HeLa/GFP-α-tubulin/GFP-CENP-A 细胞系的构建及对其有丝分裂的观察

有丝分裂中染色体的正确排列及准确地分离依赖于一系列的分子调控机制;其中微管的精确组装与运动发挥着重要的调控作用。微管功能调控异常可导致基因组不稳定性,从而促进肿瘤的发生;同时许多以微管为靶点的抗肿瘤药物被临床广泛应用。为了在细胞水平更好地研究微管的作用机制,利用慢病毒系统构建了稳定表达绿色荧光蛋白GFP-tubulinα及GFP-cenp A的HeLa细胞系,通过实时成像的激光共聚焦显微镜,实现了对HeLa细胞在有丝分裂期微管运动的动态观察,为研究肿瘤的发生机制及抗肿瘤药物的作用机理提供了实验基础。     

Isoforms of soluble alpha-tubulin in oocytes and brain of the frog (genus Rana): changes during oocyte maturation

Rana oocytes have previously been shown to contain much more soluble tubulin than does the brain, suggesting different assembly and disassembly dynamics of frog oocyte tubulin compared to that in brain. By using centrifugation, SDS-PAGE, two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and Western blots, probed with anti-α-tubulin monoclonal antibodies, polymorphic α-tubulins (isoforms) were compared in brains and follicle-enclosed oocytes of northern (Rana pipiens) and southern (R. berlandieri) frogs. Oocyte tubulin in both species had isoforms with greater ranges of isoelectric point (pI) than those of brain tubulins; in particular, the oocyte tubulin pIs ranged further into the acidic region of the isoelectric-focusing gels than corresponding brain tubulin. This difference may, in part, be responsible for the previously reported assembly differences between oocyte tubulin (undetectable assembly) and brain tubulin (high assembly). Isoforms of α-tubulin with relat ively acidic pI were more abundant in northern frog brain and oocyte soluble extracts than in analogous extracts from southern frogs. Furthermore, additional acidic α-tubulin isoforms were found in progesterone-treated oocytes (i.e., eggs), indicating increased heterogeneity of acidic a-tubulin isoforms during oocyte meiotic maturation. Among northern frog oocyte soluble components fractionated on Superose-6b columns, tubulin complexes with apparent molecular mass of about 1800 kDa were found to contain acidic α-tubulin isoforms while the putative oligomeric tubulins with an apparent molecular mass of about 250 kDa contained an additional relatively basic α-tubulin isoform. The acidic α-tubulin isoforms, therefore, are proposed to be associated with cold-adaptable cells of brain and oocytes, and may also be involved in stabilization of large soluble tubulin complexes in oocytes of the northern frog. Received 1 October 2002; accepted 9 October 2002 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author.     

驱动蛋白的结构及运动机制研究进展

驱动蛋白是一种重要的细胞内运输"货物"的分子马达,它基于微管运动,其结构、功能和运动机制是人们主要的研究方面。揭示驱动蛋白的工作机制必将会加深人们对分子马达的认识,而且可以使人类从新的角度去认识、研究和利用这一分子机制。     

Understanding microtubule dynamics for improved cancer therapy

Microtubules (MTs), key components of the cytoskeleton, are dynamic polymers of tubulin that form a well-organized network of polarized tube filaments. MT dynamics are highly regulated both spacially and temporally by several MT-related proteins, themselves regulated by several kinases and phosphatases via signaling cascades, and also by coordinated interactions with actin cytoskeleton and adhesion sites. Regulation of MT dynamics is crucial for mitosis, cell migration, cell signaling and trafficking. MT-targeted drugs (MTDs), which constitute a major anticancer drug family with antimitotic and antiangiogenic properties, inhibit tumor progression mainly by altering MT dynamics in both cancer and endothelial cells. Identification of proteins regulating the MT network will lead to a better understanding of tumor progression regulators and will be helpful in improving cancer therapy. Received 22 July 2005; received after revision 8 September 2005; accepted 12 September 2005     

26S蛋白酶体调控微管蛋白的降解

为了探究微管蛋白在植物细胞中的降解机制,本文利用微管解聚药物、蛋白酶体抑制剂MG132结合遗传学和分子生物学等体内体外研究技术发现微管蛋白TUA和TUB是通过泛素化/26S蛋白酶体途径降解的,同时在26S蛋白酶体调节亚基RPN10突变体rpn10-1的植株中,TUA的降解与野生型相比没有显著差别,但是TUB的降解在突变体中被严重削弱,使得TUB在突变体中过量积累.此外,在突变体中分别过量表达TUA和TUB,对转基因植株鉴定表明过量表达TUA促进突变体根的生长而过量表达TUB严重抑制了突变体的生长,说明在突变体中TUA/TUB的比例是失衡的,过量的TUB蛋白对植物的生长是不利的.以上结果表明,26S蛋白酶体可以调控微管蛋白TUA和TUB的降解,蛋白酶体调控亚基RPN10可以通过调控TUB的稳定性来影响植物的生长和发育.