デジマ カツフミ   Dejima Katsufumi
  出嶋 克史
   所属   医学部 医学科
   職種   助教
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Essential roles of 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate synthase in embryonic and larval development of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans.
掲載誌名 正式名:The Journal of biological chemistry
略  称:J Biol Chem
ISSNコード:0021-9258(Print)0021-9258(Linking)
巻・号・頁 281(16),pp.11431-40
著者・共著者 Dejima Katsufumi, Seko Akira, Yamashita Katsuko, Gengyo-Ando Keiko, Mitani Shohei, Izumikawa Tomomi, Kitagawa Hiroshi, Sugahara Kazuyuki, Mizuguchi Souhei, Nomura Kazuya
発行年月 2006/04
概要 Sulfation of biomolecules, which is widely observed from bacteria to humans, plays critical roles in many biological processes. All sulfation reactions in all organisms require activated sulfate, 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate (PAPS), as a universal donor. In animals, PAPS is synthesized from ATP and inorganic sulfate by the bifunctional enzyme, PAPS synthase. In mammals, genetic defects in PAPS synthase 2, one of two PAPS synthase isozymes, cause dwarfism disorder, but little is known about the consequences of the complete loss of PAPS synthesis. To define the developmental role of sulfation, we cloned a Caenorhabditis elegans PAPS synthase-homologous gene, pps-1, and depleted expression of its product by isolating the deletion mutant and by RNA-mediated interference. PPS-1 protein exhibits specific activity to form PAPS in vitro, and disruption of the pps-1 gene by RNAi causes pleiotropic developmental defects in muscle patterning and epithelial cell shape changes with a decrease in glycosaminoglycan sulfation. Additionally, the pps-1 null mutant exhibits larval lethality. These data suggest that sulfation is essential for normal growth and integrity of epidermis in C. elegans. Furthermore, reporter analysis showed that pps-1 is expressed in the epidermis and several gland cells but not in neurons and muscles, indicating that PAPS in the neurons and muscles is provided by other cells.
DOI 10.1074/jbc.M601509200
文献番号 16497669