カンノ ヒトシ
  菅野 仁
   所属   医学部 医学科(東京女子医科大学病院)
   職種   特任教授
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Gene expression and biological significance of hexokinase in erythroid cells.
掲載誌名 正式名:Acta haematologica
略  称:Acta Haematol
ISSNコード:0001-5792(Print)0001-5792(Linking)
巻・号・頁 108(4),pp.204-9
著者・共著者 Murakami Koko, Kanno Hitoshi, Tancabelic Jakica, Fujii Hisaichi
担当区分 2nd著者
発行年月 2002/09
概要 Red blood cells (RBCs) express two hexokinase (HK) isoforms, HK-I and HK-R. Both isozymes are generated from the HK-I gene by use of an alternate promoter. Gene structure and exon-intron organization of the HK-I gene have been elucidated from a sequence of three contiguous genomic clones localized at human chromosome10. The sequence spans about 131 kb, and consists of 25 exons, which include 6 testis- and 1 erythroid-specific exons. HK-R has been shown as an erythroid-specific isozyme whose expression is turned on in the early erythroid-progenitors and is significantly induced during their differentiation. HK-R unfolds major HK activity in immature RBCs and is rapidly degraded during the maturation process. HK-I has a porin-binding domain in its N-terminus. Recent studies have shown that HK isozymes with a porin-binding domain play a role in mitochondrial integrity, suggesting that HK-I-deficient erythroid cells might be eliminated by apoptosis. It is most likely that RBCs are most labile as a result of HK-I/R deficiency since the HK-I gene but not the other isozyme genes are expressed in fetal and adult RBCs.
DOI 65656
文献番号 12432216