| RRC ID |
67767
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| 著者 |
Ozawa T, Morikawa M, Morishita Y, Ogikubo K, Itoh F, Koinuma D, Nygren PÅ, Miyazono K.
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| タイトル |
Systemic administration of monovalent follistatin-like 3-Fc-fusion protein increases muscle mass in mice.
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| ジャーナル |
iScience
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| Abstract |
Targeting the signaling pathway of growth differentiation factor 8 (GDF8), also known as myostatin, has been regarded as a promising strategy to increase muscle mass in the elderly and in patients. Accumulating evidence in animal models and clinical trials has indicated that a rational approach is to inhibit a limited number of transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) family ligands, including GDF8 and activin A, without affecting other members. Here, we focused on one of the endogenous antagonists against TGF-β family ligands, follistatin-like 3 (FSTL3), which mainly binds and neutralizes activins, GDF8, and GDF11. Although bivalent human FSTL3 Fc-fusion protein was rapidly cleared from mouse circulation similar to follistatin (FST)-Fc, monovalent FSTL3-Fc (mono-FSTL3-Fc) generated with the knobs-into-holes technology exhibited longer serum half-life. Systemic administration of mono-FSTL3-Fc in mice induced muscle fiber hypertrophy and increased muscle mass in vivo. Our results indicate that the monovalent FSTL3-based therapy overcomes the difficulties of current anti-GDF8 therapies.
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| 巻・号 |
24(5)
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| ページ |
102488
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| 公開日 |
2021-5-21
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.isci.2021.102488
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| PII |
S2589-0042(21)00456-9
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| PMID |
34113826
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| PMC |
PMC8170004
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| IF |
4.447
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| リソース情報 |
| 遺伝子材料 |
CSII-EF-RfA (RDB04387)
CSII-CA-MCS-IRES-Puro (RDB19592)
CSII-CA-MCS-IRES-Hyg (RDB19593) |
