Protein-Mimicking Nanoparticles for a Cellular Regulation of Homeostasis

Author(s):  
Xiaoyuan Ji ◽  
Yanfeng Zhou ◽  
Qian Li ◽  
Haiyun Song ◽  
Chunhai Fan
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1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1286-1287
Author(s):  
Heide Schatten ◽  
Christopher N. Hueser ◽  
Amitabha Chakrabarti

The formation of abnormal mitosis associated with cancer has been intriguing for many decades. While microtubules had been the focus of previous studies, recent research has focused on centrosomes, microtubule organizing centers which organize the mitotic apparatus during cell division. During normal mitosis centrosomes form two poles but in cancer, centrosomes can form three, four, or more poles, and organize tripolar, quadripolar, and multipolar mitoses, respectively. This has severe consequences for genomic stability because chromosomes are separated unequally to three, four, or more poles. This can result in aneuploidy and gene amplifications with multiple defects in cellular regulation. It can result in malignancy that is accompanied by cell cycle imbalances and abnormal cell proliferation. While radiation and chemical agents are known to damage DNA and can lead to cell cycle abnormalities, the damage of centrosome structure leading to abnormal mitosis deserves also consideration.



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Signal transduction, the ability of cells to perceive information from the surroundings and alter behavior in response, is an essential property of life. Studies on tyrosine kinase action fundamentally changed our concept of cellular regulation. The induced assembly of subcellular hubs via the recognition of local protein or lipid modifications by modular protein interactions is now a central paradigm in signaling. Such molecular interactions are mediated by specific protein interaction domains. The first such domain identified was the SH2 domain, which was postulated to be a reader capable of finding and binding protein partners displaying phosphorylated tyrosine side chains. The SH3 domain was found to be involved in the formation of stable protein sub-complexes by constitutively attaching to proline-rich surfaces on its binding partners. The SH2 and SH3 domains have thus served as the prototypes for a diverse collection of interaction domains that recognize not only proteins but also lipids, nucleic acids, and small molecules. It has also been found that particular SH2 and SH3 domains themselves might also bind to and rely on lipids to modulate complex assembly. Some lipid-binding properties of SH2 and SH3 domains are reviewed here.



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