Cel Cell survival depends on the integration of numerous signals provided by the extracellular environment. Activation of signal transduction by transmembrane receptors is assumed to occur following interaction with a specific ligand. However, some receptors, called dependence receptors (DRs) have been shown to mediate a signal in the absence of ligand. These receptors share the ability to mediate two opposing signals: in the presence of their cognate ligand, they transduce survival signals, whereas, in the absence of their ligand, they induce apoptosis. This idea was initially proposed for the Deleted in Colorectal Cancer (DCC) receptor, and now, number of such receptors has increased over the past ten years. There are now a dozen DRs described including the netrin-1 receptors DCC and UNC5H1-4, RET, TrkC, neogenin, and Patched. Identifying new dependence receptors is an important challenge since it causes a paradigm shift of a specific signalling pathway and alters our understanding of the developmental and physiological processes involving such receptors. For example, the DRs concept revealed a novel role for DCC in colon cancer, for netrin-1 in breast cancer metastasis and angiogenesis. Despite sharing little structural homology, all DRs contain a Dependence Associated Receptor Transmembrane (DART) motif, induce apoptosis in the absence of ligand and are cleaved by caspases to release a pro-apoptotic fragment. Preliminary data shows that Notch3 shares these characteristics. Notch3 is a member of the family of Notch receptors which regulates various stages in development and cancer as the receptors control cellular differentiation, proliferation and death. Notch3 has never been studied as a dependence receptor and the aim of this application is thus to further characterise Notch3 dependence signalling. We will study the mechanisms of Notch3-induced cell death and its relevance in physiological models, the involution of the mammary gland and lung cancers. Dziedzina nauki medical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologylung cancermedical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologybreast cancermedical and health sciencesclinical medicineoncologycolorectal cancer Program(-y) FP7-PEOPLE - Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Temat(-y) FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF - Marie Curie Action: "Intra-European Fellowships for Career Development" Zaproszenie do składania wniosków FP7-PEOPLE-2009-IEF Zobacz inne projekty w ramach tego zaproszenia System finansowania MC-IEF - Intra-European Fellowships (IEF) Koordynator CENTRE DE LUTTE CONTRE LE CANCER LEON BERARD Wkład UE € 166 145,60 Adres RUE LAENNEC 28 69373 Lyon Francja Zobacz na mapie Region Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes Rhône Rodzaj działalności Research Organisations Kontakt administracyjny Marina Rousseau-Tsangaris (Dr.) Linki Kontakt z organizacją Opens in new window Strona internetowa Opens in new window Koszt całkowity Brak danych