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2024 (1)

Heterozygosity for neurodevelopmental disorder-associated TRIO variants yields distinct deficits in behavior, neuronal development, and synaptic transmission in mice

Yevheniia Ishchenko, Amanda T. Jeng, Shufang Feng, Timothy Nottoli, Cindy Manriquez-Rodriguez, Khanh Nguyen, Melissa G. Carrizales, Matthew J. Vitarelli, Ellen E. Corcoran, Charles A. Greer, Samuel A. Myers, Anthony J. Koleske

bioRxiv. 2024.01.05.574442. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.01.05.574442

2023 (3)

Integrin α3 is required for high-frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation-induced glutamatergic synaptic transmission in mice with ischemia.

Liu L, Hu H, Wu J, Koleske AJ, Chen H, Wang N, Yu K, Wu Y, Xiao X, Zhang Q.CNS Neurosci Ther. 2023 Oct 23. doi: 10.1111/cns.14498. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37867481

Abl2 repairs microtubules and phase separates with tubulin to promote microtubule nucleation.

Duan D, Lyu W, Chai P, Ma S, Wu K, Wu C, Xiong Y, Sestan N, Zhang K, Koleske AJ.Curr Biol. 2023 Nov 6;33(21):4582-4598.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.09.018. Epub 2023 Oct 18.PMID: 37858340

Inhibition of Abelson Tyrosine-Protein Kinase 2 Suppresses the Development of Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease by Decreasing PPARgamma Expression.

Malnassy G, Keating CR, Gad S, Bridgeman B, Perera A, Hou W, Cotler SJ, Ding X, Choudhry M, Sun Z, Koleske AJ, Qiu W.Cell Mol Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jul 15:S2352-345X(23)00135-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmgh.2023.07.006. Online ahead of print.PMID: 37460041

2022 (5)

Atypical nuclear envelope condensates linked to neurological disorders reveal nucleoporin-directed chaperone activities.

Prophet SM, Rampello AJ, Niescier RF, Gentile JE, Mallik S, Koleske AJ, Schlieker C.Nat Cell Biol. 2022 Nov;24(11):1630-1641. doi: 10.1038/s41556-022-01001-y. Epub 2022 Oct 27.PMID: 36302970 Free PMC article.

Autoinhibition of the GEF activity of cytoskeletal regulatory protein Trio is disrupted in neurodevelopmental disorder-related genetic variants.

Bircher JE, Corcoran EE, Lam TT, Trnka MJ, Koleske AJ.J Biol Chem. 2022 Sep;298(9):102361. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102361. Epub 2022 Aug 10.PMID: 35963430 

All-optical visualization of specific molecules in the ultrastructural context of brain tissue. M’Saad O, Kasula R, Kondratiuk I, Kidd P, Falahati H, Gentile JE, Niescier RF, Watters K, Sterner RC, Lee S, Liu X, Camilli PD, Rothman JE, Koleske AJ, Biederer T, Bewersdorf J. bioRxiv. 2022 Apr 4. doi: 10.1101/2022.04.04.486901

Control of Synapse Structure and Function by Actin and Its Regulators.

Gentile JE, Carrizales MG, Koleske AJ.Cells. 2022 Feb 9;11(4):603. doi: 10.3390/cells11040603.PMID: 35203254 

In vitro fluorescence assay to measure GDP/GTP exchange of guanine nucleotide exchange factors of Rho family GTPases.

Blaise AM, Corcoran EE, Wattenberg ES, Zhang YL, Cottrell JR, Koleske AJ.Biol Methods Protoc. 2021 Dec 31;7(1):bpab024. doi: 10.1093/biomethods/bpab024. eCollection 2022.PMID: 35087952 

2021 (5)

Measuring Cell-Edge Protrusion Dynamics during Spreading using Live-Cell Microscopy.

Lukic N, Saha T, Lapetina S, Gendler M, Lehmann G, Koleske AJ, Gil-Henn H.J Vis Exp. 2021 Nov 1;(177):10.3791/63157. doi: 10.3791/63157.PMID: 34779432 

Platelet-derived growth factor receptor beta activates Abl2 via direct binding and phosphorylation. Wu K, Wu H, Lyu W, Kim Y, Furdui CM, Anderson KS, Koleske AJ. J Biol Chem. 2021 Jul;297(1):100883. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100883. Epub 2021 Jun 16.PMID: 34144039

Regulation of the NMDA receptor by its cytoplasmic domains: (How) is the tail wagging the dog? Ishchenko Y, Carrizales MG, Koleske AJ. Neuropharmacology. 2021 Jun 20;195:108634. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2021.108634. Online ahead of print.PMID: 34097949 Review.

