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Wei D, Chen D, Li S, Xiao M, Ren G. A novel DPP10 (intergenic)-NTRK3 fusion in a patient with facial malignant melanoma and potentially benefit from NTRK inhibitors. Oral Oncol 2021; 120:105288. [PMID: 33846089 DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2021.105288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Dongliang Wei
- Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 210000, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine and Innovative Drug Development, Jiangsu Simcere Diagnostics Co., Ltd, Nanjing 210002, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine and Innovative Drug Development, Jiangsu Simcere Diagnostics Co., Ltd, Nanjing 210002, China
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- The State Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine and Innovative Drug Development, Jiangsu Simcere Diagnostics Co., Ltd, Nanjing 210002, China
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- Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 210000, China.
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Nagasubramanian R, Wei J, Gordon P, Rastatter JC, Cox MC, Pappo A. Infantile Fibrosarcoma With NTRK3-ETV6 Fusion Successfully Treated With the Tropomyosin-Related Kinase Inhibitor LOXO-101. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2016; 63:1468-70. [PMID: 27093299 PMCID: PMC5074243 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.26026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2016] [Accepted: 03/27/2016] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
Infantile fibrosarcoma (IFS) is a rare pediatric cancer typically presenting in the first 2 years of life. Surgical resection is usually curative and chemotherapy is active against gross residual disease. However, when recurrences occur, therapeutic options are limited. We report a case of refractory IFS with constitutive activation of the tropomyosin-related kinase (TRK) signaling pathway from an ETS variant gene 6-neurotrophin 3 receptor gene (ETV6-NTRK3) gene fusion. The patient enrolled in a pediatric Phase 1 trial of LOXO-101, an experimental, highly selective inhibitor of TRK. The patient experienced a rapid, radiographic response, demonstrating the potential for LOXO-101 to provide benefit for IFS harboring NTRK gene fusions.
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- Nemours Children's HospitalOrlandoFlorida
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- Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck SurgeryNorthwestern University Feinberg School of MedicineChicagoIllinois
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- St. Jude Children's Research HospitalMemphisTennessee
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Brahimi F, Ko E, Malakhov A, Burgess K, Saragovi HU. Combinatorial assembly of small molecules into bivalent antagonists of TrkC or TrkA receptors. PLoS One 2014; 9:e89617. [PMID: 24603864 PMCID: PMC3945644 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2013] [Accepted: 01/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
A library of peptidomimetics was assembled combinatorially into dimers on a triazine-based core. The pharmacophore corresponds to β-turns of the neurotrophin polypeptides neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), nerve growth factor (NGF), or brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). These are the natural ligands for TrkC, TrkA, and TrkB receptors, respectively. The linker length and the side-chain orientation of each monomer within the bivalent mimics were systematically altered, and the impact of these changes on the function of each ligand was evaluated. While the monovalent peptidomimetics had no detectable binding or bioactivity, four bivalent peptidomimetics (2c, 2d, 2e, 3f) are selective TrkC ligands with antagonistic activity, and two bivalent peptidomimetics (1a, 1b) are TrkC and TrkA ligands with antagonistic activity. All these bivalent compounds block ligand-dependent receptor activation and cell survival, without affecting neuritogenic differentiation. This work adds to our understanding of how the neurotrophins function through Trk receptors, and demonstrates that peptidomimetics can be designed to selectively disturb specific biological signals, and may be used as pharmacological probes or as therapeutic leads. The concept of altering side-chain, linker length, and sequence orientation of a subunit within a pharmacophore provides an easy modular approach to generate larger libraries with diversified bioactivity.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Western
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/chemistry
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/pharmacology
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Survival/drug effects
- Cells, Cultured
- Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques/methods
- Humans
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred C57BL
- Models, Chemical
- Molecular Structure
- NIH 3T3 Cells
- Nerve Growth Factor/chemistry
- Nerve Growth Factor/pharmacology
- Neurotrophin 3/chemistry
- Neurotrophin 3/pharmacology
- PC12 Cells
- Peptidomimetics/chemical synthesis
- Peptidomimetics/chemistry
- Peptidomimetics/pharmacology
- Rats
- Receptor, trkA/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, trkA/genetics
- Receptor, trkA/metabolism
- Receptor, trkC/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, trkC/genetics
- Receptor, trkC/metabolism
- Small Molecule Libraries/chemical synthesis
- Small Molecule Libraries/chemistry
- Small Molecule Libraries/pharmacology
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Affiliation(s)
- Fouad Brahimi
- Lady Davis Institute-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University. Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University. Texas, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University. Texas, United States of America
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- Lady Davis Institute-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Department of Oncology and the Cancer Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Ghilardi JR, Freeman KT, Jimenez-Andrade JM, Mantyh WG, Bloom AP, Bouhana KS, Trollinger D, Winkler J, Lee P, Andrews SW, Kuskowski MA, Mantyh PW. Sustained blockade of neurotrophin receptors TrkA, TrkB and TrkC reduces non-malignant skeletal pain but not the maintenance of sensory and sympathetic nerve fibers. Bone 2011; 48:389-98. [PMID: 20854944 PMCID: PMC3020250 DOI: 10.1016/j.bone.2010.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2010] [Revised: 09/01/2010] [Accepted: 09/14/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
