Loss of MCU prevents mitochondrial fusion in G1-S phase and blocks cell cycle progression and proliferation.

abstract：:Although multiple steroid ligands of the glucocorticoid, mineralocorticoid, and progestin families bind to and regulate the activity of mineralocorticoid receptors (MRs), the responses to these ligands differ across species. To understand how the different domains of MRs contribute to the ligand-induced activation or ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Katsu Y,Oka K,Baker ME

更新日期：2018-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:A challenge for biomedical research is the development of pharmaceuticals that appropriately target disease mechanisms. Natural products can be a rich source of bioactive chemicals for medicinal applications but can act through unknown mechanisms and can be difficult to produce or obtain. To address these challenges, ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Potts MB,Kim HS,Fisher KW,Hu Y,Carrasco YP,Bulut GB,Ou YH,Herrera-Herrera ML,Cubillos F,Mendiratta S,Xiao G,Hofree M,Ideker T,Xie Y,Huang LJ,Lewis RE,MacMillan JB,White MA

更新日期：2013-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Although many anticancer drugs that target receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) provide clinical benefit, their long-term use is limited by resistance that is often attributed to increased abundance or activation of another RTK that compensates for the inhibited receptor. To uncover common and unique features in the signa...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Wagner JP,Wolf-Yadlin A,Sevecka M,Grenier JK,Root DE,Lauffenburger DA,MacBeath G

更新日期：2013-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The fluorescent properties of the amino acid tryptophan make it a useful tool for fluorometric assays. Because tryptophan fluorescence is remarkably sensitive to the polarity of the environment, it can be used to determine the affinity of tryptophan-containing peptides for phospholipid vesicles of varying compositions...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Kraft CA,Garrido JL,Leiva-Vega L,Romero G

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pentraxin 3 (PTX3), a member of the long pentraxin subfamily within the family of pentraxins, is a soluble pattern recognition molecule that functions in the innate immune system. Innate immunity affords the infected host protection against sepsis, a potentially life-threatening inflammatory response to infection. Ext...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Daigo K,Nakakido M,Ohashi R,Fukuda R,Matsubara K,Minami T,Yamaguchi N,Inoue K,Jiang S,Naito M,Tsumoto K,Hamakubo T

更新日期：2014-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In a mouse model of Parkinson's disease, new evidence shows that l-DOPA, which is used to treat the symptoms of the disease but also causes dyskinesia, results in a persistent activation of the protein kinase mTOR (mammalian target of rapamycin) in a subset of striatal medium spiny neurons. Moreover, blockade of a spe...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Klann E

更新日期：2009-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-2 (IL-2)-inducible T cell kinase (ITK) mediates T cell receptor (TCR) signaling primarily to stimulate the production of cytokines, such as IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13, from T helper 2 (TH2) cells. Compared to wild-type mice, ITK knockout mice are resistant to asthma and exhibit reduced lung inflammation and dec...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Sun Y,Peng I,Webster JD,Suto E,Lesch J,Wu X,Senger K,Francis G,Barrett K,Collier JL,Burch JD,Zhou M,Chen Y,Chan C,Eastham-Anderson J,Ngu H,Li O,Staton T,Havnar C,Jaochico A,Jackman J,Jeet S,Riol-Blanco L,Wu

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytoplasmic phosphatase PTPN22 (protein tyrosine phosphatase nonreceptor type 22) plays a key role in regulating lymphocyte homeostasis, which ensures that the total number of lymphocytes in the periphery remains relatively constant. Mutations in PTPN22 confer an increased risk of developing autoimmune diseases; h...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Brownlie RJ,Miosge LA,Vassilakos D,Svensson LM,Cope A,Zamoyska R

更新日期：2012-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The extracellular Ca(2+)-sensing receptor (CaSR) plays a nonredundant role in the functions of the parathyroid gland (PTG) and the kidney. Severe hyperparathyroidism, premature death, and incomplete gene excision in Casr(-/-) mice have precluded the assessment of CaSR function in other tissues. We generated mice with ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Chang W,Tu C,Chen TH,Bikle D,Shoback D

更新日期：2008-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity or a high-fat diet represses the endoribonuclease activity of inositol-requiring enzyme 1α (IRE1α), a transducer of the unfolded protein response (UPR) in cells under endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. An impaired UPR is associated with hepatic steatosis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which is c...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Wang JM,Qiu Y,Yang Z,Kim H,Qian Q,Sun Q,Zhang C,Yin L,Fang D,Back SH,Kaufman RJ,Yang L,Zhang K

