{"id":18126,"date":"2020-01-20T17:00:40","date_gmt":"2020-01-20T16:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/?p=18126"},"modified":"2024-03-22T11:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T10:06:53","slug":"melting-reveals-drug-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/science\/melting-reveals-drug-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Melting reveals drug targets in a living organism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Developing new medicines and understanding how they target specific organs often gives a crucial advantage in the fight against human diseases. An international team led by researchers at the EMBL and Cellzome, a GSK company, has developed a technology to systematically identify drug targets in living animals. In their results, published in Nature Biotechnology on 20 January, the scientists mapped protein\u2013drug interactions in rat organs and blood. Their research opens pathways in drug discovery, fundamental biology, and personalised medicine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When a drug binds to a protein, the structure of the protein gets tighter and only unfolds at higher temperatures. In this study, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/science\/1609-welcome-mikhail-savitski\/\">Mikhail Savitski<\/a> \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/research\/units\/genome_biology\/savitski\/index.html\">team leader<\/a> and head of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/proteomics\/proteomics_services\/\">Proteomics Core Facility<\/a> at EMBL Heidelberg \u2013 and his team, together with a team at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorn.org\/member\/Cellzome-GmbH%2C-a-GSK-company\">Cellzome<\/a> melted proteins to observe their properties. They were able to get insights into the interactions between multiple proteins, or between proteins and drugs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;For the first time, we can systematically map drug\u2013protein interactions in a mammalian organism. This global view of the drug targets and potential side-effects is a huge step in drug discovery,&#8221; explains Mikhail Savitski. By comparing the unwinding temperatures of proteins, the researchers determined which drug connected with which protein.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2014, Savitski and Cellzome presented their new <a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/science.1255784\">thermal profiling technique<\/a> for the first time, allowing scientists to study cell cultures with heat.&nbsp; While this technology advanced the field, cultured cells differ strongly to a living organism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The method now published represents a significant advancement for translational research because biological changes can be directly monitored in an organ by measuring protein interactions and activation of cellular pathways. In drug discovery, the ability to monitor the engagement of the pharmacological target in a living organism is fundamental for achieving therapeutic efficacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To demonstrate their technique&#8217;s capabilities, the scientists scanned all proteins in rat liver, lung, kidney, and spleen. Their results provided novel insights into the interactions of proteins and revealed potential drug targets. &#8220;For the first time, we can study protein interactions in different tissues of living organisms and how they are affected by external conditions. Our technique could significantly improve our understanding of human diseases and aid the development of successful treatments,&#8221; says Nils Kurzawa, EMBL scientist in the Savitski group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"vf-box vf-box--inlay\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"vf-box__heading\">Source article<\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-box__text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41587-019-0388-4.\">Perrin J., Werner, T., Kurzawa, N., <em>et al.<\/em>, Identifying drug targets in tissues and whole blood with thermal shift profiling. <em>Nature Biotechnology<\/em>, published 20 January 2020.<br \/>DOI: 10.1038\/s41587-019-0388-4<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"vf-box vf-box--inlay\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"vf-box__heading\">Related links<\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-box__text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/research\/units\/genome_biology\/savitski\/index.html\">Savitski team<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorn.org\/member\/Cellzome-GmbH%2C-a-GSK-company\">Cellzome GmbH<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/proteomics\/proteomics_services\/\">Proteomics Core Facility<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/science\/melting-bacteria-to-decipher-antibiotic-resistance\/\">Press release 2018: Melting bacteria to decipher antibiotic resistance<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/lab-matters\/1702-new-collaboration-embl-gsk\/\">GSK\u2013EMBL