2016
Sustained ERK inhibition maximizes responses of BrafV600E thyroid cancers to radioiodine
Nagarajah J, Le M, Knauf JA, Ferrandino G, Montero-Conde C, Pillarsetty N, Bolaender A, Irwin C, Krishnamoorthy GP, Saqcena M, Larson SM, Ho AL, Seshan V, Ishii N, Carrasco N, Rosen N, Weber WA, Fagin JA. Sustained ERK inhibition maximizes responses of BrafV600E thyroid cancers to radioiodine. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2016, 126: 4119-4124. PMID: 27669459, PMCID: PMC5096947, DOI: 10.1172/jci89067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyroid cancerThyroid differentiation genesBRAF-mutant thyroid cancerIodide uptakeCancer cellsERK inhibitionERK signalingMEK inhibitor selumetinibThyroid cellsThyroid cancer cellsRAI therapyMaximal responseRadioiodide therapyCancerThyroid hormone biosynthesisOncogenic BRAFIodide accumulationPotent inhibitionDifferentiation genesTherapyMAPK signalingInhibitionIodide transportSignalingERKNa+ coordination at the Na2 site of the Na+/I− symporter
Ferrandino G, Nicola JP, Sánchez YE, Echeverria I, Liu Y, Amzel LM, Carrasco N. Na+ coordination at the Na2 site of the Na+/I− symporter. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2016, 113: e5379-e5388. PMID: 27562170, PMCID: PMC5027462, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1607231113.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNa2 siteActive I(-) transportThyroid hormone biosynthesisSodium/iodide symporterSLC5 familyGreat medical relevanceSame foldPlasma membraneHormone biosynthesisDependent transportersSimilar functionsMedical relevanceTransportersMechanistic insightsWhole cellsBinding sitesResiduesSymporterI- transportS353Side chainsT354SitesBiosynthesisIons bind
2011
Mechanism of anion selectivity and stoichiometry of the Na+/I- symporter (NIS)
Paroder-Belenitsky M, Maestas MJ, Dohán O, Nicola JP, Reyna-Neyra A, Follenzi A, Dadachova E, Eskandari S, Amzel LM, Carrasco N. Mechanism of anion selectivity and stoichiometry of the Na+/I- symporter (NIS). Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 17933-17938. PMID: 22011571, PMCID: PMC3207644, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108278108.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2009
Kcne2 deletion uncovers its crucial role in thyroid hormone biosynthesis
Roepke TK, King EC, Reyna-Neyra A, Paroder M, Purtell K, Koba W, Fine E, Lerner DJ, Carrasco N, Abbott GW. Kcne2 deletion uncovers its crucial role in thyroid hormone biosynthesis. Nature Medicine 2009, 15: 1186-1194. PMID: 19767733, PMCID: PMC2790327, DOI: 10.1038/nm.2029.Peer-Reviewed Original Research