Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Notch transactivates Rheb to maintain the multipotency of TSC-null cells

  • Jun-Hung Cho,
  • Bhaumik Patel,
  • Santosh Bonala,
  • Sasikanth Manne,
  • Yan Zhou,
  • Surya K. Vadrevu,
  • Jalpa Patel,
  • Marco Peronaci,
  • Shanawaz Ghouse,
  • Elizabeth P. Henske,
  • Fabrice Roegiers,
  • Krinio Giannikou,
  • David J. Kwiatkowski,
  • Hossein Mansouri,
  • Maciej M. Markiewski,
  • Brandon White,
  • Magdalena Karbowniczek

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01845-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC) is a rare genetic condition causing tumours with differentiation abnormalities; however the molecular mechanisms causing these defects are unclear. Here the authors show that Notch cooperates with Rheb to block cell differentiation forming a regulatory loop that could underlie TSC tumorigenesis.