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Fibulin-5/DANCE is essential for elastogenesis in vivo. 总被引:19,自引:0,他引:19
Tomoyuki Nakamura Pilar Ruiz Lozano Yasuhiro Ikeda Yoshitaka Iwanaga Aleksander Hinek Susumu Minamisawa Ching-Feng Cheng Kazuhiro Kobuke Nancy Dalton Yoshikazu Takada Kei Tashiro John Ross Jr Tasuku Honjo Kenneth R Chien 《Nature》2002,415(6868):171-175
The elastic fibre system has a principal role in the structure and function of various types of organs that require elasticity, such as large arteries, lung and skin. Although elastic fibres are known to be composed of microfibril proteins (for example, fibrillins and latent transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta-binding proteins) and polymerized elastin, the mechanism of their assembly and development is not well understood. Here we report that fibulin-5 (also known as DANCE), a recently discovered integrin ligand, is an essential determinant of elastic fibre organization. fibulin-5-/- mice generated by gene targeting exhibit a severely disorganized elastic fibre system throughout the body. fibulin-5-/- mice survive to adulthood, but have a tortuous aorta with loss of compliance, severe emphysema, and loose skin (cutis laxa). These tissues contain fragmented elastin without an increase of elastase activity, indicating defective development of elastic fibres. Fibulin-5 interacts directly with elastic fibres in vitro, and serves as a ligand for cell surface integrins alphavbeta3, alphavbeta5 and alpha9beta1 through its amino-terminal domain. Thus, fibulin-5 may provide anchorage of elastic fibres to cells, thereby acting to stabilize and organize elastic fibres in the skin, lung and vasculature. 相似文献
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Onouchi Y Gunji T Burns JC Shimizu C Newburger JW Yashiro M Nakamura Y Yanagawa H Wakui K Fukushima Y Kishi F Hamamoto K Terai M Sato Y Ouchi K Saji T Nariai A Kaburagi Y Yoshikawa T Suzuki K Tanaka T Nagai T Cho H Fujino A Sekine A Nakamichi R Tsunoda T Kawasaki T Nakamura Y Hata A 《Nature genetics》2008,40(1):35-42
Kawasaki disease is a pediatric systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology for which a genetic influence is suspected. We identified a functional SNP (itpkc_3) in the inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate 3-kinase C (ITPKC) gene on chromosome 19q13.2 that is significantly associated with Kawasaki disease susceptibility and also with an increased risk of coronary artery lesions in both Japanese and US children. Transfection experiments showed that the C allele of itpkc_3 reduces splicing efficiency of the ITPKC mRNA. ITPKC acts as a negative regulator of T-cell activation through the Ca2+/NFAT signaling pathway, and the C allele may contribute to immune hyper-reactivity in Kawasaki disease. This finding provides new insights into the mechanisms of immune activation in Kawasaki disease and emphasizes the importance of activated T cells in the pathogenesis of this vasculitis. 相似文献
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Jung-Eun Park Nak-Kyun Soung Yoshikazu Johmura Young H. Kang Chenzhong Liao Kyung H. Lee Chi Hoon Park Marc C. Nicklaus Kyung S. Lee 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2010,67(12):1957-1970
Members of the polo subfamily of protein kinases have emerged as important regulators in diverse aspects of the cell cycle
and cell proliferation. A large body of evidence suggests that a highly conserved polo-box domain (PBD) present in the C-terminal
non-catalytic region of polo kinases plays a pivotal role in the function of these enzymes. Recent advances in our comprehension
of the mechanisms underlying mammalian polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1)-dependent protein–protein interactions revealed that the
PBD serves as an essential molecular mediator that brings the kinase domain of Plk1 into proximity with its substrates, mainly
through phospho-dependent interactions with its target proteins. In this review, current understanding of the structure and
functions of PBD, mode of PBD-dependent interactions and substrate phosphorylation, and other phospho-independent functions
of PBD are discussed. 相似文献
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Gerardo Rodriguez-Araujo Hironori Nakagami Hiroki Hayashi Masaki Mori Tetsuya Shiuchi Yasuhiko Minokoshi Yoshikazu Nakaoka Yoichi Takami Issei Komuro Ryuichi Morishita Yasufumi Kaneda 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》2013,70(6):1123-1133
Insulin is the main glucoregulator that promotes the uptake of glucose by tissues and the subsequent utilization of glucose as an energy source. In this paper, we describe a novel glucoregulator, the alpha-synuclein (SNCA) protein, that has previously been linked to Parkinson’s disease. Treatment with recombinant SNCA promotes glucose uptake in vitro in preadipocytes and in vivo in the adipose tissues and skeletal muscles of mice through the LPAR2/Gab1/PI3K/Akt pathway; these effects occur independently of the insulin receptor. This function of SNCA represents a new mechanistic insight that creates novel avenues of research with respect to the process of glucose regulation. 相似文献
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