Screening of proteins that interact with human thrombopoietin receptor c-Mpl using yeast two-hybrid system

Thrombopoietin (TPO) is the major cytokine involved in platelet production and exerts its effects via the receptor c-Mpl. The yeast two-hybrid system has been used to screen the proteins interacting with c-Mpl. First, the cDNA fragment of c-Mpl intracellular domain was cloned into two-hybrid vector pAS2, and the resulting plasmid is designated as pASMM. Then a human placenta cDNA library was screened using the pASMM as a target plasmid. Seven positive clones were isolated from 150 000 independent transformants. Sequence analysis of one of the positive clones demonstrates that a part of coding sequence of vimentin from 611 bp to 3' end and flanking non-translation region was obtained. Therefore, there is an interaction between vimentin and TPO receptor. The results suggest that cytoskeletal protein may play an important role in TPO signal transduction pathway.     

人血小板生成素的研究进展

血小板生成素是新近发现的一个非常重要的造血调控因子。经过40多年的不懈努力,基本上阐明了血小板生成素及其受体系统（TPO/c-Mpl)在造血调控方面的作用。并在此基础上,研制了重组血小板生成素,以治疗放疗和化疗引发的血小板减少症,本综述了近年TPO及其受体c-Mpl系统对造血调控的研究进展,涉及TPO和c-Mpl的基因和蛋白分子结构。基因表达调控、可能经历的信号传导途径、TPO/c-Mpl系统主要的生理作用、TPO在血液循环中的代谢过程以及目前重组血小板生成素的临床研究现状等六个方面。深入理解TPO/c-Mpl系统的结构和作用。将加深人们对机体的造血调控和血液病的认识,并将有助于相关疾病的临床治疗。     

Role of the thrombopoietin (TPO)/Mpl system: c-Mpl-like molecule/TPO signaling enhances early hematopoiesis in Xenopus laevis

Multiple organs are induced in the primitive embryonic ectoderm excised from blastula stage Xenopus laevis embryos, under the strict control of mesoderm inducing factors. This in vitro system is useful for exploring the mechanisms of development. In this study, the function of thrombopoietin (TPO)/c-Mpl signaling in the development of hematopoietic cells was investigated. An optimal hematopoietic cell induction system was established to evaluate the influence of growth factors on hematopoiesis. It was found that exogenous TPO enhanced hematopoiesis in explants induced by activin and bone morphogenetic protein (BMP)-4 and increased the number of both erythrocytes and leukocytes in a dose-dependent manner. Addition of anti-c-Mpl antibody completely inhibited the expansion of hematopoietic cells stimulated by TPO, and the antibody specifically recognized blood-like cells. These results demonstrate that TPO acts on hematopoietic progenitors induced in explants and the c-Mpl-like molecule in Xenopus mediates the cellular function of TPO. We also found that forced expression of TPO in embryos promoted hematopoiesis in the ventral blood island and the dorsal-- lateral plate mesoderm. These results suggest that hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells are regulated by TPO/c-Mpl signaling from when they appear in their ontogeny. They also suggest that TPO/c-Mpl signaling play a crucial role in the formation of hematopoietic cells in Xenopus.     

Screening of proteins that interact with human thrombopoietin receptor c-Mpl using yeast two-hybrid system

Thrombopoietin (TPO) is the major cytokine involved in platelet production and exerts its effects via the receptor c-Mpl. The yeast two-hybrid system has been used to screen the proteins interacting with c-Mpl. First, the cDNA fragment of c-Mpl intracellular domain was cloned into two-hybrid vector pAS2, and the resulting plasmid is designated as pASMM. Then a human placenta cDNA library was screened using the pASMM as a target plasmid. Seven positive clones were isolated from 150 000 independent transformants. Sequence analysis of one of the positive clones demonstrates that a part of coding sequence of vimentin from 611 bp to 3′ end and flanking non-translation region was obtained. Therefore, there is an interaction between vimentin and TPO receptor. The results suggest that cytoskeletal protein may play an important role in TPO signal transduction pathway.     

人促血小板生成素受体c-Mpl编码区全长cDNA的克隆及其稳定表达的细胞株的构建

以人HEL细胞总RNA为模板,采用RT-PCR方法扩增了人促血小板生成素受体c-Mpl编码区全长1.9kb cDNA,测序结果表明与已报道的序列一致。然后构建了c-mpl的pcDNA3表达载体pcMPL,转染不表达cmpl的K562细胞后,经G418抗性筛选,Northern blot和Southern blot检测证实获得稳定表达cmpl的细胞株。为进一步研究cMpl的生物学功能提供有用的实验材料。