細(xì)胞蛋白質(zhì)量關(guān)系著生物的生存
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"><font face="宋體">在衰老過程中生物維持蛋白質(zhì)量的能力會逐漸下降,受損蛋白和錯誤折疊蛋白的累積起來會造成細(xì)胞死亡和細(xì)胞功能故障。阿爾茨海默癥、帕金森癥、亨廷頓舞蹈病等神經(jīng)退行性疾病就與蛋白質(zhì)控減弱有關(guān)。</font></span><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"><font face="宋體">人多能干細(xì)胞能夠無限復(fù)制同時維持未分化狀態(tài),這就需要避免蛋白體系有任何不平衡。幫助蛋白折疊的分子伴侶,在蛋白質(zhì)控中起到了至關(guān)重要的作用。</font>TRiC/CCT<font face="宋體">復(fù)合體負(fù)責(zé)折疊大約</font><font face="Calibri">10%</font><font face="宋體">的細(xì)胞蛋白。</font></span><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"><font face="宋體">我們通過研究多能干細(xì)胞的蛋白質(zhì)控,發(fā)現(xiàn)這個復(fù)合體受到亞基</font>CCT8<font face="宋體">的調(diào)控。調(diào)節(jié)</font><font face="Calibri">CCT8</font><font face="宋體">可以在體細(xì)胞組織增強(qiáng)</font><font face="Calibri">TRiC/CCT</font><font face="宋體">復(fù)合體的裝配和活性,進(jìn)而延長線蟲模型的壽命,延緩老年病的發(fā)生。</font></span><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"><font face="宋體">這項研究表明,表達(dá)關(guān)鍵亞基</font>CCT8<font face="宋體">足以促進(jìn)整個體系的裝配,增強(qiáng)蛋白質(zhì)量和延伸壽命。研究人員將在小鼠中測試自己的發(fā)現(xiàn),希望進(jìn)一步理解老年病,矯正與蛋白功能障礙有關(guān)的缺陷。</font></span><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;">線粒體是細(xì)胞內(nèi)的能源工廠,負(fù)責(zé)為細(xì)胞提供必要能源,也在信號傳導(dǎo)、細(xì)胞死亡和細(xì)胞生長中起關(guān)鍵作用。近年來,越來越多的證據(jù)將線粒體功能障礙與衰老、神經(jīng)退行性疾病關(guān)聯(lián)起來,比如阿爾茨海默癥、帕金森病和亨廷頓舞蹈病。研究團(tuán)隊在雜志上發(fā)表文章指出,線粒體是大腦退化的關(guān)鍵。</span><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;">蛋白質(zhì)形成往往需要分子伴侶的幫助,確保自己折疊成為正確的結(jié)構(gòu)</span><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;">,</span><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;">不過,人們一直不清楚分子伴侶在膜蛋白成熟中起到了怎樣的作用。去年九月,瑞士巴塞爾大學(xué)和蘇黎世聯(lián)邦理工的研究團(tuán)隊發(fā)現(xiàn)了分子伴侶的新功能。他們的研究顯示,分子伴侶能夠穩(wěn)定未成熟的細(xì)菌膜蛋白,協(xié)助它插入到細(xì)菌的外膜。</span><span style="mso-spacerun:'yes';font-family:宋體;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:9.0000pt;mso-font-kerning:1.0000pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>