亲介素-1α的近距离标记揭示了进化保守的核相互作用
Rose Wellens1,2,3, Victor S Tapia1,2,3, Paula I Seoane1,2,3
1Division of Neuroscience, School of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK.
Nature communications
|August 8, 2024
概括
介质蛋白-1α (IL-1α) 具有涉及酸转移酶的核作用,通过近距离标记揭示出来. 进化表明,在不同物种中,IL-1α核定位的收性损失,保持了基酸转移酶结合.
科学领域:
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 进化生物学 进化生物学
背景情况:
- 介乐金-1α (IL-1α) 是一种具有潜在双重功能的细胞因子,与哺乳动物中的IL-1β有所不同.
- IL-1α的前域含有保存区域,包括核定位序列 (NLS) 和基因素乙转移酶 (HAT) 结合域,这表明它具有额外的生物学作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查pro-IL-1α的细胞内作用和进化修饰.
- 为了确定pro-IL-1α是否与HAT相互作用,以及它的核定位是否在哺乳动物进化过程中得到保护.
主要方法:
- 利用TurboID近距离标记来识别核中的亲IL-1α相互作用蛋白.
- 进行了比较基因组分析,以在哺乳动物物种中识别亲IL-1α NLS中的突变.
主要成果:
- 近距离标记确定了亲IL-1α与HAT的核相互作用,包括EP300.
- 亲IL-1α NLS中的非活化突变在牙鱼,鱼和有袋动物等多种物种中被发现.
- 在已经失去亲IL-1α NLS的物种中,HAT结合域仍然保留,这表明了独立的进化轨迹.
结论:
- 亲IL-1α具有涉及HAT相互作用的核功能,由近距离标记数据支持.
- 在多种哺乳动物血统中,亲IL-1α NLS的丧失代表了融合进化,表明了显著的生物学结果.
- NLS和HAT结合域的进化解离表明,形成IL-1α功能的不同适应性压力.
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