Pathophysiology of primary cilia: signaling and proteostasis regulation

E Senatore, R Iannucci, F Chiuso… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Primary cilia are microtubule-based, non-motile sensory organelles present in most types of
growth-arrested eukaryotic cells. They are transduction hubs that receive and transmit …

Compartmentalised cAMP signalling in the primary cilium

E Paolocci, M Zaccolo - Frontiers in Physiology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
cAMP is a universal second messenger that relies on precise spatio-temporal regulation to
control varied, and often opposing, cellular functions. This is achieved via selective …

Ubiquitylation of BBSome is required for ciliary assembly and signaling

F Chiuso, R Delle Donne, G Giamundo, L Rinaldi… - EMBO …, 2023 - embopress.org
Bardet‐Biedl syndrome (BBS) is a ciliopathy characterized by retinal degeneration, obesity,
renal abnormalities, postaxial polydactyly, and developmental defects. Genes mutated in …

An actin filament branching surveillance system regulates cell cycle progression, cytokinesis and primary ciliogenesis

M Cao, X Zou, C Li, Z Lin, N Wang, Z Zou, Y Ye… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Dysfunction of cell cycle control and defects of primary ciliogenesis are two features of many
cancers. Whether these events are interconnected and the driving mechanism coordinating …

[HTML][HTML] KCTD1 is a new modulator of the KCASH family of Hedgehog suppressors

A Di Fiore, S Bellardinelli, L Pirone, R Russo… - Neoplasia, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Sonic Hedgehog (Hh) signal transduction pathway plays a critical role in many
developmental processes and, when deregulated, may contribute to several cancers …

Downregulation of praja2 restrains endocytosis and boosts tyrosine kinase receptors in kidney cancer

L Rinaldi, F Chiuso, E Senatore… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC) is the most common kidney cancer in the adult
population. Late diagnosis, resistance to therapeutics and recurrence of metastatic lesions …

Targeted inhibition of ubiquitin signaling reverses metabolic reprogramming and suppresses glioblastoma growth

R Delle Donne, R Iannucci, L Rinaldi… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most frequent and aggressive form of primary brain
tumor in the adult population; its high recurrence rate and resistance to current therapeutics …

Autophagy and the primary cilium in cell metabolism: What's upstream?

A Claude-Taupin, N Dupont… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The maintenance of cellular homeostasis in response to extracellular stimuli, ie, nutrient and
hormone signaling, hypoxia, or mechanical forces by autophagy, is vital for the health of …

Functional divergence and origin of the vertebrate Praja family

W Onodera, K Kawasaki, M Oishi, S Aoki… - Journal of Molecular …, 2024 - Springer
The Praja family is an E3 ubiquitin ligase, promoting polyubiquitination and subsequent
degradation of substrates. It comprises two paralogs, praja1 and praja2. Prior research …

Proteolytic control in ciliogenesis: Temporal restriction or early initiation?

G Habeck, J Schweiggert - Bioessays, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cellular processes are highly dependent on a dynamic proteome that undergoes structural
and functional rearrangements to allow swift conversion between different cellular states. By …