Ran, a member of the Ras GTPase superfamily, is a multifunctional protein and abundant in the nucleus. Many evidences suggest that Ran and its interacting proteins are involved in multiple aspects of the cell cycle re...Ran, a member of the Ras GTPase superfamily, is a multifunctional protein and abundant in the nucleus. Many evidences suggest that Ran and its interacting proteins are involved in multiple aspects of the cell cycle regulation. So far it has been conformed that Ran and its interacting proteins control the nucleocytoplasmic transport, the nuclear envelope (NE) assembly, the DNA replication and the spindle assembly, although many details of the mechanisms are waiting for elucidation. It has also been implicated that Ran and its interacting proteins are involved in regulating the integrity of the nuclear structure, the mRNA transcription and splicing, and the RNA transport from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In this review we mainly discuss the mechanisms by which Ran and its interacting proteins regulate NE as-sembly, DNA replication and spindle assembly.展开更多
Ran GTPase通过RanGTP/RanGDP循环的形式,参与调控多种细胞增殖方式:包括有丝分裂和减数分裂.敲减RAN1基因可导致嗜热四膜虫大核内微管组装紊乱,从而抑制大核无丝分裂.为进一步分析Ran1在无丝分裂中的功能,本研究将野生型Ran1以及模拟GT...Ran GTPase通过RanGTP/RanGDP循环的形式,参与调控多种细胞增殖方式:包括有丝分裂和减数分裂.敲减RAN1基因可导致嗜热四膜虫大核内微管组装紊乱,从而抑制大核无丝分裂.为进一步分析Ran1在无丝分裂中的功能,本研究将野生型Ran1以及模拟GTP(Ran1Q70L)和GDP(Ran1T25N)锁定形式的Ran1突变体在嗜热四膜虫中过量表达,均导致四膜虫细胞增殖速率下降,并引起大核无丝分裂异常,且这种核异常细胞比率与Ran1过表达量呈正相关.免疫荧光定位结果显示,过表达的HA-Ran1在整个细胞中弥散分布,破坏了正常的Ran1分布形式;而过表达的HA-Ran1Q70L明显集中在大核核膜和胞质中,HA-Ran1T25N则主要定位在大核和小核内,分别与Ran1GTP/Ran1GDP循环的辅助调节因子定位模式一致.以上结果表明,过表达Ran1及其突变体可能影响嗜热四膜虫细胞中正常的Ran1GTP/Ran1GDP循环,进而导致大核无丝分裂异常.展开更多
文摘Ran, a member of the Ras GTPase superfamily, is a multifunctional protein and abundant in the nucleus. Many evidences suggest that Ran and its interacting proteins are involved in multiple aspects of the cell cycle regulation. So far it has been conformed that Ran and its interacting proteins control the nucleocytoplasmic transport, the nuclear envelope (NE) assembly, the DNA replication and the spindle assembly, although many details of the mechanisms are waiting for elucidation. It has also been implicated that Ran and its interacting proteins are involved in regulating the integrity of the nuclear structure, the mRNA transcription and splicing, and the RNA transport from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. In this review we mainly discuss the mechanisms by which Ran and its interacting proteins regulate NE as-sembly, DNA replication and spindle assembly.
