how to reset a diseased cell
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How to reset a diseased cell?

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In proof-of-concept experiments, researchers demonstrate the ability to tune medically relevant cell behaviors by manipulating a key hub in cell communication networks. The manipulation of this communication node makes it possible to reprogram large parts of a cell's signaling network instead of targeting only a single receptor or cell signaling pathway.

The potential clinical value of the basic science discovery is the ability to eventually develop techniques -- drugs or gene therapy approaches, for example -- that could slow or reverse the progression of diseases, such as cancer, which are driven by abnormal cell signaling along multiple upstream pathways.

"Our study shows the feasibility of targeting a hub in the cell signaling network to reset aberrant cell signaling from multiple pathways and receptors," said senior author Pradipta Ghosh, MD, an associate professor of medicine.

Specifically, the UC San Diego team has engineered two peptides -- protein fragments -- to either turn on or turn off activity in a family of proteins called G proteins.

G protein-coupled receptors, commonly found on the surface of cells, enable cells to sense and respond to what is happening around them. About 30 percent of all prescription drugs affect cells via G protein-coupled receptors.

Researchers, including members of the UC San Diego team, recently discovered that G proteins can also be activated inside cells -- not just on cell membranes -- by other receptors, including a protein called GIV. Its activity is implicated in cancer metastasis and other disease states. Both the "on" and "off" peptides were made from a piece of the GIV protein receptor.

In a series of cell culture experiments, the "on" peptides were shown to accelerate cells' ability to migrate after scratch-wounding, a process linked to wound healing. The "off" peptide, in contrast, reduced the aggressiveness of cancer cells and reduced the production of collagen by cells associated with liver fibrosis. In experiments with mice, the topical application of the "on" peptides helped skin wounds heal faster.

"The takeaway is that we can begin to tap an emerging new paradigm of G protein signaling," Ghosh said.

     

 

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