Eradicating Leukaemic Stem Cells By Targeting The Arginine Methyltransferase PRMT5
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$770,950.00
Summary
Acute leukemia is a devastating cancer arising from primitive cells in the bone marrow called stem cells. We have identified a protein (PRMT5) that is highly expressed in leukemia stem cells. Our preliminary experiments suggest that blocking the function of this protein with a novel drug can stop the growth of these cells. This project will use a variety of mouse models of acute leukemia to determine how PRMT5 keeps stem cells alive and whether this drug will be a valuable new treatment.
We want to understand more about the control of blood cell formation and the development of leukemia. We have discovered one gene that is very important in both these processes. It is the most common genetic abnormality involved in causing human T-cell leukemia, and we have recently shown that it is absolutely required for the development of all blood cells within an animal. We wish to take these observations further so that we can ultimately understand how a gene important in blood cell formati ....We want to understand more about the control of blood cell formation and the development of leukemia. We have discovered one gene that is very important in both these processes. It is the most common genetic abnormality involved in causing human T-cell leukemia, and we have recently shown that it is absolutely required for the development of all blood cells within an animal. We wish to take these observations further so that we can ultimately understand how a gene important in blood cell formation can also be important in causing leukemia. Here we propose to use genetic engineering approaches to generate mice in which the function of this gene is ablated or removed in a controlled and regulated fashion.Read moreRead less
Analysis Of The Hematopoietic Function Of Endophilin And MASH Proteins
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$408,055.00
Summary
We want to understand more about the control of blood cell formation and the development of leukaemia. We have discovered one gene that is very important in both these processes. It is the most common genetic abnormality involved in causing human T-cell leukaemia and we have recently shown that it is absolutely required for the development of all blood cells within an animal. We wish to understand how a gene important in blood cell formation can also be important in causing leukaemia. To address ....We want to understand more about the control of blood cell formation and the development of leukaemia. We have discovered one gene that is very important in both these processes. It is the most common genetic abnormality involved in causing human T-cell leukaemia and we have recently shown that it is absolutely required for the development of all blood cells within an animal. We wish to understand how a gene important in blood cell formation can also be important in causing leukaemia. To address this we will study a new molecule with which it partners, and two molecules via which it exerts its actions.Read moreRead less
We want to understand more about the control of blood cell formation and the development of leukaemia. We have discovered one gene that is very important in both these processes. It is the most common genetic abnormality involved in causing human T-cell leukaemia and we have recently shown that it is absolutely required for the development of all blood cells within an animal. We wish to take these observations further so that we can ultimately understand how a gene important in blood cell format ....We want to understand more about the control of blood cell formation and the development of leukaemia. We have discovered one gene that is very important in both these processes. It is the most common genetic abnormality involved in causing human T-cell leukaemia and we have recently shown that it is absolutely required for the development of all blood cells within an animal. We wish to take these observations further so that we can ultimately understand how a gene important in blood cell formation can also be important in causing leukaemia. To address this we will generate new models of blood cell development.Read moreRead less