[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in regulation of aging by insulin/IGF-1 signaling in Caenorhabditis elegans

H Lee, SJV Lee - Molecules and cells, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Caenorhabditis elegans has been used as a major model organism to identify genetic
factors that regulate organismal aging and longevity. Insulin/insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF …

CRISPR/Cas9-based genome-wide screening for deubiquitinase subfamily identifies USP1 regulating MAST1-driven cisplatin-resistance in cancer cells

A Tyagi, K Kaushal, AP Chandrasekaran… - …, 2022‏ - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Cisplatin is one of the frontline anticancer agents. However, development of
cisplatin-resistance limits the therapeutic efficacy of cisplatin-based treatment. The …

[HTML][HTML] Microtubule-associated serine/threonine (MAST) kinases in development and disease

M Rumpf, S Pautz, B Drebes, FW Herberg… - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - mdpi.com
Microtubule-Associated Serine/Threonine (MAST) kinases represent an evolutionary
conserved branch of the AGC protein kinase superfamily in the kinome. Since the discovery …

A PTEN variant uncouples longevity from impaired fitness in Caenorhabditis elegans with reduced insulin/IGF-1 signaling

HEH Park, W Hwang, S Ham, E Kim, O Altintas… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Abstract Insulin/IGF-1 signaling (IIS) regulates various physiological aspects in numerous
species. In Caenorhabditis elegans, mutations in the daf-2/insulin/IGF-1 receptor …

The MAST kinase KIN-4 carries out mitotic entry functions of Greatwall in C. elegans

L Roumbo, B Ossareh-Nazari, S Vigneron… - The EMBO …, 2025‏ - embopress.org
MAST-like, or Greatwall (Gwl), an atypical protein kinase related to the evolutionarily
conserved MAST kinase family, is crucial for cell cycle control during mitotic entry …

Genetic analysis of daf-18/PTEN missense mutants for starvation resistance and developmental regulation during Caenorhabditis elegans L1 arrest

J Chen, LY Tang, ME Powell, JM Jordan, LR Baugh - G3, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Mutations in the well-known tumor suppressor PTEN are observed in many cancers. PTEN
is a dual-specificity phosphatase that harbors lipid and protein-phosphatase activities. The …

Potential roles of MEK1 on aging in Argopecten scallops

K Yuan, X Lu, J Ning, M Chen, Q Wang… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Dual specificity mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1 (MEK1) has been found to
regulate aging through the Ras/Raf/MEK/ERK cascade in terrestrial animals. However, few …

Genetic screens identified dual roles of microtubule-associated serine threonine kinase and CREB within a single thermosensory neuron in the regulation of …

S Nakano, A Nakayama, H Kuroyanagi, R Yamashiro… - G3, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Animals integrate sensory stimuli presented at the past and present, assess the changes in
their surroundings and navigate themselves toward preferred environment. Identifying the …

MAST4 promotes primary ciliary resorption through phosphorylation of Tctex-1

K Sakaji, S Ebrahimiazar, Y Harigae… - Life Science …, 2023‏ - life-science-alliance.org
The primary cilium undergoes cell cycle–dependent assembly and disassembly.
Dysregulated ciliary dynamics are associated with several pathological conditions called …

Genetic screens identified dual roles of MAST kinase and CREB within a single thermosensory neuron in the regulation of C. elegans thermotaxis behavior

S Nakano, A Nakayama, H Kuroyanagi, R Yamashiro… - bioRxiv, 2022‏ - biorxiv.org
Animals integrate sensory stimuli presented at the past and present, assess the changes in
their surroundings and navigate themselves toward preferred environment. Identifying the …