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    Origin of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum in gorillas (2010)
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    Publication Date: 2010-09-25
    Description: Plasmodium falciparum is the most prevalent and lethal of the malaria parasites infecting humans, yet the origin and evolutionary history of this important pathogen remain controversial. Here we develop a single-genome amplification strategy to identify and characterize Plasmodium spp. DNA sequences in faecal samples from wild-living apes. Among nearly 3,000 specimens collected from field sites throughout central Africa, we found Plasmodium infection in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and western gorillas (Gorilla gorilla), but not in eastern gorillas (Gorilla beringei) or bonobos (Pan paniscus). Ape plasmodial infections were highly prevalent, widely distributed and almost always made up of mixed parasite species. Analysis of more than 1,100 mitochondrial, apicoplast and nuclear gene sequences from chimpanzees and gorillas revealed that 99% grouped within one of six host-specific lineages representing distinct Plasmodium species within the subgenus Laverania. One of these from western gorillas comprised parasites that were nearly identical to P. falciparum. In phylogenetic analyses of full-length mitochondrial sequences, human P. falciparum formed a monophyletic lineage within the gorilla parasite radiation. These findings indicate that P. falciparum is of gorilla origin and not of chimpanzee, bonobo or ancient human origin.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997044/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2997044/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Liu, Weimin -- Li, Yingying -- Learn, Gerald H -- Rudicell, Rebecca S -- Robertson, Joel D -- Keele, Brandon F -- Ndjango, Jean-Bosco N -- Sanz, Crickette M -- Morgan, David B -- Locatelli, Sabrina -- Gonder, Mary K -- Kranzusch, Philip J -- Walsh, Peter D -- Delaporte, Eric -- Mpoudi-Ngole, Eitel -- Georgiev, Alexander V -- Muller, Martin N -- Shaw, George M -- Peeters, Martine -- Sharp, Paul M -- Rayner, Julian C -- Hahn, Beatrice H -- P30 AI 7767/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- P30 AI027767/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- P30 AI027767-21A1/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI058715/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI058715-06A1/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI058715-07/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 AI50529/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R01 I58715/PHS HHS/ -- R03 AI074778/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R03 AI074778-02/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R37 AI050529/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R37 AI050529-07/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- R37 AI050529-08/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- T32 AI007245/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- T32 AI007245-26/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- T32 GM008111/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- T32 GM008111-13/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- U19 AI 067854/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- U19 AI067854/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- U19 AI067854-06/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- England -- Nature. 2010 Sep 23;467(7314):420-5. doi: 10.1038/nature09442.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama 35294, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20864995" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Africa/epidemiology ; Animals ; Animals, Wild/classification/parasitology ; Ape Diseases/epidemiology/*parasitology/transmission ; DNA, Mitochondrial/analysis/genetics ; Evolution, Molecular ; Feces/parasitology ; Genes, Mitochondrial/genetics ; Genetic Variation/genetics ; Genome, Protozoan/genetics ; Gorilla gorilla/classification/*parasitology ; Humans ; Malaria, Falciparum/epidemiology/*parasitology/transmission/*veterinary ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Pan paniscus/parasitology ; Pan troglodytes/parasitology ; Phylogeny ; Plasmodium/classification/genetics/isolation & purification ; Plasmodium falciparum/genetics/*isolation & purification ; Prevalence ; Zoonoses/parasitology/transmission
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    Cancer metabolism: Tumour friend or foe (2012)
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    Publication Date: 2012-06-05
