Ford Ethan, Voit Renate, Liszt Gregory, Magin Cornelia, Grummt Ingrid, Guarente Leonard
Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
Genes Dev. 2006 May 1;20(9):1075-80. doi: 10.1101/gad.1399706. Epub 2006 Apr 17.
We investigated the role of SIRT7, one of the seven members of the mammalian sirtuin family. We show that SIRT7 is a widely expressed nucleolar protein that is associated with active rRNA genes (rDNA), where it interacts with RNA polymerase I (Pol I) as well as with histones. Overexpression of SIRT7 increases Pol I-mediated transcription, whereas knockdown of SIRT7 or inhibition of the catalytic activity results in decreased association of Pol I with rDNA and a reduction of Pol I transcription. Depletion of SIRT7 stops cell proliferation and triggers apoptosis. Our findings suggest that SIRT7 is a positive regulator of Pol I transcription and is required for cell viability in mammals.
我们研究了哺乳动物沉默调节蛋白家族七个成员之一的SIRT7的作用。我们发现,SIRT7是一种广泛表达的核仁蛋白,与活跃的核糖体RNA基因(rDNA)相关联,在那里它与RNA聚合酶I(Pol I)以及组蛋白相互作用。SIRT7的过表达增加了Pol I介导的转录,而SIRT7的敲低或催化活性的抑制导致Pol I与rDNA的结合减少以及Pol I转录的降低。SIRT7的缺失会阻止细胞增殖并引发凋亡。我们的研究结果表明,SIRT7是Pol I转录的正调节因子,是哺乳动物细胞活力所必需的。