Anti-Myosin Heavy Chain Targeting and Signaling

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== How It works ==
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1) Myosin Heavy Chain (MHC) is exposed on infarcted heart tissue.
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2) scFv chimeric receptor targeting MHC, binds to a repeated domain of MHC.
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The scFv chimeric receptor contains a fusion of the following protein domains: anti-MHC-Fc, EporD2, EporTM, and gp130i, dnaEC-VP16.  EpoR= erythopoeitin receptor.  dnaEC= carboxy domain of the Sp Synechosystis split intein.
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3) EporD2 facilitates the dimerization of the chimeric receptors
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4) A mutant version of EporTM inhibits ligand independent dimerization of the chimeric receptors
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5) gp130i becomes activated and JAK's phosphorylate tyrosines on gp130i, including Y759.
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6) Shp2-mLexA-dnEN binds to phosphorylated Y759 of gp130i.  (mLexA is a mutated form of E coli DNA binding protein LexA that does not contain a cryptic nuclear localization sequence found in the wild-type).
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7) Shp2-mLexA-dnEN comes in close proximity to the dnaEC-VP16 fused to the c-terminus of the gp130i
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8) dnaEN and dnaEC, parts of the  Sp Synechosystis split intein system, undergo peptide processing resulting in the release of newly constituted fusion transcription factor mLexA-VP16. 
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9) mLexA-VP16 translocates to the nucleus where it binds to minimal promoters containing lexA operators to switch on expression of cell-cell interaction proteins such as N-Cadherin , anti-apoptotic proteins such as Bcl-XL,p35 and IAP and blood vessel growth factors such as VEGF.
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Latest revision as of 03:14, 27 October 2007

How It works

1) Myosin Heavy Chain (MHC) is exposed on infarcted heart tissue.

2) scFv chimeric receptor targeting MHC, binds to a repeated domain of MHC.

The scFv chimeric receptor contains a fusion of the following protein domains: anti-MHC-Fc, EporD2, EporTM, and gp130i, dnaEC-VP16. EpoR= erythopoeitin receptor. dnaEC= carboxy domain of the Sp Synechosystis split intein.

3) EporD2 facilitates the dimerization of the chimeric receptors

4) A mutant version of EporTM inhibits ligand independent dimerization of the chimeric receptors

5) gp130i becomes activated and JAK's phosphorylate tyrosines on gp130i, including Y759.

6) Shp2-mLexA-dnEN binds to phosphorylated Y759 of gp130i. (mLexA is a mutated form of E coli DNA binding protein LexA that does not contain a cryptic nuclear localization sequence found in the wild-type).

7) Shp2-mLexA-dnEN comes in close proximity to the dnaEC-VP16 fused to the c-terminus of the gp130i

8) dnaEN and dnaEC, parts of the Sp Synechosystis split intein system, undergo peptide processing resulting in the release of newly constituted fusion transcription factor mLexA-VP16.

9) mLexA-VP16 translocates to the nucleus where it binds to minimal promoters containing lexA operators to switch on expression of cell-cell interaction proteins such as N-Cadherin , anti-apoptotic proteins such as Bcl-XL,p35 and IAP and blood vessel growth factors such as VEGF.

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