美國科學家發(fā)現(xiàn)了熱應激因子1(HSF1)與SIRT1調節(jié)生命周期的新機制,。高水平的SIRT1能有效地保護細胞,,但人體內的SIRT1水平會隨著年齡的增長而降低,導致細胞無法應對內外環(huán)境的壓力,,這就是衰老的真相,,研究結果發(fā)表在20日的《科學》雜志上。
為了更好地理解細胞怎樣免于壓力和損傷,,美國西北大學生物化學,、分子生物學和細胞生物學教授比爾和蓋勒·庫克團隊研究了紅酒中富含的對人體有益的化學物質白藜蘆醇(resveratrol)對人類組織細胞的影響。
研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn),名為酵母交配型沉默信息調節(jié)因子1(SIRT1)的蛋白對長時間保持細胞健康很重要,。SIRT1蛋白有助于限制熱量以及延長壽命,,它可以被白藜蘆醇激活,可以調整熱休克因子1(heatshockfactor,HSF)使其保持活躍,。HSF1是一種保護細胞免受蛋白錯誤折疊和蛋白損傷壓力的重要調節(jié)因子,,HSF1感覺到細胞中受損壞的蛋白的出現(xiàn),提高分子伴侶(molecularchaperones)的表達來使得細胞蛋白處于折疊的,、起作用的狀態(tài),,這種調整方式讓細胞保持年輕。
西北大學分子生物學和細胞生物學教授理查德·莫瑞莫托說:“當SIRT1的含量很高時,,人體細胞處于受保護的狀態(tài),。當HSF1更活躍時,細胞被保護,,可以抵御傷害。”
莫瑞莫托解釋說,,SIRT1水平隨著年齡的增長而減少,,細胞也不能很好地對壓力作出反應。SIRT1的減少使HSF1失去活性,,對細胞的保護失效,,導致蛋白錯誤折疊,許多損傷積累,,分子系統(tǒng)開始分崩離析,,這就是衰老的原因。而且,,這也可以解釋為什么與蛋白錯誤折疊有關的阿爾茨海默病,、帕金森病、亨廷頓舞蹈病等都同年齡有關,。(生物谷Bioon.com)
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Science 20 February 2009:DOI: 10.1126/science.1165946
Stress-Inducible Regulation of Heat Shock Factor 1 by the Deacetylase SIRT1
Sandy D. Westerheide,1* Julius Anckar,2* Stanley M. Stevens, Jr.,3 Lea Sistonen,2 Richard I. Morimoto1
Heat shock factor 1 (HSF1) is essential for protecting cells from protein-damaging stress associated with misfolded proteins and regulates the insulin-signaling pathway and aging. Here, we show that human HSF1 is inducibly acetylated at a critical residue that negatively regulates DNA binding activity. Activation of the deacetylase and longevity factor SIRT1 prolonged HSF1 binding to the heat shock promoter Hsp70 by maintaining HSF1 in a deacetylated, DNA–binding competent state. Conversely, down-regulation of SIRT1 accelerated the attenuation of the heat shock response (HSR) and release of HSF1 from its cognate promoter elements. These results provide a mechanistic basis for the requirement of HSF1 in the regulation of life span and establish a role for SIRT1 in protein homeostasis and the HSR.
1 Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology, Rice Institute for Biomedical Research, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 60208, USA.
2 Department of Biology, Turku Centre for Biotechnology, ?bo Akademi University, FI-20520 Turku, Finland.
3 University of Florida, Protein Chemistry Core Facility, Interdisciplinary Center for Biotechnology Research, Gainesville, FL 32610, USA.