Functional research advances of the protection of alpha crystallin to the lens transparency
10.3760/cma.j.issn.2095-0160.2014.06.016
- VernacularTitle:α-晶状体蛋白对维持晶状体透明性的功能研究进展
- Author:
Qiwei, WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
α-Crytallin;
Cataract;
Chaperone;
Anti-apoptosis;
Genome stability
- From:
Chinese Journal of Experimental Ophthalmology
2014;32(6):556-559
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
α-Crytallin,composed of two menbers of the small heat shock protein,is the major component of the cytoplasm in lens.α-Crytallin not only possesses chaperone-like activity,but also plays important roles in regulation of cell cycle,enhancing genome stability and prevention of the stress-induced apoptosis.The gene mutation associated with α-crytallin is a common cause of hereditary cataract,which is the major cause of childhood blindness.Whereas various changes of the α-crytallin can result in the most common cause of blindness in the world—age-related cataract.Understanding of the function of α-crytallin helps to comprehend the development of lens and how the lens maintain its normal function,and to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention and treatment of the cataract related to the malfunction of α-crytallin.The genetic mapping and mechanism of cataract and the function of α-crytallin are summarized here.