Abl2:cortactin interactions regulate dendritic spine stability via control of a stable filamentous actin pool.

Shaw JE, Kilander MBC, Lin YC, Koleske AJ.J Neurosci. 2021 Feb 22:JN-RM-2472-20. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2472-20.2021. Online ahead of print.PMID: 33622779

Trio family proteins as regulators of cell migration and morphogenesis in development and disease - mechanisms and cellular contexts.

Bircher JE, Koleske AJ.J Cell Sci. 2021 Feb 10;134(3):jcs248393. doi: 10.1242/jcs.248393.PMID: 33568469 Review.

2020 (4)

Lim C, Berk JM, Blaise A, Bircher J, Koleske AJ, Hochstrasser M, Xiong Y.  

Crystal structure of a guanine nucleotide exchange factor encoded by the scrub typhus pathogen Orientia tsutsugamushi. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2020 Dec 1. PMID: 33184172

Chu L, Tyson J, Shaw JE, Rivera-Molina F, Koleske AJ, Schepartz A, Toomre DK. Two-color nanoscopy of organelles for extended times with HIDE probes. Nat Commun. 2020 Aug 26. PMID: 32848153.

Wang F, Hou W, Chitsike L, Xu Y, Bettler C, Perera A, Bank T, Cotler SJ, Dhanarajan A, Denning MF, Ding X, Breslin P, Qiang W, Li J, Koleske AJ, Qiu W. ABL1, Overexpressed in Hepatocellular Carcinomas, Regulates Expression of NOTCH1 and Promotes Development of Liver Tumors in Mice. Gastroenterology. 2020 Mar 11. PMID: 32171747

Shaw JE, Koleske AJ. Functional interactions of ion channels with the actin cytoskeleton: does coupling to dynamic actin regulate NMDA receptors? J Physiol. 2020 Feb 7. PMID: 32034761


2019 (3)

Hu Y, Lyu W, Lowery LA, Koleske AJ. Regulation of MT dynamics via direct binding of an Abl family kinase. J Cell Biol. 2019 Dec 2. PMID: 31699690

Yun S, Hu R, Schwaemmle ME, Scherer AN, Zhuang Z, Koleske AJ, Pallas DC, Schwartz MA. Integrin α5β1 regulates PP2A complex assembly through PDE4D in atherosclerosis. J Clin Invest. 2019 Aug 13. PMID: 31408443

Katrancha SM, Shaw JE, Zhao AY, Myers SA, Cocco AR, Jeng AT, Zhu M, Pittenger C, Greer CA, Carr SA, Xiao X, Koleske AJ. Trio Haploinsufficiency Causes Neurodevelopmental Disease-Associated Deficits. Cell Rep. 2019 Mar 5. PMID: 30840899 


2018 (6)

Zhang K, Lyu W, Yu J, Koleske AJ. Abl2 is recruited to ventral actin waves through cytoskeletal interactions to promote lamellipodium extension. Mol Biol Cell. 2018 Nov 15. PMID: 30256707

Levy AD, Xiao X, Shaw JE, Sudarsana Devi SP, Katrancha SM, Bennett AM, Greer CA, Howe JR, Machida K, Koleske AJ. Noonan Syndrome-Associated SHP2 Dephosphorylates GluN2B to Regulate NMDA Receptor Function. Cell Rep. 2018 Aug 7. PMID: 30089263

Kim SY, Nair DM, Romero M, Serna VA, Koleske AJ, Woodruff TK, Kurita T. Transient inhibition of p53 homologs protects ovarian function from two distinct apoptotic pathways triggered by anticancer therapies. Cell Death Differ. 2018 Jul 9. PMID: 29988075 

Scherer AN, Anand NS, Koleske AJ. Cortactin stabilization of actin requires actin-binding repeats and linker, is disrupted by specific substitutions, and is independent of nucleotide state. J Biol Chem. 2018 Aug 24. PMID: 29929984

Jacobsen FA, Scherer AN, Mouritsen J, Bragadóttir H, Thomas Bäckström B, Sardar S, Holmberg D, Koleske AJ, Andersson Å. A Role for the Non-Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Abl2/Arg in Experimental Neuroinflammation. J Neuroimmune Pharmacol. 2018 Mar 17. PMID: 29550892 

Wang Z, Kim MS, Martinez-Ferrando I, Koleske AJ, Pandey A, Cole PA. Analysis of Cellular Tyrosine Phosphorylation via Chemical Rescue of Conditionally Active Abl Kinase. Biochemistry. 2018 Feb 27. PMID: 29341593 


