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Purification of Ubiquitinated p53 Proteins from Mammalian Cells
Published on: March 21, 2022
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C9orf72聚PR有助于p53脱离无素-蛋白酶体系统,并促进其稳定性
Fumin Yang1, Yacoubou Abdoul Razak Mahaman1, Bin Zhang1
1Department of Pathophysiology, School of Basic Medicine, Key Laboratory of Education Ministry/Hubei Province of China for Neurological Disorders, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Journal of neurochemistry
|June 15, 2023
概括
来自C9orf72的聚氨酸-氨酸 (聚-PR) 通过稳定p53蛋白质,导致神经退行. 这项研究揭示了聚PR损害了无素-蛋白酶体系统,导致p53积累和C9-ALS/FTD的潜在治疗点.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 是一个遗传学.
背景情况:
- 由C9orf72衍生的二重复 (DPR),特别是聚烯-阿尔金因 (聚PR),与肌缩侧面硬化症和前性痴呆症 (C9-ALS/FTD) 中的神经退行有关.
- 众所周知,Poly-PR可以稳定p53,一种瘤抑制蛋白质,导致神经元损伤,但确切的机制仍然难以捉摸.
研究的目的:
- 阐明C9orf72聚PR稳定p53.3的分子机制.
- 研究聚PR对神经元损伤,p53积累和下游基因激活的影响.
- 通过针对多-PR-p53相互作用来确定C9-ALS/FTD的潜在治疗策略.
主要方法:
- 主要神经元和N2a细胞被C9orf72 (PR) 50感染,以评估神经元损伤,p53水平和蛋白质循环.
- 在 (PR) 50个转染细胞中评估了乌比基蛋白酶体系统和自功能.
- 使用生物化学和成像技术分析了Mdm2-p53相互作用和亚细胞局部化.
主要成果:
- C9orf72聚PR诱导神经元损伤,p53积累,以及初级神经元下游基因激活.
- (PR) 50表达减缓了p53蛋白的循环,但没有改变其转录水平,表明其稳定性得到了增强.
- 在 (PR) 50转染细胞中,无素-蛋白酶体系统受损,而不是自,导致缺陷的p53降解.
- (PR) 50诱导了mdm2从核到细胞质的错误转移,减少了核mdm2-p53相互作用.
结论:
- 通过 mdm2 错误转换和减少核 mdm2-p53 结合,C9orf72 聚PR 稳定 p53 通过破坏无素-蛋白酶体系统.
- 这种机制促进p53的积累,并在C9-ALS/FTD中促进神经退行.
- 降低p53与p53的聚PR结合,为C9-ALS/FTD治疗提供了潜在的治疗途径.
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