真核生物集缩素(condensin)的主要作用是在细胞周期过程中调控染色体的动态变化。它是一种含5个亚基的蛋白质,由1个起核心催化作用的SMC2(structure maintenance of chromosomes 2)/SMC4异二聚体和3个起调节作用的非SMC亚基组成。目前,...真核生物集缩素(condensin)的主要作用是在细胞周期过程中调控染色体的动态变化。它是一种含5个亚基的蛋白质,由1个起核心催化作用的SMC2(structure maintenance of chromosomes 2)/SMC4异二聚体和3个起调节作用的非SMC亚基组成。目前,关于集缩素中SMC2/SMC4异二聚体的体内构象和分子作用机制仍不清楚。最近,对SMC2/SMC4异二聚体的结构解析取得许多新进展。该文在简要介绍SMC蛋白的基本结构、真核生物集缩素的发现、真核生物集缩素的结构组成的基础上,对近年来SMC2/SMC4异二聚体的结构解析的研究进展作一综述,以期为相关研究提供参考。展开更多
Objective:The main reasons for the poor prognoses of pancreatic adenocarcinoma(PA)patients are rapid early-stage progression,advanced stage metastasis,and chemotherapy resistance.Identification of novel diagnostic and...Objective:The main reasons for the poor prognoses of pancreatic adenocarcinoma(PA)patients are rapid early-stage progression,advanced stage metastasis,and chemotherapy resistance.Identification of novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of PA is therefore urgently needed.Methods:Three mRNA microarray datasets were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus database to select differentially expressed genes(DEGs).Gene Ontology(GO)and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment analyses for hub genes were performed using DAVID.Correlations between expression levels of hub genes and cancer-infiltrating immune cells were investigated by TIMER.Cox proportional hazard regression analyses were also performed.Serum hub genes were screened using the HPA platform and verified for diagnostic value using ELISAs.Results:We identified 59 hub genes among 752 DEGs.GO analysis indicated that these 59 hub genes were mainly involved in the defense response to viruses and the type I interferon signaling pathway.We also discovered that RSAD2 and SMC4 were associated with immune cell infiltration in the PA microenvironment.Additionally,DLGAP5 mRNA might be used as an independent risk factor for the prognoses of PA patients.Furthermore,the protein encoded by ISG15,which exists in peripheral blood,was validated as a potential diagnostic biomarker that distinguished PA patients from healthy controls(area under the curve:0.902,95%confidence interval:0.819–0.961).Conclusions:Our study suggested that RSAD2 and SMC4 were associated with immune cell infiltration in the PA microenvironment,while DLGAP5 mRNA expression might be an independent risk factor for the survival prognoses of PA patients.Moreover,ELISAs indicated that serum ISG15 could be a potential novel diagnostic biomarker for PA.展开更多
文摘真核生物集缩素(condensin)的主要作用是在细胞周期过程中调控染色体的动态变化。它是一种含5个亚基的蛋白质,由1个起核心催化作用的SMC2(structure maintenance of chromosomes 2)/SMC4异二聚体和3个起调节作用的非SMC亚基组成。目前,关于集缩素中SMC2/SMC4异二聚体的体内构象和分子作用机制仍不清楚。最近,对SMC2/SMC4异二聚体的结构解析取得许多新进展。该文在简要介绍SMC蛋白的基本结构、真核生物集缩素的发现、真核生物集缩素的结构组成的基础上,对近年来SMC2/SMC4异二聚体的结构解析的研究进展作一综述,以期为相关研究提供参考。
基金supported by grants from the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin City in China(Grant Nos.18JCYBJC25400 and 18JCZDJC32600)and the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.81802432).
文摘Objective:The main reasons for the poor prognoses of pancreatic adenocarcinoma(PA)patients are rapid early-stage progression,advanced stage metastasis,and chemotherapy resistance.Identification of novel diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers of PA is therefore urgently needed.Methods:Three mRNA microarray datasets were obtained from the Gene Expression Omnibus database to select differentially expressed genes(DEGs).Gene Ontology(GO)and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes pathway enrichment analyses for hub genes were performed using DAVID.Correlations between expression levels of hub genes and cancer-infiltrating immune cells were investigated by TIMER.Cox proportional hazard regression analyses were also performed.Serum hub genes were screened using the HPA platform and verified for diagnostic value using ELISAs.Results:We identified 59 hub genes among 752 DEGs.GO analysis indicated that these 59 hub genes were mainly involved in the defense response to viruses and the type I interferon signaling pathway.We also discovered that RSAD2 and SMC4 were associated with immune cell infiltration in the PA microenvironment.Additionally,DLGAP5 mRNA might be used as an independent risk factor for the prognoses of PA patients.Furthermore,the protein encoded by ISG15,which exists in peripheral blood,was validated as a potential diagnostic biomarker that distinguished PA patients from healthy controls(area under the curve:0.902,95%confidence interval:0.819–0.961).Conclusions:Our study suggested that RSAD2 and SMC4 were associated with immune cell infiltration in the PA microenvironment,while DLGAP5 mRNA expression might be an independent risk factor for the survival prognoses of PA patients.Moreover,ELISAs indicated that serum ISG15 could be a potential novel diagnostic biomarker for PA.
