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标题: New stem cell maintenance protein found [打印本页]

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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
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Ronald D.G. McKay, Ph.D.
. ?8 C5 k8 j. _9 B% l& ~Scientistshaveidentifiedacritical,newstemcellprotein?amarkedadvanceintheelucidationofthemolecularblueprintofstemcells.* P2 @6 I5 l6 H1 d" u2 w% g
Drs.RobertTsaiandRonaldMcKayattheNIHhavediscoveredanovelgene,callednucleostemin,whoseencodedproteinisnecessaryformaintainingtheproliferativecapacityofembryonicandadultstemcells,andpossiblysometypesofcancercells.TheirreportispublishedintheDecember1issueofthescientificjournalGenes&Development.- `8 v8 N: \/ Y
Embryonicstemcellsarepluripotentprogenitorcellsthatcandifferentiateintoallofthecelltypesofthebody.Adultstemcells,incontrast,havealessversatilepotential:Theirdifferentiationisgenerallyrestrictedtothecelltypesofaspecifictissue(althoughrecentworkhasexpandedthepreviouslyknownrangeofadultstemcelldifferentiationpotential).6 z6 }- E0 m% @
Akeyfeatureofbothembryonicandadultstemcellsistheircapacityforself-renewalaswellasdifferentiation?ensuringthataconstantpoolofundifferentiatedstemcellsalwaysexists.Drs.TsaiandMcKayhaveidentifiednucleosteminasacriticalregulatorofthisdelicatebalance.
7 h) p# W8 q# U$ G5 S/ ?+ jDrs.TsaiandMcKayoriginallyidentifiednucleosteminasaproteinabundantlyexpressedinratCNS(centralnervoussystem)stemcellsthatismarkedlydown-regulatedduringdifferentiation,suggestingapossibleroleinstemcellmaintenance.Theresearcherswentontoshowthatnucleosteminisexpressedinvariousadultandembryonicstemcellpopulations,aswellasinsomehumancancercelllines,andthatitsexpressionisconsistentlyturned-offduringthedifferentiationofstemcellsintomorespecializedcelltypes.
& w. j+ y# L1 `6 T# [4 s5 I' @UsingtheRNAigenesilencingmethod,Drs.TsaiandMcKaydisruptednormalnucleosteminexpressionpatternsinrodentCNSstemcellsandhumanosteosarcomacancercells.Theyfoundthattheaberrantdown-regulationofnucleostemininthesecellscausedadecreaseincellproliferation,suggestingthattheexpressionofnucleosteminisrequiredforstemcell--andsomecancercell--proliferation.
5 ]* A( X# t2 z# T& ?4 Y+ F' E, zAlthoughtheprecisemechanismofnucleosteminactionisnotyetfullyunderstood,theidentificationofagenewhoseproteinproductspecificallypromotestheproliferationofstemcellsandsomecancercellshasimportantclinicalimplicationsforboththeuseofstemcellsinregenerativemedicineaswellasthetreatmentofcancer.AsDr.Tsaiexplains,Thecharacterizationofnucleosteminsuggeststhatauniqueprimitivestateissharedbybothstemcellsandcancercelllines.Theidentificationofcommonmoleculessharedbybothstemcellsandcancercellsmayfacilitatethediscoveryofself-renewingpopulationswithinagiventumorbyevaluatingtheirexpressionlevels.Perhaps,inthefuture,targetingthesecellswillachieveabettertherapeuticoutcome.
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来源: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
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