摘要
Microphthalmia-associatedtranscriptionfactor(MITF)controlsmelanocytesurvivalanddifferentiationthroughdirectlyregulatingtheexpressionofthetyrosinase(TYR)andtyrosinase-relatedproteins1and2(TYRP1andTYRP2)genes.MITFmutationshavebeenreportedtoresultinanabnormalmelanocytedevel-opmentandleadtoWaardenburgsyndrometype2(WS2),characterizedbyvariabledegreesofsensorineu-ralhearinglossandpatchyregionaldistributionofhypopigmentation.Recently,MITFwasalsoindicatedasacausativegeneforamoreseveresyndrome,theTietzSyndrome(TS),characterizedbygeneralizedhy-popigmentationandcompletehearingloss.However,fewfunctionalstudieshavebeenperformedtocom-parethediseases-causingmutations.Here,weanalyzedtheinvitroactivityoftworecentidentifiedWS2-as-sociatedmutation(p.R217Iandp.T192fsX18)andoneTS-associatedmutationp.N210K.TheR217IMITFretainedpartialactivity,normalDNA-bindingabilityandnucleardistribution,whereastheT192fsX18MITFfailedtoactivateTYRpromoterduetolossofDNA-bindingactivity,andaberrantsubcellularlocalization.TheaberrantsubcellularlocalizationofT192fsX18MITFmaybecausedbydeletionofaputativenuclearlocalizationsignal(NLS)ataa213-218(ERRRRF).Indeed,MITFwithdeletionoftheNLSfragmentfailedtotranslocateintothenucleusandactivatedtheTYRpromoter.TaggingthisNLStoGFPpromotedthegreenfluorescenceprotein(GFP)translocatedintothenucleus.ThesurprisingfindingofourstudyisthataTS-as-sociatedMITFmutation,N210K,showedcomparableinvitroactivityasWT.Thus,thepossibleinvolve-mentofMITFinTSanditsunderlyingmechanismsstillneedfurtherinvestigation.
出版日期
2013年02月12日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)