人类抗中心体自身抗体的研究

用间接免疫荧光法以小鼠腹水癌细胞为底物从硬皮病病人的自家抗血清中筛选出几个抗中心体的抗血清。因为中心体是化学构分复杂的细胞结构,而自家抗体又是多克隆的,故本文只用其中一个抗中心体抗血清作进一步研究。为了定位其抗原,同时也采用了Ｌ９２９培养细胞为底物。发现这抗血清结合于微管,有丝分裂期的纺锤体,中心体以及其它一些核结构。同时也用此抗血清在细胞裂解液的免疫印迹膜上检出了分子时与微管蛋白相同的主要条带,     

DNA损伤反应性蛋白参与中心体调控

中心体是动物细胞有丝分裂期微管组织中心,对于细胞有丝分裂期形成纺锤体、正常分裂及染色体精确分离至关重要. 中心体失调控常造成遗传物质错误分配,最终诱发肿瘤形成.因此,对中心体结构及数量的精密调控将对细胞命运起着决定 作用.目前发现,中心体至少包含100多种调节蛋白,这些蛋白在细胞内的功能各异.最近很多研究显示,多种DNA损伤修复及 应答通路的激酶或磷酸酶定位于中心体,并且参与中心体调控.本文将对中心体结构、中心体复制、中心体分离、中心体扩 增、DNA损伤与中心体异常及DNA损伤反应性蛋白在中心体调控中的功能作一综述.     

人类抗中心体自身抗体的研究

用间接免疫荧光法以小鼠腹水癌细胞为底物从硬皮病病人的自家抗血清中筛选出几个抗中心体的抗血清。因为中心体是化学构分复杂的细胞结构,而自家抗体又是多克隆的,故本文只用其中一个抗中心体抗血清作进一步研究。为了定位其抗原,同时也采用了L 929培养细胞为底物。发现这抗血清结合于微管,有丝分裂期的纺锤体,中心体以及其它一些核结构。同时也用此抗血清在细胞裂解液的免疫印迹膜上检出了分子量与微管蛋白相同的主要条带,此外还有几条较不明显的条带;后者肯定了间接免疫荧光的观察结果。     

γ-微管蛋白研究进展

概述了近年来对γ-微管蛋白复合体结构、分子机制以及功能的研究进展.γ-微管蛋白是真核生物体内一种重要的保守性功能蛋白,以γ-微管蛋白小复合体和γ-微管蛋白环式复合体两种形式存在.通过γ-微管蛋白复合体结合蛋白定位于微管组织中心,参与微管的晶核起始以及有丝分裂纺锤体的组装等细胞功能.     

细胞骨架与中心体的分离过程

中心体作为细胞微管组织中心,对于细胞的生理活动具有重要的调控作用.在G2期末和有丝分裂期开始阶段,复制之后的中心体需要向细胞核两端运动,到达形成双极纺锤体的位置.这一过程受到微管和微丝两个骨架系统的调控.在相关动力蛋白的驱动下,两种骨架相互配合,共同完成中心体的分离过程,从而保证细胞顺利进入有丝分裂期.本文分析和比较了两种骨架蛋门对下中心体分离过程中所发挥的作用.     

利用自身免疫病人血清鉴定新的中心体蛋白质组分

与其他亚细胞结构相比, 中心体由于其分离和纯化方面的困难使其蛋白质组学研究一直处于滞后状态. 通过免疫荧光证明特异性识别中心体的6名自身免疫病人的自发抗血清被用来鉴定它们相应的抗原即中心体蛋白. 利用细胞全蛋白的Western blot检测血清后, 从Western blot膜上每条单独条带上洗脱结合的抗体, 并确定产生中心体特异性荧光染色的抗体洗脱来源. 通过免疫沉淀获得并通过质谱鉴定该抗体相应的抗原蛋白, 共鉴定出6种中心体蛋白, 包括2种已知的中心体蛋白和4种未知定位或未见中心体定位报道的蛋白. 这些蛋白涉及细胞周期调控、信号转导通路、分子伴侣和代谢酶类, 反映了中心体功能的多样性.     

