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dc.contributor.author | Sheffield, Kristen S. A. | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-05T12:25:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2016-04-05T12:25:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016-03-11 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://zone.biblio.laurentian.ca/dspace/handle/10219/2536 | - |
dc.description.abstract | ! The!survival!of!neurons!in!both!the!central!and!peripheral!nervous!systems! depend!on!a!balance!between!pro8survival!and!pro8death!signaling!pathways.! Neurotrophins!and!their!precursors,!proneurotrophins,!are!a!unique!family!of! soluble!signaling!proteins,!which!act!to!preserve!this!balance.!Dysregulation!of!these! proteins,!however,!has!been!implicated!in!several!pathologies.!Specifically,!both! nerve!growth!factor!(NGF)!and!pro8nerve!growth!factor!(proNGF)!have!been! implicated!in!the!development!and!progression!of!neurodegenerative!diseases,!such! as!Parkinson’s!and!Alzheimer’s!diseases,!through!p75NTR8mediated!apoptotic! signaling.!!Therefore,!the!identification!of!small!molecule!inhibitors!capable!of! binding!to!and!modulating!NGF!and!proNGF!may!be!of!therapeutic!interest.!This! thesis!aims!to!characterize!the!inhibitory!action!of!previously!reported!small! molecule8based!NGF!inhibitors,!ALE80540,!PD90780,!Ro!0882750,!and!PQC!083,!as! well!as!novel!derivatives!of!these!compounds,!using!surface!plasmon!resonance! (SPR)!spectroscopy.!Of!the!established!inhibitors,!PD90780!offered!the!most! effective!inhibitory!action!for!both!NGF!and!proNGF!binding!to!p75NTR,!suggesting! that!this!compound!may!offer!multipotent!inhibition.!Further,!several!novel!ligand! specific!molecules!were!identified,!which!selectively!inhibited!either!NGF!or! proNGF8p75NTR!interactions.!Specifically,!BVNP!1,!BVNP!6,!and!BVNP!7!were!shown! to!be!effective!inhibitors!of!NGF8p75NTR!interactions,!while!BVNP!3!and!BVNP!4! were!found!to!be!selective!for!the!inhibition!of!proNGF!binding!to!p75NTR.!The! findings!of!this!thesis!offer!new!insight!into!the!use!of!small!molecule!inhibitors!to! ! iv! block!both!neurotrophin!and!proneurotrophin8mediated!signaling.!In!addition,!the! compounds!described!herein!may!be!used!for!future!lead!development.! | en_CA |
dc.language.iso | en | en_CA |
dc.subject | nerve growth | en_CA |
dc.subject | factor | en_CA |
dc.subject | surfaceplasmon resonance | en_CA |
dc.subject | p75NTR | en_CA |
dc.title | The identification and characterization of small molecules for the inhibition of NGF and proNGF8p75NTR interactions using surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy | en_CA |
dc.type | Thesis | en_CA |
dc.description.degree | Master of Science (MSc) in Biology | - |
dc.publisher.grantor | Laurentian University of Sudbury | - |
Appears in Collections: | Biology - Master's Theses Master's Theses |
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