哺乳动物线粒体蛋白质翻译及其调控机制

线粒体是真核细胞内参与能量生成和物质代谢的重要细胞器.线粒体核糖体(mitochondrial ribosome,MR)作为细胞器中的翻译机器,用于表达线粒体DNA(mitochondrial DNA,mtDNA)编码的基因.近年来,随着研究的不断深入,人们对参与哺乳动物线粒体蛋白质翻译的蛋白质因子及其翻译的基本过程有...     

线粒体核糖体蛋白质与人类恶性肿瘤

线粒体拥有自身独特的核糖体--线粒体核糖体,用于翻译线粒体DNA（mitochondrial DNA, mtDNA）编码的基因。线粒体核糖体由核基因编码的线粒体核糖体蛋白质(mitochondrial ribosomal protein, MRPs)和线粒体自身编码的rRNA组装而成。MRPs表达失调会引发代谢紊乱、呼吸链受损,导致细胞发生功能障碍和异常增殖,甚至发生癌变等恶性转化。大量研究证明,MRPs在不同的肿瘤细胞中表达异常,提示着MRPs在肿瘤发生发展过程中发挥着重要作用。本文就线粒体核糖体蛋白质与人类恶性肿瘤发生的关系作一综述,为进一步阐明其在恶性肿瘤发生过程中的作用机制奠定基础。     

核糖体的翻译调控及其在精子发生中的研究进展

蛋白质合成过程是基因表达不可或缺的关键步骤,将信使RNA(mRNA)中编码的遗传信息转化为特定的蛋白质。这个过程在各种生物中都具有高度的保守性,是细胞生长、发育、繁殖和适应环境变化的基础。核糖体作为蛋白质合成的“执行器”,在这个复杂而精密的过程中扮演着不可或缺的角色。在精子的形成过程中蛋白质的合成及其精准调控对于正常精子发生至关重要。这种调控的精密性使得精子能够在发育过程中经历形态和功能的变化,从而最终成熟为能够完成受精任务的精子。该文将深入探讨核糖体的组成、功能、在翻译过程中的调控机制,包括精子发生过程中的翻译调控作用,阐述其在生殖生物学领域的重要意义。     

核糖体失活蛋白及核糖体拓扑结构的研究进展（续完）

核糖体失活蛋白及核糖体拓扑结构的研究进展（续完）李向东刘望夷（中国科学院上海生物化学研究所,上海２０００３１）关键词核糖体失活蛋白核糖体拓扑结构ＲＮＡＮ－糖苷酶２．核糖体拓扑结构的研究核糖体是由数十种生物大分子（ＲＮＡ和蛋白质）构成的。早期普遍接受的...     

抗人线粒体核糖体小亚基蛋白17单克隆抗体的制备和鉴定

以纯化人线粒体核糖体小亚基蛋白17(MRPS17)免疫BALB/c小鼠,经细胞融合和ELISA法筛选成功获得1株抗MRPS17杂交瘤细胞。以所获特异性单抗作为一抗,使用Western印迹、免疫组化和免疫荧光等方法检测标本中MRPS17。结果显示:Western印迹检测人骨骼肌组织、黑素瘤组织和体外培养HeLa细胞提取蛋白质,在分子量约13kDa处有一特异性条带,与阳性对照纯化MRPS17相一致;免疫组化检测石蜡切片标本显示人骨骼肌细胞和恶性黑素瘤细胞胞浆中强阳性着色;细胞免疫荧光检测于培养的HeLa细胞,可见细胞核周围胞浆部位颗粒状绿色荧光,其分布与线粒体特异性荧光探针(MitoTrackerRedCM-H2XRos)的荧光分布一致。说明成功制备了具有高度特异性并可适用于多种检测方法的抗人MRPS17单抗,应用该单克隆抗体对人MRPS17进行了亚细胞水平定位,为线粒体生物学相关研究提供了新的研究工具。     

香菇栽培种线粒体DNA和核糖体DNA多态性研究初探

本文应用RFLP技术研究了10个香菇主栽品种的线粒体DNA（mtDNA）和核糖体DNA（rDNA）的部分小区段,利用PCR技术扩增了rDNA5．8＋ITS区段及mtDNA的小区段,分析这些片段的限制性酸切图谱,并进行菌株间的遗传相似系数的估算。结果显示：菌株间的rDNA在5．8＋ITS区段差异很小,表明同一种内菌株间的rDNA具有相对的遗传稳定性;不同菌株间未检出mtDNA的差异,表明菌株间在所研究的区段具有很高的遗传相似性。     