2017 (9)

Li X, Tao Y, Murphy JW, Scherer AN, Lam TT, Marshall AG, Koleske AJ, Boggon TJ. The repeat region of cortactin is intrinsically disordered in solution. Sci Rep. 2017 Dec 1. PMID: 29196701

Yamani A, Wu D, Waggoner L, Noah T, Koleske AJ, Finkelman F, Hogan SP. The vascular endothelial specific IL-4 receptor alpha-ABL1 kinase signaling axis regulates the severity of IgE-mediated anaphylactic reactions. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 Nov 17. PMID: 29157947 

Shapiro LP, Omar MH, Koleske AJ, Gourley SL. Corticosteroid-induced dendrite loss and behavioral deficiencies can be blocked by activation of Abl2/Arg kinase. Mol Cell Neurosci. 2017 Oct 26. PMID: 29107098

Omar MH, Kerrisk Campbell M, Xiao X, Zhong Q, Brunken WJ, Miner JH, Greer CA, Koleske AJ. CNS Neurons Deposit Laminin α5 to Stabilize Synapses. Cell Rep. 2017 Oct 31. PMID: 29091766 

Katrancha SM, Wu Y, Zhu M, Eipper BA, Koleske AJ, Mains RE. Neurodevelopmental disease-associated de novo mutations and rare sequence variants affect TRIO GDP/GTP exchange factor activity. Hum Mol Genet. 2017 Dec 1. PMID: 28973398

Thompson AD, Omar MH, Rivera-Molina F, Xi Z, Koleske AJ, Toomre DK, Schepartz A. Long-Term Live-Cell STED Nanoscopy of Primary and Cultured Cells with the Plasma Membrane HIDE Probe DiI-SiR. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2017 Jul 24. PMID: 28679029

Ganesan S, Luu TT, Chambers BJ, Meinke S, Brodin P, Vivier E, Wetzel DM, Koleske AJ, Kadri N, Höglund P. The Abl-1 Kinase is Dispensable for NK Cell Inhibitory Signalling and is not Involved in Murine NK Cell Education. Scand J Immunol. 2017 Sep. PMID: 28605050

Miller MB, Yan Y, Machida K, Kiraly DD, Levy AD, Wu YI, Lam TT, Abbott T, Koleske AJ, Eipper BA, Mains RE. Brain Region and Isoform-Specific Phosphorylation Alters Kalirin SH2 Domain Interaction Sites and Calpain Sensitivity.ACS Chem Neurosci. 2017 Apr 25. PMID: 28418645

Rosenberg BJ, Gil-Henn H, Mader CC, Halo T, Yin T, Condeelis J, Machida K, Wu YI, Koleske AJ. Phosphorylated cortactin recruits Vav2 guanine nucleotide exchange factor to activate Rac3 and promote invadopodial function in invasive breast cancer cells. Mol Biol Cell. 2017 Mar 29. PMID: 28356423 


2016 (5)

Matsumoto Y, La Rose J, Kent OA, Wagner MJ, Narimatsu M, Levy AD, Omar MH, Tong J, Krieger JR, Riggs E, Storozhuk Y, Pasquale J, Ventura M, Yeganeh B, Post M, Moran MF, Grynpas MD, Wrana JL, Superti-Furga G, Koleske AJ, Pendergast AM, Rottapel R. Reciprocal stabilization of ABL and TAZ regulates osteoblastogenesis through transcription factor RUNX2. J Clin Invest. 2016 Dec 1. PMID: 27797343.

Shapiro LP, Parsons RG, Koleske AJ, Gourley SL. Differential expression of cytoskeletal regulatory factors in the adolescent prefrontal cortex: Implications for cortical development. J Neurosci Res. 2016 Oct 13. PMID: 27735056 

Wetzel DM, Rhodes EL, Li S, McMahon-Pratt D, Koleske AJ. The Src kinases Hck, Fgr and Lyn activate Arg to facilitate IgG-mediated phagocytosis and Leishmania infection. J Cell Sci. 2016 Jun 29. PMID: 27358479

Xiao X, Levy AD, Rosenberg BJ, Higley MJ, Koleske AJ. Disruption of Coordinated Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Maturation Underlies the Defects in Hippocampal Synapse Stability and Plasticity in Abl2/Arg-Deficient Mice. J Neurosci. 2016 Jun 22. PMID: 27335408

Katrancha SM, Koleske AJ. SNARE Complex Dysfunction: A Unifying Hypothesis for Schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry. 2015 Sep 15. PMID: 26296424 