Current therapies for treating skeletal pain have significant limitations as available drugs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opiates) have significant unwanted side effects. Targeting nerve growth factor (NGF) or its cognate receptor tropomysin receptor kinase A (TrkA) has recently become an attractive target for inhibition of adult skeletal pain. Here we explore whether sustained administration of a selective small molecule Trk inhibitor that blocks TrkA, TrkB and TrkC kinase activity with nanomolar affinity reduces skeletal pain while allowing the maintenance of sensory and sympathetic neurons in the adult mouse. Twice-daily administration of a Trk inhibitor was begun 1 day post fracture and within 8 h of acute administration fracture pain-related behaviors were reduced by 50% without significant sedation, weight gain or inhibition of fracture healing. Following administration of the Trk inhibitor for 7 weeks, there was no significant decline in the density of unmyelinated or myelinated sensory nerve fibers, sympathetic nerve fibers, measures of acute thermal pain, acute mechanical pain, or general neuromuscular function. The present results suggest that sustained administration of a peripherally selective TrkA, B and C inhibitor significantly reduces skeletal pain without having any obvious detrimental effects on adult sensory and sympathetic nerve fibers or early fracture healing. As with any potential therapeutic advance, understanding whether the benefits of Trk blockade are associated with any risks or unexpected effects will be required to fully appreciate the patient populations that may benefit from this therapeutic approach.
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- Department of Pharmacology University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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- Research Service VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN 55417, USA
- Department of Pharmacology University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
- Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724, USA
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Brahimi F, Malakhov A, Lee HB, Pattarawarapan M, Ivanisevic L, Burgess K, Saragovi HU. A peptidomimetic of NT-3 acts as a TrkC antagonist. Peptides 2009; 30:1833-9. [PMID: 19647025 PMCID: PMC2755609 DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2009.07.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/21/2009] [Revised: 07/22/2009] [Accepted: 07/22/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Neurotrophins are a family of growth factors that regulate the peripheral and central nervous system. We designed and tested a mini-library of small molecules peptidomimetics based on beta-turns of the neurotrophin growth factor polypeptides NT-3, which is the natural ligand for TrkC receptors. Biological studies identified a peptidomimetic 2Cl that exhibited selective antagonism of TrkC. 2Cl reduces TrkC activation and signaling promoted by NT-3, and selectively blocks ligand-dependent cell survival. 2Cl also blocks ligand-independent TrkC activation and signals that take place when the receptor is over-expressed. This work adds to our understanding of how the neurotrophins function through Trk receptors, and demonstrates that peptidomimetics can be designed to selectively disturb neurotrophin-receptor interactions, and receptor activation.
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- Fouad Brahimi
- Lady Davis Institute-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Box 30012, College Station, TX 77841, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Box 30012, College Station, TX 77841, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Box 30012, College Station, TX 77841, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Box 30012, College Station, TX 77841, USA
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- Lady Davis Institute-Jewish General Hospital, McGill University
- Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University
- Oncology and the Cancer Center. McGill University
- correspondance to: Dr. H. Uri Saragovi, Lady Davis Institute-Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote St. Catherine, E-535. Montreal. Quebec, Canada, H3T 1E2, (1)-(514) 340-8222 x 5055
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Pieraut S, Boukhaddaoui H, Scamps F, Dayanithi G, Sieso V, Valmier J. Spontaneous glutamate release controls NT-3-dependent development of hippocampal calbindin-D28k phenotype through activation of sodium channels ex vivo. Eur J Neurosci 2007; 25:2629-39. [PMID: 17561837 DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2007.05534.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Functional NMDA and AMPA ionotropic glutamate receptors are expressed in embryonic hippocampal glutamatergic pyramidal neurons prior to synapse formation but their function and mechanisms of action are still unclear. At the same time, these neurons develop their calbindin-D(28k) phenotype through an activity-dependent NT-3 autocrine loop. Using single-neuron microcultures, we show here that immature pyramidal neurons spontaneously secreted glutamate and that chronic blockade of either NMDA or AMPA receptors down-regulated the number of calbindin-D(28k)-positive pyramidal neurons without affecting neuronal survival. This antagonistic effect of glutamate ionotropic receptors was mimicked by anti-TrkC antibodies and reversed by the application of NT-3. Similar results were obtained in ex vivo embryonic hippocampal slice cultures. Moreover, glutamate receptor blockade inhibited the generation of spontaneous sodium-driven action potentials which, in turn, regulate both the endogenous secretion of NT-3 and the calbindin-D(28k) phenotype acquisition. Altogether, these results suggest an unexpected role for glutamate in the development of the physiological and biochemical properties of hippocampal pyramidal neurons and support the idea that glutamate may underlie an activity-dependent mode of differentiation prior to synapse formation.