    Description: 〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Svensson, Robert U -- Shaw, Reuben J -- England -- Nature. 2012 May 31;485(7400):590-1. doi: 10.1038/485590a.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22660317" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Animals ; *Energy Metabolism ; Female ; *Homeostasis ; Male ; NADP/*metabolism ; Neoplasms/*metabolism/*pathology ; *Oxidative Stress
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    Clusters of iron-rich cells in the upper beak of pigeons are macrophages not magnetosensitive neurons (2012)
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    Publication Date: 2012-04-13
    Description: Understanding the molecular and cellular mechanisms that mediate magnetosensation in vertebrates is a formidable scientific problem. One hypothesis is that magnetic information is transduced into neuronal impulses by using a magnetite-based magnetoreceptor. Previous studies claim to have identified a magnetic sense system in the pigeon, common to avian species, which consists of magnetite-containing trigeminal afferents located at six specific loci in the rostral subepidermis of the beak. These studies have been widely accepted in the field and heavily relied upon by both behavioural biologists and physicists. Here we show that clusters of iron-rich cells in the rostro-medial upper beak of the pigeon Columbia livia are macrophages, not magnetosensitive neurons. Our systematic characterization of the pigeon upper beak identified iron-rich cells in the stratum laxum of the subepidermis, the basal region of the respiratory epithelium and the apex of feather follicles. Using a three-dimensional blueprint of the pigeon beak created by magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography, we mapped the location of iron-rich cells, revealing unexpected variation in their distribution and number--an observation that is inconsistent with a role in magnetic sensation. Ultrastructure analysis of these cells, which are not unique to the beak, showed that their subcellular architecture includes ferritin-like granules, siderosomes, haemosiderin and filopodia, characteristics of iron-rich macrophages. Our conclusion that these cells are macrophages and not magnetosensitive neurons is supported by immunohistological studies showing co-localization with the antigen-presenting molecule major histocompatibility complex class II. Our work necessitates a renewed search for the true magnetite-dependent magnetoreceptor in birds.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Treiber, Christoph Daniel -- Salzer, Marion Claudia -- Riegler, Johannes -- Edelman, Nathaniel -- Sugar, Cristina -- Breuss, Martin -- Pichler, Paul -- Cadiou, Herve -- Saunders, Martin -- Lythgoe, Mark -- Shaw, Jeremy -- Keays, David Anthony -- England -- Nature. 2012 Apr 11;484(7394):367-70. doi: 10.1038/nature11046.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Institute of Molecular Pathology, Dr Bohr-Gasse, 1030 Vienna, Austria.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22495303" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animal Migration ; Animals ; Beak/anatomy & histology/*cytology ; Columbidae/*anatomy & histology/physiology ; Feathers/cytology/ultrastructure ; Ferrocyanides/analysis ; Immunohistochemistry ; Iron/analysis/*metabolism ; Macrophages/*metabolism/ultrastructure ; *Magnetic Fields ; Magnetic Resonance Imaging ; Neurons/metabolism ; Orientation ; Respiratory Mucosa/cytology/ultrastructure ; *Sensation ; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
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    Structural basis for modulation of a G-protein-coupled receptor by allosteric drugs (2013)
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    Publication Date: 2013-10-15
    Description: The design of G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) allosteric modulators, an active area of modern pharmaceutical research, has proved challenging because neither the binding modes nor the molecular mechanisms of such drugs are known. Here we determine binding sites, bound conformations and specific drug-receptor interactions for several allosteric modulators of the M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptor (M2 receptor), a prototypical family A GPCR, using atomic-level simulations in which the modulators spontaneously associate with the receptor. Despite substantial structural diversity, all modulators form cation-pi interactions with clusters of aromatic residues in the receptor extracellular vestibule, approximately 15 A from the classical, 'orthosteric' ligand-binding site. We validate the observed modulator binding modes through radioligand binding experiments on receptor mutants designed, on the basis of our simulations, either to increase or to decrease modulator affinity. Simulations also revealed mechanisms that contribute to positive and negative allosteric modulation of classical ligand binding, including coupled conformational changes of the two binding sites and electrostatic interactions between ligands in these sites. These observations enabled the design of chemical modifications that substantially alter a modulator's allosteric effects. Our findings thus provide a structural basis for the rational design of allosteric modulators targeting muscarinic and possibly other GPCRs.