Unknown

Dataset Information

0

Novel guanidine compounds inhibit platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha transcription and oligodendrocyte precursor cell proliferation.


ABSTRACT: Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), also known as NG2 cells or polydendrocytes, are distributed widely throughout the developing and mature central nervous system. They remain proliferative throughout life and are an important source of myelinating cells in normal and demyelinating brain as well as a source of glioma, the most common type of primary brain tumor with a poor prognosis. OPC proliferation is dependent on signaling mediated by platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) AA binding to its alpha receptor (PDGFR?). Here, we describe a group of structurally related compounds characterized by the presence of a basic guanidine group appended to an aromatic core that is effective in specifically repressing the transcription of Pdgfra but not the related beta receptor (Pdgfrb) in OPCs. These compounds specifically and dramatically reduced proliferation of OPCs but not that of astrocytes and did not affect signal transduction by PDGFR?. These findings suggest that the compounds could be further developed for potential use in combinatorial treatment strategies for neoplasms with dysregulated PDGFR? function.

SUBMITTER: Medved J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7856068 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

Novel guanidine compounds inhibit platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha transcription and oligodendrocyte precursor cell proliferation.

Medved Jelena J   Wood William M WM   van Heyst Michael D MD   Sherafat Amin A   Song Ju-Young JY   Sakya Sagune S   Wright Dennis L DL   Nishiyama Akiko A  

Glia 20201024 3


Oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs), also known as NG2 cells or polydendrocytes, are distributed widely throughout the developing and mature central nervous system. They remain proliferative throughout life and are an important source of myelinating cells in normal and demyelinating brain as well as a source of glioma, the most common type of primary brain tumor with a poor prognosis. OPC proliferation is dependent on signaling mediated by platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) AA binding to i  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC6983723 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8878090 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8473290 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC8943302 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3081104 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5011342 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC7894183 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC10421464 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC6227957 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC10405482 | biostudies-literature