Identify functional modulators of ionotropic neurotransmitter receptors in brain

识别大脑中离子型神经递质受体的功能调节剂

基本信息

批准号：
8784084
负责人：
Susumu Tomita
金额：
$ 34.34万
依托单位：
YALE UNIVERSITY
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2014
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2014-08-01 至 2017-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8784084
关键词：
ATP Receptors Area Ataxia Autistic Disorder Basic Science Binding Biological Assay Brain Brain Diseases Cells Cloning Collection Complex Defect Detergents Development Diabetes Mellitus Discipline Disease Environment Epilepsy Gated Ion Channel Gene Mutation Genes Glutamate Receptor Health Heart Human Human Genetics Human Genome Integral Membrane Protein Ion Channel Kidney Kidney Failure Ligand Binding Ligands Mediating Mental Retardation Metabolic Diseases Methods N-Methyl-D-Aspartate Receptors N-Methylaspartate Neurons Neurotransmitter Receptor Neurotransmitters Nicotinic Receptors Open Reading Frames Organ Play Process Property Proteomics Recombinants Research Research Personnel Role Signal Transduction Synapses Synaptic Transmission Time United States National Institutes of Health drug development drug discovery genome-wide high throughput screening in vivo kainate nervous system disorder neural circuit novel novel strategies protein complex protein function receptor screening serotonin receptor trafficking

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION: The title of this proposal for the NIH U01 is "Identify functional modulators of ionotropic neurotransmitter receptors in brain". Dysregulation of neural circuits causes various types of neurological disorders including epilepsy, mental retardation, autism and ataxia. Neural circuits are constructed by neurons that communicate each other at synapses through neurotransmitters. Therefore, controlling synaptic transmission is crucial for human health. Neurotransmitters bind to and activate neurotransmitter receptors to transfer spike or to modulate synaptic transmission. Whereas genes encoding neurotransmitter receptors had been cloned last 25 years, recently several examples of functional modulators or auxiliary subunits of neurotransmitter receptors were identified. The existence of functional modulators burdens researchers with the cumbersome and time-consuming task of characterizing receptors by expressing receptor alone in heterologous cells. However, a critical barrier to the identification f functional modulators is technical concerns in traditional screening including proteomic approach and functional cloning approach. Therefore, we need to develop new methods for the identification of novel receptor modulators. In this proposal, using our novel high-throughput screening using transmembrane ORF collections, we will identify functional modulators of cationic ionotropic neurotransmitter receptors. Simultaneously, we will examine roles of modulators in receptor interaction, trafficking and channel properties. This unbiased, genome-wide, sensitive screening method will therefore have a deep impact in many research disciplines.

描述：NIH U01提案的标题是“识别大脑中离子性神经递质受体的功能调节剂”。神经回路的失调会引起各种类型的神经系统疾病，包括癫痫，智力低下，自闭症和共济失调。神经回路是由神经元通过神经递质在突触时相互交流的。因此，控制突触传播对于人类健康至关重要。神经递质结合并激活神经递质受体转移尖峰或调节突触传播。尽管最近25年克隆了编码神经递质受体的基因，但最近发现了一些功能调节剂或神经递质受体的辅助亚基的例子。功能调节剂的存在使研究人员承担着繁琐且耗时的任务，即通过在异源细胞中单独表达受体来表征受体。但是，识别F功能调节剂的关键障碍是传统筛查中的技术问题，包括蛋白质组学方法和功能克隆方法。因此，我们需要开发新的方法来识别新型受体调节剂。在此提案中，使用我们的新型高通量筛选使用跨膜ORF收集，我们将确定阳离子离子型神经递质受体的功能调节剂。同时，我们将检查调节剂在受体相互作用，运输和通道特性中的作用。因此，这种无偏见的，全基因组敏感的筛查方法将对许多研究学科产生深远的影响。