Interactome mapping provides a network of neurodegenerative disease proteins and uncovers widespread protein aggregation in affected brains

C Haenig, N Atias, AK Taylor, A Mazza, MH Schaefer… - Cell reports, 2020 - cell.com
Interactome maps are valuable resources to elucidate protein function and disease
mechanisms. Here, we report on an interactome map that focuses on neurodegenerative …

Regulation of dendritic synaptic morphology and transcription by the SRF cofactor MKL/MRTF

A Tabuchi, D Ihara - Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Accumulating evidence suggests that the serum response factor (SRF) cofactor
megakaryoblastic leukemia (MKL)/myocardin-related transcription factor (MRTF) has critical …

Synapse-to-nucleus signaling in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders

A Parra-Damas, CA Saura - Biological psychiatry, 2019 - Elsevier
Synapse-to-nucleus signaling is critical for converting signals received at synapses into
transcriptional programs essential for cognition, memory, and emotion. This neuronal …

MKL1 regulates hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation, migration and apoptosis via the COMPASS complex and NF-κB signaling

Z Liu, J Sun, C Li, L Xu, J Liu - BMC cancer, 2021 - Springer
Background Histone modification plays essential roles in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)
pathogenesis, but the regulatory mechanisms remain poorly understood. In this study, we …

SRF in neurochemistry: overview of recent advances in research on the nervous system

A Tabuchi, D Ihara - Neurochemical Research, 2022 - Springer
Serum response factor (SRF) is a representative transcription factor that plays crucial roles
in various biological phenomena by regulating immediate early genes (IEGs) and genes …

SRF and SRFΔ5 splicing isoform recruit corepressor LSD1/KDM1A modifying structural neuroplasticity and environmental stress response

L Gerosa, B Grillo, C Forastieri, A Longaretti… - Molecular …, 2020 - Springer
Ten to 20% of western countries population suffers from major depression disorder (MDD).
Stressful life events represent the main environmental risk factor contributing to the onset of …

Loss of serum response factor in mature neurons in the dentate gyrus alters the morphology of dendritic spines and hippocampus-dependent behavioral tasks

K Nader, A Krysiak, A Beroun, M Pekala… - Brain Structure and …, 2019 - Springer
Serum response factor (SRF) is a major transcription factor that regulates the expression of
several plasticity-associated genes in the brain. Although the developmental expression of …

Genomic signatures of evolutionary rescue in bats surviving white-nose syndrome

SA Gignoux-Wolfsohn, ML Pinsky, K Kerwin, C Herzog… - BioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Evolutionary rescue can in theory help populations avoid extinction after abrupt
environmental change through the rapid evolution of advantageous traits that promote …

Involvement of SRF coactivator MKL2 in BDNF‐mediated activation of the synaptic activity‐responsive element in the Arc gene

K Kikuchi, D Ihara, M Fukuchi, H Tanabe… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The expression of immediate early genes (IEG s) is thought to be an essential molecular
basis of neuronal plasticity for higher brain function. Many IEG s contain serum response …

[HTML][HTML] SRF and SRF cofactor mRNA expression is differentially regulated by BDNF stimulation in cortical neurons

D Ihara, T Miyata, M Fukuchi, M Tsuda… - Biological and …, 2023 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Serum response factor (SRF) is a transcription factor that plays essential roles in multiple
brain functions in concert with SRF cofactors such as ternary complex factor (TCF) and …