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Dror, Ron O -- Green, Hillary F -- Valant, Celine -- Borhani, David W -- Valcourt, James R -- Pan, Albert C -- Arlow, Daniel H -- Canals, Meritxell -- Lane, J Robert -- Rahmani, Raphael -- Baell, Jonathan B -- Sexton, Patrick M -- Christopoulos, Arthur -- Shaw, David E -- England -- Nature. 2013 Nov 14;503(7475):295-9. doi: 10.1038/nature12595. Epub 2013 Oct 13.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉1] D. E. Shaw Research, 120 West 45th Street, 39th Floor, New York, New York 10036, USA [2].〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24121438" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Allosteric Regulation/physiology ; Animals ; Binding Sites ; CHO Cells ; Cricetulus ; *Drug Design ; Humans ; Models, Chemical ; Molecular Conformation ; Molecular Dynamics Simulation ; Mutation ; Protein Binding ; Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled/*antagonists & inhibitors/*chemistry/genetics ; Reproducibility of Results
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    PTEX is an essential nexus for protein export in malaria parasites (2014)
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    Publication Date: 2014-07-22
    Description: During the blood stages of malaria, several hundred parasite-encoded proteins are exported beyond the double-membrane barrier that separates the parasite from the host cell cytosol. These proteins have a variety of roles that are essential to virulence or parasite growth. There is keen interest in understanding how proteins are exported and whether common machineries are involved in trafficking the different classes of exported proteins. One potential trafficking machine is a protein complex known as the Plasmodium translocon of exported proteins (PTEX). Although PTEX has been linked to the export of one class of exported proteins, there has been no direct evidence for its role and scope in protein translocation. Here we show, through the generation of two parasite lines defective for essential PTEX components (HSP101 or PTEX150), and analysis of a line lacking the non-essential component TRX2 (ref. 12), greatly reduced trafficking of all classes of exported proteins beyond the double membrane barrier enveloping the parasite. This includes proteins containing the PEXEL motif (RxLxE/Q/D) and PEXEL-negative exported proteins (PNEPs). Moreover, the export of proteins destined for expression on the infected erythrocyte surface, including the major virulence factor PfEMP1 in Plasmodium falciparum, was significantly reduced in PTEX knockdown parasites. PTEX function was also essential for blood-stage growth, because even a modest knockdown of PTEX components had a strong effect on the parasite's capacity to complete the erythrocytic cycle both in vitro and in vivo. Hence, as the only known nexus for protein export in Plasmodium parasites, and an essential enzymic machine, PTEX is a prime drug target.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Elsworth, Brendan -- Matthews, Kathryn -- Nie, Catherine Q -- Kalanon, Ming -- Charnaud, Sarah C -- Sanders, Paul R -- Chisholm, Scott A -- Counihan, Natalie A -- Shaw, Philip J -- Pino, Paco -- Chan, Jo-Anne -- Azevedo, Mauro F -- Rogerson, Stephen J -- Beeson, James G -- Crabb, Brendan S -- Gilson, Paul R -- de Koning-Ward, Tania F -- England -- Nature. 2014 Jul 31;511(7511):587-91. doi: 10.1038/nature13555. Epub 2014 Jul 16.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉1] Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, 3004, Australia [2] Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia [3]. ; 1] Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, 3216, Australia [2]. ; Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, 3004, Australia. ; Deakin University, Waurn Ponds, 3216, Australia. ; 1] Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, 3004, Australia [2] Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia. ; National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), Pathum Thani 12120, Thailand. ; The University of Geneva, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland. ; The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010 Australia. ; 1] Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, 3004, Australia [2] Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia [3] The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010 Australia. ; 1] Macfarlane Burnet Institute for Medical Research and Public Health, Melbourne, 3004, Australia [2] Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia [3] The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010 Australia [4].〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25043043" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Erythrocytes/metabolism/parasitology ; Heat-Shock Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Humans ; Life Cycle Stages/physiology ; Malaria/*parasitology ; Multiprotein Complexes/metabolism ; Plasmodium falciparum/*genetics/*metabolism ; Protein Transport/genetics ; Protozoan Proteins/genetics/*metabolism ; Vacuoles/metabolism/parasitology
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    Genomics: Drugs, diabetes and cancer (2011)
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    Publication Date: 2011-02-19
    Description: 〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237313/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4237313/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Birnbaum, Morris J -- Shaw, Reuben J -- P01 CA120964/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 DK049210/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- P30 CA014195/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK056886/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK080425/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- England -- Nature. 2011 Feb 17;470(7334):338-9. doi: 10.1038/470338a.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21331030" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Adenylate Kinase/metabolism ; Animals ; Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins ; Blood Glucose/analysis/biosynthesis ; Cell Cycle Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*genetics/*metabolism ; DNA-Binding Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*genetics/*metabolism ; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/complications/*drug therapy/*genetics ; Energy Intake ; Enzyme Activation/drug effects ; Female ; Genome-Wide Association Study ; Humans ; Hypoglycemic Agents/*pharmacology ; Metformin/*pharmacology ; Neoplasms/drug therapy/*genetics/pathology ; Pharmacogenetics ; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome/complications ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/antagonists & inhibitors/*genetics/*metabolism ; Tumor Suppressor Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors/*genetics/*metabolism
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    Lifespan extension induced by AMPK and calcineurin is mediated by CRTC-1 and CREB (2011)
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    Publication Date: 2011-02-19
    Description: Activating AMPK or inactivating calcineurin slows ageing in Caenorhabditis elegans and both have been implicated as therapeutic targets for age-related pathology in mammals. However, the direct targets that mediate their effects on longevity remain unclear. In mammals, CREB-regulated transcriptional coactivators (CRTCs) are a family of cofactors involved in diverse physiological processes including energy homeostasis, cancer and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Here we show that both AMPK and calcineurin modulate longevity exclusively through post-translational modification of CRTC-1, the sole C. elegans CRTC. We demonstrate that CRTC-1 is a direct AMPK target, and interacts with the CREB homologue-1 (CRH-1) transcription factor in vivo. The pro-longevity effects of activating AMPK or deactivating calcineurin decrease CRTC-1 and CRH-1 activity and induce transcriptional responses similar to those of CRH-1 null worms. Downregulation of crtc-1 increases lifespan in a crh-1-dependent manner and directly reducing crh-1 expression increases longevity, substantiating a role for CRTCs and CREB in ageing. Together, these findings indicate a novel role for CRTCs and CREB in determining lifespan downstream of AMPK and calcineurin, and illustrate the molecular mechanisms by which an evolutionarily conserved pathway responds to low energy to increase longevity.