Spastin 微管切断和再生-猫眼课题宝

Spastin 微管切断和再生

批准号：

10643705

负责人：

Jonathon Howard

金额：

$32.28万

依托单位：

YALE UNIVERSITY

依托单位国家：

美国

项目类别：

财政年份：

2020

资助国家：

美国

项目状态：

已结题

起止时间：

2020-08-01 至 2024-06-30

来源：

https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10643705

关键词：

ATP Hydrolysis ATP phosphohydrolase Acceleration Affect Animal Model Binding C-terminal Cells Cytoskeleton Degenerative Disorder Disease Engineering Enzymes Excision Family member Fluorescence Fluorescence Microscopy Frequencies Functional disorder Future Gait abnormality Genes Goals Grant Growth Guanosine Triphosphate Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia Human Hydrolysis In Vitro Island Kinetics Knowledge Laboratories Lead Measures Mechanics Mediating Microtubule Polymerization Microtubules Modeling Molecular Motor Neurons Mutate Mutation Mutation Analysis Nerve Degeneration Neurodegenerative Disorders Neurons Organism Outcome Pathologic Patients Peptides Plant Model Polymers Proteins Reagent Research Role Spastic Paraplegia Spectrum Analysis Speed Tail Testing Tubulin Work autosome experimental study growth promoting activity in vivo insight katanin laser tweezer mathematical model molecular mechanics monomer mutant novel optic tweezer rational design reconstitution repaired single molecule spastin therapeutically effective

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PROJECT SUMMARY Microtubule Severing and Regrowth by Spastin Hereditary spastic paraplegia (HSP) is a neurodegenerative disease that causes progressive gait disorder. The most commonly mutated gene found in HSP patients encodes the microtubule- severing enzyme spastin, which can sever microtubule polymers into shorter fragments. While microtubule severing proteins—spastin, katanin and fidgetin—have been long thought to disassemble the cellular microtubule network, in vivo studies in various organisms have shown that they can actually increase the number of microtubules in cells. Our long-term goal is to establish a framework for how spastin regulates cellular microtubule networks, and how perturbation of spastin activity leads to neuronal degeneration. Recently, by reconstituting the activity of purified spastin, we discovered that the protein possesses a novel activity that promotes the regrowth of severed microtubules. This activity is independent of its canonical severing activity. We showed that the combination of severing and microtubule regrowth promotion can lead to an exponential increase in the number of microtubules and the amount of tubulin polymer. Based on this work, we hypothesize that spastin increases the amount of cellular microtubules by combining these two activities. How spastin perform these functions, however, is poorly understood. The overall objective of this project is to understand the molecular mechanisms of severing and regrowth using a combination of single-molecule fluorescence microscopy, force spectroscopy and mathematical modelling. Our two specific aims are: (i) dissect the molecular mechanics of spastin-dependent microtubule severing, and (ii) test competing models for how spastin promotes microtubule regrowth. Completion of these aims is expected to yield detailed kinetic and mechanical mechanisms for spastin’s activities and to generate reagents that will facilitate future structural and cellular studies, including on the pathophysiology of spastin.

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