个人简介

1989-1993 Recipient of American Cancer Society Faculty Research Award 1988-1994 Co-recipient of Lucille P. Markey Foundation Charitable Trust Funds 1983-1986 Searle Scholars Fellowship 1980-1982 Helen Hay Whitney Fellowship 1977-1979 Health Sciences Fund Fellowship 1974-1975 Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship

研究领域

Biochemistry

I have a long-standing interest in Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTKs), a passion which evolved from my graduate work at MIT with Phil Sharp, Bob Weinberg and David Baltimore, and from my postdoctoralwork in Tony Hunter's lab at the Salk Institute. During the past decade, my research interests have also included some non-RTK projects (e.g. cyclin B and cyclin-like proteins such as Spy1, co-discovered in our lab). More recently, I decided to focus exclusively on the Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor (FGFR) family of RTKs and their roles in oncogenic and inflammatory signaling pathways, exploiting proteomic and genomic approaches such as mass spec analysis of proteins, and microarray analysis of gene expression to identify novel regulatory phosphorylation sites, protein-protein interactions, and gene interaction networks. We were the first group to show the potential oncogenicity of FGFR4 in experiments that compared its transforming ability with FGFR1 and FGFR3, representing the first demonstration that activation of FGFR4, in addition to FGFR1 and FGFR3, can induce cellular transformation. We have also detected sites of phosphorylation within the kinase insert domain (KID) of FGFR2. We are currently exploring whether these residues contribute to the activation of FGFR2 and lead to the recruitment of binding proteins to the KID. We are working towards identification of a novel mechanism of FGFR2 regulation beyond the kinase domain in which the KID also contributes to the activation of FGFR2, and perhaps, to the onset of breast cancers in which FGFR2 has been heavily implicated. We are now concentrating our research efforts towards understanding the role of FGFR4 activation and its impact on downstream signaling in diseases such as prostate and breast carcinomas. In particular, we are investigating the role of FGFR4 and FGFR2 in the regulation of the Nuclear Factor kappaB (NFkappaB) inflammatory signaling pathway. We have already demonstrated a direct interaction between FGFR4 and IKKbeta, the major regulatory kinase of NFkappaB signaling. Since our first observation of the oncogenic potential of FGFR4 more than a decade ago, occasional reports have shown the involvement of FGFR4 in diseases, such as prostate and colon cancers. However, only one study has shown that FGFR4 leads to the metastasis of Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS), a pediatric sarcoma that leads to the formation of tumors in head, neck, and trunk. We are therefore applying our knowledge of FGFR4 signaling to analyze its importance in RMS.

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Manickam K, Donoghue DJ, Meyer AN, Snyder PJ, Prior TW, "Suppression of severe achondroplasia with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans by the p.Thr651Pro mutation.", Am J Med Genet A, 2014, Vol. 164, Issue 1, 243-50 [View Abstract] Salazar L, Kashiwada T, Krejci P, Meyer AN, Casale M, Hallowell M, Wilcox WR, Donoghue DJ, and Thompson LM. "Fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 interacts with and activates TGFβ-kinase 1 tyrosine phosphorylation and NFκB signaling in multiple myeloma and bladder cancer.", PLoS One, 2014, Vol. PONE-D-13-33878, (in press) Fiñones RR, Yeargin J, Lee M, Kaur AP, Cheng C, Sun P, Wu C, Nguyen C, Wang-Rodriguez J, Meyer AN, Baird SM, Donoghue DJ, Haas M, "Early Human Prostate Adenocarcinomas Harbor Androgen-Independent Cancer Cells.", PLoS One, 2013, Vol. 8, Issue 9, e74438 [View Abstract] Locascio LE, Donoghue DJ, "KIDs rule: regulatory phosphorylation of RTKs.", Trends Biochem Sci, 2013, Vol. 38, Issue 2, 75-84 [View Abstract] Meyer AN, Drafahl KA, McAndrew CW, Gilda JE, Gallo LH, Haas M, Brill LM, Donoghue DJ, "Tyrosine Phosphorylation Allows Integration of Multiple Signaling Inputs by IKKβ.", PLoS One, 2013, Vol. 8, Issue 12, e84497 [View Abstract] Fidalgo da Silva E, Ansari SB, Maimaiti J, Barnes EA, Kong-Beltran M, Donoghue DJ, Porter LA, "The tumor suppressor tuberin regulates mitotic onset through the cellular localization of cyclin B1.", Cell Cycle, 2011, Vol. 10, Issue 18, 3129-39 [View Abstract] Drafahl KA, McAndrew CW, Meyer AN, Haas M, Donoghue DJ, "The receptor tyrosine kinase FGFR4 negatively regulates NF-kappaB signaling.", PLoS One, 2010, Vol. 5, Issue 12, e14412 [View Abstract] Ahier A, Rondard P, Gouignard N, Khayath N, Huang S, Trolet J, Donoghue DJ, Gauthier M, Pin JP, Dissous C, "A new family of receptor tyrosine kinases with a venus flytrap binding domain in insects and other invertebrates activated by aminoacids.", PLoS One, 2009, Vol. 4, Issue 5, e5651 [View Abstract] Salazar L, Kashiwada T, Krejci P, Muchowski P, Donoghue D, Wilcox WR, Thompson LM, "A novel interaction between fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 and the p85 subunit of phosphoinositide 3-kinase: activation-dependent regulation of ERK by p85 in multiple myeloma cells.", Hum Mol Genet, 2009, Vol. 18, Issue 11, 1951-61 [View Abstract] Golipour A, Myers D, Seagroves T, Murphy D, Evan GI, Donoghue DJ, Moorehead RA, Porter LA, "The Spy1/RINGO family represents a novel mechanism regulating mammary growth and tumorigenesis.", Cancer Res, 2008, Vol. 68, Issue 10, 3591-600 [View Abstract] Meyer AN, McAndrew CW, Donoghue DJ, "Nordihydroguaiaretic acid inhibits an activated fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 mutant and blocks downstream signaling in multiple myeloma cells.", Cancer Res, 2008, Vol. 68, Issue 18, 7362-70 [View Abstract]