美國科學(xué)家發(fā)現(xiàn)了熱應(yīng)激因子1(HSF1)與SIRT1調(diào)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(nèi)的SIRT1水平會隨著年齡的增長而降低,導(dǎo)致細胞無法應(yīng)對內(nèi)外環(huán)境的壓力,這就是衰老的真相,,研究結(jié)果發(fā)表在20日的《科學(xué)》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(xué)生物化學(xué),、分子生物學(xué)和細胞生物學(xué)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(xué)物質(zhì)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(diào)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(diào)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(diào)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(diào)整方式讓細胞保持年輕。
西北大學(xué)分子生物學(xué)和細胞生物學(xué)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(yīng),。SIRT1的減少使HSF1失去活性,對細胞的保護失效,,導(dǎo)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(guān)的阿爾茨海默病,、帕金森病,、亨廷頓舞蹈病等都同年齡有關(guān)。(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.