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ArticleiScience2025

Global functional genomics reveals GRK5 as a cystic fibrosis therapeutic target synergistic with current modulators.

Hugo M Botelho, Miquéias Lopes-Pacheco, Madalena C Pinto, Violeta Railean, Ines Pankonien, Mariana F Caleiro, Luka A Clarke, Vasco Cachatra, Beate Neumann, Christian Tischer and 5 more

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Article in iScience, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Hugo M BotelhoBioISI - Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
Miquéias Lopes-PachecoBioISI - Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
Madalena C PintoBioISI - Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
Violeta RaileanBioISI - Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
Ines PankonienBioISI - Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
Mariana F CaleiroBioISI - Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
Luka A ClarkeBioISI - Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
Vasco CachatraCentro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
Beate NeumannCell Biology and Biophysics Unit and Advanced Light Microscopy Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Christian TischerCell Biology and Biophysics Unit and Advanced Light Microscopy Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Cristina MoiteiroCentro de Química Estrutural, Institute of Molecular Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.
Jiraporn OusingsawatDepartment of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Karl KunzelmannDepartment of Physiology, University of Regensburg, Universitätsstrasse 31, 93053 Regensburg, Germany.
Rainer PepperkokCell Biology and Biophysics Unit and Advanced Light Microscopy Facility, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Meyerhofstraße 1, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
Margarida D AmaralBioISI - Biosystems & Integrative Sciences Institute, Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a life-shortening disease affecting >160,000 individuals worldwide predominantly with respiratory symptoms. About 80% of individuals with CF have the p.Phe508del variant that causes the CF transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) protein to misfold and be targeted for premature degradation by the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) quality control (ERQC), thus preventing its plasma membrane (PM) traffic. Despite the recent approval of a "highly effective" drug rescuing p.Phe508del-CFTR, maximal lung function improvement is ∼14%. To identify global modulators of p.Phe508del traffic, we performed a high-content small interfering RNA (siRNA) microscopy-based screen of >9,000 genes and monitored p.Phe508del-CFTR PM rescue in human airway cells. This primary screen identified 227 p.Phe508del-CFTR traffic regulators, of which 35 could be validated by additional siRNAs. Subsequent mechanistic studies established GRK5 as a robust regulator whose inhibition rescues p.Phe508del-CFTR PM traffic and function in primary and immortalized cells, thus emerging as a novel potential drug target for CF.

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Cell biologyFunctional genomics

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PMID40040803
PMCPMC11876911

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