摘要
热休克转录因子4(heat shock transcription factor 4,HSF4)是调控新生儿期晶状体发育的关键转录因子.它参与调控晶状体上皮细胞增生和纤维细胞分化,然而其作用机理仍不清楚.利用鼠晶状体上皮细胞mLEC/HSF4-/-和mLEC/HA-HSF4b细胞为材料,对HSF4在晶状体上皮细胞中的调控作用进行研究.结果发现,重建的mLEC/HA-HSF4b细胞中,高表达热休克蛋白25(Hsp25)和αB晶体蛋白(αB-crystallin).细胞划痕实验和Transwell细胞迁移实验结果表明,mLEC/HSF4-/-细胞明显比mLEC/HA-HSF4b细胞的迁徙速度慢(t检验,P=0.0001).应用免疫印迹和半定量RT-PCR实验发现,HSF4b能上调RhoA,Rac1和CDC42的表达.但后者的表达不受Hsp25和αB-crystallin调控.由此推论,HSF4b通过调控RhoA,Rac1和CDC42的表达参与调控晶状体上皮细胞向后房的迁徙.这一新发现对解释HSF4b调控晶状体发育提供了有力的证据.
Heat shock transcription factor 4 (HSF4) is a key regulator of postnatal lens development by involving the regulation of lens epithelial cell proliferation and fibroblast differentiation. We found that the expression of Hsp25 and aB-crystallin was up-regulated in HSF4b-reconstituted mLEC/HA-HSF4b cells. The results of wound-healing and Transwel! assays indicated that the migration of mLEC/HA-HSFdb cells was significantly faster than that of mLEC/HSF4-/-cells ( P = 0. 0001 ). The immunoblotting and semi- quantity RT-PCR data showed that HSF4b up-regulated the expression of RhoA, Racl and CDC42 and correlated with the Hsp25 and ctB-crystallin levels, except for CDC42. We hypothesized that HSF4b might regulate the migration of anterior epithelial cell to posterior by increasing the expression of RhoA and Racl.
出处
《中国生物化学与分子生物学报》
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2013年第4期377-382,共6页
Chinese Journal of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
基金
国家自然科学基金资助(No.30871299
No.81270985)~~