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- Simon Pieraut
- INSERM U-583, 80 rue Augustin Fliche F34091 Montpellier, France
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Growing evidence suggests that overexpression of TrkC, a member of the Trk family of neurotrophin receptors, could drive tumorigenesis, invasion and metastatic capability in cancer cells. However, relatively little is known about the mechanism of TrkC-mediated oncogenesis. The TrkC gene is a partner of the Tel-TrkC (ETV6-NTRK3) chimeric tyrosine kinase, a potent oncoprotein expressed in tumors derived from multiple cell lineages. Recently, we have shown that ETV6-NTRK3 suppresses transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) signaling by directly binding to the type II TGF-beta receptor (TbetaRII). Here, we report that expression of TrkC also suppresses TGF-beta-induced Smad2/3 phosphorylation and transcriptional activation. Silencing TrkC expression by small interfering RNA in the highly metastatic 4T1 mammary tumor cell line expressing endogenous TrkC significantly enhanced TGF-beta-induced Smad2/3 phosphorylation and restored TGF-beta growth inhibitory activity. In contrast, expression of TrkC in 67NR cells, in which TrkC is not expressed, suppressed TGF-beta transcriptional activation. Moreover, we show that TrkC directly binds to the TbetaRII, thereby preventing it from interacting with the type I TGF-beta receptor (TbetaRI). These results indicate that TrkC is an inhibitor of TGF-beta tumor suppressor activity.
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- W Jin
- Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Perez-Pinera P, Hernandez T, García-Suárez O, de Carlos F, Germana A, Del Valle M, Astudillo A, Vega JA. The Trk tyrosine kinase inhibitor K252a regulates growth of lung adenocarcinomas. Mol Cell Biochem 2006; 295:19-26. [PMID: 16862449 DOI: 10.1007/s11010-006-9267-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2006] [Accepted: 06/26/2006] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
The neurotrophin family of growth factors and their receptors support the survival of several neuronal and non-neuronal cell populations during embryonic development and adult life. Neurotrophins are also involved in malignant transformation. To seek the role of neurotrophin signaling in human lung cancer we studied the expression of neurotrophin receptors in human lung adenocarcinomas and investigated the effect of the neurotrophin receptor inhibitor K252a in A549 cell survival and colony formation ability in soft agar. We showed that human lung adenocarcinomas express TrkA and TrkB, but not TrkC; A549 cells, derived from a human lung adenocarcinoma, express mRNA transcripts encoding nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), TrkA, TrkB, and p75, and high protein levels of TrkA and TrkB. Stimulation of cells using NGF or BDNF activates the anti-apoptotic protein Akt. Interestingly, inhibition of neurotrophin receptor signaling using K252a prevents Akt activation in response to NGF or BDNF, induces apoptotic cell death, and diminishes the ability of A549 cells to growth in soft agar. The data suggest that neurotrophin signaling inhibition using k252a may be a valid therapy to treat patients with lung adenocarcinomas.
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MESH Headings
- Adenocarcinoma/enzymology
- Adenocarcinoma/genetics
- Adenocarcinoma/pathology
- Adult
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Carbazoles/pharmacology
- Caspase 3/metabolism
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Enzyme Activation/drug effects
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/drug effects
- Humans
- Indole Alkaloids
- Lung Neoplasms/enzymology
- Lung Neoplasms/genetics
- Lung Neoplasms/pathology
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Nerve Growth Factors/genetics
- Nerve Growth Factors/metabolism
- Phosphorylation/drug effects
- Phosphoserine/metabolism
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Receptor, trkA/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, trkA/genetics
- Receptor, trkA/metabolism
- Receptor, trkB/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, trkB/genetics
- Receptor, trkB/metabolism
- Receptor, trkC/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, trkC/genetics
- Receptor, trkC/metabolism
- Tumor Stem Cell Assay
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Affiliation(s)
- P Perez-Pinera
- Departamento de Morfología y Biología Celular, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Oviedo, Julián Clavería S/N, Oviedo, Spain.