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核糖体的两个结构,激起了结构生物学的讨论和发现热潮     

线粒体——抗病毒感染的重要细胞器

线粒体不但是细胞内重要的能量提供者,而且在病毒感染后引起的细胞凋亡中扮演着极为重要的角色。新发现的线粒体抗病毒蛋白将线粒体与先天性免疫联系起来,这也意味着宿主免疫反应和细胞凋亡可能与线粒体密切相关,显示出线粒体在细胞内的重要作用,提示应加强对线粒体在抗病毒感染和治疗等方面作用的研究。     

核糖体失活蛋白及核糖体拓扑结构的研究进展

天花粉毒蛋白使核糖体失活的分子机制是它有ＲＮＡＮ－糖苷酶的作用。从樟树种子中纯化的两种新的核糖体失活蛋白（ＲＩＰ）——辛纳毒蛋白和克木毒蛋白也都具有ＲＮＡＮ－糖苷酶和依赖超螺旋结构的核酸内切酶活性。辛纳毒蛋白还有杀虫活性;克木毒蛋白还有超氧化物歧化酶活性。被ＲＮＡＮ－糖苷酶失活的核糖体用硼氢化钠还原或氨基酸加成反应可部分地复活,这表明失活的核糖体ＲＮＡ上产生的一个活泼醛基对其失活起着重要作用。工作中建立了荧光标记在凝胶上测定小分子ＲＮＡ序列和定性测定糖蛋白的两种新方法。     

核糖体结构研究中的里程碑

核糖体是一个以RNA和蛋白质为基础的合成蛋白质的分子机器.其复杂的结构使它长期被结晶学家视为该研究领域中的喜马拉雅山.最近在核糖体结构研究中的突破性进展,首次在核糖体及其亚基高度复杂的电子密度图上定位了几种已知三维结构的蛋白质和许多双链rRNA区,并揭示了亚基界面的精细结构和tRNA、mRNA和核糖体间复杂的相互作用.     

Efficient translation initiation dictates codon usage at gene start

The genetic code is degenerate; thus, protein evolution does not uniquely determine the coding sequence. One of the puzzles in evolutionary genetics is therefore to uncover evolutionary driving forces that result in specific codon choice. In many bacteria, the first 5–10 codons of protein‐coding genes are often codons that are less frequently used in the rest of the genome, an effect that has been argued to arise from selection for slowed early elongation to reduce ribosome traffic jams. However, genome analysis across many species has demonstrated that the region shows reduced mRNA folding consistent with pressure for efficient translation initiation. This raises the possibility that unusual codon usage is a side effect of selection for reduced mRNA structure. Here we discriminate between these two competing hypotheses, and show that in bacteria selection favours codons that reduce mRNA folding around the translation start, regardless of whether these codons are frequent or rare. Experiments confirm that primarily mRNA structure, and not codon usage, at the beginning of genes determines the translation rate.     

mRNA transport,translation, and decay in adult mammalian central nervous system axons

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Interrelations between the efficiency of translation start sites and other sequence features of yeast mRNAs

The translation start site (TSS) plays an important role in the control of the translational efficiency and cytoplasmic stability of eukaryotic mRNAs. The efficiency of TSS recognition is known to be influenced by sequence context, and mRNAs with weak TSSs are relatively abundant. We analyzed a sample of 4113 yeast genes in a search for features that might serve to compensate for the inefficient recognition of weak TSSs by initiating ribosomes. The first feature found to correlate with variations in TSS strength is differences in the stability of secondary structure upstream and downstream of the start AUG codon. The second feature concerns the characteristics of AUG triplets found at the beginning of the coding sequence, i.e., downstream of the predicted TSS. In particular, the proximal downstream AUG lies in frame with the CDS significantly more often if the TSS itself is located in a weak context. The accuracy of TSS annotation, the possibility of polypeptide heterogeneity due to the use of alternative downstream AUGs, and the influence of related features of mRNA sequences are discussed.Communicated by C. P. Hollenberg     

Causal signals between codon bias,mRNA structure,and the efficiency of translation and elongation

Ribosome profiling data report on the distribution of translating ribosomes, at steady‐state, with codon‐level resolution. We present a robust method to extract codon translation rates and protein synthesis rates from these data, and identify causal features associated with elongation and translation efficiency in physiological conditions in yeast. We show that neither elongation rate nor translational efficiency is improved by experimental manipulation of the abundance or body sequence of the rare AGG tRNA. Deletion of three of the four copies of the heavily used ACA tRNA shows a modest efficiency decrease that could be explained by other rate‐reducing signals at gene start. This suggests that correlation between codon bias and efficiency arises as selection for codons to utilize translation machinery efficiently in highly translated genes. We also show a correlation between efficiency and RNA structure calculated both computationally and from recent structure probing data, as well as the Kozak initiation motif, which may comprise a mechanism to regulate initiation.     

