npj Systems Biology and Applications (Nov 2024)

Systems-level reconstruction of kinase phosphosignaling networks regulating endothelial barrier integrity using temporal data

  • Ling Wei,
  • John D. Aitchison,
  • Alexis Kaushansky,
  • Fred D. Mast

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41540-024-00468-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Abstract Phosphosignaling networks control cellular processes. We built kinase-mediated regulatory networks elicited by thrombin stimulation of brain endothelial cells using two computational strategies: Temporal Pathway Synthesizer (TPS), which uses phosphoproteomics data as input, and Temporally REsolved KInase Network Generation (TREKING), which uses kinase inhibitor screens. TPS and TREKING predicted overlapping barrier-regulatory kinases connected with unique network topology. Each strategy effectively describes regulatory signaling networks and is broadly applicable across biological systems.