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098900/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098900/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Mair, William -- Morantte, Ianessa -- Rodrigues, Ana P C -- Manning, Gerard -- Montminy, Marc -- Shaw, Reuben J -- Dillin, Andrew -- AG027463/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- AG031097/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- CA14195/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01 CA120964/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 AG027463/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R01 AG027463-01A2/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R01 AG027463-02/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R01 AG027463-03/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R01 AG027463-04/AG/NIA NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK070696/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK070696-01/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK070696-02/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK070696-03/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK070696-04/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK070696-05/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 DK080425/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- R01 HG004164/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- R01 HG004164-03/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- R01 HG004164-04/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- R01DK080425/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2011 Feb 17;470(7334):404-8. doi: 10.1038/nature09706.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, California 92037, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21331044" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: AMP-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Aging/metabolism/physiology ; Animals ; Caenorhabditis elegans/enzymology/genetics/metabolism/*physiology ; Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins/biosynthesis/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism ; Calcineurin/*metabolism ; Calcineurin Inhibitors ; Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/biosynthesis/*metabolism ; Down-Regulation ; Energy Metabolism ; Enzyme Activation ; Gene Knockdown Techniques ; HEK293 Cells ; Humans ; Longevity/genetics/*physiology ; Phosphorylation ; Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases/metabolism ; Trans-Activators/chemistry/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism ; Transcription Factors/biosynthesis/*metabolism ; Transcription, Genetic
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    Pancreatic cancer genomes reveal aberrations in axon guidance pathway genes (2012)
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    Publication Date: 2012-10-30
    Description: Pancreatic cancer is a highly lethal malignancy with few effective therapies. We performed exome sequencing and copy number analysis to define genomic aberrations in a prospectively accrued clinical cohort (n = 142) of early (stage I and II) sporadic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Detailed analysis of 99 informative tumours identified substantial heterogeneity with 2,016 non-silent mutations and 1,628 copy-number variations. We define 16 significantly mutated genes, reaffirming known mutations (KRAS, TP53, CDKN2A, SMAD4, MLL3, TGFBR2, ARID1A and SF3B1), and uncover novel mutated genes including additional genes involved in chromatin modification (EPC1 and ARID2), DNA damage repair (ATM) and other mechanisms (ZIM2, MAP2K4, NALCN, SLC16A4 and MAGEA6). Integrative analysis with in vitro functional data and animal models provided supportive evidence for potential roles for these genetic aberrations in carcinogenesis. Pathway-based analysis of recurrently mutated genes recapitulated clustering in core signalling pathways in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, and identified new mutated genes in each pathway. We also identified frequent and diverse somatic aberrations in genes described traditionally as embryonic regulators of axon guidance, particularly SLIT/ROBO signalling, which was also evident in murine Sleeping Beauty transposon-mediated somatic mutagenesis models of pancreatic cancer, providing further supportive evidence for the potential involvement of axon guidance genes in pancreatic carcinogenesis.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530898/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3530898/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Biankin, Andrew V -- Waddell, Nicola -- Kassahn, Karin S -- Gingras, Marie-Claude -- Muthuswamy, Lakshmi B -- Johns, Amber L -- Miller, David K -- Wilson, Peter J -- Patch, Ann-Marie -- Wu, Jianmin -- Chang, David K -- Cowley, Mark J -- Gardiner, Brooke B -- Song, Sarah -- Harliwong, Ivon -- Idrisoglu, Senel -- Nourse, Craig -- Nourbakhsh, Ehsan -- Manning, Suzanne -- Wani, Shivangi -- Gongora, Milena -- Pajic, Marina -- Scarlett, Christopher J -- Gill, Anthony J -- Pinho, Andreia V -- Rooman, Ilse -- Anderson, Matthew -- Holmes, Oliver -- Leonard, Conrad -- Taylor, Darrin -- Wood, Scott -- Xu, Qinying -- Nones, Katia -- Fink, J Lynn -- Christ, Angelika -- Bruxner, Tim -- Cloonan, Nicole -- Kolle, Gabriel -- Newell, Felicity -- Pinese, Mark -- Mead, R Scott -- Humphris, Jeremy L -- Kaplan, Warren -- Jones, Marc D -- Colvin, Emily K -- Nagrial, Adnan M -- Humphrey, Emily S -- Chou, Angela -- Chin, Venessa T -- Chantrill, Lorraine A -- Mawson, Amanda -- Samra, Jaswinder S -- Kench, James G -- Lovell, Jessica A -- Daly, Roger J -- Merrett, Neil D -- Toon, Christopher -- Epari, Krishna -- Nguyen, Nam Q -- Barbour, Andrew -- Zeps, Nikolajs -- Australian Pancreatic Cancer Genome Initiative -- Kakkar, Nipun -- Zhao, Fengmei -- Wu, Yuan Qing -- Wang, Min -- Muzny, Donna M -- Fisher, William E -- Brunicardi, F Charles -- Hodges, Sally E -- Reid, Jeffrey G -- Drummond, Jennifer -- Chang, Kyle -- Han, Yi -- Lewis, Lora R -- Dinh, Huyen -- Buhay, Christian J -- Beck, Timothy -- Timms, Lee -- Sam, Michelle -- Begley, Kimberly -- Brown, Andrew -- Pai, Deepa -- Panchal, Ami -- Buchner, Nicholas -- De Borja, Richard -- Denroche, Robert E -- Yung, Christina K -- Serra, Stefano -- Onetto, Nicole -- Mukhopadhyay, Debabrata -- Tsao, Ming-Sound -- Shaw, Patricia A -- Petersen, Gloria M -- Gallinger, Steven -- Hruban, Ralph H -- Maitra, Anirban -- Iacobuzio-Donahue, Christine A -- Schulick, Richard D -- Wolfgang, Christopher L -- Morgan, Richard A -- Lawlor, Rita T -- Capelli, Paola -- Corbo, Vincenzo -- Scardoni, Maria -- Tortora, Giampaolo -- Tempero, Margaret A -- Mann, Karen M -- Jenkins, Nancy A -- Perez-Mancera, Pedro A -- Adams, David J -- Largaespada, David A -- Wessels, Lodewyk F A -- Rust, Alistair G -- Stein, Lincoln D -- Tuveson, David A -- Copeland, Neal G -- Musgrove, Elizabeth A -- Scarpa, Aldo -- Eshleman, James R -- Hudson, Thomas J -- Sutherland, Robert L -- Wheeler, David A -- Pearson, John V -- McPherson, John D -- Gibbs, Richard A -- Grimmond, Sean M -- 13031/Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom -- 2P50CA101955/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P01CA134292/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P50 CA101955/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P50 CA102701/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- P50CA062924/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA097075/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- R01 CA97075/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- U54 HG003273/HG/NHGRI NIH HHS/ -- Cancer Research UK/United Kingdom -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- England -- Nature. 2012 Nov 15;491(7424):399-405. doi: 10.1038/nature11547. Epub 2012 Oct 24.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉The Kinghorn Cancer Centre, 370 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23103869" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Animals ; Axons/*metabolism ; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/*genetics/*pathology ; Gene Dosage ; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic ; Genome/*genetics ; Humans ; Kaplan-Meier Estimate ; Mice ; Mutation ; Pancreatic Neoplasms/*genetics/*pathology ; Proteins/genetics ; Signal Transduction
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    RAS-MAPK-MSK1 pathway modulates ataxin 1 protein levels and toxicity in SCA1 (2013)
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    Description: Many neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and polyglutamine diseases, share a common pathogenic mechanism: the abnormal accumulation of disease-causing proteins, due to either the mutant protein's resistance to degradation or overexpression of the wild-type protein. We have developed a strategy to identify therapeutic entry points for such neurodegenerative disorders by screening for genetic networks that influence the levels of disease-driving proteins. We applied this approach, which integrates parallel cell-based and Drosophila genetic screens, to spinocerebellar ataxia type 1 (SCA1), a disease caused by expansion of a polyglutamine tract in ataxin 1 (ATXN1). Our approach revealed that downregulation of several components of the RAS-MAPK-MSK1 pathway decreases ATXN1 levels and suppresses neurodegeneration in Drosophila and mice. Importantly, pharmacological inhibitors of components of this pathway also decrease ATXN1 levels, suggesting that these components represent new therapeutic targets in mitigating SCA1. Collectively, these data reveal new therapeutic entry points for SCA1 and provide a proof-of-principle for tackling other classes of intractable neurodegenerative diseases.