2014
Targeting aPKC disables oncogenic signaling by both the EGFR and the proinflammatory cytokine TNFα in glioblastoma
Kusne Y, Carrera-Silva EA, Perry AS, Rushing EJ, Mandell EK, Dietrich JD, Errasti AE, Gibbs D, Berens ME, Loftus JC, Hulme C, Yang W, Lu Z, Aldape K, Sanai N, Rothlin CV, Ghosh S. Targeting aPKC disables oncogenic signaling by both the EGFR and the proinflammatory cytokine TNFα in glioblastoma. Science Signaling 2014, 7: ra75. PMID: 25118327, PMCID: PMC4486020, DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.2005196.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsCarcinogenesisDrug Delivery SystemsEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayEpidermal Growth FactorErbB ReceptorsErlotinib HydrochlorideFlow CytometryFluorescent Antibody TechniqueGlioblastomaHumansImmunoblottingImmunohistochemistryImmunoprecipitationKaplan-Meier EstimateMiceNF-kappa BParacrine CommunicationProtein Kinase CQuinazolinesReverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain ReactionSignal TransductionTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaConceptsAtypical protein kinase CEpidermal growth factor receptorEGFR kinase inhibitorsHuman glioblastoma tumor cellsReceptor tyrosine kinasesProtein kinase CTNFα-dependent activationKinase inhibitorsTranscription factor nuclear factor κBGlioblastoma tumor cellsGrowth factor receptorKinase activityMolecular approachesTyrosine kinaseKinase CNuclear factor κBFactor receptorGlioblastoma microenvironmentFactor κBProinflammatory cytokine TNFαAbundanceTumor necrosis factorGlioblastoma therapyTumor growthGrade IV glioblastoma
2013
Contrasting effects of chronic, systemic treatment with mTOR inhibitors rapamycin and metformin on adult neural progenitors in mice
Kusne Y, Goldberg EL, Parker SS, Hapak SM, Maskaykina IY, Chew WM, Limesand KH, Brooks HL, Price TJ, Sanai N, Nikolich-Zugich J, Ghosh S. Contrasting effects of chronic, systemic treatment with mTOR inhibitors rapamycin and metformin on adult neural progenitors in mice. GeroScience 2013, 36: 199-212. PMID: 23949159, PMCID: PMC3889877, DOI: 10.1007/s11357-013-9572-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSystemic administrationMTOR inhibitorsImproved health spanAdult-born neuronsHealth spanEffects of chronicNeural progenitorsAdult neural stem cellsMTOR inhibitor rapamycinInhibition of mTORPotential adverse effectsAdult neural progenitorsNeural stem cellsSystemic treatmentDendate gyrusMouse hippocampusSubventricular regionOrgan functionMetforminBehavioral healthInhibitor rapamycinAdverse effectsPharmacological inhibitorsMTORRapamycin
2010
Telomere-independent Rap1 is an IKK adaptor and regulates NF-κB-dependent gene expression
Teo H, Ghosh S, Luesch H, Ghosh A, Wong ET, Malik N, Orth A, de Jesus P, Perry AS, Oliver JD, Tran NL, Speiser LJ, Wong M, Saez E, Schultz P, Chanda SK, Verma IM, Tergaonkar V. Telomere-independent Rap1 is an IKK adaptor and regulates NF-κB-dependent gene expression. Nature Cell Biology 2010, 12: 758-767. PMID: 20622870, DOI: 10.1038/ncb2080.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsApoptosisBlotting, WesternCell LineCell Line, TumorChromatin ImmunoprecipitationChromatography, GelHeLa CellsHumansI-kappa B KinaseImmunohistochemistryImmunoprecipitationKaplan-Meier EstimateMiceNF-kappa BPhosphorylationPolymerase Chain ReactionProtein BindingRNA, Small InterferingShelterin ComplexTelomere-Binding ProteinsTissue Array Analysis
2008
Instructive role of aPKCζ subcellular localization in the assembly of adherens junctions in neural progenitors
Ghosh S, Marquardt T, Thaler JP, Carter N, Andrews SE, Pfaff SL, Hunter T. Instructive role of aPKCζ subcellular localization in the assembly of adherens junctions in neural progenitors. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2008, 105: 335-340. PMID: 18162555, PMCID: PMC2224213, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0705713105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdherens junctionsNeural progenitorsNeural tubeApical-basal polarityCell fate determinantsNeuronal precursorsApical adherens junctionsApical membranePKCzeta/lambdaCell-cell adhesionChicken neural tubeStem cell proliferationPostmitotic neuronal precursorsAsymmetric inheritanceApical assemblyFate determinantsAsymmetric localizationNeural stem cell proliferationSubcellular compartmentalizationSubcellular localizationNeural stem cellsKinase activityInstructive signalsNeurogenic divisionsInstructive role