Regulation of the Activity of the Dual Leucine Zipper Kinase by Distinct Mechanisms

KA Köster, M Dethlefs, J Duque Escobar, E Oetjen - Cells, 2024 - mdpi.com
The dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK) alias mitogen-activated protein 3 kinase 12
(MAP3K12) has gained much attention in recent years. DLK belongs to the mixed lineage …

[HTML][HTML] Recruitment, Regulation and Release: Control of signaling enzyme localization and function by reversible S-acylation

X Zhang, GM Thomas - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
An ever-growing number of studies highlight the importance of S-acylation, a reversible
protein-lipid modification, for diverse aspects of intracellular signaling. In this review, we …

The response of Dual-leucine zipper kinase (DLK) to nocodazole: Evidence for a homeostatic cytoskeletal repair mechanism

L DeVault, C Mateusiak, J Palucki, M Brent, J Milbrandt… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Genetic and pharmacological perturbation of the cytoskeleton enhances the regenerative
potential of neurons. This response requires Dual-leucine Zipper Kinase (DLK), a neuronal …

Context-specific stress causes compartmentalized SARM1 activation and local degeneration in cortical neurons

FI Hinz, CLM Villegas, JT Roberts, H Yao… - Journal of …, 2024 - Soc Neuroscience
Sterile alpha and TIR motif containing 1 (SARM1) is an inducible NADase that localizes to
mitochondria throughout neurons and senses metabolic changes that occur after injury …

Rab11 suppresses neuronal stress signaling by localizing Dual leucine zipper kinase to axon terminals for protein turnover

SM Kim, Y Quagraine, M Singh, JH Kim - Elife, 2024 - elifesciences.org
Dual leucine zipper kinase (DLK) mediates multiple neuronal stress responses, and its
expression levels are constantly suppressed to prevent excessive stress signaling. We …

An intraflagellar transport dependent negative feedback regulates the MAPKKK DLK-1 to protect cilia from degeneration

Y Sun, Y Jin - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Primary cilia are specialized organelles supporting the development and function of cells
and organisms. Intraflagellar transport (IFT) is essential for cilia formation, maintenance, and …

Microtubules, Membranes, and Movement: New Roles for Stathmin‐2 in Axon Integrity

EJC Thornburg‐Suresh… - Journal of neuroscience …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Neurons establish functional connections responsible for how we perceive and react to the
world around us. Communication from a neuron to its target cell occurs through a long …

Novel determinants of NOTCH1 trafficking and signaling in breast epithelial cells

FM Kobia, LC e Almeida, AJJ Paganoni… - Life Science …, 2025 - life-science-alliance.org
The evolutionarily conserved Notch signaling pathway controls cell–cell communication,
enacting cell fate decisions during development and tissue homeostasis. Its dysregulation is …

DLK-dependent mitochondrial fission drives axon degeneration and neuronal cell death.

JJ Gómez-Deza, M Nebiyou, MR Alkaslasi… - Biorxiv: the Preprint …, 2023 - europepmc.org
Currently there are no effective treatments for an array of neurodegenerative disorders to a
large part because cell-based models fail to recapitulate disease. Here we developed a …

Translatome analysis reveals cellular network in DLK-dependent hippocampal glutamatergic neuron degeneration

EM Ritchie, D Acar, S Zhong, Q Pu, Y Li, B Zheng, Y Jin - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Abstract The conserved MAP3K12/Dual Leucine Zipper Kinase (DLK) plays versatile roles in
neuronal development, axon injury and stress responses, and neurodegeneration …