2021
PPP6C negatively regulates oncogenic ERK signaling through dephosphorylation of MEK
Cho E, Lou HJ, Kuruvilla L, Calderwood DA, Turk BE. PPP6C negatively regulates oncogenic ERK signaling through dephosphorylation of MEK. Cell Reports 2021, 34: 108928. PMID: 33789117, PMCID: PMC8068315, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.108928.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein kinase cascadeCore oncogenic pathwaysKey negative regulatorOncogenic ERKERK pathway activationCrosstalk regulationCentral kinaseKinase cascadePhosphorylation sitesRegulatory subunitRaf-MEKNegative regulatorERK pathwayDrug targetsOncogenic pathwaysMEKMEK inhibitorsDephosphorylationPathway activationPPP6CPhosphatasePathwayERKHyperphosphorylationCascade
2020
Scaffold association factor B (SAFB) is required for expression of prenyltransferases and RAS membrane association
Zhou M, Kuruvilla L, Shi X, Viviano S, Ahearn IM, Amendola CR, Su W, Badri S, Mahaffey J, Fehrenbacher N, Skok J, Schlessinger J, Turk BE, Calderwood DA, Philips MR. Scaffold association factor B (SAFB) is required for expression of prenyltransferases and RAS membrane association. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2020, 117: 31914-31922. PMID: 33257571, PMCID: PMC7749360, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2005712117.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAlkyl and Aryl TransferasesCell MembraneComputational BiologyCRISPR-Cas SystemsDatasets as TopicDimethylallyltranstransferaseGene Knockdown TechniquesHumansMatrix Attachment Region Binding ProteinsNeoplasmsNuclear Matrix-Associated ProteinsProtein PrenylationProtein SubunitsProto-Oncogene Proteins p21(ras)Receptors, EstrogenConceptsMembrane associationRAS membrane associationFarnesyltransferase inhibitorsPrenylation pathwayGenome-wide CRISPRGTP loadingAlternative prenylationMutant cellsNuclear proteinsKRAS membrane associationsRAS isoformsΑ-subunitGrowth inhibitionExpressionFactor BPathwayAnticancer therapyAlternative therapeutic strategiesPrenyltransferasesRASTherapeutic strategiesCRISPRFarnesyltransferaseMislocalizationPrenylationSignalling through cerebral cavernous malformation protein networks
Su VL, Calderwood DA. Signalling through cerebral cavernous malformation protein networks. Open Biology 2020, 10: 200263. PMID: 33234067, PMCID: PMC7729028, DOI: 10.1098/rsob.200263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsBiomarkersCarrier ProteinsDisease ManagementDisease SusceptibilityGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous SystemHumansIntracellular SpaceMutationProtein BindingProtein Interaction Domains and MotifsProtein Interaction MappingProtein Interaction MapsProtein TransportSignal TransductionConceptsCCM proteinsCerebral cavernous malformationsCell junctionalMEKK3-MEK5Protein complexesAdaptor proteinProtein functionSubcellular localizationCytoskeletal reorganizationComplex proteinsProtein networkRhoA-ROCKMolecular basisProtein activityGene expressionFunction mutationsCell adhesionCell contractilityProteinPathwayLeaky blood vesselsCurrent knowledgeDisease pathologyCdc42Recent advances
2012
Nanopatterning reveals an ECM area threshold for focal adhesion assembly and force transmission that is regulated by integrin activation and cytoskeleton tension
Coyer SR, Singh A, Dumbauld DW, Calderwood DA, Craig SW, Delamarche E, García AJ. Nanopatterning reveals an ECM area threshold for focal adhesion assembly and force transmission that is regulated by integrin activation and cytoskeleton tension. Journal Of Cell Science 2012, 125: 5110-5123. PMID: 22899715, PMCID: PMC3533393, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.108035.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFocal adhesionsForce transductionFA assemblyCytoskeletal tensionExtracellular matrixIntegrin activationFocal adhesion assemblyVinculin head domainExpression of talinNon-migrating cellsVinculin mutantsCytoskeleton tensionAdhesion assemblyECM ligandsMyosin contractilityAdhesive areaStable assemblyIntracellular pathwaysTransductionAssemblyStructural linkPathwayStructural linkagesTraction forceCells