蛋白激酶CK2-β在SACC-83及SACC-LM细胞中的表达

通过对蛋白激酶CK2-β在涎腺腺样囊性癌及涎腺腺样囊性癌肺转移细胞中表达的研究,探讨蛋白激酶CK2-β与涎腺腺样囊性癌肺转移的关系。利用Western blot方法对两种细胞进行蛋白检测分析。蛋白激酶CK2-β在两种细胞的细胞核中的表达都高于在细胞质中的表达,与SACC-83细胞相比,SACC-LM细胞的细胞核及细胞质中蛋白激酶CK2-β都有较高表达。蛋白激酶CK2-β的表达与涎腺腺样囊性癌的肺转移呈正相关。     

植物SnRK家族的研究进展

植物在自然界中面临各种环境侵害时候,如干旱、盐、低温和病菌袭击,会启动自身的抵御机制来适应各种侵害。蔗糖非发酵相关的蛋白激酶(sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase,SnRK)是广泛存在于植物中的一类Ser/Thr蛋白激酶,参与各种胁迫信号传导通路,对植物抵御不良环境起到重要作用。植物中蔗糖非发酵相关的蛋白激酶共有38个成员,可以分为3个亚家族:SnRK1、SnRK2和SnRK3。本文主要讨论SnRK家族的研究进展,揭示SnRK家族在植物抗逆中的重要作用。     

柏那参化学成分研究

从植物柏那参的乙醇提取物中分离得到4个化合物。经光谱数据分析鉴定它们的结构分别为β-谷甾醇、△5,22-豆甾烯醇、1,3-二苯基-2丙烯-1-酮、齐墩果酸,4个化合物都是首次从该植物中分离得到。     

OST1调控植物气孔运动和逆境响应的研究进展

SnRK2(SNF1-related protein kinase 2)家族在调控植物应答和抵御逆境方面发挥着重要作用。Open Stomata 1(OST1)/SnRK2.6是该家族的成员,具有典型的丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白激酶保守域,并主要在保卫细胞中表达。在逆境胁迫下,蛋白磷酸酶2C解除对OST1蛋白激酶的抑制,随后OST1蛋白激酶启动对下游信号组分的调控作用并引起气孔运动。本研究综述了OST1蛋白激酶的结构特征,主要概述OST1蛋白激酶与蛋白磷酸酶、转录因子和离子通道的调控关系,最后对相关的研究进行了展望。     

植物蔗糖非发酵-1相关蛋白激酶家族研究进展

蛋白质磷酸化与去磷酸化过程在细胞的信号转导网络中起关键的作用,是生物体中普遍存在的一种调节机制。植物中的蛋白激酶通过磷酸化和去磷酸化在调节ABA信号传导、能量缺失反应和非生物胁迫反应过程中有着重要的作用。其中,植物蔗糖非发酵-1相关蛋白激酶(sucrose non-fermenting-1-related protein kinase,SnRK)是植物蛋白激酶家族中一个重要家族,它们与酵母中的SNF1(sucrose non-fermenting-1,SNF1)和哺乳动物中的AMPK(AMP-activated protein kinase,AMPK)同源,具有与它们相似和自身独特的功能,根据其氨基酸序列的同源性和表达模式的差异可分为3个亚组:SnRK1、SnRK2和SnRK3。目前,在拟南芥、水稻、豆科植物、高粱以及苔藓植物等基因组中都发现了大量的SnRK蛋白激酶,它们广泛参与了植物的生长发育、病虫害防御、ABA和非生物胁迫等各种信号的应答反应。     

葡萄糖和肿瘤坏死因子-α对内皮细胞中早期生长反应基因-1表达的影响

目的探讨葡萄糖和肿瘤坏死因子-α对内皮细胞中早期生长反应基因-1表达的影响。方法利用人脐静脉内皮细胞体外培养,予以25mmol/L葡萄糖和/或10ng/ml肿瘤坏死因子-α与内皮细胞共同孵育,运用蛋白免疫印迹方法检测细胞中早期生长反应基因-1蛋白的表达,运用酶联免疫吸附法检测纤溶酶原激活抑制物-1的表达。结果葡萄糖和肿瘤坏死因子-α均可增加早期生长反应基因-1的表达,两种因素共同作用产生协同作用。而且,葡萄糖和肿瘤坏死因子-α也可促进纤溶酶原激活抑制物-1的表达。细胞外调节蛋白激酶1/2的抑制剂(PD98059)可下调肿瘤坏死因子-α所诱导的早期生长反应基因-1、纤溶酶原激活抑制物-1的表达,而对葡萄糖所诱导的早期生长反应基因-1的表达无明显影响。结论肿瘤坏死因子-α可能通过细胞外调节蛋白激酶1/2路径促进早期生长反应基因-1和纤溶酶原激活抑制物-1表达。肿瘤坏死因子-α和葡萄糖可能通过不同的信号通路调节早期生长反应基因-1、纤溶酶原激活抑制物-1表达,在肥胖、糖尿病等代谢紊乱所致的血管并发症的发生中起到重要的作用。     

