缺少p27(Kip1) 的小鼠体型增加,多器官增生,视网膜发育不良和垂体瘤
K Nakayama1, N Ishida, M Shirane
1Department of Biology, Nippon Roche Research Center, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.
Cell
|May 31, 1996
概括
缺乏细胞循环抑制剂p27 (Kip1) 的小鼠表现出体型增加和器官扩大. 尽管如此,p27(Kip1) 对于TGFbeta,拉巴胺或接触抑制诱导的细胞循环停止并非必不可少.
科学领域:
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
- 发展生物学 发展生物学
背景情况:
- 蛋白质p27 (Kip1) 是已知的循环素依赖激酶 (CDK) 抑制剂,在细胞循环调节中发挥作用.
- 了解p27 (Kip1) 的体内功能对于理解细胞生长控制及其对癌症等疾病的影响至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 通过生成和分析淘汰赛小鼠,研究p27 (Kip1) 在整个生物体中的生理作用.
- 确定p27 (Kip1) 缺乏对整体生长,器官发育和特定细胞过程的影响.
主要方法:
- 胚胎干细胞中的基因向被用来制造p27 (Kip1) 缺乏的小鼠.
- 在p27 (Kip1) 淘汰和野生型小鼠之间对生长,器官大小,CDK2活性,生殖能力,瘤发育和视网膜结构进行比较分析.
- 在p27 (Kip1) - null细胞中评估细胞循环停止途径 (TGFbeta,拉巴胺素,接触抑制).
主要成果:
- p27 (Kip1) 淘汰赛小鼠比对照小鼠大得多,甲状腺,垂体,上腺和生殖腺显著扩大.
- 在p27 (-/-) 小鼠的胸细胞中,CDK2活性增加了大约10倍.
- 雌性小鼠表现出卵巢毛囊发育和不孕能力受损.
- 观察到自发性垂体瘤的高发病率,类似于Rb缺乏的小鼠.
- 在突变小鼠中,视网膜组织受到干扰.
- 通过TGFbeta,拉巴胺素或接触抑制介导的细胞循环停止在p27 (-/-) 细胞中保持功能.
结论:
- p27 (Kip1) 是多种细胞类型和器官生长的关键调节剂.
- 缺少p27 (Kip1) 会导致有机巨型和特定的发育缺陷.
- p27 (Kip1) 对于TGFβ,拉巴胺素或接触抑制诱导的细胞循环停止并不重要,这表明功能冗余或在不同的停止途径中发挥不同的作用.
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