2015 (4)

Nygaard HB, Wagner AF, Bowen GS, Good SP, MacAvoy MG, Strittmatter KA, Kaufman AC, Rosenberg BJ, Sekine-Konno T, Varma P, Chen K, Koleske AJ, Reiman EM, Strittmatter SM, van Dyck CH. A phase Ib multiple ascending dose study of the safety, tolerability, and central nervous system availability of AZD0530 (saracatinib) in Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2015 Apr 14. PMID: 25874001 

Ha BH, Simpson MA, Koleske AJ, Boggon TJ. Structure of the ABL2/ARG kinase in complex with dasatinib. Acta Crystallogr F Struct Biol Commun. 2015 Mar 20. PMID: 25849507 

Simpson MA, Bradley WD, Harburger D, Parsons M, Calderwood DA, Koleske AJ. Direct interactions with the integrin β1 cytoplasmic tail activate the Abl2/Arg kinase. J Biol Chem. 2015 Mar 27. PMID: 25694433

Courtemanche N, Gifford SM, Simpson MA, Pollard TD, Koleske AJ. Abl2/Abl-related gene stabilizes actin filaments, stimulates actin branching by actin-related protein 2/3 complex, and promotes actin filament severing by cofilin. J Biol Chem. 2015 Feb 13. PMID: 25540195


2014 (5)

DePoy LM, Perszyk RE, Zimmermann KS, Koleske AJ, Gourley SL. Adolescent cocaine exposure simplifies orbitofrontal cortical dendritic arbors. Front Pharmacol. 2014 Oct 27. PMID: 25452728

Kerrisk ME, Cingolani LA, Koleske AJ. ECM receptors in neuronal structure, synaptic plasticity, and behavior. Prog Brain Res. 2014. PMID: 25410355

Levy AD, Omar MH, Koleske AJ. Extracellular matrix control of dendritic spine and synapse structure and plasticity in adulthood. Front Neuroanat. 2014 Oct 20. PMID: 25368556 

Gifford SM, Liu W, Mader CC, Halo TL, Machida K, Boggon TJ, Koleske AJ. Two amino acid residues confer different binding affinities of Abelson family kinase SRC homology 2 domains for phosphorylated cortactin. J Biol Chem. 2014 Jul 11. PMID: 24891505 

Cooper MA, Koleske AJ. Ablation of ErbB4 from excitatory neurons leads to reduced dendritic spine density in mouse prefrontal cortex. J Comp Neurol. 2014 Apr 29. PMID: 24752666 

Engel U, Zhan Y, Long JB, Boyle SN, Ballif BA, Dorey K, Gygi SP, Koleske AJ, Vanvactor D. Abelson phosphorylation of CLASP2 modulates its association with microtubules and actin. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken). 2014 Mar 12. PMID: 24520051 


2013 (8)

Um JW, Kaufman AC, Kostylev M, Heiss JK, Stagi M, Takahashi H, Kerrisk ME, Vortmeyer A, Wisniewski T, Koleske AJ, Gunther EC, Nygaard HB, Strittmatter SM. Metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 is a coreceptor for Alzheimer aβ oligomer bound to cellular prion protein. Neuron. 2013 Sep 4. PMID: 24012003 

Kerrisk ME, Koleske AJ. Arg kinase signaling in dendrite and synapse stabilization pathways: memory, cocaine sensitivity, and stress. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 2013 Aug 2. PMID: 23916785

Koleske AJ. Molecular mechanisms of dendrite stability. Nat Rev Neurosci. 2013 Jul 10. PMID: 23839597

Bryce NS, Reynolds AB, Koleske AJ, Weaver AM. WAVE2 regulates epithelial morphology and cadherin isoform switching through regulation of Twist and Abl. PLoS One. 2013 May 15. PMID: 23691243 

Kerrisk ME, Greer CA, Koleske AJ. Integrin α3 is required for late postnatal stability of dendrite arbors, dendritic spines and synapses, and mouse behavior. J Neurosci. 2013 Apr 17. PMID: 23595732 

Couch BA, Kerrisk ME, Kaufman AC, Nygaard HB, Strittmatter SM, Koleske AJ. Delayed amyloid plaque deposition and behavioral deficits in outcrossed AβPP/PS1 mice. J Comp Neurol. 2013 Apr 15. PMID: 23047754 

Beaty BT, Sharma VP, Bravo-Cordero JJ, Simpson MA, Eddy RJ, Koleske AJ, Condeelis J. β1 integrin regulates Arg to promote invadopodial maturation and matrix degradation. Mol Biol Cell. 2013 Apr 3. PMID: 23552693

