Intracellular cAMP sensor EPAC: physiology, pathophysiology, and therapeutics development

WG Robichaux III, X Cheng - Physiological reviews, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
This review focuses on one family of the known cAMP receptors, the exchange proteins
directly activated by cAMP (EPACs), also known as the cAMP-regulated guanine nucleotide …

Exchange protein directly activated by cAMP (epac): a multidomain cAMP mediator in the regulation of diverse biological functions

M Schmidt, FJ Dekker, H Maarsingh, MC Michel - Pharmacological reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Since the discovery nearly 60 years ago, cAMP is envisioned as one of the most universal
and versatile second messengers. The tremendous feature of cAMP to tightly control highly …

Paving the Rho in cancer metastasis: Rho GTPases and beyond

S Jansen, R Gosens, T Wieland, M Schmidt - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Malignant carcinomas are often characterized by metastasis, the movement of carcinoma
cells from a primary site to colonize distant organs. For metastasis to occur, carcinoma cells …

A protein fold switch joins the circadian oscillator to clock output in cyanobacteria

YG Chang, SE Cohen, C Phong, WK Myers, YI Kim… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Organisms are adapted to the relentless cycles of day and night, because they evolved
timekeeping systems called circadian clocks, which regulate biological activities with~ 24 …

Cyclic AMP sensor EPAC proteins and their role in cardiovascular function and disease

F Lezoualc'h, L Fazal, M Laudette, C Conte - Circulation research, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
cAMP is a universal second messenger that plays central roles in cardiovascular regulation
influencing gene expression, cell morphology, and function. A crucial step toward a better …

Targeting the small GTPase superfamily through their regulatory proteins

JL Gray, F von Delft, PE Brennan - … Chemie International Edition, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The Ras superfamily of small GTPases are guanine‐nucleotide‐dependent switches
essential for numerous cellular processes. Mutations or dysregulation of these proteins are …

Motor learning requires Purkinje cell synaptic potentiation through activation of AMPA-receptor subunit GluA3

N Gutierrez-Castellanos, CM Da Silva-Matos, K Zhou… - Neuron, 2017 - cell.com
Accumulating evidence indicates that cerebellar long-term potentiation (LTP) is necessary
for procedural learning. However, little is known about its underlying molecular mechanisms …

Biochemical and pharmacological characterizations of ESI-09 based EPAC inhibitors: defining the ESI-09 “therapeutic window”

Y Zhu, H Chen, S Boulton, F Mei, N Ye, G Melacini… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
The cAMP signaling cascade is one of the most frequently targeted pathways for the
development of pharmaceutics. A plethora of recent genetic and pharmacological studies …

Efficient Golgi forward trafficking requires GOLPH3-driven, PI4P-dependent membrane curvature

J Rahajeng, RS Kuna, SL Makowski, TTT Tran… - Developmental cell, 2019 - cell.com
Vesicle budding for Golgi-to-plasma membrane trafficking is a key step in secretion. Proteins
that induce curvature of the Golgi membrane are predicted to be required, by analogy to …

Genetically encoded fluorescent biosensors for live-cell visualization of protein phosphorylation

L Oldach, J Zhang - Chemistry & biology, 2014 - cell.com
Fluorescence-based, genetically encodable biosensors are widely used tools for real-time
analysis of biological processes. Over the last few decades, the number of available …