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4020154/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4020154/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Park, Jeehye -- Al-Ramahi, Ismael -- Tan, Qiumin -- Mollema, Nissa -- Diaz-Garcia, Javier R -- Gallego-Flores, Tatiana -- Lu, Hsiang-Chih -- Lagalwar, Sarita -- Duvick, Lisa -- Kang, Hyojin -- Lee, Yoontae -- Jafar-Nejad, Paymaan -- Sayegh, Layal S -- Richman, Ronald -- Liu, Xiuyun -- Gao, Yan -- Shaw, Chad A -- Arthur, J Simon C -- Orr, Harry T -- Westbrook, Thomas F -- Botas, Juan -- Zoghbi, Huda Y -- HD024064/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- MC_U127081014/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- NS42179/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- P30 HD024064/HD/NICHD NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS027699/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- R01 NS042179/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/ -- T32 GM007526/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- England -- Nature. 2013 Jun 20;498(7454):325-31. doi: 10.1038/nature12204. Epub 2013 May 29.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23719381" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Amino Acid Sequence ; Animals ; Animals, Genetically Modified ; Ataxin-1 ; Ataxins ; Cell Line, Tumor ; Disease Models, Animal ; Down-Regulation/drug effects ; Drosophila melanogaster/genetics/*metabolism ; Female ; Humans ; MAP Kinase Signaling System/drug effects ; Male ; Mice ; Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism ; Molecular Sequence Data ; Molecular Targeted Therapy ; Nerve Tissue Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism/*toxicity ; Nuclear Proteins/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism/*toxicity ; Phosphorylation ; Protein Stability/drug effects ; Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 90-kDa/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism ; Spinocerebellar Ataxias/*metabolism/*pathology ; Transgenes ; ras Proteins/*metabolism
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    Modulation of Shigella virulence in response to available oxygen in vivo (2010)
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    Description: Bacteria coordinate expression of virulence determinants in response to localized microenvironments in their hosts. Here we show that Shigella flexneri, which causes dysentery, encounters varying oxygen concentrations in the gastrointestinal tract, which govern activity of its type three secretion system (T3SS). The T3SS is essential for cell invasion and virulence. In anaerobic environments (for example, the gastrointestinal tract lumen), Shigella is primed for invasion and expresses extended T3SS needles while reducing Ipa (invasion plasmid antigen) effector secretion. This is mediated by FNR (fumarate and nitrate reduction), a regulator of anaerobic metabolism that represses transcription of spa32 and spa33, virulence genes that regulate secretion through the T3SS. We demonstrate there is a zone of relative oxygenation adjacent to the gastrointestinal tract mucosa, caused by diffusion from the capillary network at the tips of villi. This would reverse the anaerobic block of Ipa secretion, allowing T3SS activation at its precise site of action, enhancing invasion and virulence.〈br /〉〈br /〉〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750455/" target="_blank"〉〈img src="https://static.pubmed.gov/portal/portal3rc.fcgi/4089621/img/3977009" border="0"〉〈/a〉   〈a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3750455/" target="_blank"〉This paper as free author manuscript - peer-reviewed and accepted for publication〈/a〉〈br /〉〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Marteyn, Benoit -- West, Nicholas P -- Browning, Douglas F -- Cole, Jeffery A -- Shaw, Jonathan G -- Palm, Fredrik -- Mounier, Joelle -- Prevost, Marie-Christine -- Sansonetti, Philippe -- Tang, Christoph M -- 084369/Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- Howard Hughes Medical Institute/ -- Medical Research Council/United Kingdom -- Wellcome Trust/United Kingdom -- England -- Nature. 2010 May 20;465(7296):355-8. doi: 10.1038/nature08970. Epub 2010 May 2.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Centre for Molecular Microbiology and Infection, Department of Microbiology, Flowers Building, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20436458" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
    Keywords: Anaerobiosis/drug effects ; Animals ; Cells, Cultured ; Epithelial Cells/cytology/drug effects/metabolism/microbiology ; Fumarates/metabolism ; Gastrointestinal Tract/cytology/microbiology ; Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial ; HeLa Cells ; Host-Pathogen Interactions/drug effects/*physiology ; Humans ; Mice ; Nitrates/metabolism ; Oxidation-Reduction ; Oxygen/analysis/*metabolism/pharmacology ; Rabbits ; Shigella flexneri/cytology/*metabolism/*pathogenicity ; Virulence/drug effects/genetics/physiology
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