酵母和植物中铜的转运系统及其调控

铜是生物正常生命活动所必需的微量矿质元素。酵母和植物中有复杂的机制来调节铜的摄取、分布、螯合以及输出。本文集中讨论了酵母和植物中铜离子的转运体、铜的金属伴侣及其基因转录水平的调控。     

植物内生酵母研究简况

当前国内、外对植物内生菌的研究主要集中在内生真菌、内生细菌的多样性及其相关应用等方面,而关于植物内生酵母多样性及应用的研究相对较少.目前研究表明,所分离出的植物内生酵母最常见于隐球菌属、德巴利酵母属、孢子酵母属和红酵母属,并且内生酵母在植物中定殖的具体机制尚未确定.概述了现有研究中关于植物内生酵母的研究现状及应用研究进...     

产朊假丝酵母细胞壁对铜离子吸附机理研究

比较了产朊假丝酵母细胞与分离纯化的细胞壁对铜离子吸附能力。观察铜离子浓度、温度和pH值对产朊假丝酵母吸附铜离子的影响，探讨细胞壁在酵母吸附重金属离子过程中的作用机理。结果表明，细胞壁是酵母吸附重金属离子的主要部位。细胞壁的蛋白酶酶解实验证明，对胰蛋白酶不敏感的细胞壁嵌合蛋白是铜离子吸附的主要位点。     

2株动物微生态制剂菌的分离鉴定及其生物学特性初步研究

目的从饲料中进行微生物的分离与培养,筛选动物微生态制剂候选菌株。方法利用变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)筛选得到的7株微生物区分为2种菌,经测序确定其为热带假丝酵母和植物乳杆菌;检测了不同pH、温度、胆盐、金属铜和需/厌氧对其生长的影响。结果当pH小于2.5或铜离子高于150 ppm时,植物乳杆菌无法生长,而热带假丝酵母数量略有下降;胆盐和金属离子对2种菌影响较小,42℃培养条件下相对于30℃培养时热带假丝酵母数量下降了6个数量级。结论筛选得到的2株菌具有应用于动物微生态制剂的潜力,为动物微生态制剂候选菌筛选和评价提供了基础数据。     

植物铜转运相关蛋白研究进展

环境中过量的铜会损害植物细胞的功能、降低酶的活性并且破坏蛋白质的结构。植物中有一个复杂的金属转运网络,对维持植物体内铜的动态平衡发挥着重要作用。综述了重金属铜对植物的毒害,详细介绍了铜转运相关蛋白及其对铜的转运和调控机制。     

重组人血清白蛋白表达研究进展

本文综述了重组人血清白蛋白在细菌,酵母,植物和动物等表达系统中表达的研究进展。用酵母表达系统,尤其是毕赤酵母,表达的重组白蛋白产量高且提取工艺简单,是其产业化最具有前途的表达系统。同时在转基因动物、植物中培养表达也具有诱人的前景。     

Research advances in transport-related proteins of copper in plants

环境中过量的铜会损害植物细胞的功能、降低酶的活性并且破坏蛋白质的结构.植物中有一个复杂的金属转运网络,对维持植物体内铜的动态平衡发挥着重要作用.综述了重金属铜对植物的毒害,详细介绍了铜转运相关蛋白及其对铜的转运和调控机制.     

重组人血清白蛋白表达研究进展

本文综述了重组人血清白蛋白在细菌,酵母,植物和动物等表达系统中表达的研究进展。用酵母表达系统,尤其是毕赤酵母,表达的重组白蛋白产量高且提取工艺简单,是其产业化最具有前途的表达系统。同时在转基因动物、植物中培养表达也具有诱人的前景。     

超积累植物伴矿景天镉耐受基因SpMT2的分离及功能鉴定

超积累植物由于其对重金属具有地上部超积累以及超耐受等特性,不仅是研究植物离子转运及毒性耐受的理想模式,而且在植物修复的发展和应用中具有不可替代的作用。伴矿景天是近年在我国境内发现的一种景天科镉(Cd)/锌(Zn)超积累植物。为鉴定其富集和耐受Cd的关键基因,笔者构建了其酵母表达cDNA文库,利用酵母的遗传互补系统筛选到一个极大提高了酵母抗Cd能力的基因SpMT2。SpMT2属于富含半胱氨酸(Cys)的金属硫蛋白(Metallothionein)家族。亚细胞定位表明SpMT2表达于酵母细胞质中,并特异地提高酵母对Cd的抗性。进一步研究发现SpMT2的表达显著降低了酵母液泡中Cd含量,但酵母吸收的总Cd含量无显著变化。推测抗性增加是由于SpMT2在酵母细胞质中通过螯合Cd从而降低Cd对酵母的毒害。qRT-PCR分析表明SpMT2在伴矿景天的根和地上部都高丰度表达,且不受Cd诱导变化。鉴于SpMT2也定位于植物细胞质中,结合上述结果,推测SpMT2可能在伴矿景天细胞质中螯合Cd,在降低Cd毒害的同时可能还保持Cd在细胞质中的流动性,从而在Cd长途转运过程中也发挥重要作用。     

