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ArticleThe Journal of clinical investigation2011

Rapamycin reverses hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a mouse model of LEOPARD syndrome-associated PTPN11 mutation.

Talita M Marin, Kimberly Keith, Benjamin Davies, David A Conner, Prajna Guha, Demetrios Kalaitzidis, Xue Wu, Jessica Lauriol, Bo Wang, Michael Bauer and 4 more

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Article in The Journal of clinical investigation, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 172 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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172 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 274 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Talita M MarinDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Kimberly Keith
Benjamin Davies
David A Conner
Prajna Guha
Demetrios Kalaitzidis
Xue Wu
Jessica Lauriol
Bo Wang
Michael Bauer
Roderick Bronson
Kleber G Franchini
Benjamin G Neel
Maria I Kontaridis
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USPrincess Margaret Cancer Centre · CABoston Children's Hospital · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · USHarvard University · USHoward Hughes Medical Institute · USUniversidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) · BR

Funding

The Role of RhoA in the Molecular Pathogenesis of Heart DiseaseR01HL102368 · NHLBI · MASONIC MEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY, INC · PI KONTARIDIS, MARIA I · 2010 to 2021
$5.1M
Signal Transduction by Non-transmembrane PTPsR37CA049152 · NCI · UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK · PI NEEL, BENJAMIN G. · 2004 to 2013
$4.0M
The Ras/Mapk pathway in cardiovascular disease.R01HL083273 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK · PI BACKX, PETER, NEEL, BENJAMIN G. · 2007 to 2014
$2.7M
Elucidating the Phosphatase-Independent Roles of PTPN11 in the HeartR01HL114775 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI KONTARIDIS, MARIA I · 2013 to 2016
$1.7M
Molecular Pathogenesis of the Cardiomyogenic Defects in LEOPARD SyndromeR00HL088514 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI KONTARIDIS, MARIA I · 2008 to 2010
$703k
Molecular Pathogenesis of the Cardiomyogenic Defects in LEOPARD SyndromeK99HL088514 · NHLBI · BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER · PI KONTARIDIS, MARIA I · 2007 to 2008
$176k
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNCI NIH HHS R37 CA049152NHLBI NIH HHS HL083273NHLBI NIH HHS HL088514NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL088514NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL088514NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL083273NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL102368NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL114775
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

LEOPARD syndrome (LS) is an autosomal dominant "RASopathy" that manifests with congenital heart disease. Nearly all cases of LS are caused by catalytically inactivating mutations in the protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP), non-receptor type 11 (PTPN11) gene that encodes the SH2 domain-containing PTP-2 (SHP2). RASopathies typically affect components of the RAS/MAPK pathway, yet it remains unclear how PTPN11 mutations alter cellular signaling to produce LS phenotypes. We therefore generated knockin mice harboring the Ptpn11 mutation Y279C, one of the most common LS alleles. Ptpn11(Y279C/+) (LS/+) mice recapitulated the human disorder, with short stature, craniofacial dysmorphia, and morphologic, histologic, echocardiographic, and molecular evidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Heart and/or cardiomyocyte lysates from LS/+ mice showed enhanced binding of Shp2 to Irs1, decreased Shp2 catalytic activity, and abrogated agonist-evoked Erk/Mapk signaling. LS/+ mice also exhibited increased basal and agonist-induced Akt and mTor activity. The cardiac defects in LS/+ mice were completely reversed by treatment with rapamycin, an inhibitor of mTOR. Our results demonstrate that LS mutations have dominant-negative effects in vivo, identify enhanced mTOR activity as critical for causing LS-associated HCM, and suggest that TOR inhibitors be considered for treatment of HCM in LS patients.

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MutationAnimalsCardiomyopathy, HypertrophicCatalysisEchocardiographyFemaleHumansImmunosuppressive AgentsLEOPARD SyndromeMaleMicePhenotypeProtein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11Signal TransductionSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine KinasesImmunosuppressive AgentsProtein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11Ptpn11 protein, mouseSirolimusTOR Serine-Threonine Kinases

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PMID21339643
PMCPMC3049377
OpenAlexW2118719488

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