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ArticleScience translational medicine2022

Phenotypic drug screen uncovers the metabolic GCH1/BH4 pathway as key regulator of EGFR/KRAS-mediated neuropathic pain and lung cancer.

Shane J F Cronin, Shuan Rao, Miguel A Tejada, Bruna Lenfers Turnes, Simon Licht-Mayer, Takao Omura, Christian Brenneis, Emily Jacobs, Lee Barrett, Alban Latremoliere and 9 more

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Article in Science translational medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. From a clinically relevant pain target to a possible analgesic treatment strategy.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  13. Cross-species RNAi therapy via AAV delivery alleviates neuropathic pain by targeting GCH1.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  20. New role for GCH1 in cancer.Translational breast cancer research : a journal focusing on translational research in breast cancer · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

19 authors at 5 institutions in 5 countries.

Shane J F CroninDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4222-5315
Shuan RaoInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology Austria (IMBA), Dr. Bohrgasse 3, Vienna A-1030, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-5268-7006
Miguel A TejadaInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology Austria (IMBA), Dr. Bohrgasse 3, Vienna A-1030, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-9323-7626
Bruna Lenfers TurnesDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3989-8394
Simon Licht-MayerInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology Austria (IMBA), Dr. Bohrgasse 3, Vienna A-1030, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-2100-5332
Takao OmuraDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Christian BrenneisDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Emily JacobsDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3011-9016
Lee BarrettDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Alban LatremoliereDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-9212-1007
Nick AndrewsDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Keith M ChannonRadcliffe Department of Medicine, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1043-4342
Alexandra LatiniLABOX, Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0003-4255-3589
Anthony C ArvanitesDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0988-8347
Lance S DavidowDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9055-7475
Michael CostiganDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Lee L RubinDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard University, 7 Divinity Ave, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8658-841X
Josef M PenningerInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology Austria (IMBA), Dr. Bohrgasse 3, Vienna A-1030, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-8194-3777
Clifford J WoolfDepartment of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6636-3897
Boston Children's Hospital · USInstitute of Molecular Biotechnology · ATHarvard University · USJohn Radcliffe Hospital · GBUniversidade Federal de Santa Catarina · BR

Funding

Unravelling Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic Targets for Peripheral Neuropathy and Neuropathic Pain (Diversity Supplement)R35NS105076 · NINDS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI WOOLF, CLIFFORD J · 2018 to 2025
$9.5M
Sleep fragmentation by brief awakenings as a surrogate to measure neuropathic spontaneous painR01NS112266 · NINDS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI LATREMOLIERE, ALBAN A · 2020 to 2024
$1.9M
Austrian Science Fund FWF Z 271British Heart Foundation CH/16/1/32013British Heart Foundation RG/F/22/110085NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS112266NINDS NIH HHS R35 NS105076
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Increased tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) generated in injured sensory neurons contributes to increased pain sensitivity and its persistence. GTP cyclohydrolase 1 (GCH1) is the rate-limiting enzyme in the de novo BH4 synthetic pathway, and human single-nucleotide polymorphism studies, together with mouse genetic modeling, have demonstrated that decreased GCH1 leads to both reduced BH4 and pain. However, little is known about the regulation of

Indexed as

Lung NeoplasmsNeuralgiaAnalgesicsAnimalsBiopterinsErbB ReceptorsGTP CyclohydrolaseHumansMiceProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)AnalgesicsBiopterinsEGFR protein, humanErbB ReceptorsGch1 protein, mouseGTP CyclohydrolaseKRAS protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)sapropterin

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PMID36044597
PMCPMC9985140
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