FGF Receptor 3 …and its role in Bladder Cancer Jenny Espinosa Biology 169 March 30, 2004 What is it?
Just what is FGFR3 anyway? Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 3 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Glycoprotein Contains extracellular immunoglobulin domains, a hydrophobic transmembrane domain, & a split tyrosine- kinase domain Two isoforms: FGFR3b and FGFR3c Found in the plasma membrane
Normally found in: Rat Zebrafish Mouse Frog Fruitfly As well as in…
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So what does it do?? Michiyuki Kanai, Mchael Goke, Shoji Tsunekawa and Daniel Podolsky
Yeah, but what does it really do?! Involved in a developmental pathway Negative regulator of bone growth Promotion & inhibition of chondrocyte proliferation and differentiation (mouse) Regulation of epithelial cell growth & differentiation Involved in embryogenesis, angiogenesis, and wound healing Main point here… REGULATION OF CELL PROLIFERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION
FGFR extracellular domain FGFR intracellular domain David M. Ornitz & Pierre J. Marie Hmm… what happens then if the cell is mutated? - Achondroplasia* - Thanatophoric dysplasia* - Non-syndromic cranial synostosis - Crouzonodermoskeletal syndrome - Hypochondroplasia*
Effects of activated FGFR3 in Mice
What role does it play in CANCER ??
FGFR3 and Bladder Cancer
Bladder Cancer –s–s–s–somatic mutation in bladder carcinomas (superficial or low-grade) –(–(–(–(74%) in non-invasive papillary tumors –a–a–a–absence of mutations in carcinoma in situ –r–r–r–recurrence more frequent in wild type FGFR3
That’s all folks!