更新日期：2018-05-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of Ca2+-sensitive, large-conductance potassium (BK) channels in vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) by local, ryanodine receptor-mediated Ca2+ signals (Ca2+ sparks) acts as a brake on pressure-induced (myogenic) vasoconstriction-a fundamental mechanism that regulates blood flow in small resistance arteries...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Khavandi K,Baylie RA,Sugden SA,Ahmed M,Csato V,Eaton P,Hill-Eubanks DC,Bonev AD,Nelson MT,Greenstein AS

更新日期：2016-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Eps15 homology domain (EHD) proteins are conserved adenosine triphosphatases that are involved in membrane remodeling. EHD family members are structurally similar to the guanosine triphosphatase (GTPase) dynamin, and both are essential for the fission step of clathrin-mediated endocytosis. This Journal Club highlights...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Ioannou MS,Marat AL

更新日期：2012-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Degrons are the elements that are used by E3 ubiquitin ligases to target proteins for degradation. Most degrons are short linear motifs embedded within the sequences of modular proteins. As regulatory sites for protein abundance, they are important for many different cellular processes, such as progression through the...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Mészáros B,Kumar M,Gibson TJ,Uyar B,Dosztányi Z

更新日期：2017-03-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) is associated with chronic systemic inflammation and enhanced susceptibility to systemic bacterial infection (sepsis). We hypothesized that low insulin concentrations in T1DM trigger the enzyme 5-lipoxygenase (5-LO) to produce the lipid mediator leukotriene B4 (LTB4), which triggers sys...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Filgueiras LR,Brandt SL,Wang S,Wang Z,Morris DL,Evans-Molina C,Mirmira RG,Jancar S,Serezani CH

更新日期：2015-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Jasmonates control defense gene expression, growth, and fertility throughout the plant kingdom and have been studied extensively in Arabidopsis thaliana. The prohormone jasmonic acid (JA) is conjugated to amino acids such as isoleucine to form the active hormone jasmonoyl-isoleucine (JA-Ile). A series of breakthroughs...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Gfeller A,Liechti R,Farmer EE

更新日期：2010-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the midbrain (mDA neurons) causes progressive loss of motor control and function. Using embryonic and mDA neurons, midbrain tissue from mice, and differentiated human neural stem cells, we investigated the mechanisms ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Zhang D,Yang S,Toledo EM,Gyllborg D,Saltó C,Carlos Villaescusa J,Arenas E

更新日期：2017-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The differentiation of fibroblasts into a transient population of highly activated, extracellular matrix (ECM)-producing myofibroblasts at sites of tissue injury is critical for normal tissue repair. Excessive myofibroblast accumulation and persistence, often as a result of a failure to undergo apoptosis when tissue r...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Selvarajah B,Azuelos I,Platé M,Guillotin D,Forty EJ,Contento G,Woodcock HV,Redding M,Taylor A,Brunori G,Durrenberger PF,Ronzoni R,Blanchard AD,Mercer PF,Anastasiou D,Chambers RC

更新日期：2019-05-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In this issue of Science Signaling, Lu et al reveal a role for Parkin-mediated mitophagy in beige-to-white adipocyte transition. In the absence of Parkin, mitochondria in thermogenic beige adipocytes are preserved even after the elimination of cold mimetic stimuli-in contrast to their typical elimination during the wh...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Sarraf SA,Youle RJ

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal muscle mass is regulated by activity, metabolism, and the availability of nutrients. During muscle atrophy, MNK2 expression increases. We found that MNK2 (mitogen-activated protein kinase-interacting kinase 2), but not MNK1, inhibited proteins involved in promoting protein synthesis, including eukaryotic tran...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Hu SI,Katz M,Chin S,Qi X,Cruz J,Ibebunjo C,Zhao S,Chen A,Glass DJ

更新日期：2012-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of microbes and initiation of an innate immune response occur through pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), which are critical for the production of inflammatory cytokines and activation of the cellular microbicidal machinery. In particular, the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the NADPH ox...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Billings EA,Lee CS,Owen KA,D'Souza RS,Ravichandran KS,Casanova JE

更新日期：2016-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Manipulating ligand interactions with the activating receptor NKG2D modulates natural killer cell responses. ...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Foley JF