.用酵母双杂交系统筛选CENP-E相互作用蛋白

纺锤体检验点(spindle checkpoint)是一个重要的细胞分裂生化调节通路, 可监督染色体正确分离和传代．着丝粒相关蛋白E (centromere-associated protein E, CENP-E)是一个分子量为312 kD的微管马达驱动蛋白,可以衔接纺锤体微管与动点并参与纺锤体检验点调控．为研究CENP-E的作用机理,以其动点结合区域为诱饵蛋白,用酵母双杂交技术从人HeLa细胞 cDNA 文库中筛选出了Nuf2蛋白．体外的pull-down实验和体内的免疫共沉淀实验表明, Nuf2蛋白通过其卷曲螺旋(coiled-coil) 功能域特异结合CENP-E的 C 末端区域,间接免疫荧光显示Nuf2与CENP-E共定位于细胞有丝分裂期染色体的动点．由此推论, CENP-E 通过Nuf2的直接作用参与构筑动点-微管界面,进而参与细胞有丝分裂纺锤体检验点信号转导通路,为染色体正确分离发挥调控作用．     

非小细胞肺癌BRCA2的表达及其与ER、PR及c—erbB-2的相关性研究

目的在非小细胞肺癌中检测乳腺癌易感基因（BRCA2）的表达和ER、PR及c-erbB-2蛋白表达特点,探讨BRCA2的表达与ER、PR及c-erbB-2之间的相关性。方法免疫组织化学SP法检测了42例手术切除的非小细胞肺癌中ER、PR、c-erbB-2和BRCA2蛋白表达,根据各种临床病理因素分组进行BRCA2表达阳性率统计学分析。结果BRCA2蛋白表达阳性15例（35．7％）;BRCA2蛋白表达阳性率在大于或等于60岁与小于60岁两年龄组间、男女组间、鳞状细胞癌组与腺癌组间及其分化程度以及c-erbB-2表达阳性组与阴性组间比较有显著性差异（P〈0．01）;而在有无淋巴结转移组间BRCA2蛋白表达阳性率比较无显著性差异（P〉0．05）;ER、PR在所有非小细胞肺癌病例中均为阴性。结论非小细胞肺癌可见BRCA2和c-erbB-2的表达,其两者的表达具有相关性,可能存在协同作用。提示BRCA2和c-erbB-2可作为反映非小细胞肺癌恶性特征的一个检测指标。     

基于生物信息学的抑癌基因NDRG2相互作用蛋白预测及验证

NDRG2(N Myc downstream regulator gene 2)是NDRG 家族成员之一. 以往研究表明,该家族与细胞的增殖和分化有关. 而该分子参与的细胞信号通路及调节机制尚未阐明. 本研究利用保守蛋白间相互作用（interologs）的生物信息学方法预测NDRG2相互作用分子,并通过免疫共沉淀（Co-IP）及His pull-down蛋白体外结合实验方法对预测结果进行验证. 生物信息学软件预测和分析结果表明,细胞中存在多个可能与NDRG2发生相互作用分子.结合文献报道,从中选取了3个候选分子Gnb1、 Rgs16及 Rgs5进行分子生物学实验验证.Co-IP及His pull-down实验结果表明,3个候选分子中,Rgs5蛋白能够和NDRG2蛋白相互作用,而其它2个候选分子与NDRG2的相互作用未获得实验室方法的验证.研究结果表明,生物信息学分析与实验室验证相结合是一种高效省时的蛋白质相互作用研究策略.通过这种策略证实NDRG2可以与 Rgs5蛋白相互作用,为后续NDRG2功能的研究提供了有效的线索.     

β-淀粉样前体蛋白胞内端与JKTBP2蛋白的相互作用

β-淀粉样前体蛋白APP(β-amyloidprecursorprotein)与阿尔茨海默氏症密切相关,它经分泌酶γ切割后生成的胞内端AID(APPintracellulardomain)能够诱导细胞凋亡。为了研究AID在阿尔茨海默氏症病理过程中的作用,我们以AID为诱饵蛋白用酵母双杂交系统筛选与之有相互作用的蛋白。我们发现人不均一核蛋白D类似蛋白JKTBP2的90-204位肽段可以结合AID。利用293T细胞表达蛋白后进行免疫共沉淀,结果证实二者间存在相互作用。这些结果指出JKTBP2可能在阿尔茨海默氏症形成中有重要作用。     

