細胞膜修復の鍵を握るタンパク質を網羅的に同定

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2026-03-10 沖縄科学技術大学院大学

沖縄科学技術大学院大学(OIST)の研究チームは、出芽酵母をモデルに細胞膜修復に関与するタンパク質を網羅的に解析し、80種類のタンパク質(うち72種類は新規)を特定した。研究では酵母GFPライブラリを用いたプロテオーム規模スクリーニングとライブセルイメージングを組み合わせ、レーザーで細胞膜に微小損傷を与えた後のタンパク質の動態を追跡した。その結果、まずPkc1シグナル伝達経路が活性化し、次に小胞が膜と融合して修復材料を供給するエキソサイトーシスが起こり、さらにクラスリン依存的エンドサイトーシス(CME)が続く一連の修復プロセスが明らかになった。特にCMEの関与は酵母では初めて確認された知見である。本研究は細胞膜修復の分子機構を体系的に示す初の大規模データセットを提供し、筋ジストロフィーなど膜修復異常に関連する疾患研究や将来的な治療応用の基盤となることが期待される。

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細胞膜修復タンパク質の大規模同定により、細胞膜損傷に対する時空間的な細胞応答が明らかになった Large-scale identification of plasma membrane repair proteins revealed spatiotemporal cellular responses to plasma membrane damage

Yuta Yamazaki,Keiko Kono
eLife  Reviewed Preprint v1:September 11, 2025
DOI:https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.108585.1

細胞膜修復の鍵を握るタンパク質を網羅的に同定

Abstract

Damage to the plasma membrane (PM) is common in all types of cells. PM repair processes, including exocytosis and endocytosis, are not mutually exclusive; rather, they collaborate to repair the wound. However, the temporal coordination between the repair processes remains poorly understood. Here, by large-scale identification and live-cell imaging of PM repair proteins, we analyzed the spatiotemporal PM damage responses in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Of the 80 repair proteins identified, 72 proteins were previously unreported repair protein candidates. Among the observed repair processes, the polarized exocytosis and clathrin-mediated endocytosis (CME) are coupled at the damage site, with exocytosis predominating in the early stage of PM repair and CME predominating in the late stage of PM repair. Furthermore, we showed that CME at the growing bud site directs PM repair proteins with transmembrane domains to the damage site. We propose a model in which CME delivers repair proteins with transmembrane domains between the growing bud site and the damage site. This study provides a functional catalog of PM repair proteins and insights into spatiotemporal cellular responses to PM damage.

 

細胞膜損傷は酵母の複製寿命を制限し、ヒト線維芽細胞の早期老化を誘導する Plasma membrane damage limits replicative lifespan in yeast and induces premature senescence in human fibroblasts

Kojiro Suda,Yohsuke Moriyama,Nurhanani Razali,Yatzu Chiu,Yumiko Masukagami,Koutarou Nishimura,Hunter Barbee,Hiroshi Takase,Shinju Sugiyama,Yuta Yamazaki,Yoshikatsu Sato,Tetsuya Higashiyama,Yoshikazu Johmura,Makoto Nakanishi & Keiko Kono
Nature Aging  Published:22 February 2024
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43587-024-00575-6

Abstract

Plasma membrane damage (PMD) occurs in all cell types due to environmental perturbation and cell-autonomous activities. However, cellular outcomes of PMD remain largely unknown except for recovery or death. In this study, using budding yeast and normal human fibroblasts, we found that cellular senescence—stable cell cycle arrest contributing to organismal aging—is the long-term outcome of PMD. Our genetic screening using budding yeast unexpectedly identified a close genetic association between PMD response and replicative lifespan regulations. Furthermore, PMD limits replicative lifespan in budding yeast; upregulation of membrane repair factors ESCRT-III (SNF7) and AAA-ATPase (VPS4) extends it. In normal human fibroblasts, PMD induces premature senescence via the Ca2+–p53 axis but not the major senescence pathway, DNA damage response pathway. Transient upregulation of ESCRT-III (CHMP4B) suppressed PMD-dependent senescence. Together with mRNA sequencing results, our study highlights an underappreciated but ubiquitous senescent cell subtype: PMD-dependent senescent cells.

細胞遺伝子工学
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