Rho kinase, a promising drug target for neurological disorders

作者: Bernhard K. Mueller , Helmut Mack , Nicole Teusch

DOI: 10.1038/NRD1719

关键词: NeurodegenerationAnatomyNeuroregenerationCancer researchKinaseRho-associated protein kinaseBiologyCentral nervous systemRegeneration (biology)Cell growthCell migration

摘要: Rho kinases (ROCKs), the first effectors to be described, are serine/threonine that important in fundamental processes of cell migration, proliferation and survival. Abnormal activation Rho/ROCK pathway has been observed various disorders central nervous system. Injury adult vertebrate brain spinal cord activates ROCKs, thereby inhibiting neurite growth sprouting. Inhibition ROCKs results accelerated regeneration enhanced functional recovery after spinal-cord injury mammals, inhibition also proved efficacious animal models stroke, inflammatory demyelinating diseases, Alzheimer's disease neuropathic pain. ROCK inhibitors therefore have potential for preventing neurodegeneration stimulating neuroregeneration neurological disorders.

参考文章(129)
Keiji Yamagami, Takashi Ono, Hiroyuki Satoh, Masayoshi Uehata, Toshio Kawahara, MEDICINES COMPRISING Rho KINASE INHIBITOR ,(1997)
T Leung, X Q Chen, E Manser, L Lim, The p160 RhoA-binding kinase ROK alpha is a member of a kinase family and is involved in the reorganization of the cytoskeleton. Molecular and Cellular Biology. ,vol. 16, pp. 5313- 5327 ,(1996) , 10.1128/MCB.16.10.5313
Sascha Weggen, Jason L. Eriksen, Pritam Das, Sarah A. Sagi, Rong Wang, Claus U. Pietrzik, Kirk A. Findlay, Tawnya E. Smith, Michael P. Murphy, Thomas Bulter, David E. Kang, Numa Marquez-Sterling, Todd E. Golde, Edward H. Koo, A subset of NSAIDs lower amyloidogenic Aβ42 independently of cyclooxygenase activity Nature. ,vol. 414, pp. 212- 216 ,(2001) , 10.1038/35102591
Siegfried Wahl, Holger Barth, Thomas Ciossek, Klaus Aktories, Bernhard K. Mueller, Ephrin-A5 Induces Collapse of Growth Cones by Activating Rho and Rho Kinase Journal of Cell Biology. ,vol. 149, pp. 263- 270 ,(2000) , 10.1083/JCB.149.2.263
Mutsuki Amano, Yuko Fukata, Kozo Kaibuchi, Regulation and functions of Rho-associated kinase. Experimental Cell Research. ,vol. 261, pp. 44- 51 ,(2000) , 10.1006/EXCR.2000.5046
Kazumasa Ohashi, Kyoko Nagata, Midori Maekawa, Toshimasa Ishizaki, Shuh Narumiya, Kensaku Mizuno, Rho-associated Kinase ROCK Activates LIM-kinase 1 by Phosphorylation at Threonine 508 within the Activation Loop Journal of Biological Chemistry. ,vol. 275, pp. 3577- 3582 ,(2000) , 10.1074/JBC.275.5.3577
Ikuhide Kohama, Karen L Lankford, Jana Preiningerova, Fletcher A White, Timothy L Vollmer, Jeffery D Kocsis, None, Transplantation of Cryopreserved Adult Human Schwann Cells Enhances Axonal Conduction in Demyelinated Spinal Cord The Journal of Neuroscience. ,vol. 21, pp. 944- 950 ,(2001) , 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.21-03-00944.2001
Yoshinori Toshima, Shin-ichi Satoh, Ichiro Ikegaki, Toshio Asano, A New Model of Cerebral Microthrombosis in Rats and the Neuroprotective Effect of a Rho-Kinase Inhibitor Stroke. ,vol. 31, pp. 2245- 2250 ,(2000) , 10.1161/01.STR.31.9.2245
C. C. Sharpe, Signaling: focus on Rho in renal disease. Journal of The American Society of Nephrology. ,vol. 14, pp. 261- 264 ,(2003) , 10.1097/01.ASN.0000048223.05219.E4
Thallmair M Aimone JB1, Leasure JL, Perreau VM, Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation Research Consortium, None, Spatial and temporal gene expression profiling of the contused rat spinal cord Experimental Neurology. ,vol. 189, pp. 204- 221 ,(2004) , 10.1016/J.EXPNEUROL.2004.05.042