Centrobin/Nip2 expression in vivo suggests its involvement in cell proliferation

Centrobin/Nip2 was initially identified as a centrosome protein that is critical for centrosome duplication and spindle assembly. In the present study, we determined the expression and subcellular localization of centrobin in selected mouse tissues. Immunoblot analysis revealed that the centrobin-specific band of 100 kDa was detected in all tissues tested but most abundantly in the thymus, spleen and testis. In the testis, centrobin was localized at the centrosomes of spermatocytes and early round spermatids, but no specific signal was detected in late round spermatids and elongated spermatids. Our results also revealed that the centrosome duplication occurs at interphase of the second meiotic division of the mouse male germ cells. The centrobin protein was more abundant in the mitotically active ovarian follicular cells and thymic cortex cells than in non-proliferating corpus luteal cells and thymic medullary cells. The expression pattern of centrobin suggests that the biological functions of centrobin are related to cell proliferation. Consistent with the proposal, we observed reduction of the centrobin levels when NIH3T3 became quiescent in the serum-starved culture conditions. However, a residual amount of centrobin was also detected at the centrosomes of the resting cells, suggesting its role for maintaining integrity of the centrosome, especially of the daughter centriole in the cells.     

Centrobin-mediated Regulation of the Centrosomal Protein 4.1-associated Protein (CPAP) Level Limits Centriole Length during Elongation Stage

Microtubule-based centrioles in the centrosome mediate accurate bipolar cell division, spindle orientation, and primary cilia formation. Cellular checkpoints ensure that the centrioles duplicate only once in every cell cycle and achieve precise dimensions, dysregulation of which results in genetic instability and neuro- and ciliopathies. The normal cellular level of centrosomal protein 4.1-associated protein (CPAP), achieved by its degradation at mitosis, is considered as one of the major mechanisms that limits centriole growth at a predetermined length. Here we show that CPAP levels and centriole elongation are regulated by centrobin. Exogenous expression of centrobin causes abnormal elongation of centrioles due to massive accumulation of CPAP in the cell. Conversely, CPAP was undetectable in centrobin-depleted cells, suggesting that it undergoes degradation in the absence of centrobin. Only the reintroduction of full-length centrobin, but not its mutant form that lacks the CPAP binding site, could restore cellular CPAP levels in centrobin-depleted cells, indicating that persistence of CPAP requires its interaction with centrobin. Interestingly, inhibition of the proteasome in centrobin-depleted cells restored the cellular and centriolar CPAP expression, suggesting its ubiquitination and proteasome-mediated degradation when centrobin is absent. Intriguingly, however, centrobin-overexpressing cells also showed proteasome-independent accumulation of ubiquitinated CPAP and abnormal, ubiquitin-positive, elongated centrioles. Overall, our results show that centrobin interacts with ubiquitinated CPAP and prevents its degradation for normal centriole elongation function. Therefore, it appears that loss of centrobin expression destabilizes CPAP and triggers its degradation to restrict the centriole length during biogenesis.     

Centrobin/NIP2 Is a Microtubule Stabilizer Whose Activity Is Enhanced by PLK1 Phosphorylation during Mitosis

Centrobin/NIP2 is a centrosomal protein that is required for centrosome duplication. It is also critical for microtubule organization in both interphase and mitotic cells. In the present study, we observed that centrobin is phosphorylated in a cell cycle stage-specific manner, reaching its maximum at M phase. PLK1 is a kinase that is responsible for M phase-specific phosphorylation of centrobin. The microtubule forming activity of centrobin was enhanced by PLK1 phosphorylation. Furthermore, mitotic spindles were not assembled properly with the phospho-resistant mutant of centrobin. Based on these results, we propose that centrobin functions as a microtubule stabilizing factor and PLK1 enhances centrobin activity for proper spindle formation during mitosis.     