collaboration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"de\">Angriffspunkte f\u00fcr Medikamenteim lebenden Organismus durch Schmelzen enth\u00fcllt \u2013 EMBL-Wissenschaftler identifizieren&nbsp;Ziele f\u00fcr Arzneimittelin Blut und Organen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Die Entwicklung neuer Medikamente und das Verst\u00e4ndnis, wie sie auf bestimmte Organe wirken, ist ein entscheidender Vorteil bei der Bek\u00e4mpfung menschlicher Krankheiten. Ein internationales Team unter der Leitung von Forschern des Europ\u00e4ischen Laboratoriums f\u00fcr Molekularbiologie und Cellzome, einem Unternehmen von GSK, hat eine Technologie zur systematischen Identifizierung von Ansatzpunkten f\u00fcr Arzneimittel in lebenden Tieren entwickelt. In ihren Ergebnissen, die am 20. Januar in&nbsp;<em>Nature Biotechnology<\/em>&nbsp;ver\u00f6ffentlicht wurden, haben die Wissenschaftler Interaktionen von Proteinen und Medikamenten in Organen und Blut von Ratten&nbsp;untersucht. Ihre Forschung er\u00f6ffnet Wege in der Arzneimittelforschung, der Grundlagenbiologie und der personalisierten Medizin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"425\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Thermal-Profling-in-living-organisms-ib.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Thermal-Profling-in-living-organisms-ib.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Thermal-Profling-in-living-organisms-ib-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Bildnachweis: illustratoren.de\/TobiasWuestefeld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Wenn ein Medikament an ein Protein bindet, wird die Struktur dieses Proteins enger und \u00f6ffnet sich erst bei h\u00f6heren Temperaturen. In ihrer Studie haben Mikhail Savitski \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/research\/units\/genome_biology\/savitski\/index.html\">Gruppenleiter<\/a>&nbsp;und Leiter der&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/proteomics\/proteomics_services\/\">Proteomics Core Facility<\/a>&nbsp;am EMBL Heidelberg \u2013 und sein Team zusammen mit Wissenschaftlern von Cellzome Proteine geschmolzen, um deren Eigenschaften zu analysieren. Dabei konnten sie Einblicke in die Wechselwirkungen zwischen mehreren Proteinen oder zwischen Proteinen und Medikamenten gewinnen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Zum ersten Mal k\u00f6nnen wir die Wechselwirkungen zwischen Medikamenten und Proteinen in einem S\u00e4ugetierorganismus systematisch abbilden. Diese globale Sicht auf Ansatzpunkte f\u00fcr Medikamente und m\u00f6gliche Nebenwirkungen ist ein gro\u00dfer Schritt in der Arzneimittelentwicklung&#8221;, erkl\u00e4rt Mikhail Savitski. Durch den Vergleich der Temperaturen bei denen sich die Proteine \u00f6ffneten konnten die Forscher feststellen, welcher Wirkstoff sich mit welchem Protein verbunden hat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Im Jahr 2014 stellten Savitski und Cellzome erstmals ihre neue&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/science.1255784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thermal-Profiling-Technik<\/a>&nbsp;vor, die es den Wissenschaftlern erlaubt, Zellkulturen mit W\u00e4rme zu untersuchen. Obwohl diese Technologie das Feld bereits vorantrieb, unterscheiden sich kultivierte Zellen stark von einem lebenden Organismus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die jetzt publizierte Methode schl\u00e4gt daher eine Br\u00fccke zwischen Grundlagenforschung und Anwendung. Biologische Ver\u00e4nderungen k\u00f6nnen direkt in einem Organ durch die Messung von Proteininteraktionen und zellul\u00e4rer Signale beobachtet werden. Die erfolgreiche Aufnahme von Arzneimittel in einen lebenden Organismus zu \u00fcberwachen, ist in der Medikamentenentwicklung von gro\u00dfer Bedeutung um bestm\u00f6gliche therapeutische Wirksamkeit zu garantieren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Um das Potenzial ihrer Technik zu demonstrieren, haben die Wissenschaftler alle Proteine in Leber, Lunge, Niere und Milz von Ratten gescannt. Ihre Ergebnisse lieferten neue Einblicke in die Wechselwirkungen der Proteine und deckten m\u00f6gliche Ansatzpunkte f\u00fcr Medikamente auf. &#8220;Zum ersten Mal k\u00f6nnen wir die Wechselwirkungen von Proteinen in verschiedenen Geweben von lebenden Organismen untersuchen und dabei sogar \u00e4u\u00dfere Einfl\u00fcsse ber\u00fccksichtigen. Unsere Technik k\u00f6nnte unser Verst\u00e4ndnis menschlicher Krankheiten deutlich verbessern und die Entwicklung erfolgreicher Behandlungen unterst\u00fctzen&#8221;, sagt Nils Kurzawa, EMBL-Wissenschaftler in der Savitski-Gruppe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"vf-box vf-box--inlay\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"vf-box__heading\">Quellenartikel<\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-box__text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41587-019-0388-4.\">Perrin J., Werner, T., Kurzawa, N., <em>et al.<\/em>, Identifying drug targets in tissues and whole blood with thermal shift profiling. <em>Nature Biotechnology<\/em>, ver\u00f6ffentlicht am 20 Januar 2020.