钙依赖的蛋白激酶与植物抗逆性

植物钙依赖的蛋白激酶(Calcium-dependent protein kinases,CDPKs)是细胞Ca2 信号的受体,同时具有Ca2 受体蛋白和Ser/Thr蛋白激酶的功能。许多植物CDPKs基因受环境胁迫刺激发生表达水平的改变,这些基因在植物逆境胁迫的Ca2 信号转导中起着十分重要的作用,为植物CDPKs抗逆功能的研究和植物的抗逆遗传改良提供了理论基础和基因资源。     

中药大蓟化学成分的研究

从大蓟的50％乙醇提取物中分离得到2个木脂素：（-）2-（3’-甲氧基4’-羟基-苯基）-3,4-二羟基4-（3＂-4＂-羟基-苄基）-3-四氢呋哺甲醇（1）和络石苷（2）,以及另外6个化合物：蒙花苷（3）、柳穿鱼叶苷（4）、粗毛豚草素（5）、芹菜素（6）、咖啡酸（7）和对-香豆酸（8）。本文首次在蓟属植物中发现木脂素类成分,化合物7也为首次从本植物中分离得到,通过体外玻片法对化合物1—8进行凝血活性测定,发现化合物3、4具有一定的促凝血作用。     

蛋白激酶CK2-β在腺样囊性癌中的活性变化

探讨蛋白激酶CK2-β在涎腺腺样囊性癌及涎腺腺样囊性癌肺转移细胞中的活性及表达变化。2种细胞进行细胞培养,分别提取胞浆及胞核蛋白,然后利用激酶活性测定及Westernbloting方法进行活性及蛋白表达检测分析。与SACC-83细胞相比,SACC-LM细胞中蛋白激酶CK2-β具有较高的活性及表达;在2种细胞中,细胞核中的活性及表达都高于细胞质。蛋白激酶CK2-β在涎腺腺样囊性癌中活性与蛋白表达一致,并与涎腺腺样囊性癌的肺转移呈正相关。     

酵母双杂交筛选与蛋白激酶CK2α′相互作用蛋白——泛素-52氨基酸融合蛋白的鉴定

蛋白激酶CK2是一种真核细胞中普遍存在的信使非依赖性丝/苏氨酸蛋白激酶. 为研究CK2α′亚基在精子发生中的作用机制,将构建于pACT2质粒的人睾丸cDNA文库和人蛋白激酶CK2α′为诱饵蛋白进行酵母双杂交实验. 以初步筛选与人蛋白激酶CK2α′相互作用蛋白的阳性候选克隆,筛选获得8个阳性克隆,其中1个与人泛素-52氨基酸融合蛋白基因（UBA52）的cDNA序列有高度同源性（100％）. GST pull-down实验在细胞外进一步证实了CK2α′与UBA52之间存在相互作用. 本实验证明,人泛素-52氨基酸（UBA52）融合蛋白是人CK2α′亚基的相互作用蛋白, 它们之间的相互作用对精子发生机制的影响尚不清楚,进一步分子机制研究正在进行中.     

Cloning and characterization of the SnRK2 gene family from <Emphasis Type="Italic">Zea mays</Emphasis>

The SnRK2 gene family is a group of plant-specific protein kinases that has been implicated in ABA and abiotic stress signaling. We found 11 SnRK2s in maize, assigned names from ZmSnRK2.1 to ZmSnRK2.11 and cloned ten of them. By analyzing the gene structure of all the SnRK2s from Arabidopsis, rice, and maize, we found seven exons that were conserved in length among most of the SnRK2s. Although the C-terminus was divergent, we found seven conserved motifs. Of these, motif 1 was common to all of the SnRK2 genes. Based on phylogenetic analysis using the kinase domain and motif 1, the SnRK2s were divided into three groups. Motifs 4 and 5 were found specifically in group I, and many genes of this group have been confirmed to be induced by ABA. This result suggests that these two motifs mediate the ABA response. The expression patterns of ZmSnRK2 genes were characterized by using quantitative real-time RCR, which revealed that ZmSnRK2 genes were induced by one or more abiotic stress treatments and therefore may play important roles in maize stress responses. Electronic supplementary material  The online version of this article (doi:) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. J. Huai and M. Wang have contributed equally to this paper.     