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Nassenstein C, Dawbarn D, Pollock K, Allen SJ, Erpenbeck VJ, Spies E, Krug N, Braun A. Pulmonary distribution, regulation, and functional role of Trk receptors in a murine model of asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2006; 118:597-605. [PMID: 16950277 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2006.04.052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2006] [Revised: 03/22/2006] [Accepted: 04/24/2006] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Neurotrophins have been implicated in the pathogenesis of asthma because of their ability to promote hyperreactivity of sensory neurons and to induce airway inflammation. Hyperreactivity of sensory nerves is one key mechanism of airway hyperreactivity that is defined as an abnormal reactivity of the airways to unspecific stimuli, such as cold air and cigarette smoke. Neurotrophins use a dual-receptor system consisting of Trk receptor tyrosine kinases and the structurally unrelated p75 neurotrophin receptor. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to characterize the distribution, allergen-dependent regulation, and functional relevance of the Trk receptors in allergic asthma. METHODS BALB/c mice were sensitized to ovalbumin. After provocation with ovalbumin or vehicle aerosol, respectively, Trk receptor expression was analyzed in lung tissue by means of fluorescence microscopy and quantitative RT-PCR. To assess the functional relevance of Trk receptors in asthma, we tested the effects of the intranasally administered pan-Trk receptor decoy REN1826. Allergic airway inflammation was quantified and lung function was measured by using head-out body plethysmography. RESULTS Trk receptors were expressed in neurons, airway smooth muscle cells, and cells of the inflammatory infiltrate surrounding the bronchi and upregulated after allergen challenge. Local application of REN1826 reduced IL-4 and IL-5 cytokine levels but had no effect on IL-13 levels or the cellular composition of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cells. Furthermore, REN1826 decreased broncho-obstruction in response to sensory stimuli, indicating a diminished hyperreactivity of sensory nerves, but did not influence airway smooth muscle hyperreactivity in response to methacholine. CONCLUSION These results emphasize the important role of Trk receptor signaling in the development of asthma. CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS Our data indicate that blocking of Trk receptor signaling might reduce asthma symptoms.
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MESH Headings
- Allergens/physiology
- Animals
- Asthma/enzymology
- Asthma/immunology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation/physiology
- Lung/enzymology
- Lung/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/genetics
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/physiology
- Receptor, trkA/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, trkA/genetics
- Receptor, trkA/metabolism
- Receptor, trkA/physiology
- Receptor, trkB/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, trkB/genetics
- Receptor, trkB/metabolism
- Receptor, trkB/physiology
- Receptor, trkC/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, trkC/genetics
- Receptor, trkC/metabolism
- Receptor, trkC/physiology
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Ruiz R, Lin J, Forgie A, Foletti D, Shelton D, Rosenthal A, Tabares L. Treatment with trkC agonist antibodies delays disease progression in neuromuscular degeneration (nmd) mice. Hum Mol Genet 2005; 14:1825-37. [PMID: 15888478 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddi189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1 (SMARD1) is a fatal autosomal recessive disorder seen in infants. It is characterized by lower motor neuron degeneration, progressive muscle paralysis and respiratory failure, for which no effective treatment exists. The phenotype of neuromuscular degeneration (nmd) mice closely resembles the human SMARD1. The identification of the mutated mouse gene in nmd mice, Ighmbp2, led to the discovery of mutations of the homologous gene in humans with SMARD1. We have studied the nmd mouse model with in vivo electrophysiological techniques and evaluated the efficacy of Mab2256, a monoclonal antibody with agonist effect on the tyrosine kinase receptor C, trkC, on disease progression in nmd mice. Treatment with Mab2256 resulted in a significant but transient improvement of muscle strength in nmd mice, as well as normalization of the neuromuscular depression during high-frequency nerve stimulation. These results suggest the potential of using monoclonal agonist antibodies for neurotrophin receptors in lower motor neuron diseases such as SMARD1.
