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Modulation of TGF‐β Receptor 1 signalling in Live Cells

TGF-β negatively affects the maintenance and expansion of hematopoietic stem cells ex vivo and its inhibition has been widely studied as a treatment for numerous hematopoietic disorders and cancers. Current inhibitory strategies (small molecule ATP competitors and neutralizing antibodies) are compared to a novel cell-permeable peptide-based inhibitor of TGF-β RI. Multiple levels of assay from biochemical to functional are utilized with the aim of applying the most successful inhibitor to hematopoietic stem cell culture. The neutralizing antibody proved ineffective in the short-term biochemical assay but was extremely effective at neutralizing TGF-β signalling in proliferation and hematopoietic colony-forming cell assays with no evidence of toxicity. The small molecule inhibitors (SD-208 and Pyrazole TGF-β RI inhibitor) were equally effective at micromolar levels in all forms of assay, with SD-208 being slightly more potent. The novel peptide inhibitor proved ineffective in all assays, which is likely a result of its rapid degradation in live cells.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:OTU.1807/17505
Date07 August 2009
CreatorsDriscoll, Brandon
ContributorsAudet, Julie
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Languageen_ca
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis

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