Overview:
Mortalinisamitochondrialchaperoneandamemberoftheheatshockprotein70familythatisconstitutivelyexpressedincells.Mortalinplaysacentralroleinmitochondrialbiogenesisthroughitscapacitytodirecttheimportofnuclear-encodedproteinsintothemitochondria.Mortalinplaysaroleinthecontrolofcellproliferationandelevatedlevelsofmortalinhavecorrelatedwithmalignanttransformationandpoorcancerprognosis.Mortalincansupportcancercellresistancetocomplement-dependentcytotoxicity(1).MortalinexpressionwasdecreasedinthemitochondrialfractionofneuronsfromthesubstantianigraofParkinsondiseasepatients(2).
GeneAliases:
HSPA9;CSA;GRP75;HSPA9B;MGC4500;MOT;mot-2;MOT2;MTHSP75;PBP74
GenbankNumber:
NM_004134
References:
1.Pilzer,D.etal:MortalininhibitorssensitizeK562leukemiacellstocomplement-dependentcytotoxicity.IntJCancer.2010Mar15;126(6):1428-35.2.DeMena,L.etal:Mutationalscreeningofthemortalingene(HSPA9)inParkinson"sdisease.JNeuralTransm.2009Oct;116(10):1289-93.
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NaturalProteinStopsDeadlyHumanBrainCancerInMice
ScientistsfromJohnsHopkinsandfromtheUniversityofMilanhaveeffectivelyproventhattheycaninhibitlethalhumanbraincancersinmiceusingaproteinthatselectivelyinducespositivechangesintheactivityofcellsthatbehavelikecancerstemcells.ThereportispublishedinNature.
Themostcommontypeofbraincancer-glioblastoma-ismarkedbythepresenceofthesestem-cell-likebraincells,which,insteadoftriggeringthereplacementofdamagedcells,formcancertissue.Stemcells,unlikeallothercellsinthebody,arecapableofformingalmostanykindofcellwhentheright"signals"triggertheirdevelopment.
Fortheirtreatmentexperiment,theresearchersreliedonaclassofproteins,bonemorphogenicproteins,thatcauseneuralstem-cell-likeclusterstolosetheirstemcellproperties,whichinturnstopstheirABIlitytodivide.
Firsttheypretreatedhumanglioblastomacellswithbonemorphogenicprotein4(BMP4),theninjectedthesetreatedcellsintomousebrains.Inmiceinjectedwithcellsthatwerenotpretreated,large,invasivecancersgrew.InthemicewithBMP4-treatedcells,nocancersgrewatall.Threetofourmonthsafterinjection,allmicethatgotuntreatedcellsdied,andnearlyallmicewithBMP4-treatedcellswerealive.
Next,thescientistsdeliveredslow-releaseBMP4-containing"beads"directlyintomousebrainswithimplantedglioblastomacells.Micethatgotemptybeadsdevelopedlargemalignanttumorsanddied.MicewithBMP4beadssurvivedmuchlonger,and80percentsurvivedfourmonthsaftercancercellimplants.
"OurideaistotreatpatientswithBMP4orsomethinglikeitrightaftersurgerytoremoveglioblastomainhopesofpreventingtheregrowthofthecancerandimprovingsurvivaltime,"saysAlessandroOlivi,M.D.,directoroftheDivisionofNeurosurgicalOncologyatHopkinsandacontributortothestudy.
OlivisaysclinicalstudiesusingBMP4couldbeginwithinayearand,ifsuccessful,drugtherapiescouldbeavailabletothepublicwithinthreetofouryears.
"ThiswasproofoftheideathatBMPscouldstopglioblastomabydepletingthestem-cell-likepopulationthatfeedsit,"saysHenryBrem,M.D.,chairmanoftheDepartmentofNeurosurgeryatHopkinsandacollaboratorinthestudy."Thisopensexcitingdoorstofutureresearchintotreatmentsandtherapiesforsuchadevastatingdisease."

