Deciphering Mechanisms of Nitrogen-Containing Bisphosphonates

含氮双膦酸盐的破译机制

• 批准号: 10531297
• 负责人: Lauren Elizabeth Surface
• 金额: $ 24.9万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-02-01 至 2025-01-31
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10531297
• 关键词: Advisory Committees; Affect; Age; American; Award; Binding; Biological Assay; Biology; Bone Density; Bone Diseases; Bone necrosis; CRISPR interference; Cells; Cellular Assay; Charge; Cytosol; Drug Prescriptions; Endocrine; Endocrinology; Epigenetic Process; Faculty; Femoral Fractures; Fright; Future; Genes; Genetic Screening; Genetic Transcription; Genetic study; Goals; Grant; Hospitals; Immersion; Impairment; In Vitro; Investigation; Jaw; Kidney; Knock-out; Knockout Mice; Leadership; Manuscripts; Mediating; Mentors; Mentorship; Modeling; Molecular; Molecular Target; Mus; NFIC gene; Nitrogen; Osteoclasts; Osteopenia; Osteoporosis; Ovariectomy; Pathway interactions; Patients; Persons; Pharmaceutical Preparations; Phase; Physiologic calcification; Physiological; Play; Population; Protein Biochemistry; Proteins; Publishing; Quality of life; Research; Research Institute; Research Personnel; Resistance; Risk; Role; Skeletal system; Technical Expertise; Time; Toxic effect; Training; Training Support; Treatment Efficacy; Treatment Side Effects; Wild Type Mouse; Work; Writing; base; bisphosphonate; bone; bone cell; bone loss; bone mass; career; dosage; drug mechanism; genome wide association study; genome wide screen; interest; member; mouse model; patient population; patient response; prevent; programs; public health relevance; response; side effect; skills; standard care; tenure track; therapy development; trafficking; transcription factor; treatment strategy

Project Summary/Abstract Osteoporosis and low bone mass (osteopenia) are estimated to affect 55 percent of the American population over the age of 50; over 50 million people in total, with major consequences for the patients' quality of life. The current standard treatment for osteoporosis is administration of nitrogen-containing bisphosphonates (NBPs). However, the mechanism by which these highly-charged drugs enter, traffic through, and reach their molecular targets and effect target cells is poorly understood. The long-term goal of this proposal is to deconstruct the molecular pathways essential for NBP response. To do this, I will build upon preliminary genetic studies by using cell assays and mouse models, as well as in vitro binding and functional assays to explore the interactions between NBPs and my identified targets. Our previous work utilized two distinct high-throughput genome-wide screens to identify over 200 genes required for the action of NBPs. In two recent manuscripts, I have initially focused on the role of two genes, ATRAID and SLC37A3, that strongly affect the response to NBPs, and found them likely to be required for the endocytic trafficking of these drugs. This proposal builds upon this preliminary work to i) characterize the physiological role of ATRAID and SLC37A3 in the organismal response to NBPs, ii) further examine their basal molecular function and how they facilitate NBP trafficking, and iii) investigate the role of two transcription factors, associated by GWAS with changes in BMD, that when depleted may sensitize cells to the effects of NBPs. Together, these studies generate a broader picture of the molecular pathways that NBP uses to affect cells by investigating other genes identified in our initial screens. While this proposal by necessity focuses on a subset of identified genes, I envision it will set the stage for my future work determining how genes identified in our screens may predict patient response to NBPs, including efficacy of treatment, dosage of NBPs needed, and adverse side effects. Moreover, this focus on understanding the mechanisms of an inexpensive, commonly prescribed drug will bring new perspectives and hypotheses to the development of treatment strategies for osteoporosis. During the early stage of this award, I will gain valuable technical skills, including in analysis of mouse models of osteoporosis, culture of primary bone cells, and biochemistry of protein interactions, as well as a deeper training and immersion in bone and endocrine biology, that will altogether enable me to develop a unique research program, which I intend to establish at a hospital-based research institute. Under the mentoring of my formal advisory committee, I will develop important soft skills, such as presentation skills, lab leadership, and grant writing. This combination of training, support and career mentoring will be instrumental in my transition to independence as a tenure-track faculty member.

项目摘要/摘要 据估计，55%的美国人患有骨质疏松症和骨量减少。 50岁以上；总人口超过5000万人，对患者的生活质量造成重大影响。这个 目前骨质疏松症的标准治疗方法是服用含氮双膦酸盐(NBPS)。 然而，这些高电荷药物进入、运输和到达它们的分子的机制 靶细胞和效应靶细胞知之甚少。这项提议的长期目标是解构 NBP反应所必需的分子途径。为了做到这一点，我将建立在初步基因研究的基础上，通过 使用细胞分析和小鼠模型，以及体外结合和功能分析来探索 Nbps和我确定的目标之间的交互。我们之前的工作利用了两个不同的高吞吐量 全基因组筛选，以确定nbps作用所需的200多个基因。在最近的两篇手稿中，我 最初专注于ATRAID和SLC37A3这两个基因的作用，这两个基因强烈地影响对 Nbps，并发现它们可能是这些药物的内吞贩运所必需的。这项建议建立了 在这项初步工作的基础上，i)表征ATRAID和SLC37A3在生物体中的生理作用 对NBP的反应，ii)进一步检查它们的基本分子功能以及它们如何促进NBP的运输， 以及iii)研究两种转录因子的作用，这两种转录因子与骨密度的变化有关，当 耗尽可能会使细胞对nbps的影响敏感。总而言之，这些研究产生了关于 NBP通过研究我们最初筛查中发现的其他基因来影响细胞的分子途径。 虽然这项提案必然集中在已识别基因的子集上，但我预计它将为我的 未来的工作是确定我们屏幕上识别的基因如何预测患者对nbps的反应，包括 治疗效果、所需NBPS剂量及不良反应。此外，这种关注集中在 了解一种廉价、常用处方药的机制将带来新的视角和 骨质疏松症治疗策略发展的假设。 在这个奖项的早期阶段，我将获得宝贵的技术技能，包括分析鼠标模型 骨质疏松症，原代骨细胞培养，蛋白质相互作用的生物化学，以及更深层次的 训练和沉浸在骨骼和内分泌生物学中，这将使我总共发展出一种独特的 研究项目，我打算在一个以医院为基础的研究机构建立这个项目。在我的指导下 作为正式的咨询委员会成员，我将发展重要的软技能，如演讲技能、实验室领导能力和 格兰特写作。这种培训、支持和职业指导的结合将有助于我过渡到 作为终身教职员工的独立性。