双基因酶OTULIN调节神经元中的tau表达和RNA代谢
Karthikeyan Tangavelou1, Virginie Bondu1, Mingqi Li2
1Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131.
概括
研究人员发现,双基因酶OTULIN通过调节聚,在阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 中发挥关键作用. 抑制或去除OTULIN降低了tau水平,表明它是阿尔茨海默病和相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 的潜在治疗标.
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 遗传学 是一个
背景情况:
- 阿尔茨海默氏症 (AD) 和相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 的特征是tau聚合,与受损的无素-蛋白酶系统 (UPS) 和自有关.
- 蛋白质无化决定了蛋白质的命运,与线性M1连接的无化信号蛋白质聚合物的周转和炎症.
- OTULIN是一种二维基因酶,可以对抗M1链接的泛基因信号传递,但其在AD中神经元清除中的作用尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查OTULIN在神经元中的作用及其在阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 中陶聚合物的清除中的参与.
- 探索OTULIN作为AD和相关痴呆症 (ADRD) 的治疗点的潜力.
主要方法:
- 从AD患者和健康对照组的人类诱导多能干细胞 (iPSC) 衍生神经元 (iPSN) 的定量散装RNA序列分析.
- 使用小分子UC495.5抑制OTULIN二基因酶活性.
- 在iPSN和SH-SY5Y神经母细胞瘤细胞中,CRISPR-Cas9介导的OTULIN基因被淘汰.
主要成果:
- 在AD iPSNs中观察到OTULIN长非编码RNA (lncRNA) 的下调,与OTULIN蛋白和酸化水平的增加相关.
- 抑制或淘汰OTULIN降低了神经元细胞中总和酸化陶水平.
- 奥图林淘汰导致参与炎症,自,UPS和LUBAC的基因表达减少,可能预防神经炎症.
结论:
- 奥图林在调节基因表达和RNA代谢方面表现出非正规的作用,有助于神经元中的tau聚合.
- 该研究确定OTULIN作为一种新的潜在治疗点,用于管理AD和ADRD的病理.
- 向OTULIN可能为治疗特征为蛋白质聚合的神经退行性疾病提供了一种新策略.
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