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- Rocio Ruiz
- Department of Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine, University of Seville, Seville, Spain
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Tognon C, Garnett M, Kenward E, Kay R, Morrison K, Sorensen PH. The chimeric protein tyrosine kinase ETV6-NTRK3 requires both Ras-Erk1/2 and PI3-kinase-Akt signaling for fibroblast transformation. Cancer Res 2001; 61:8909-16. [PMID: 11751416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
Abstract
There is increasing interest in the potential role of the NTRK family of neurotrophin receptors in human neoplasia. These receptor protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) are well-known mediators of neuronal cell survival and differentiation, but altered NTRK signaling has also been implicated in mesenchymal, hematopoietic, and epithelial malignancies. We recently identified a novel gene fusion involving one of the neurotrophin receptor genes, NTRK3, in the pediatric solid tumor, congenital fibrosarcoma. In these tumors (and subsequently demonstrated in several other human malignancies), a t(12;15)(p13;q25) rearrangement fuses the 3' portion of the ETV6 gene with exons encoding the PTK domain of NTRK3. The resulting ETV6-NTRK3 fusion protein functions as a chimeric PTK with potent transforming activity. However, previous studies failed to detect interactions between ETV6-NTRK3 and molecules known to link wild-type NTRK3 to its two major effector pathways, namely the Ras-Raf1-Mek1-Erk1/2 mitogenic pathway or the phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase pathway leading to activation of the AKT survival factor. Therefore, it remains unknown whether ETV6-NTRK3 transformation involves altered NTRK3 signaling. We now report that ETV6-NTRK3 expression in NIH3T3 cells leads to constitutive activation of Mek1 and Akt, as well as to constitutively high expression of cyclin D1. ETV6-NTRK3-induced soft agar colony formation was almost completely abolished by inhibition of either the Ras-Raf1-Mek1-Erk1/2 or the phosphatidylinositol 3'-kinase-Akt pathway. Moreover, this inhibition dramatically reduced expression of cyclin D1. Our results indicate that ETV6-NTRK3 transformation involves a link between known NTRK3 signaling pathways and aberrant cell cycle progression and that Mek1 and Akt activation act synergistically to mediate these effects.
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- C Tognon
- Department of Pathology, BC Research Institute for Children's and Women's Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6H 3V4
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Boukhaddaoui H, Sieso V, Scamps F, Valmier J. An activity-dependent neurotrophin-3 autocrine loop regulates the phenotype of developing hippocampal pyramidal neurons before target contact. J Neurosci 2001; 21:8789-97. [PMID: 11698591 PMCID: PMC6762280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/22/2023] Open
Abstract
Neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), its cognate receptor trkC, and voltage-gated calcium channels are coexpressed by embryonic pyramidal neurons before target contact, but their functions at this stage of development are still unclear. We show here that, in vitro, anti-NT-3 and anti-trkC antibodies blocked the increase, and NT-3 reversed the decrease in the number of calbindin-D(28k)-positive pyramidal neurons induced by, respectively, calcium channel activations and blockades. Similar results were obtained with single-neuron microcultures. In addition, voltage-gated calcium channel inhibition downregulates the extracellular levels of NT-3 in high-density cultures. Moreover, electrophysiological experiments in single-cell cultures reveal a tetrodotoxin-sensitive spontaneous electrical activity allowing voltage-gated calcium channel activation. The mouse NT-3 (-/-) mutation decreases by 40% the number of developing calbindin-D(28k)-positive pyramidal neurons, without affecting neuronal survival, both in vitro and in vivo. Thus, present results strongly support that an activity-dependent autocrine NT-3 loop provides a local, intrinsic mechanism by which, before target contact, hippocampal pyramidal-like neurons may regulate their own differentiation, a role that may be important during early CNS differentiation or after adult target disruption.
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- H Boukhaddaoui
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U-432, Universite Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France
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Xu J, Gingras KM, Bengston L, Di Marco A, Forger NG. Blockade of endogenous neurotrophic factors prevents the androgenic rescue of rat spinal motoneurons. J Neurosci 2001; 21:4366-72. [PMID: 11404422 PMCID: PMC6762766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/20/2023] Open
Abstract
Target-derived neurotrophic factors are assumed to regulate motoneuron cell death during development but remain unspecified. Motoneuron cell death in the spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus (SNB) of rats extends postnatally and is controlled by androgens. We exploited these features of the SNB system to identify endogenously produced trophic factors regulating motoneuron survival. Newborn female rat pups were treated with the androgen, testosterone propionate, or the oil vehicle alone. In addition, females received trophic factor antagonists delivered either into the perineum (the site of SNB target muscles) or systemically. Fusion molecules that bind and sequester the neurotrophins (trkA-IgG, trkB-IgG, and trkC-IgG) were used to block activation of neurotrophin receptors, and AADH-CNTF was used to antagonize signaling through the ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor-alpha (CNTFRalpha). An acute blockade of trkB, trkC, or CNTFRalpha prevented the androgenic sparing of SNB motoneurons when antagonists were delivered to the perineum. Trophic factor antagonists did not significantly reduce SNB motoneuron number when higher doses were injected systemically. These findings demonstrate a requirement for specific, endogenously produced trophic factors in the androgenic rescue of SNB motoneurons and further suggest that trophic factor interactions at the perineum play a crucial role in masculinization of this neural system.