Arabidopsis Raf‐like kinases act as positive regulators of subclass III SnRK2 in osmostress signaling

Given their sessile nature, land plants must use various mechanisms to manage dehydration under water‐deficit conditions. Osmostress‐induced activation of the SNF1‐related protein kinase 2 (SnRK2) family elicits physiological responses such as stomatal closure to protect plants during drought conditions. With the plant hormone ABA receptors [PYR (pyrabactin resistance)/PYL (pyrabactin resistance‐like)/RCAR (regulatory component of ABA receptors) proteins] and group A protein phosphatases, subclass III SnRK2 also constitutes a core signaling module for ABA, and osmostress triggers ABA accumulation. How SnRK2 is activated through ABA has been clarified, although its activation through osmostress remains unclear. Here, we show that Arabidopsis ABA and abiotic stress‐responsive Raf‐like kinases (AtARKs) of the B3 clade of the mitogen‐activated kinase kinase kinase (MAPKKK) family are crucial in SnRK2‐mediated osmostress responses. Disruption of AtARKs in Arabidopsis results in increased water loss from detached leaves because of impaired stomatal closure in response to osmostress. Our findings obtained in vitro and in planta have shown that AtARKs interact physically with SRK2E, a core factor for stomatal closure in response to drought. Furthermore, we show that AtARK phosphorylates S171 and S175 in the activation loop of SRK2E in vitro and that Atark mutants have defects in osmostress‐induced subclass III SnRK2 activity. Our findings identify a specific type of B3‐MAPKKKs as upstream kinases of subclass III SnRK2 in Arabidopsis. Taken together with earlier reports that ARK is an upstream kinase of SnRK2 in moss, an existing member of a basal land plant lineage, we propose that ARK/SnRK2 module is evolutionarily conserved across 400 million years of land plant evolution for conferring protection against drought.     

Phospho‐site mapping,genetic and in planta activation studies reveal key aspects of the different phosphorylation mechanisms involved in activation of SnRK2s

Snf1‐related protein kinases 2 (SnRK2s) are major positive regulators of drought stress tolerance. The kinases of this family are activated by hyperosmotic stress, but only some of them are also responsive to abscisic acid (ABA). Moreover, genetic evidence has indicated the ABA‐independence of SnRK2 activation in the fast response to osmotic stress. Although phosphorylation was demonstrated to be crucial for the activation or activity of the kinases of both subgroups, different phosphorylation mechanisms were suggested. Here, using one kinase from each subgroup (SnRK2.6 and SnRK2.10), two phosphorylation sites within the activation loop were identified by mass spectrometry after immunoprecipitation from Arabidopsis cells treated by ABA or osmolarity. By site‐directed mutagenesis, the phosphorylation of only one of the two sites was shown to be necessary for the catalytic activity of the kinase, whereas both sites are necessary for the full activation of the two SnRK2s by hyperosmolarity or ABA. Phosphoprotein staining together with two‐dimensional PAGE followed by immunoblotting indicated distinct phosphorylation mechanisms of the two kinases. While SnRK2.6 seems to be activated through the independent phosphorylation of these two sites, a sequential process occurs in SnRK2.10, where phosphorylation of one serine is required for the phosphorylation of the other. In addition, a subgroup of protein phosphatases 2C which interact and participate in the regulation of SnRK2.6 do not interact with SnRK2.10. Taken together, our data bring evidence for the involvement of distinct phosphorylation mechanisms in the activation of SnRK2.6 and SnRK2.10, which may be conserved between the two subgroups of SnRK2s depending on their ABA‐responsiveness.     

Phosphorylation-mediated regulation of a rice ABA responsive element binding factor

