Neurotensin receptor: Difference between revisions

===Clinical Relevance===

[[Image: Meclinerant.jpg |200 px|right|thumb|Figure 4: Meclinerant: An inhibitor of NTSR1 found to enhance selectivity of radiotherapy in cancer treatment.]] NTSR1 is commonly expressed in various invasive [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer cancer] cell lines making it a promising cancer drug target. It is prevalent in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancer colon cancer] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenocarcinoma adenocarcinoma], but is not found in adult colon cell types.<ref name="Valerie">PMID:21903767</ref> NTSR1 is also found in aggressive [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostate_cancer prostate cancer] cells, but not [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithelium epithelial] prostate cells. In prostate cancer cells, binding of NTS results in [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitogen-activated_protein_kinase mitogen-activated protein kinase (PKB)], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphoinositide_3-kinase phosphoinositide-3 kinase (PI-3K)], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidermal_growth_factor_receptor epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-oncogene_tyrosine-protein_kinase_Src SRC], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STAT5 STAT5] phosphorylation.<ref name="Valerie"/> These all result in increased DNA synthesis, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_growth cell proliferation], and survival. Inhibition of NTSR1 and its downstream signaling represents a target for [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_therapy radiotherapy], which uses radiation to target malignant cells. NTSR1 can be inhibited by agonist [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meclinertant meclinertant] which inhibits proliferation and prosurvival of cancer cells. Combination treatment of radiation and meclinerant provides selective treatment of cancer cells over normal cells, indicating the need for clinical trials of this approach. <ref name="Kisfalvi">PMID:19679549</ref>

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