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- J Xu
- Center for Neuroendocrine Studies and Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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Giehl KM, Röhrig S, Bonatz H, Gutjahr M, Leiner B, Bartke I, Yan Q, Reichardt LF, Backus C, Welcher AA, Dethleffsen K, Mestres P, Meyer M. Endogenous brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 antagonistically regulate survival of axotomized corticospinal neurons in vivo. J Neurosci 2001; 21:3492-502. [PMID: 11331378 PMCID: PMC2710112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
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Neuronal growth factors regulate the survival of neurons by their survival and death-promoting activity on distinct populations of neurons. The neurotrophins nerve growth factor (NGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) promote neuronal survival via tyrosine kinase (Trk) receptors, whereas NGF and BDNF can also induce apoptosis in developing neurons through p75(NTR) receptors in the absence of their respective Trk receptors. Using mutant mice and inactivation of neurotrophins and their receptors with antibodies in rats, we show that endogenous NT-3 induces death of adult BDNF-dependent, axotomized corticospinal neurons (CSNs). When NT-3 is neutralized, the neurons survive even without BDNF, suggesting complete antagonism. Whereas virtually all unlesioned and axotomized CSNs express both trkB and trkC mRNA, p75 is barely detectable in unlesioned CSNs but strongly upregulated in axotomized CSNs by day 3 after lesion, the time point when cell death occurs. Blocking either cortical TrkC or p75(NTR) receptors alone prevents death, indicating that the opposing actions of NT-3 and BDNF require their respective Trk receptors, but induction of death depends on p75(NTR) cosignaling. The results show that neuronal survival can be regulated antagonistically by neurotrophins and that neurotrophins can induce neuronal death in the adult mammalian CNS. We further present evidence that signaling of tyrosine kinase receptors of the trk family can be crucially involved in the promotion of neuronal death in vivo.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Blocking/administration & dosage
- Axotomy
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/pharmacology
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/physiology
- Cell Death/physiology
- Cell Survival/drug effects
- Cell Survival/physiology
- Drug Antagonism
- Female
- Gene Expression/drug effects
- Heterozygote
- Immunohistochemistry
- Infusions, Parenteral
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Mutant Strains
- Neurons/drug effects
- Neurons/metabolism
- Neurotrophin 3/antagonists & inhibitors
- Neurotrophin 3/pharmacology
- Neurotrophin 3/physiology
- Pyramidal Tracts/anatomy & histology
- Pyramidal Tracts/drug effects
- Pyramidal Tracts/metabolism
- RNA, Messenger/analysis
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor
- Receptor, trkC/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptor, trkC/genetics
- Receptor, trkC/metabolism
- Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/metabolism
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
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Affiliation(s)
- K M Giehl
- University of Saarland, Department of Anatomy, 66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany.
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Zhang WR, Hayashi T, Wang JM, Sasaki C, Sakai K, Warita H, Shiro Y, Suenaga H, Ohmae H, Tsuji S, Itoh T, Nishimura O, Nagasaki H, Abe K. Reduction of tyrosine kinase B and tyrosine kinase C inductions by treatment with neurotrophin-3 after transient middle cerebral artery occlusion in rat. Neurosci Lett 1999; 276:161-4. [PMID: 10612630 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-3940(99)00848-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Infarct volume and immunoreactivities for trkB and trkC in rat brain were compared at 24 h after 90 min of transient middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) between animal groups with or without neurotrophin-3 (NT-3, 10 microg/250 g animal). Treatment of rat brain with topical application of NT-3 significantly reduced infarct volume (P = 0.02) and trkB and trkC inductions. These data suggest that NT-3 reduced the ischemic injury along with the reduction of trkB and trkC inductions.
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- W R Zhang
- Department of Neurology, Okayama University Medical School, Japan
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