Gourley SL, Swanson AM, Koleske AJ. Corticosteroid-induced neural remodeling predicts behavioral vulnerability and resilience. J Neurosci. 2013 Feb 13. PMID: 23407965

Lin YC, Yeckel MF, Koleske AJ. Abl2/Arg controls dendritic spine and dendrite arbor stability via distinct cytoskeletal control pathways. J Neurosci. 2013 Jan 30. PMID: 23365224 


2012 (10)

Gourley SL, Swanson AM, Jacobs AM, Howell JL, Mo M, Dileone RJ, Koleske AJ, Taylor JR. Action control is mediated by prefrontal BDNF and glucocorticoid receptor binding. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012 Dec 11. PMID: 23185000

 Deng Y, Couch BA, Koleske AJ, Turk BE. A peptide photoaffinity probe specific for the active conformation of the Abl tyrosine kinase. Chembiochem. 2012 Nov 26. PMID: 23081945

Furlan A, Lamballe F, Stagni V, Hussain A, Richelme S, Prodosmo A, Moumen A, Brun C, Del Barco Barrantes I, Arthur JS, Koleske AJ, Nebreda AR, Barilà D, Maina F. Met acts through Abl to regulate p53 transcriptional outcomes and cell survival in the developing liver. J Hepatol. 2012 Aug 10. PMID: 22889954

MacGrath SM, Koleske AJ. Arg/Abl2 modulates the affinity and stoichiometry of binding of cortactin to F-actin. Biochemistry. 2012 Aug 21. PMID: 22849492 

Gil-Henn H, Patsialou A, Wang Y, Warren MS, Condeelis JS, Koleske AJ. Arg/Abl2 promotes invasion and attenuates proliferation of breast cancer in vivo. Oncogene. 2012 Jul 9. PMID: 22777352

Wetzel DM, McMahon-Pratt D, Koleske AJ. The Abl and Arg kinases mediate distinct modes of phagocytosis and are required for maximal Leishmania infection. Mol Cell Biol. 2012 Jun 4. PMID: 22665498

MacGrath SM, Koleske AJ. Cortactin in cell migration and cancer at a glance. J Cell Sci. 2012 Apr 1. PMID: 22566665

Gourley SL, Olevska A, Warren MS, Taylor JR, Koleske AJ. Arg kinase regulates prefrontal dendritic spine refinement and cocaine-induced plasticity. J Neurosci. 2012 Feb 15. PMID: 22396406

Warren MS, Bradley WD, Gourley SL, Lin YC, Simpson MA, Reichardt LF, Greer CA, Taylor JR, Koleske AJ. Integrin β1 signals through Arg to regulate postnatal dendritic arborization, synapse density, and behavior. J Neurosci. 2012 Feb 22. PMID: 22357865

Liu W, MacGrath SM, Koleske AJ, Boggon TJ. Lysozyme contamination facilitates crystallization of a heterotrimeric cortactin-Arg-lysozyme complex. Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun. 2012 Jan 25. PMID: 22297987


2011 (6)

Magalhaes MA, Larson DR, Mader CC, Bravo-Cordero JJ, Gil-Henn H, Oser M, Chen X, Koleske AJ, Condeelis J. Cortactin phosphorylation regulates cell invasion through a pH-dependent pathway. J Cell Biol. 2011 Nov 21. PMID: 22105349

Cooper MA, Koleske AJ. ErbB4 localization to interneurons: clearer insights into schizophrenia pathology. Biol Psychiatry. 2011 Oct 1. PMID: 21924131

MacGrath SM, Koleske AJ. Invadopodia: RhoC runs rings around cofilin. Curr Biol. 2011 Apr 26. PMID: 21514509 

Chung C, Mader CC, Schmitz JC, Atladottir J, Fitchev P, Cornwell ML, Koleske AJ, Crawford SE, Gorelick F. The vacuolar-ATPase modulates matrix metalloproteinase isoforms in human pancreatic cancer. Lab Invest. 2011 Feb 21.PMID: 21339745

Gourley SL, Taylor JR, Koleske AJ. Cell adhesion signaling pathways: First responders to cocaine exposure? Commun Integr Biol. 2011 Jan. PMID: 21509173

Mader CC, Oser M, Magalhaes MA, Bravo-Cordero JJ, Condeelis J, Koleske AJ, Gil-Henn H. An EGFR-Src-Arg-cortactin pathway mediates functional maturation of invadopodia and breast cancer cell invasion. Cancer Res. 2011 Jan 21. PMID: 21257711