Mapping the active sites of bacterial translation initiation factor IF3

IF3C is the C-terminal domain of Escherichia coli translation initiation factor 3 (IF3) and is responsible for all functions of this translation initiation factor but for its ribosomal recycling. To map the number and nature of the active sites of IF3 and to identify the essential Arg residue(s) chemically modified with 2,3-butanedione, the eight arginine residues of IF3C were substituted by Lys, His, Ser and Leu, generating 32 variants that were tested in vitro for all known IF3 activities. The IF3-30S subunit interaction was inhibited strongly by substitutions of Arg99, Arg112, Arg116, Arg147 and Arg168, the positive charges being important at positions 116 and 147. The 70S ribosome dissociation was affected by mutations of Arg112, Arg147 and, to a lesser extent, of Arg99 and Arg116. Pseudo-initiation complex dissociation was impaired by substitution of Arg99 and Arg112 (whose positive charges are important) and, to a lesser extent, of Arg116, Arg129, Arg133 and Arg147, while the dissociation of non-canonical 30S initiation complexes was preserved at wild-type levels in all 32 mutants. Stimulation of mRNA translation was reduced by mutations of Arg116, Arg129 and, to a lesser extent, of Arg99, Arg112 and Arg131 whereas inhibition of non-canonical mRNA translation was affected by substitutions of Arg99, Arg112, Arg168 and, to a lesser extent, Arg116, Arg129 and Arg131. Finally, repositioning the mRNA on the 30S subunit was affected weakly by mutations of Arg133, Arg131, Arg168, Arg147 and Arg129. Overall, the results define two active surfaces in IF3C, and indicate that the different functions of IF3 rely on different molecular mechanisms involving separate active sites.     

mRNA translation in yeast during entry into stationary phase

The expression of some Saccharomyces cerevisiae genes is induced as cells enter stationary phase. Their mRNAs are translated during a period in the growth cycle when the translational apparatus is relatively inert, thereby raising the possibility that these mRNAs compete effectively for a limiting pool of translation factors. To test this idea, the translation of mRNAs carrying different 5′-leaders was compared during exponential growth and after entry into stationary phase upon glucose starvation. Closely related sets of lacZ mRNAs, carrying 5′-leaders from the PYK1, PGK1, RpL3, Rp29, HSP12, HSP26 or THI4 mRNAs, were studied. These mRNAs displayed differing translational efficiencies during exponential growth, but their relative translatabilities were not significantly affected by entry into stationary phase, indicating that they compete just as effectively under these conditions. Polysome analysis revealed that the wild-type PYK1, ACT1 and HSP26 mRNAs are all translated efficiently during stationary phase, when the translational apparatus is relatively inert. Also, significant levels of the translation initiation factors eIF-2α, eIF-4E and eIF-4A were maintained during the growth cycle. These data are consistent with the idea that, while translational activity decreases dramatically during entry into stationary phase, yeast cells maintain excess translational capacity under these conditions. Received: 31 March 1998 / Accepted: 4 May 1998     

Competition of CUGBP1 and calreticulin for the regulation of p21 translation determines cell fate

Induction of p21 in senescent human fibroblasts plays a key role in the inactivation of cyclin-dependent kinases and the resulting irreversible growth arrest in the early stages of cell senescence. We found that RNA-binding proteins are critical regulators of p21 during senescence. Two RNA-binding proteins, CUGBP1 and calreticulin (CRT), interact with the same nucleotide sequences within the 5' region of p21 mRNA, but have opposite effects on the translation of p21 mRNA. CUGBP1 increases translation of p21 mRNA, whereas CRT blocks translation of p21 via stabilization of a stem-loop structure within the 5' region of the p21 mRNA. CUGBP1 and CRT compete for binding to p21 mRNA and thereby the regulation of p21 translation. In senescent fibroblasts, CUGBP1 displaces CRT from the p21 mRNA and releases CRT-dependent repression of p21 translation leading to growth arrest and development of a senescent phenotype. These data present evidence that competition between RNA-binding proteins for the regulation of p21 translation determines cell fate.