Functional characterization of colon-cancer-associated variants in adam17 affecting the catalytic domain
Dobert JP, Cabron AS, Arnold P, Pavlenko E, Rose-John S, Zunke F (2020)
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2020
Journal
Book Volume: 8
Pages Range: 1-16
Article Number: 463
Journal Issue: 11
DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines8110463
Abstract
Although extensively investigated, cancer is still one of the most devastating and lethal diseases in the modern world. Among different types, colorectal cancer (CRC) is most prevalent and mortal, making it an important subject of research. The metalloprotease ADAM17 has been implicated in the development of CRC due to its involvement in signaling pathways related to inflammation and cell proliferation. ADAM17 is capable of releasing membrane-bound proteins from the cell surface in a process called shedding. A deficiency of ADAM17 activity has been previously shown to have protective effects against CRC in mice, while an upregulation of ADAM17 activity is suspected to facilitate tumor development. In this study, we characterize ADAM17 variants found in tissue samples of cancer patients in overexpression studies. We here focus on point mutations identified within the catalytic domain of ADAM17 and could show a functional dysregulation of the CRC-associated variants. Since the catalytic domain of ADAM17 is the only region structurally determined by crystallography, we study the effect of each point mutation not only to learn more about the role of ADAM17 in cancer, but also to investigate the structure–function relationships of the metalloprotease.
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APA:
Dobert, J.P., Cabron, A.S., Arnold, P., Pavlenko, E., Rose-John, S., & Zunke, F. (2020). Functional characterization of colon-cancer-associated variants in adam17 affecting the catalytic domain. Biomedicines, 8(11), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines8110463
MLA:
Dobert, Jan Philipp, et al. "Functional characterization of colon-cancer-associated variants in adam17 affecting the catalytic domain." Biomedicines 8.11 (2020): 1-16.
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