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Published on: May 12, 2017
哺乳动物IRE1α在动态和功能上与应力颗粒结合
Songzi Liu1, Xiaoge Zhang1, Xin Yao1
1Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences; TaiKang Center for Life and Medical Sciences; the Institute for Advanced Studies; Frontier Science Center for Immunology and Metabolism, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
细胞内膜网膜 (ER) 的压力触发了需要内醇的酶1 (IRE1) 通过相分离与压力颗粒 (SG) 聚合. 这种IRE1-SG凝结物形成在细胞应激过程中增强了支持生存的X盒结合蛋白1 (XBP1) 途径.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 生物化学 生物化学
背景情况:
- 细胞内膜网膜 (ER) 的压力激活了未折叠的蛋白质反应 (UPR).
- 需要伊诺西的酶1 (IRE1) 是UPR通路中的关键传感器和效应器.
- 激活的IRE1形成集群,但它们的结构和功能尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 在ER压力期间调查IRE1集群的动态架构和功能特性.
- 阐明IRE1集群形成背后的机制及其与应力颗粒 (SG) 的关系.
- 了解 IRE1 集群如何影响 IRE1-XBP1 路径的效率.
主要方法:
- 利用哺乳动物细胞模型研究IRE1α聚类动力学.
- 研究了IRE1α的细胞结合因子中内在失调区域的作用.
- 评估了破坏SG组装对IRE1α聚类和XBP1拼接的影响.
主要成果:
- IRE1α集群形成是一个 ER 膜结合相分离事件,与 SG 组合相结合.
- 作为对各种压力因素的反应,IRE1α集群在ER处的SG被动态绑定到SG.
- 破坏SG组合取消了IRE1α聚类和损害了XBP1mRNA拼接.
- IRE1α-SG凝聚丰富了支持生存的途径组件,提高了应激处理能力.
结论:
- IRE1α聚类代表了涉及SG凝聚的相变机制.
- 这种IRE1α-SG凝聚物的时空组合优化了IRE1α机器的功能.
- 这些发现揭示了通过IRE1-XBP1通路增强细胞应激弹性的一种新机制.
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