Mechano Regulation of Proteins at Low Forces Paving the Way for Therapeutic In...
Mechano Regulation of Proteins at Low Forces Paving the Way for Therapeutic Interventions
Mechanical forces play critical roles in the regulation of biological functions, including development, motility, and haemostasis. Aberrant mechano-regulation is implicated in human pathologies, including cancer and infarction. Pr...
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Información proyecto ProForce
Duración del proyecto: 62 meses
Fecha Inicio: 2021-11-30
Fecha Fin: 2027-02-28
Líder del proyecto
UNIVERSITEIT UTRECHT
No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.
TRL
4-5
Presupuesto del proyecto
2M€
Descripción del proyecto
Mechanical forces play critical roles in the regulation of biological functions, including development, motility, and haemostasis. Aberrant mechano-regulation is implicated in human pathologies, including cancer and infarction. Proteins sense forces by undergoing conformational changes under external loads that trigger downstream signaling. Despite its importance, mechanical regulation at the single-protein level remains poorly understood, in part due to a lack of suitable techniques to probe the physiological highly relevant low force (~1 pN) range. ProForce aims to understand mechano-regulation at the single-molecule level in this previously inaccessible regime and to develop approaches to directly interfere with and correct aberrant force responses. We propose to advance massively-parallel magnetic tweezers as the ideal tool for single-protein force measurements, as they can resolve very small forces (<0.1 pN), perform stable and highly-multiplexed measurements over long times, and can readily be combined with fluorescence detection to provide an orthogonal read out. We aim to address three sets of biological systems that are regulated by low forces and are potential targets for drugs that alter their force response: 1) The blood protein von Willebrand factor (VWF) that is activated by shear flow and critically involved in haemostasis. Reduced VWF activity leads to bleeding disorders, while gain-of-function mutations increase the risk of myocardial infarction. 2) Focal adhesion kinase is a force-activated kinase involved in intracellular signal transduction pathways important in cell proliferation, migration, and metastasis. 3) Adhesion G-protein coupled receptors are a subset of the GPCR-family, activated by mechanical stimuli and involved in development, immunity, neuronal function, and tumorigenesis. The aim of ProForce is to understand mechano-regulation at the single-protein level and to establish force response as a potential drug target.