BRCA1 and FancJ cooperatively promote interstrand crosslinker induced centrosome amplification through the activation of polo-like kinase 1

DNA damage response (DDR) and the centrosome cycle are 2 of the most critical cellular processes affecting the genome stability in animal cells. Yet the cross-talks between DDR and the centrosome are poorly understood. Here we showed that deficiency of the breast cancer 1, early onset gene (BRCA1) induces centrosome amplification in non-stressed cells as previously reported while attenuating DNA damage-induced centrosome amplification (DDICA) in cells experiencing prolonged genotoxic stress. Mechanistically, the function of BRCA1 in promoting DDICA is through binding and recruiting polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) to the centrosome. In a recent study, we showed that FancJ also suppresses centrosome amplification in non-stressed cells while promoting DDICA in both hydroxyurea and mitomycin C treated cells. FancJ is a key component of the BRCA1 B-complex. Here, we further demonstrated that, in coordination with BRCA1, FancJ promotes DDICA by recruiting both BRCA1 and PLK1 to the centrosome in the DNA damaged cells. Thus, we have uncovered a novel role of BRCA1 and FancJ in the regulation of DDICA. Dysregulation of DDR or centrosome cycle leads to aneuploidy, which is frequently seen in both solid and hematological cancers. BRCA1 and FancJ are known tumor suppressors and have well-recognized functions in DNA damage checkpoint and DNA repair. Together with our recent findings, we demonstrated here that BRCA1 and FancJ also play an important role in centrosome cycle especially in DDICA. DDICA is thought to be an alternative fail-safe mechanism to prevent cells experiencing severe DNA damage from becoming carcinogenic. Therefore, BRCA1 and FancJ are potential liaisons linking early DDR with the DDICA. We propose that together with their functions in DDR, the role of BRCA1 and FancJ in the activation of DDICA is also crucial for their tumor suppression functions in vivo.     

The microtubule nucleation activity of centrobin in both the centrosome and cytoplasm

Centrobin resides in daughter centriole and play a critical role in centriole duplication. Nucleation and stabilization of microtubules are known biological activities of centrobin. Here, we report a specific localization of centrobin outside the centrosome. Centrobin was associated with the stable microtubules. In hippocampal cells, centrobin formed cytoplasmic dots in addition to the localization at both centrosomes with the mother and daughter centrioles. Such specific localization pattern suggests that cytoplasmic centrobin is not just a reserved pool for centrosomal localization but also has a specific role in the cytoplasm. In fact, centrobin enhanced microtubule formation outside as well as inside the centrosome. These results propose specific roles of the cytoplasmic centrobin for noncentrosomal microtubule formation in specific cell types and during the cell cycle.     

Interaction with BRCA2 suggests a role for filamin-1 (hsFLNa) in DNA damage response

The BRCA2 tumor suppressor plays significant roles in DNA damage response. The human actin binding protein filamin-1 (hsFLNa, also known as ABP-280) participates in orthogonal actin network, cellular stress responses, signal transduction, and cell migration. Through a yeast two-hybrid system, an in vitro binding assay, and in vivo co-immunoprecipitations, we identified an interaction between BRCA2 and hsFLNa. The hsFLNa binding domain of BRCA2 was mapped to an internal conserved region, and the BRCA2-interacting domain of hsFLNa was mapped to its C terminus. Although hsFLNa is known for its cytoplasmic functions in cell migration and signal transduction, some hsFLNa resides in the nucleus, raising the possibility that it participates in DNA damage response through a nuclear interaction with BRCA2. Lack of hsFLNa renders a human melanoma cell line (M2) more sensitive to several genotoxic agents including gamma irradiation, bleomycin, and ultraviolet-c light. These results suggest that BRCA2/hsFLNa interaction may serve to connect cytoskeletal signal transduction to DNA damage response pathways.     

Centrobin-Centrosomal Protein 4.1-associated Protein (CPAP) Interaction Promotes CPAP Localization to the Centrioles during Centriole Duplication

Centriole duplication is the process by which two new daughter centrioles are generated from the proximal end of preexisting mother centrioles. Accurate centriole duplication is important for many cellular and physiological events, including cell division and ciliogenesis. Centrosomal protein 4.1-associated protein (CPAP), centrosomal protein of 152 kDa (CEP152), and centrobin are known to be essential for centriole duplication. However, the precise mechanism by which they contribute to centriole duplication is not known. In this study, we show that centrobin interacts with CEP152 and CPAP, and the centrobin-CPAP interaction is critical for centriole duplication. Although depletion of centrobin from cells did not have an effect on the centriolar levels of CEP152, it caused the disappearance of CPAP from both the preexisting and newly formed centrioles. Moreover, exogenous expression of the CPAP-binding fragment of centrobin also caused the disappearance of CPAP from both the preexisting and newly synthesized centrioles, possibly in a dominant negative manner, thereby inhibiting centriole duplication and the PLK4 overexpression-mediated centrosome amplification. Interestingly, exogenous overexpression of CPAP in the centrobin-depleted cells did not restore CPAP localization to the centrioles. However, restoration of centrobin expression in the centrobin-depleted cells led to the reappearance of centriolar CPAP. Hence, we conclude that centrobin-CPAP interaction is critical for the recruitment of CPAP to procentrioles to promote the elongation of daughter centrioles and for the persistence of CPAP on preexisting mother centrioles. Our study indicates that regulation of CPAP levels on the centrioles by centrobin is critical for preserving the normal size, shape, and number of centrioles in the cell.     

