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作者: 韩雪娜    时间: 2008-12-30 23:25     标题: New stem cell maintenance protein found

日期: 2002-12-02 今日/总浏览: 1/696, c* L- J& {- f' `2 i' w
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: r; a; N! M. P+ DRonald D.G. McKay, Ph.D.
% c+ r% s6 V- m' X% B3 mScientistshaveidentifiedacritical,newstemcellprotein?amarkedadvanceintheelucidationofthemolecularblueprintofstemcells.
$ B& v$ g! S9 p* s& V" QDrs.RobertTsaiandRonaldMcKayattheNIHhavediscoveredanovelgene,callednucleostemin,whoseencodedproteinisnecessaryformaintainingtheproliferativecapacityofembryonicandadultstemcells,andpossiblysometypesofcancercells.TheirreportispublishedintheDecember1issueofthescientificjournalGenes&Development.
! g: Z% K2 Q/ K# R" FEmbryonicstemcellsarepluripotentprogenitorcellsthatcandifferentiateintoallofthecelltypesofthebody.Adultstemcells,incontrast,havealessversatilepotential:Theirdifferentiationisgenerallyrestrictedtothecelltypesofaspecifictissue(althoughrecentworkhasexpandedthepreviouslyknownrangeofadultstemcelldifferentiationpotential).$ k  u2 D  p, x. d
Akeyfeatureofbothembryonicandadultstemcellsistheircapacityforself-renewalaswellasdifferentiation?ensuringthataconstantpoolofundifferentiatedstemcellsalwaysexists.Drs.TsaiandMcKayhaveidentifiednucleosteminasacriticalregulatorofthisdelicatebalance.
+ B; e, J* `' D6 g3 tDrs.TsaiandMcKayoriginallyidentifiednucleosteminasaproteinabundantlyexpressedinratCNS(centralnervoussystem)stemcellsthatismarkedlydown-regulatedduringdifferentiation,suggestingapossibleroleinstemcellmaintenance.Theresearcherswentontoshowthatnucleosteminisexpressedinvariousadultandembryonicstemcellpopulations,aswellasinsomehumancancercelllines,andthatitsexpressionisconsistentlyturned-offduringthedifferentiationofstemcellsintomorespecializedcelltypes.
/ h5 `# u2 d" d( Z2 w; fUsingtheRNAigenesilencingmethod,Drs.TsaiandMcKaydisruptednormalnucleosteminexpressionpatternsinrodentCNSstemcellsandhumanosteosarcomacancercells.Theyfoundthattheaberrantdown-regulationofnucleostemininthesecellscausedadecreaseincellproliferation,suggestingthattheexpressionofnucleosteminisrequiredforstemcell--andsomecancercell--proliferation.
  L6 ^1 A, W* W2 [& a' m: NAlthoughtheprecisemechanismofnucleosteminactionisnotyetfullyunderstood,theidentificationofagenewhoseproteinproductspecificallypromotestheproliferationofstemcellsandsomecancercellshasimportantclinicalimplicationsforboththeuseofstemcellsinregenerativemedicineaswellasthetreatmentofcancer.AsDr.Tsaiexplains,Thecharacterizationofnucleosteminsuggeststhatauniqueprimitivestateissharedbybothstemcellsandcancercelllines.Theidentificationofcommonmoleculessharedbybothstemcellsandcancercellsmayfacilitatethediscoveryofself-renewingpopulationswithinagiventumorbyevaluatingtheirexpressionlevels.Perhaps,inthefuture,targetingthesecellswillachieveabettertherapeuticoutcome.
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1 b; _% A) z/ u5 x  v4 Q来源: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) G$ a- {! p) k" P
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