The mechanism of retrograde transport in neurons
4РП — Обучение и мобилност на изследователи
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Накратко на български
Механизмът на ретроградния транспорт в невроните се изучава чрез използване на фрагмент от тетанусната токсина. Разбирането на този процес помага за откриването на нови начини за доставяне на лекарства до централната нервна система.
Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.
Цел на проекта
Research objectives and content Definition of the membrane dynamics at the nerve e terminal is one of the challenging frontiers in neurobiology. In recent years, the intracellular proteolytic activity of clostridial neurotoxins has been proven to be essential for studying neurosecretion,especially for the processes of docking and fusion of neurotransmitter-containing vesicles with the plasma membrane. Furthermore, the absolute neurospecificity and the distinct intraneuronal pathways of these neurotoxins make them useful tools to further the understanding of other important aspects of nerve terminal physiology. In particular,I am proposing to use the tetanus toxin binding fragment as a tool to unravel the molecular mechanism of retrograde transport and transcytosis in nerve cells through the characterization of its neuronal-specific receptor. The accomplishment of this goal will elucidate an important and still poorly understood neuronal transport mechanism and will disclose a new strategy for the delivery of pharmacologically active substances to the central nervous system. Training content (objective. benefit and expected impact) The identification of the receptor for tetanus toxin will peroxide valuable data as well as new tools for the study of the retrograde transport mechanism and will be a step-forward in the understanding of the cell biology of neurons. Furthermore, the achievement of this objective will reveal the strategy developed by this neurotoxin to specifically enter into neurons, a feature shared also by several viruses. This finding will be very useful for the delivery of drugs with clinical interest into the nervous system. The present research project will combine a relevant training on cellular, biochemical and molecular biology techniques that will be extremely useful for me in my return to a spanish laboratory. Links with industry / industrial relevance (22)
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- Imperial Cancer Research Fund · LondonКоординаторОбединеното кралство
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