<br \/>DOI: 10.1038\/s41587-019-0388-4<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"vf-box vf-box--inlay\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"vf-box__heading\">Links<\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-box__text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/research\/units\/genome_biology\/savitski\/index.html\">Savitski gruppe<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.biorn.org\/member\/Cellzome-GmbH%2C-a-GSK-company\">Cellzome GmbH<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/proteomics\/proteomics_services\/\">Proteomics Core Facility<br \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/science\/melting-bacteria-to-decipher-antibiotic-resistance\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/science\/melting-bacteria-to-decipher-antibiotic-resistance\/\">Pressemitteilung 2018: Melting bacteria to decipher antibiotic resistance<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/lab-matters\/1702-new-collaboration-embl-gsk\/\">GSK\u2013EMBL Kollaboration<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"fr\">La fusion de prot\u00e9ines r\u00e9v\u00e8le des cibles th\u00e9rapeutiques dans un organisme vivant \u2013 les scientifiques du EMBL identifient des cibles m\u00e9dicamenteuses dans le sang et les organes internes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pour combattre les maladies humaines, il est crucial de d\u00e9velopper de nouveaux m\u00e9dicaments et de comprendre comment ils ciblent des organes sp\u00e9cifiques. Une \u00e9quipe internationale men\u00e9e par des chercheurs du Laboratoire Europ\u00e9en de Biologie Mol\u00e9culaire (EMBL) et de Cellzome, une entreprise GSK, a d\u00e9velopp\u00e9 une technologie pour identifier syst\u00e9matiquement des cibles m\u00e9dicamenteuses au sein d\u2019animaux vivants. Dans leur \u00e9tude publi\u00e9e le 20 janvier dans&nbsp;<em>Nature Biotechnology<\/em>, les scientifiques ont recens\u00e9 chez le rat les interactions entre des m\u00e9dicaments et les prot\u00e9ines d\u2019organes internes et du sang. Ces recherches ouvrent de nouvelles voies pour la d\u00e9couverte de m\u00e9dicaments, la m\u00e9decine personnalis\u00e9e et d\u2019autres avanc\u00e9es en biologie fondamentale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"425\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Thermal-Profling-in-living-organisms-ib.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Thermal-Profling-in-living-organisms-ib.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Thermal-Profling-in-living-organisms-ib-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Cr\u00e9dits: illustratoren.de\/TobiasWuestefeld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorsqu\u2019un m\u00e9dicament se lie \u00e0 une prot\u00e9ine, la structure de la prot\u00e9ine se resserre et ne se d\u00e9plie qu\u2019\u00e0 haute temp\u00e9rature. Dans cette \u00e9tude, l\u2019\u00e9quipe de Mikhail Savitski \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/research\/units\/genome_biology\/savitski\/index.html\">chef d\u2019\u00e9quipe<\/a>&nbsp;et du&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/proteomics\/proteomics_services\/\">Proteomics Core Facility<\/a>&nbsp;au EMBL de Heidelberg \u2013 ainsi qu\u2019une \u00e9quipe \u00e0 Cellzome, ont fait fondre des prot\u00e9ines pour observer leurs propri\u00e9t\u00e9s. Ils ont ainsi pu obtenir de nouvelles informations sur les interactions prot\u00e9iques ainsi que les interactions entre prot\u00e9ines et m\u00e9dicaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Pour la premi\u00e8re fois, nous pouvons recenser syst\u00e9matiquement les interactions entre prot\u00e9ines et m\u00e9dicaments chez un mammif\u00e8re. Cette vue globale des cibles th\u00e9rapeutiques et de potentiels effets secondaires est un progr\u00e8s \u00e9norme pour la d\u00e9couverte de nouveaux m\u00e9dicaments&#8221;, explique Mikhail Savitski. En comparant les temp\u00e9ratures de d\u00e9pliage de prot\u00e9ines, les chercheurs ont d\u00e9termin\u00e9 quel m\u00e9dicament se liait \u00e0 quelle prot\u00e9ine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En 2014, Savitski et Cellzome ont pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 pour la premi\u00e8re fois leur nouvelle&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/science.1255784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">technique de profilage thermique<\/a>&nbsp;qui a permis d\u2019examiner les prot\u00e9ines de cellules en culture en les exposant \u00e0 la chaleur. Bien que cette technologie ait fait progresser le domaine, son application \u00e0 un organisme multicellulaire \u00e9tait impossible, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 aujourd\u2019hui.