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Gas1 is induced during and participates in excitotoxic neuronal deathBritt Mellstrom
Departamento de Biologia Molecular y Celular, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, 28049 Madrid, Spain
Mol Cell Neurosci 19:417-29. 2002..These results indicate that Gas1 is induced by activation of glutamate receptors and is part of the gene expression program directing neuronal death after mild excitotoxic insults...
Sumoylation regulates nuclear localization of repressor DREAMMalgorzata Palczewska
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Biochim Biophys Acta 1813:1050-8. 2011..Our results show that sumoylation regulates the nuclear localization of DREAM in differentiated neurons. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: 11th European Symposium on Calcium...
The DREAM protein is associated with thyroid enlargement and nodular developmentMarcos Rivas
Departamento Biologia Molecular y Celular, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
Mol Endocrinol 23:862-70. 2009..Taken together, these findings identify a mechanism for the control of TSHR activity and provide a new approach for the study and treatment of thyroid pathologies associated with impaired TSHR function...
Increased B cell proliferation and reduced Ig production in DREAM transgenic miceMagali Savignac
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
J Immunol 185:7527-36. 2010..Our results disclose, to our knowledge, a novel function of DREAM in proliferation and Ig synthesis in B lymphocytes...
Calcium-dependent transcription of cytokine genes in T lymphocytesMagali Savignac
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
Pflugers Arch 454:523-33. 2007..e., NFAT, MEF2, and DREAM, involved in cytokine gene expression...
Gas1 is related to the glial cell-derived neurotrophic factor family receptors alpha and regulates Ret signalingJ Ruben Cabrera
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas, 28049 Madrid, Spain
J Biol Chem 281:14330-9. 2006..Consequently, when Gas1 is induced, Ret-mediated GDNF-dependent survival effects are compromised...
Ca2+-dependent transcriptional control of Ca2+ homeostasisJose R Naranjo
National Center of Biotechnology, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas CSIC and the Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red sobre Enfermedades Neurodegenerativas CIBERNED, 28049 Madrid, Spain
J Biol Chem 287:31674-80. 2012..Here, we review recent work on Ca(2+)-dependent mechanisms and effectors that regulate the transcription of genes encoding proteins involved in the maintenance of the homeostasis of Ca(2+) in the cell...
Redox signaling regulates transcriptional activity of the Ca2+-dependent repressor DREAMMarcos Rivas
Dpto Biología Molecular y Celular, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, C S I C, Madrid, Spain
Antioxid Redox Signal 14:1237-43. 2011..Finally, we show that transient DREAM knockdown sensitizes PC12 cells to H(2)O(2)-induced oxidative stress, suggesting a protective role for DREAM against oxidative damage...
Ca2+-operated transcriptional networks: molecular mechanisms and in vivo modelsBritt Mellstrom
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Consejo Superior Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
Physiol Rev 88:421-49. 2008..When possible, the review also presents in vivo models in which the genes encoding these calcium sensors-transducers have been modified, to emphasize the critical role of these Ca(2+)-operated mechanisms in many physiological functions...
G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2-mediated phosphorylation of downstream regulatory element antagonist modulator regulates membrane trafficking of Kv4.2 potassium channelAna Ruiz-Gomez
Departamento de Biología Molecular and Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Campus de Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
J Biol Chem 282:1205-15. 2007..2 channel trafficking and calcineurin de-phosphorylated GRK2-phosphorylated DREAM in vitro. Our results indicate that these two Ca2+-dependent posttranslational events regulate the activity of DREAM on Kv4.2 channel function...
Split personality of transcription factors inside and outside the nuclear borderJose R Naranjo
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
Sci STKE 2007:pe5. 2007..Here we describe three transcription factors that, when outside the nucleus, regulate calcium homeostasis by three independent but convergent mechanisms...
Transcriptional repressor DREAM regulates T-lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine gene expressionMagali Savignac
Departamento de Biologia Molecular y Celular, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Madrid, Spain
EMBO J 24:3555-64. 2005..Importantly, specific transient knockdown of DREAM or KChIP-2 induced basal expression of IL-2 and IFNgamma in wild-type splenocytes. These data propose DREAM and KChIP-2 as Ca2+-dependent repressors of the immune response...
Searching for a role of NCX/NCKX exchangers in neurodegenerationRosa Gomez Villafuertes
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
Mol Neurobiol 35:195-202. 2007..In this review, we summarize the current knowledge about the Na+/Ca2+ exchanger families and their implications in neurodegenerative disorders...
Transcriptional repressor DREAM interacts with thyroid transcription factor-1 and regulates thyroglobulin gene expressionMarcos Rivas
Dpto Biología Molecular y Celular, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, CSIC 28049 Madrid, Spain
J Biol Chem 279:33114-22. 2004..Furthermore, chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments in FRTL-5 cells confirmed that Tg is a bona fide target gene for DREAM transrepression in thyroid follicular cells...
Day-night changes in downstream regulatory element antagonist modulator/potassium channel interacting protein activity contribute to circadian gene expression in pineal glandWolfgang A Link
Departamento Biologia Molecular y Celular, Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, 28049 Madrid, Spain
J Neurosci 24:5346-55. 2004..Our data suggest involvement of the family of DREAM repressors in the regulation of rhythmically expressed genes engaged in circadian rhythms...
Ca2+-dependent block of CREB-CBP transcription by repressor DREAMFran Ledo
Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia, C S I C, Madrid, Spain
EMBO J 21:4583-92. 2002..Thus, Ca2+-dependent interactions between DREAM and CREB represent a novel point of cross-talk between cAMP and Ca2+ signalling pathways in the nucleus...
