Beyond PI3Ks: targeting phosphoinositide kinases in disease

JE Burke, J Triscott, BM Emerling… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Lipid phosphoinositides are master regulators of almost all aspects of a cell's life and death
and are generated by the tightly regulated activity of phosphoinositide kinases. Although …

Phosphoinositides: tiny lipids with giant impact on cell regulation

T Balla - Physiological reviews, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Phosphoinositides (PIs) make up only a small fraction of cellular phospholipids, yet they
control almost all aspects of a cell's life and death. These lipids gained tremendous research …

Inhibition of PIKfyve kinase prevents infection by Zaire ebolavirus and SARS-CoV-2

YL Kang, Y Chou, PW Rothlauf, Z Liu… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Virus entry is a multistep process. It initiates when the virus attaches to the host cell and
ends when the viral contents reach the cytosol. Genetically unrelated viruses can subvert …

Ebola virus entry requires the cholesterol transporter Niemann–Pick C1

JE Carette, M Raaben, AC Wong, AS Herbert… - Nature, 2011 - nature.com
Infections by the Ebola and Marburg filoviruses cause a rapidly fatal haemorrhagic fever in
humans for which no approved antivirals are available. Filovirus entry is mediated by the …

Lysosomal size matters

MEG de Araujo, G Liebscher, MW Hess, LA Huber - Traffic, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Lysosomes are key cellular catabolic centers that also perform fundamental metabolic,
signaling and quality control functions. Lysosomes are not static and they respond …

Role of phospholipids in endocytosis, phagocytosis, and macropinocytosis

M Bohdanowicz, S Grinstein - Physiological reviews, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Endocytosis, phagocytosis, and macropinocytosis are fundamental processes that enable
cells to sample their environment, eliminate pathogens and apoptotic bodies, and regulate …

[HTML][HTML] A PI (3, 5) P2 reporter reveals PIKfyve activity and dynamics on macropinosomes and phagosomes

JH Vines, H Maib, CM Buckley, A Gueho, Z Zhu… - Journal of Cell …, 2023 - rupress.org
Phosphoinositide signaling lipids (PIPs) are key regulators of membrane identity and
trafficking. Of these, PI (3, 5) P2 is one of the least well-understood, despite key roles in …

Mammalian phosphoinositide kinases and phosphatases

T Sasaki, S Takasuga, J Sasaki, S Kofuji… - Progress in lipid …, 2009 - Elsevier
Phosphoinositides are lipids that are present in the cytoplasmic leaflet of a cell's plasma and
internal membranes and play pivotal roles in the regulation of a wide variety of cellular …

PIKfyve, a class III PI kinase, is the target of the small molecular IL-12/IL-23 inhibitor apilimod and a player in Toll-like receptor signaling

X Cai, Y Xu, AK Cheung, RC Tomlinson… - Chemistry & biology, 2013 - cell.com
Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling is a key component of innate immunity. Aberrant TLR
activation leads to immune disorders via dysregulation of cytokine production, such as IL …

Phosphatidylinositol 3, 5‐bisphosphate: low abundance, high significance

AJ McCartney, Y Zhang, LS Weisman - BioEssays, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies of the low abundant signaling lipid, phosphatidylinositol 3, 5‐bisphosphate
(PI (3, 5) P2), reveal an intriguingly diverse list of downstream pathways, the intertwined …