Drugging RAS: Know the enemy

B Papke, CJ Der - Science, 2017 - science.org
The three RAS oncogenes make up the most frequently mutated gene family in human
cancer. The well-validated role of mutationally activated RAS genes in driving cancer …

Distribution, dynamics and functional roles of phosphatidylserine within the cell

JG Kay, GD Fairn - Cell Communication and Signaling, 2019 - Springer
Phosphatidylserine (PtdSer), an essential constituent of eukaryotic membranes, is the most
abundant anionic phospholipid in the eukaryotic cell accounting for up to 10% of the total …

Lipid-sorting specificity encoded in K-Ras membrane anchor regulates signal output

Y Zhou, P Prakash, H Liang, KJ Cho, AA Gorfe… - Cell, 2017 - cell.com
K-Ras is targeted to the plasma membrane by a C-terminal membrane anchor that
comprises a farnesyl-cysteine-methyl-ester and a polybasic domain. We used quantitative …

Targeting glioblastoma signaling and metabolism with a re-purposed brain-penetrant drug

J Bi, A Khan, J Tang, AM Armando, S Wu, W Zhang… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
The highly lethal brain cancer glioblastoma (GBM) poses a daunting challenge because the
blood-brain barrier renders potentially druggable amplified or mutated oncoproteins …

Oncogenic Ras isoforms signaling specificity at the membrane

R Nussinov, CJ Tsai, H Jang - Cancer research, 2018 - AACR
How do Ras isoforms attain oncogenic specificity at the membrane? Oncogenic KRas,
HRas, and NRas (K-Ras, H-Ras, and N-Ras) differentially populate distinct cancers. How …

[HTML][HTML] RAS variant signalling

SP Mo, JM Coulson, IA Prior - Biochemical Society Transactions, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
RAS proteins are small GTPases that regulate signalling networks that control cellular
proliferation and survival. They are frequently mutated in cancer and a commonly occurring …

Sphingolipids and glycerophospholipids–the “ying and yang” of lipotoxicity in metabolic diseases

S Rodriguez-Cuenca, V Pellegrinelli, M Campbell… - Progress in lipid …, 2017 - Elsevier
Sphingolipids in general and ceramides in particular, contribute to pathophysiological
mechanisms by modifying signalling and metabolic pathways. Here, we present the …

HRAS‐driven cancer cells are vulnerable to TRPML1 inhibition

J Jung, KJ Cho, AK Naji, KN Clemons, CO Wong… - EMBO …, 2019 - embopress.org
By serving as intermediaries between cellular metabolism and the bioenergetic demands of
proliferation, endolysosomes allow cancer cells to thrive under normally detrimental …

The role of PS 18: 0/18: 1 in membrane function

T Skotland, K Sandvig - Nature communications, 2019 - nature.com
Various studies have demonstrated that the two leaflets of cellular membranes interact,
potentially through so-called interdigitation between the fatty acyl groups. While the …

Membrane curvature induced by proximity of anionic phospholipids can initiate endocytosis

T Hirama, SM Lu, JG Kay, M Maekawa… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The plasma membrane is uniquely enriched in phosphatidylserine (PtdSer). This anionic
phospholipid is restricted almost exclusively to the inner leaflet of the plasmalemma …