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La m\u00e9thode maintenant publi\u00e9e repr\u00e9sente une avanc\u00e9e significative pour la recherche translationnelle, puisque des changements biologiques au sein d\u2019un organe peuvent d\u00e9sormais \u00eatre directement suivis en mesurant les interactions prot\u00e9iques et l\u2019activation de voies cellulaires. Lors du d\u00e9veloppement d\u2019un nouveau traitement, la capacit\u00e9 \u00e0 v\u00e9rifier qu\u2019un m\u00e9dicament ait atteint sa cible au sein d\u2019un organisme vivant est n\u00e9cessaire pour assurer l\u2019efficacit\u00e9 du traitement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afin de d\u00e9montrer les capacit\u00e9s de leur technique, les scientifiques ont examin\u00e9 toutes les prot\u00e9ines du foie, des poumons, de la rate et des reins chez le rat. Leurs r\u00e9sultats procurent de nouvelles informations sur les interactions prot\u00e9iques et ont r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 des cibles th\u00e9rapeutiques potentielles. \u00ab&nbsp;Pour la premi\u00e8re fois, nous pouvons \u00e9tudier les interactions prot\u00e9iques dans diff\u00e9rents tissus d\u2019organismes vivants et savoir comment elles sont affect\u00e9es par des conditions externes. Notre technique pourrait grandement am\u00e9liorer notre compr\u00e9hension des maladies humaines et aider au d\u00e9veloppement de traitements efficaces&nbsp;\u00bb, dit Nils Kurzawa, chercheur au EMBL dans l\u2019\u00e9quipe de Savitski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"vf-box vf-box--inlay\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"vf-box__heading\">Article scientifique<\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-box__text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41587-019-0388-4.\">Perrin J., Werner, T., Kurzawa, N., <em>et al.<\/em>, Identifying drug targets in tissues and whole blood with thermal shift profiling. <em>Nature Biotechnology<\/em>, publi\u00e9 le 20 janvier 2020.<br \/>DOI: 10.1038\/s41587-019-0388-4<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"vf-box vf-box--inlay\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"vf-box__heading\">Liens<\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-box__text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/research\/units\/genome_biology\/savitski\/index.html\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/research\/units\/genome_biology\/savitski\/index.html\">\u00c9quipe de Savitski<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biorn.org\/member\/Cellzome-GmbH%2C-a-GSK-company\" target=\"_blank\">Cellzome GmbH<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/proteomics\/proteomics_services\/\">Proteomics Core Facility<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/science\/melting-bacteria-to-decipher-antibiotic-resistance\/\">Communiqu\u00e9 de presse 2018: Faire fondre des bact\u00e9ries pour percer les myst\u00e8res de la r\u00e9sistance aux antibiotiques<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/aboutus\/communication_outreach\/media_relations\/2017\/170216-GSK-collaboration\/\">La collaboration GSK\u2013EMBL<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"vf-divider\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"es\">El derretimiento revela objetivos farmacol\u00f3gicos en un organismo vivo &#8211; Cient\u00edficos de EMBL identifican objetivos farmacol\u00f3gicos en sangre y \u00f3rganos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>El desarrollo de nuevos medicamentos y la comprensi\u00f3n de la forma en que se dirigen a \u00f3rganos espec\u00edficos a menudo ofrece una ventaja crucial en la lucha contra las enfermedades humanas. Un equipo internacional dirigido por investigadores del Laboratorio Europeo de Biolog\u00eda Molecular y de Cellzome, una empresa de GSK, ha desarrollado una tecnolog\u00eda para identificar sistem\u00e1ticamente los objetivos de los f\u00e1rmacos en animales vivos. En sus resultados, publicados en&nbsp;<em>Nature Biotechnology<\/em>&nbsp;el 20 de enero, los cient\u00edficos mapearon las interacciones entre las prote\u00ednas y los f\u00e1rmacos en \u00f3rganos y sangre de ratas. Sus investigaciones abren caminos en el descubrimiento de f\u00e1rmacos, en la biolog\u00eda fundamental y en la medicina personalizada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"vf-figure wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"620\" height=\"425\" class=\"vf-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Thermal-Profling-in-living-organisms-ib.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Thermal-Profling-in-living-organisms-ib.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.embl.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Thermal-Profling-in-living-organisms-ib-300x206.