Centrobin: a novel daughter centriole-associated protein that is required for centriole duplication

In mammalian cells, the centrosome consists of a pair of centrioles and amorphous pericentriolar material. The pair of centrioles, which are the core components of the centrosome, duplicate once per cell cycle. Centrosomes play a pivotal role in orchestrating the formation of the bipolar spindle during mitosis. Recent studies have linked centrosomal activity on centrioles or centriole-associated structures to cytokinesis and cell cycle progression through G1 into the S phase. In this study, we have identified centrobin as a centriole-associated protein that asymmetrically localizes to the daughter centriole. The silencing of centrobin expression by small interfering RNA inhibited centriole duplication and resulted in centrosomes with one or no centriole, demonstrating that centrobin is required for centriole duplication. Furthermore, inhibition of centriole duplication by centrobin depletion led to impaired cytokinesis.     

Centrobin-tubulin interaction is required for centriole elongation and stability

Centrobin is a daughter centriole protein that is essential for centrosome duplication. However, the molecular mechanism by which centrobin functions during centriole duplication remains undefined. In this study, we show that centrobin interacts with tubulin directly, and centrobin-tubulin interaction is pivotal for the function of centrobin during centriole duplication. We found that centrobin is recruited to the centriole biogenesis site via its interaction with tubulins during the early stage of centriole biogenesis, and its recruitment is dependent on hSAS-6 but not centrosomal P4.1-associated protein (CPAP) and CP110. The function of centrobin is also required for the elongation of centrioles, which is likely mediated by its interaction with tubulin. Furthermore, disruption of centrobin-tubulin interaction led to destabilization of existing centrioles and the preformed procentriole-like structures induced by CPAP expression, indicating that centrobin-tubulin interaction is critical for the stability of centrioles. Together, our study demonstrates that centrobin facilitates the elongation and stability of centrioles via its interaction with tubulins.     

Characterization of BRCA1 protein targeting, dynamics, and function at the centrosome: a role for the nuclear export signal, CRM1, and Aurora A kinase

BRCA1 is a DNA damage response protein and functions in the nucleus to stimulate DNA repair and at the centrosome to inhibit centrosome overduplication in response to DNA damage. The loss or mutation of BRCA1 causes centrosome amplification and abnormal mitotic spindle assembly in breast cancer cells. The BRCA1-BARD1 heterodimer binds and ubiquitinates γ-tubulin to inhibit centrosome amplification and promote microtubule nucleation; however regulation of BRCA1 targeting and function at the centrosome is poorly understood. Here we show that both N and C termini of BRCA1 are required for its centrosomal localization and that BRCA1 moves to the centrosome independently of BARD1 and γ-tubulin. Mutations in the C-terminal phosphoprotein-binding BRCT domain of BRCA1 prevented localization to centrosomes. Photobleaching experiments identified dynamic (60%) and immobilized (40%) pools of ectopic BRCA1 at the centrosome, and these are regulated by the nuclear export receptor CRM1 (chromosome region maintenance 1) and BARD1. CRM1 mediates nuclear export of BRCA1, and mutation of the export sequence blocked BRCA1 regulation of centrosome amplification in irradiated cells. CRM1 binds to undimerized BRCA1 and is displaced by BARD1. Photobleaching assays implicate CRM1 in driving undimerized BRCA1 to the centrosome and revealed that when BRCA1 subsequently binds to BARD1, it is less well retained at centrosomes, suggesting a mechanism to accelerate BRCA1 release after formation of the active heterodimer. Moreover, Aurora A binding and phosphorylation of BRCA1 enhanced its centrosomal retention and regulation of centrosome amplification. Thus, CRM1, BARD1 and Aurora A promote the targeting and function of BRCA1 at centrosomes.