型相比,人类NPC的新型结构模型揭示了更宽的内环和75%的中央通道体积.
- 观察到核等离子体和细胞等离子体环的重组,以及内环周围的膜不对称.
- 在保持通道尺寸和膜不对称性方面,Nup96降解证明了NPC环的相互依赖性.
结论:
- 蜂环境对NPC的尺寸和架构产生了重大影响,突出了其固有的灵活性.
- NPC子结构以动态交互来调节中央传输通道和膜不对称性.
- 这项研究为NPC在原生细胞环境中的可塑性提供了新的见解.
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