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ArticleCellular signalling2010

RhoA/ROCK1 signaling regulates stress granule formation and apoptosis.

Nien-Pei Tsai, Li-Na Wei

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Article in Cellular signalling, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 114 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Stress Granules: Novel Regulators of Programmed Cell Death.Mini reviews in medicinal chemistry · 2026
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  7. Disruption of G3BP1 granules promotes mammalian CNS and PNS axon regeneration.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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  8. Stress Granule Induction in Rat Retinas Damaged by Constant LED Light.Investigative ophthalmology & visual science · 2025
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  17. Stress Granules in Cancer.Reviews of physiology, biochemistry and pharmacology · 2023
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  20. Role of the Ubiquitin System in Stress Granule Metabolism.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nien-Pei TsaiDepartment of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, 6-120 Jackson Hall, 321 Church St. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
Li-Na Wei
University of Minnesota · US

Funding

Subcellular Targeting/Packaging of Opioids/ReceptorsP50DA011806 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI LOH, HORACE · 1998 to 2012
$14.0M
Studies of nuclear receptor corepressor, NRIP1, in vitamin A signaling pathwaysR01DK060521 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI WEI, LI-NA · 2002 to 2022
$6.9M
TR2 NUCLEAR RECEPTOR IN VITAMIN A SIGNALING PATHWAYSR01DK054733 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI WEI, LI-NA · 1999 to 2021
$5.7M
Studies of Mouse Kappa Opioid Receptor Gene RegulationR01DA011190 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI WEI, LI-NA · 1997 to 2011
$3.3M
Studies of the Mouse Kappa Opioid Receptor GeneK02DA013926 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA TWIN CITIES · PI WEI, LI-NA · 2002 to 2011
$1.2M
NIDA NIH HHS DA11190NIDA NIH HHS DA11806NIDA NIH HHS K02 DA013926NIDA NIH HHS K02-DA13926NIDA NIH HHS P50 DA011806NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA011190NIDDK NIH HHS DK54733NIDDK NIH HHS DK60521NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK054733NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK060521
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cells form stress granules (SGs), in response to unfavorable environments, to avoid apoptosis, but it is unclear whether and how SG formation and cellular apoptosis are coordinately regulated. In this study we detected the small GTPase, Ras homolog gene family member A (RhoA), and its downstream kinase, Rho-associated, coiled-coil containing protein kinase 1 (ROCK1), in SG, and found that their stress-induced activities were important for SG formation and subsequent global translational repression. Importantly, only activated RhoA and ROCK1 were sequestered into SG. Sequestration of activated ROCK1 into SG prevented ROCK1 from interacting with JNK-interacting protein 3 (JIP-3) and its activation of c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), a pathway triggering apoptosis, thereby protecting cells from apoptosis. This study identifies a specific signaling pathway, mediated by RhoA and ROCK1, which determines cell fate by promoting SG formation or initiating apoptosis during stress.

Indexed as

Stress, PhysiologicalAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAnimalsApoptosisCell Line, TumorCytoplasmic GranulesJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMiceNerve Tissue ProteinsrhoA GTP-Binding Proteinrho-Associated KinasesSignal TransductionAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingJNK Mitogen-Activated Protein KinasesMapk8ip3 protein, mouseNerve Tissue ProteinsrhoA GTP-Binding Proteinrho-Associated KinasesRock1 protein, mouse

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PMID20004716
PMCPMC2815184
OpenAlexW1995395394

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