Protein phosphatases in the regulation of mitosis

J Nilsson - Journal of Cell Biology, 2019 - rupress.org
The accurate segregation of genetic material to daughter cells during mitosis depends on
the precise coordination and regulation of hundreds of proteins by dynamic phosphorylation …

[HTML][HTML] Protein phosphatase 2A as a therapeutic target in inflammation and neurodegeneration

AR Clark, M Ohlmeyer - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) is a highly complex heterotrimeric enzyme that
catalyzes the selective removal of phosphate groups from protein serine and threonine …

Selective PP2A enhancement through biased heterotrimer stabilization

D Leonard, W Huang, S Izadmehr, CM O'Connor… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Impairment of protein phosphatases, including the family of serine/threonine phosphatases
designated PP2A, is essential for the pathogenesis of many diseases, including cancer. The …

Retracted: allosteric activators of protein phosphatase 2a display broad antitumor activity mediated by dephosphorylation of MYBL2

K Morita, S He, RP Nowak, J Wang, MW Zimmerman… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
SUMMARY Protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) enzymes can suppress tumors, but they are
often inactivated in human cancers overexpressing inhibitory proteins. Here, we identify a …

Integrated stress response plasticity governs normal cell adaptation to chronic stress via the PP2A-TFE3-ATF4 pathway

R A. Avelar, R Gupta, G Carvette… - Cell Death & …, 2024 - nature.com
The integrated stress response (ISR) regulates cell fate during conditions of stress by
leveraging the cell's capacity to endure sustainable and efficient adaptive stress responses …

Cathepsin S: investigating an old player in lung disease pathogenesis, comorbidities, and potential therapeutics

R Brown, S Nath, A Lora, G Samaha, Z Elgamal… - Respiratory …, 2020 - Springer
Dysregulated expression and activity of cathepsin S (CTSS), a lysosomal protease and a
member of the cysteine cathepsin protease family, is linked to the pathogenesis of multiple …

Challenges and opportunities for therapeutic targeting of calmodulin kinase II in heart

D Nassal, D Gratz, TJ Hund - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Heart failure remains a major health burden around the world. Despite great progress in
delineation of molecular mechanisms underlying development of disease, standard therapy …

Small-molecule–mediated stabilization of PP2A modulates the homologous recombination pathway and potentiates DNA damage-induced cell death

RA Avelar, AJ Armstrong, G Carvette, R Gupta… - Molecular cancer …, 2023 - AACR
High-grade serous carcinoma (HGSC) is the most common and lethal ovarian cancer
subtype. PARP inhibitors (PARPi) have become the mainstay of HGSC-targeted therapy …

[HTML][HTML] Loss of hepatic aldolase B activates Akt and promotes hepatocellular carcinogenesis by destabilizing the Aldob/Akt/PP2A protein complex

X He, M Li, H Yu, G Liu, N Wang, C Yin, Q Tu… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Loss of hepatic fructose-1, 6-bisphosphate aldolase B (Aldob) leads to a paradoxical up-
regulation of glucose metabolism to favor hepatocellular carcinogenesis (HCC), but the …

Targeted therapies don't work for a reason; the neglected tumor suppressor phosphatase PP 2A strikes back

J Westermarck - The FEBS journal, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Therapies targeting tyrosine and serine/threonine kinases have raised enormous interest as
potential cure for cancer patients in many common cancer types. However, except for the …