2022
AMPK and Polycystic Kidney Disease Drug Development: An Interesting Off-Target Target
Caplan MJ. AMPK and Polycystic Kidney Disease Drug Development: An Interesting Off-Target Target. Frontiers In Medicine 2022, 9: 753418. PMID: 35174190, PMCID: PMC8841847, DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2022.753418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCellular signaling pathwaysPolycystic kidney diseasePolycystic kidney disease mutationCellular energy useProtein kinaseMaster regulatorCellular metabolismSignaling pathwaysDisease mutationsGenetic diseasesTissue architectureEnzyme activityDramatic perturbationsAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseasePathwayDominant polycystic kidney diseaseNew therapeuticsMutationsRenal tissue architectureDrug developmentCellsKinaseAMPKGeneration pathwaysGenes
2020
Mechanisms involved in AMPK-mediated deposition of tight junction components to the plasma membrane
Wu J, Rowart P, Jouret F, Gassaway BM, Rajendran V, Rinehart J, Caplan MJ. Mechanisms involved in AMPK-mediated deposition of tight junction components to the plasma membrane. American Journal Of Physiology - Cell Physiology 2020, 318: c486-c501. PMID: 31913699, PMCID: PMC7099514, DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00422.2019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsJunction assemblyPlasma membranePhospho-defective mutantsEpithelial junction assemblyMDCK renal epithelial cellsProtein kinase activationJunction-associated proteinsRenal epithelial cellsActive GTPEpithelial polarizationTight junction componentsZO-1 localizationAMPK activationKinase activationKey regulatorAfadinAMPKImportant regulatorJunction componentsProtein zonula occludens-1Par3Epithelial cellsTight junction protein zonula occludens-1RegulatorAssembly
2018
Implications of AMPK in the Formation of Epithelial Tight Junctions
Rowart P, Wu J, Caplan MJ, Jouret F. Implications of AMPK in the Formation of Epithelial Tight Junctions. International Journal Of Molecular Sciences 2018, 19: 2040. PMID: 30011834, PMCID: PMC6073107, DOI: 10.3390/ijms19072040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTJ assemblyPlasma membraneAMPK activationUbiquitous serine/threonine kinaseSerine/threonine kinaseBaso-lateral domainTight junctionsImplication of AMPKSelective paracellular permeabilityCell polarityThreonine kinaseDisruption of TJsProtein kinaseEnergy sensorTJ regulationΓ subunitMembrane componentsZO-1 distributionAssembly/AMPKEpithelial tight junctionsEssential roleZonula occludensKinaseEpithelial cells
2011
Activating AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) slows renal cystogenesis
Takiar V, Nishio S, Seo-Mayer P, King JD, Li H, Zhang L, Karihaloo A, Hallows KR, Somlo S, Caplan MJ. Activating AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) slows renal cystogenesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 2462-2467. PMID: 21262823, PMCID: PMC3038735, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1011498108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorRenal cystogenesisProtein kinaseAutosomal dominant polycystic kidney diseaseFibrosis transmembrane conductance regulatorTransmembrane conductance regulatorEpithelial cellsCyst epithelial cellsRenal cyst developmentCyst-lining epithelial cellsAMPK activationConductance regulatorRapamycin (mTOR) pathwayMammalian targetPharmacological activatorsChloride channelsMTOR pathwayCystogenesisCyst developmentKinaseAMPKContext of ADPKDSignificant arrestDominant polycystic kidney diseasePolycystic kidney disease
2006
AMP-activated protein kinase regulates the assembly of epithelial tight junctions
Zhang L, Li J, Young LH, Caplan MJ. AMP-activated protein kinase regulates the assembly of epithelial tight junctions. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2006, 103: 17272-17277. PMID: 17088526, PMCID: PMC1859922, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0608531103.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTight junction assemblyJunction assemblyProtein kinaseLKB1-dependent phosphorylationCell polarization processCellular energy statusActivation of AMPKTight junctionsEukaryotic cellsTight junction structureAMPKMDCK cellsEpithelial tight junctionsEnergy statusKinaseEpithelial cellsAbsence of Ca2AssemblyTransepithelial electrical resistanceParacellular fluxZonula occludens-1CellsRecent studiesOccludens-1LKB1