OREB1 is a rice ABRE binding factor characterized by the presence of multiple highly-conserved phosphorylation domains (C1, C2, C3, and C4) and two kinase recognition motifs, RXXS/T and S/TXXE/D, within different functional domains. An in vitro kinase assay showed that OREB1 is phosphorylated not only by the SnRK2 kinase, but also by other Ser/Thr protein kinases, such as CaMKII, CKII, and SnRK3. Furthermore, the N-terminal phosphorylation domain C1 was found to be differentially phosphorylated by the SnRK2/SnRK3 kinase and by hyperosmotic/cold stress, suggesting that the C1 domain may function in decoding different signals. The phosphorylation-mediated regulation of OREB1 activity was investigated through mutation of the SnRK2 recognition motif RXXS/T within each phosphorylation module. OREB1 contains a crucial nine-amino acid transactivation domain located near the phosphorylation module C1. Deletion of the C1 domain increased OREB1 activity, whereas mutation of Ser 44, Ser 45, and Ser 48 of the C1 domain to aspartates decreased OREB1 activity. In the C2 domain, a double mutation of Ser 118 and Ser 120 to alanines suppressed OREB1 activity. These findings strongly suggest that selective phosphorylation of the C1 or C2 modules may positively or negatively regulate OREB1 transactivation. In addition, mutation of Ser 385 of the C4 domain to alanines completely abolished the interaction between OREB1 and a rice 14-3-3 protein, GF14d, suggesting that SnRK2-mediated phosphorylation may regulate this interaction. These results indicate that phosphorylation domains of OREB1 are not functionally redundant and regulate at least three different functions, including transactivation activity, DNA binding, and protein interactions. The multisite phosphorylation of OREB1 is likely a key for the fine control of its activity and signal integration in the complex stress signaling network of plant cells.     

Differential activation of the rice sucrose nonfermenting1-related protein kinase2 family by hyperosmotic stress and abscisic acid

To date, a large number of sequences of protein kinases that belong to the sucrose nonfermenting1-related protein kinase2 (SnRK2) family are found in databases. However, only limited numbers of the family members have been characterized and implicated in abscisic acid (ABA) and hyperosmotic stress signaling. We identified 10 SnRK2 protein kinases encoded by the rice (Oryza sativa) genome. Each of the 10 members was expressed in cultured cell protoplasts, and its regulation was analyzed. Here, we demonstrate that all family members are activated by hyperosmotic stress and that three of them are also activated by ABA. Surprisingly, there were no members that were activated only by ABA. The activation was found to be regulated via phosphorylation. In addition to the functional distinction with respect to ABA regulation, dependence of activation on the hyperosmotic strength was different among the members. We show that the relatively diverged C-terminal domain is mainly responsible for this functional distinction, although the kinase domain also contributes to these differences. The results indicated that the SnRK2 protein kinase family has evolved specifically for hyperosmotic stress signaling and that individual members have acquired distinct regulatory properties, including ABA responsiveness by modifying the C-terminal domain.     

植物逆境胁迫相关蛋白激酶的研究进展

干旱、高盐、高温和低温等非生物胁迫及各种病虫害等生物胁迫严重影响植物的生长发育和作物产量.蛋白激酶主要通过激活不同的磷酸化途径介导外界环境信号的感知和传递,调控下游抗逆基因的转录表达,启动相应的生理生化等适应性反应来降低或消除危害.该文对近年来国内外有关与非生物胁迫和生物胁迫信号传导相关的受体蛋白激酶、促分裂原活化蛋白激酶、钙依赖而钙调素不依赖的蛋白激酶、蔗糖不发酵相关蛋白激酶和其它胁迫相关的植物蛋白激酶的研究进展进行综述,探索蛋白激酶介导的不同磷酸化途径应对逆境胁迫的信号传递网络,为进一步了解植物逆境分子应答机制提供依据.     

Influence of the StubSNF1 kinase complex and the expression of the yeast TPS1 gene on growth and tuber yield in potato

Expression of the yeast trehalose-6-phosphate synthase-1 (TPS1) gene in potato results in growth aberrations and arrest of development. Recent studies have shown that this phenomenon could be related to the inhibitory effect of trehalose-6-phosphate on SnRK1s, a family of sucrose non-fermenting-1 (SNF1)-related protein kinases that link metabolic and stress signalling in plants. SnRK1s are heterotrimeric enzymes similar to yeast SNF1 and mammalian AMP-activated protein kinases (AMPKs). Previously, we showed that antisense repression of StubGAL83, one of the three subunits of the potato SnRK1 complex, results in a delay in rooting and increases sensitivity to salt stress. Here we report that StubGAL83 is a positive regulator of SNF1 kinase activity in potato and that repression of the kinase subunit of the SnRK1 complex, StubSNF1, reduces growth and tuber yield in potato plants. Co-repression of StubGAL83 and StubSNF1 at a certain level, however, can result in larger plants and increased tuber yield. We found that repression of StubGAL83, but not repression of StubSNF1 attenuated growth aberrations caused by TPS1 expression. We provide evidence that the increased plant size and yield in StubGAL83-StubSNF1 co-repressed plants as well as the attenuation of aberrations caused by TPS1 expression are related to increased nitrate reductase activity.