2021
Rho-GTPase Activating Protein myosin MYO9A identified as a novel candidate gene for monogenic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Li Q, Gulati A, Lemaire M, Nottoli T, Bale A, Tufro A. Rho-GTPase Activating Protein myosin MYO9A identified as a novel candidate gene for monogenic focal segmental glomerulosclerosis. Kidney International 2021, 99: 1102-1117. PMID: 33412162, PMCID: PMC8076076, DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2020.12.022.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRhoA activityRho-GAP domainActin stress fiber formationCell junction assemblySmall GTPase proteinsNovel candidate genesStress fiber formationBundles actinCytoskeleton regulationGTPase proteinsActomyosin contractilityJunction assemblyMYO9AAutosomal dominant focal segmental glomerulosclerosisCandidate genesGene contributionCytoskeletal apparatusUnconventional myosinNovel componentRhoA geneWhole-exome sequencingGene editingFSGS phenotypeMolecular causesCalmodulin interaction
2011
Functional and physical interaction between the mismatch repair and FA-BRCA pathways
Williams SA, Wilson JB, Clark AP, Mitson-Salazar A, Tomashevski A, Ananth S, Glazer PM, Semmes OJ, Bale AE, Jones NJ, Kupfer GM. Functional and physical interaction between the mismatch repair and FA-BRCA pathways. Human Molecular Genetics 2011, 20: 4395-4410. PMID: 21865299, PMCID: PMC3196888, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr366.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsCell LineDNA Mismatch RepairDrosophilaFanconi AnemiaFanconi Anemia Complementation Group ProteinsHCT116 CellsHeLa CellsHumansMiceMutL Protein Homolog 1MutS Homolog 2 ProteinNuclear ProteinsProtein BindingSignal TransductionUbiquitin-Protein LigasesConceptsFA cell linesFA-BRCA pathwayInterstrand crosslinksCell linesFanconi anemiaRepair of ICLsDNA interstrand crosslinksMsh2-deficient cellsFANCD2 monoubiquitylationMMR protein MSH2Chromatin localizationChromatin loadingICL repairDrosophila mutantsHuman cell linesEpistatic relationshipFA pathwayMouse cellsFANCD2Foci formationMismatch repairBone marrow failureRadial formationMonoubiquitylationPhysical interaction
2009
Characterization of DNA damage-dependent cell cycle checkpoints in a menin-deficient model
Kottemann MC, Bale AE. Characterization of DNA damage-dependent cell cycle checkpoints in a menin-deficient model. DNA Repair 2009, 8: 944-952. PMID: 19608464, PMCID: PMC2745199, DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2009.06.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsCell CycleCell Cycle ProteinsCyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21DNA DamageEmbryo, MammalianFibroblastsG1 PhaseHistone-Lysine N-MethyltransferaseMiceModels, BiologicalMutagensMutationMyeloid-Lymphoid Leukemia ProteinPhenotypePromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsRadiation, IonizingS PhaseTumor Suppressor Protein p53Up-RegulationConceptsP21 promoterDNA damage-dependent mannerPositive transcriptional regulatorDamage-dependent mannerNormal cellular physiologyCell cycle controlLoss of Men1Intra-S checkpointCell cycle checkpointsMouse embryonic fibroblastsCyclin-dependent kinase inhibitorG1/STranscriptional regulationTranscriptional regulatorsCheckpoint responseCellular physiologyCycle checkpointsHistone methyltransferaseDNA repairEmbryonic fibroblastsTranscriptional capacityCycle controlTarget p21MeninCancer pathogenesis
2005
Cardiac and CNS defects in a mouse with targeted disruption of suppressor of fused
Cooper AF, Yu KP, Brueckner M, Brailey LL, Johnson L, McGrath JM, Bale AE. Cardiac and CNS defects in a mouse with targeted disruption of suppressor of fused. Development 2005, 132: 4407-4417. PMID: 16155214, DOI: 10.1242/dev.02021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBody PatterningGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenotypeHeart Defects, CongenitalHedgehog ProteinsIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMembrane ProteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, TransgenicMutationNeoplasmsNeural Tube DefectsPatched ReceptorsPatched-1 ReceptorReceptors, Cell SurfaceRepressor ProteinsSignal TransductionTrans-ActivatorsConceptsNegative regulatorDpc embryosHh pathwayTargeted disruptionSuppressor of FusedDorsoventral patterningExcess HhCompound mutantsEmbryonic developmentSomatic cellsFused geneLeft-right asymmetryDevelopmental defectsNodal expressionMutantsNeural tubeLaterality defectsHedgehog pathwayTumor predispositionNegative modulatorSuppressorCancer developmentDevelopmental abnormalitiesNode developmentPathway