分泌されるPTENフォスファタゼが細胞に入り,信号伝達と生存を変化させる
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Assessing Cellular Target Engagement by SHP2 (PTPN11) Phosphatase Inhibitors
Published on: July 17, 2020
Benjamin D Hopkins1, Barry Fine, Nicole Steinbach
1Department of Oncological Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 1470 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10029, USA.
まとめ
研究者らは,PTEN腫瘍抑制剤の新しい変種であるPTEN-Longを発見しました. この変種は細胞に侵入し,がんの成長を抑制し,潜在的な新しいがん治療法を提供することができます.
科学分野:
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
- 腫瘍学 腫瘍学
- バイオケミストリー バイオケミストリー
背景:
- PTEN (染色体10のフォスファタゼとテンシンホモログ) 遺伝子は,重要な腫瘍抑制剤である.
- PTENは,フォスフォイノシチド-3キナーゼ (PI3K) シグナル伝達経路の主要なアンタゴニストとして作用し,がんではしばしば失調する.
研究 の 目的:
- PTENの新しい機能的変異を特定し,特徴づけること.
- 新しく特定されたPTEN変異体の潜在的な治療用途を調査する.
主な方法:
- 代替翻訳開始サイトを使用して,翻訳変数の識別.
- 脂質フォスファタゼ活性を決定する生化学的測定法.
- 抗腫瘍効果を評価するためのインビトロおよびインビボ研究.
主要な成果:
- 576アミノ酸の変種であるPTEN-Longが特定され,上流の代替翻訳開始部から発生した.
- PTEN-Longは,分泌され,膜に浸透する脂質ファスファタゼであり,他の細胞に侵入することができます.
- 外因性PTEN-LongはPI3Kシグナル伝達を効果的に阻害し,in vitroおよびin vivoモデルの両方で腫瘍細胞死を引き起こす.
結論:
- PTEN-Longは,PTEN腫瘍抑制剤の新しい機能的変種を表しています.
- 細胞によって内化され,PI3Kシグナル伝達を阻害する能力は,治療の可能性を示唆しています.
- PTEN-Longを介して機能的なPTENタンパク質を復元することは,がん治療の有効な戦略である可能性があります.
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