植物多铜氧化酶及其亚家族成员SKS蛋白

多铜氧化酶包括抗坏血酸氧化酶、漆酶、血浆铜蓝蛋白等多种类型,是植物体内非常重要的一类金属氧化酶,并在植物多种生理过程中发挥着举足轻重的作用。SKS(The skewed5simliar)蛋白是多铜氧化酶家族中一类缺乏铜离子连接所必需的组氨酸残基的特殊成员,由于缺失正常的多铜氧化酶酶活性中心,可能在植物发育中被赋予了新的功能。本文就多铜氧化酶铜离子连接位点、底物选择、演化过程以及植物SKS家族基因的研究进行了阐述。     

Copper and oxidative stress in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease

Copper is a redox-active metal with many important biological roles. Consequently, its distribution and oxidation state are subject to stringent regulation. A large body of clinicopathological, circumstantial, and epidemiological evidence suggests that the dysregulation of copper is intimately involved in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Other light transition metals such as iron and zinc may affect copper regulation by competing for copper binding sites and transporters. Therapeutic interventions targeting the regulation of copper are promising, but large gaps in our understanding of copper biochemistry, amyloidogenesis, and the nature of oxidative stress in the brain must be addressed.     

Copper inhibits the water and glycerol permeability of aquaporin-3

Aquaporin-3 (AQP3) is an aquaglyceroporin expressed in erythrocytes and several other tissues. Erythrocytes are, together with kidney and liver, the main targets for copper toxicity. Here we report that both water and glycerol permeability of human AQP3 is inhibited by copper. Inhibition is fast, dose-dependent, and reversible. If copper is dissolved in carbonic acid-bicarbonate buffer, the natural buffer system in our body, doses in the range of those observed in Wilson disease and in copper poisoning caused significant inhibition. AQP7, another aquaglyceroporin, was insensitive to copper. Three extracellular amino acid residues, Trp128, Ser152, and His241, were identified as responsible for the effect of copper on AQP3. We have previously shown that Ser152 is involved in regulation of AQP3 by pH. The fact that Ser152 mediates regulation of AQP3 by copper may explain the phenomenon of exquisite sensitivity of human erythrocytes to copper at acidic pH. When AQP3 was co-expressed with another AQP, only glycerol but not water permeability was inhibited by copper. Our results provide a better understanding of processes that occur in severe copper metabolism defects such as Wilson disease and in copper poisoning.     

Cellular multitasking: the dual role of human Cu-ATPases in cofactor delivery and intracellular copper balance

The human copper-transporting ATPases (Cu-ATPases) are essential for dietary copper uptake, normal development and function of the CNS, and regulation of copper homeostasis in the body. In a cell, Cu-ATPases maintain the intracellular concentration of copper by transporting copper into intracellular exocytic vesicles. In addition, these P-type ATPases mediate delivery of copper to copper-dependent enzymes in the secretory pathway and in specialized cell compartments such as secretory granules or melanosomes. The multiple functions of human Cu-ATPase necessitate complex regulation of these transporters that is mediated through the presence of regulatory domains in their structure, posttranslational modification and intracellular trafficking, as well as interactions with the copper chaperone Atox1 and other regulatory molecules. In this review, we summarize the current information on the function and regulatory mechanisms acting on human Cu-ATPases ATP7A and ATP7B. Brief comparison with the Cu-ATPase orthologs from other species is included.     

Posttranslational regulation of copper transporters

Copper is an essential but potentially harmful trace element involved in many enzymatic processes that require redox chemistry. Cellular copper homeostasis in mammals is predominantly maintained by posttranslational regulation of copper import and export through the copper import proteins hCTR1 and hCTR2 and the copper exporters ATP7A and ATP7B. Regulation of copper uptake and export is achieved by modulation of transporter expression, copper-dependent and copper-independent trafficking of the different transporters, posttranslational modifications, and interacting proteins. In this review we systematically discuss the contribution of these different mechanisms to the regulation of copper transport.     

Mechanisms of the copper-dependent turnover of the copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase

The copper chaperone for superoxide dismutase (CCS) is an intracellular metallochaperone required for incorporation of copper into the essential antioxidant enzyme copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1). Nutritional studies have revealed that the abundance of CCS is inversely proportional to the dietary and tissue copper content. To determine the mechanisms of copper-dependent regulation of CCS, copper incorporation into SOD1 and SOD1 enzymatic activity as well as CCS abundance and half-life were determined after metabolic labeling of CCS-/- fibroblasts transfected with wild-type or mutant CCS. Wild-type CCS restored SOD1 activity in CCS-/- fibroblasts, and the abundance of this chaperone in these cells was inversely proportional to the copper content of the media, indicating that copper-dependent regulation of CCS is entirely post-translational. Although mutational studies demonstrated no role for CCS Domain I in this copper-dependent regulation, similar analysis of the CXC motif in Domain III revealed a critical role for these cysteine residues in mediating copper-dependent turnover of CCS. Further mutational studies revealed that this CXC-dependent copper-mediated turnover of CCS is independent of the mechanisms of delivery of copper to SOD1 including CCS-SOD1 interaction. Taken together these data demonstrate a mechanism determining the abundance of CCS that is competitive with the process of copper delivery to SOD1, revealing a unique post-translational component of intracellular copper homeostasis.