Verdi J M, Bashirullah A, Goldhawk D E, Kubu C J, Jamali M, Meakin S O, Lipshitz H D
Robarts Research Institute, London, ON N6A 5K8, Canada.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999 Aug 31;96(18):10472-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.96.18.10472.
Neuronal cell fate decisions are directed in Drosophila by NUMB, a signaling adapter protein with two protein-protein interaction domains: a phosphotyrosine-binding domain and a proline-rich region (PRR) that functions as an SH3-binding domain. Here we show that there are at least four human NUMB isoforms and that these serve two distinct developmental functions in the neuronal lineage: differentiation (but not proliferation) is promoted by human NUMB protein isoforms with a type I (short) PRR. In contrast, proliferation (but not differentiation) is directed by isoforms that have a type II (long) PRR. The two types of PRR may promote distinct intracellular signaling pathways downstream of the NOTCH receptor during mammalian neurogenesis.
在果蝇中,神经元细胞命运的决定由NUMB指导,NUMB是一种信号衔接蛋白,具有两个蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用结构域:一个磷酸酪氨酸结合结构域和一个富含脯氨酸的区域(PRR),该区域作为SH3结合结构域发挥作用。我们在此表明,人类至少有四种NUMB异构体,并且这些异构体在神经元谱系中发挥两种不同的发育功能:具有I型(短)PRR的人类NUMB蛋白质异构体促进分化(但不促进增殖)。相比之下,具有II型(长)PRR的异构体指导增殖(但不指导分化)。在哺乳动物神经发生过程中,这两种类型的PRR可能在NOTCH受体下游促进不同的细胞内信号通路。