更新日期：2017-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Huntington's disease (HD) is a neurodegenerative disease caused by an expansion in the huntingtin protein (also called Htt) that induces neuronal cell death with age. We found that the treatment of 12-month-old symptomatic heterozygous and homozygous zQ175 huntingtin knockin mice for 12 weeks with CTEP, a negative all...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Abd-Elrahman KS,Hamilton A,Hutchinson SR,Liu F,Russell RC,Ferguson SSG

更新日期：2017-12-19 00:00:00

abstract：:A major endpoint of the canonical Wnt signaling pathway is a change in the transcription of target genes. The transcription factors lymphoid enhancer factor (LEF) and T cell factor (TCF) serve as the main gatekeepers of these changes by selecting genes to be targeted by the transcriptional coregulator beta-catenin and...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Hoverter NP,Waterman ML

更新日期：2008-09-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Compared with the luminal subtype, the basal-like subtype of breast cancer has an aggressive clinical behavior, but the reasons for this difference between the two subtypes are poorly understood. We identified microRNAs (miRNAs) miR-221 and miR-222 (miR-221/222) as basal-like subtype-specific miRNAs that decrease expr...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Stinson S,Lackner MR,Adai AT,Yu N,Kim HJ,O'Brien C,Spoerke J,Jhunjhunwala S,Boyd Z,Januario T,Newman RJ,Yue P,Bourgon R,Modrusan Z,Stern HM,Warming S,de Sauvage FJ,Amler L,Yeh RF,Dornan D

更新日期：2011-08-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The guanosine triphosphatases of the Rho and Rac subfamilies regulate protumorigenic pathways and are activated by guanine nucleotide exchange factors (Rho GEFs), which could be potential targets for anticancer therapies. We report that two Rho GEFs, Vav2 and Vav3, play synergistic roles in breast cancer by sustaining...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Citterio C,Menacho-Márquez M,García-Escudero R,Larive RM,Barreiro O,Sánchez-Madrid F,Paramio JM,Bustelo XR

更新日期：2012-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Plants and animals produce reactive oxygen species (ROS) in response to infection. In plants, ROS not only activate defense responses and promote cell death to limit the spread of pathogens but also restrict the amount of cell death in response to pathogen recognition. Plants also use hormones, such as salicylic acid,...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Siddique S,Matera C,Radakovic ZS,Hasan MS,Gutbrod P,Rozanska E,Sobczak M,Torres MA,Grundler FM

更新日期：2014-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic diversity in human natural killer (NK) cell receptors is linked to resistance and susceptibility to many diseases. Here, we tested the effect of this diversity on the nanoscale organization of killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIRs). Using superresolution microscopy, we found that inhibitory KIRs enco...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Kennedy PR,Barthen C,Williamson DJ,Pitkeathly WTE,Hazime KS,Cumming J,Stacey KB,Hilton HG,Carrington M,Parham P,Davis DM

更新日期：2019-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) plays a central role in Ca2+ signaling throughout the body. In the hippocampus, CaMKII is required for learning and memory. Vertebrate genomes encode four CaMKII homologs: CaMKIIα, CaMKIIβ, CaMKIIγ, and CaMKIIδ. All CaMKIIs consist of a kinase domain, a regulator...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Sloutsky R,Dziedzic N,Dunn MJ,Bates RM,Torres-Ocampo AP,Boopathy S,Page B,Weeks JG,Chao LH,Stratton MM

更新日期：2020-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Inositol pyrophosphates are highly energetic inositol polyphosphate molecules present in organisms from slime molds and yeast to mammals. Distinct classes of enzymes generate different forms of inositol pyrophosphates. The biosynthesis of these substances principally involves phosphorylation of inositol hexakisphospha...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Chakraborty A,Kim S,Snyder SH

更新日期：2011-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric antigen receptors (CARs) link an antigen recognition domain to intracellular signaling domains to redirect T cell specificity and function. T cells expressing CARs with CD28/CD3ζ or 4-1BB/CD3ζ signaling domains are effective at treating refractory B cell malignancies but exhibit differences in effector functi...

journal_title：Science signaling

authors： Salter AI,Ivey RG,Kennedy JJ,Voillet V,Rajan A,Alderman EJ,Voytovich UJ,Lin C,Sommermeyer D,Liu L,Whiteaker JR,Gottardo R,Paulovich AG,Riddell SR

更新日期：2018-08-21 00:00:00