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ReviewExpert reviews in molecular medicine2010

Custom-designed proteins as novel therapeutic tools? The case of arrestins.

Vsevolod V Gurevich, Eugenia V Gurevich

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Review in Expert reviews in molecular medicine, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. Review
  3. Targeting arrestin interactions with its partners for therapeutic purposes.Advances in protein chemistry and structural biology · 2020
    Review
  4. Article
  5. Beyond traditional pharmacology: new tools and approaches.British journal of pharmacology · 2015
    Review
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  9. Therapeutic potential of small molecules and engineered proteins.Handbook of experimental pharmacology · 2014
    Article
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  13. Structural determinants of arrestin functions.Progress in molecular biology and translational science · 2013
    Review
  14. Article
  15. Conformation of receptor-bound visual arrestin.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Vsevolod V GurevichVanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37232, USA. vsevolod.gurevich@vanderbilt.edu
Eugenia V Gurevich
Vanderbilt University · US

Funding

STRUCTURE/FUNCTION STUDIES OF VISUAL ARRESTINR01EY011500 · NEI · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI T M Iverson · 1997 to 2026
$12.3M
Arrestin interactions with non-receptor binding partnersR01GM077561 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GUREVICH, VSEVOLOD V. · 2007 to 2015
$2.3M
Signaling regulation in the striatum in Parkinson's diseaseR01NS065868 · NINDS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GUREVICH, EUGENIA V · 2009 to 2013
$1.7M
Conformational regulation of arrestin-mediated signalingR01GM081756 · NIGMS · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI GUREVICH, VSEVOLOD V. · 2008 to 2011
$1.5M
NEI NIH HHS EY011500NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011500NIGMS NIH HHS GM077561NIGMS NIH HHS GM081756NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM077561NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM081756NINDS NIH HHS NS065868NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS065868
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple genetic disorders can be associated with excessive signalling by mutant G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) that are either constitutively active or have lost sites where phosphorylation by GPCR kinases is necessary for desensitisation by cognate arrestins. Phosphorylation-independent arrestin1 can compensate for defects in phosphorylation of the GPCR rhodopsin in retinal rod cells, facilitating recovery, improving light responsiveness, and promoting photoreceptor survival. These proof-of-principle experiments show that, based on mechanistic understanding of the inner workings of a protein, one can modify its functional characteristics to generate custom-designed mutants that improve the balance of signalling in congenital and acquired disorders. Manipulations of arrestin elements responsible for scaffolding mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades and binding other signalling proteins involved in life-or-death decisions in the cell are likely to yield mutants that affect cell survival and proliferation in the desired direction. Although this approach is still in its infancy, targeted redesign of individual functions of many proteins offers a promise of a completely new therapeutic toolbox with huge potential.

Indexed as

AnimalsArrestinGenetic TherapyG-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 1HumansMiceMice, KnockoutMutationPhosphorylationProtein BindingRhodopsinArrestinG-Protein-Coupled Receptor Kinase 1Rhodopsin

Identifiers

PMID20412604
PMCPMC2933791
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