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption class=\"vf-figure__caption\">Cr\u00e9ditos: illustratoren.de\/TobiasWuestefeld<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Cuando un f\u00e1rmaco se une a una prote\u00edna, la estructura de la prote\u00edna se hace m\u00e1s estrecha y s\u00f3lo se despliega a temperaturas m\u00e1s altas. En este estudio, Mikhail Savitski &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/research\/units\/genome_biology\/savitski\/index.html\">jefe de equipo<\/a>&nbsp;y director del&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/proteomics\/proteomics_services\/\">Centro de Prote\u00f3mica<\/a>&nbsp;de EMBL en Heidelberg- y su equipo, junto con un equipo de Cellzome, derritieron prote\u00ednas para observar sus propiedades. Fueron capaces de obtener informaci\u00f3n sobre las interacciones entre m\u00faltiples prote\u00ednas o entre prote\u00ednas y f\u00e1rmacos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Por primera vez, podemos mapear sistem\u00e1ticamente las interacciones entre f\u00e1rmacos y prote\u00ednas en un organismo mam\u00edfero. Esta visi\u00f3n global de los objetivos farmacol\u00f3gicos y los posibles efectos secundarios es un gran paso en el descubrimiento de f\u00e1rmacos&#8221;, explica Mikhail Savitski. Al comparar las temperaturas de desenrollado de las prote\u00ednas, los investigadores determinaron qu\u00e9 f\u00e1rmaco se conect\u00f3 con qu\u00e9 prote\u00edna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En 2014, Savitski y Cellzome presentaron por primera vez su nueva&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1126\/science.1255784\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">t\u00e9cnica de perfil t\u00e9rmico<\/a>, permitiendo a los cient\u00edficos estudiar cultivos celulares con calor. Si bien esta tecnolog\u00eda avanz\u00f3 en el campo, las c\u00e9lulas cultivadas difieren significativamente a las de un organismo vivo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El m\u00e9todo ahora publicado representa un avance significativo para la investigaci\u00f3n transnacional porque los cambios biol\u00f3gicos pueden ser monitoreados directamente en un \u00f3rgano midiendo las interacciones de las prote\u00ednas y la activaci\u00f3n de las v\u00edas celulares. En el descubrimiento de f\u00e1rmacos, la capacidad de monitorear la participaci\u00f3n del objetivo farmacol\u00f3gico en un organismo vivo es fundamental para lograr la eficacia terap\u00e9utica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Para demostrar las capacidades de su t\u00e9cnica, los cient\u00edficos escanearon todas las prote\u00ednas del h\u00edgado, pulm\u00f3n, ri\u00f1\u00f3n y bazo de ratas. Sus resultados proporcionaron nuevos conocimientos sobre las interacciones de las prote\u00ednas y revelaron posibles objetivos farmacol\u00f3gicos. &#8220;Por primera vez, podemos estudiar las interacciones de las prote\u00ednas en diferentes tejidos de organismos vivos y c\u00f3mo se ven afectados por condiciones externas. Nuestra t\u00e9cnica podr\u00eda mejorar significativamente nuestra comprensi\u00f3n de las enfermedades humanas y ayudar al desarrollo de tratamientos exitosos\u201d, dice Nils Kurzawa, cient\u00edfico del EMBL en el grupo Savitski.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"vf-box vf-box--inlay\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"vf-box__heading\">Art\u00edculo fuente<\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-box__text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41587-019-0388-4.\">Perrin J., Werner, T., Kurzawa, N., <em>et al.<\/em>, Identifying drug targets in tissues and whole blood with thermal shift profiling. <em>Nature Biotechnology<\/em>, publicado el 20 de enero de 2020.<br \/>DOI: 10.1038\/s41587-019-0388-4<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"vf-box vf-box--inlay\">\n\n  <h3 class=\"vf-box__heading\">Enlaces<\/h3>\n  <p class=\"vf-box__text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/research\/units\/genome_biology\/savitski\/index.html\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/research\/units\/genome_biology\/savitski\/index.html\">Equipo Savitski<\/a><br \/><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.biorn.org\/member\/Cellzome-GmbH%2C-a-GSK-company\" target=\"_blank\">Cellzome GmbH<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/proteomics\/proteomics_services\/\">Centro de Prote\u00f3mica<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.embl.de\/science\/melting-bacteria-to-decipher-antibiotic-resistance\/\">Comunicado de prensa 2018: Derritiendo bacterias para descifrar la resistencia a los antibi\u00f3ticos<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.embl.de\/aboutus\/communication_outreach\/media_relations\/2017\/170216-GSK-collaboration\/\">Colaboraci\u00f3n GSK\u2013EMBL<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EMBL scientists identify drug targets in blood and organs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":18142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17591],"tags":[981,982,1748,616,45,434],"embl_taxonomy":[],"class_list":["post-18126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science","category-science-technology","tag-drug","tag-heat","tag-press-release","tag-protein","tag-proteomics","tag-savitski"],"acf":{"article_intro":"<p>EMBL scientists identify drug targets in blood and organs<\/p>\n","related_links":false,"article_sources":false,"vf_locked":false,"featured":false,"color":"#007B53","show_featured_image":false,"in_this_article":false,"youtube_url":"","mp4_url":"","video_caption":"","press_contact":"EMBL Generic","field_target_display":"embl","source_article":false},"embl_taxonomy_terms":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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