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CBP Faculty - Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D.

Jeffrey L. Brodsky, Ph.D.
Professor, Avinoff Chair of Biological Sciences
Primary Appointment: Dept. of Biological Sciences
Tel: 412-624-4831
Fax: 412-624-4759
jbrodsky@pitt.edu
PubMed pub. listing
Brodsky Webpage
CBP Research Group(s):

CBMP Graduate Program Groups:
Cell Communication, Signaling and Ion Channel Biology
Genomics, Proteomics and Metabolomics
Membrane Traffic of Proteins and Lipids

Research Interest


Publications
  1. Wright, C. M., R. J. Chovatiya, N. E. Jameson, D. M. Turner, G. Zhu, S. Werner, D. M. Huryn, J. M. Pipas, B. W. Day, P. Wipf, and J. L. Brodsky. Pyrimidinone-Peptoid Hybrid Molecules with Distinct Effects on Molecular Chaperone Function and Cell Proliferation. Bioorg. Med. Chem. (2008) 16: 3291-3301
  2. Tonsor, S. J., C. Scott, I. Boumaza, T. R. Liss, J. L. Brodsky, and E. Vierling. Heat shock protein 101 effects in A. thaliana: genetic variation, fitness, and phenotype under controlled temperate growth conditions. Molec. Ecol. (2008) 17: 1614-1626
  3. Nakatsukasa, K., G. Huyer, S. Michaelis, and J. L. Brodsky. Dissecting the ER- associated degradation of a misfolded polytopic membrane protein. Cell (2008) 132: 101-112
  4. Nakatsukasa, K. and J. L. Brodsky. Recognition and retro-translocation of misfolded proteins from the endoplasmic reticulum. Traffic (2008) 9: 861-870
  5. Kang, Y., T. Talsone, C. C. Clement, S. W. Fewell, J. Aguirre, J. L. Brodsky, and G. Chiosis. Design of a fluorescent polarization assay platform for the study of human Hsp70. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. (2008) 18: 3749-3751
  6. Goeckeler, J. L., A, P. Petruso, J. Aguirre, C. C. Clement, G. Chiosis, and J. L. Brodsky. The yeast Hsp110, Sse1p, exhibits high affinity peptide binding. FEBS Lett. (2008) 582: 2393-2396
  7. Hrizo, S. L., V. Gusarova, D. M. Habiel, J. L. Goeckeler, E. A. Fisher, and J. L. Brodsky. The Hsp110 Molecular Chaperone Stabilizes Apolipoprotein B from Endoplasmic Reticulum Associated Degradation (ERAD). J. Biol. Chem. (2007) 282: 32665-32675
  8. Feng, D., Z. Xueqiang, C. Soromani, J. Toikkanen, K. Römisch, S. S. Vembar, J. L. Brodsky, S. Keränen, and J. Jäntti. The Trans-Membrane Domain is Sufficient for Sbh1p Function, its Association with the Sec61 Complex and Interaction with Rtn1p. J. Biol. Chem. (2007) 282: 30618-30628
  9. Kashlan, O.B., G. M. Mueller, M. Z. Qamar, P. A. Poland, A. Ahner, R. C. Rubenstein, R. P. Hughey, J. L. Brodsky, and T. R. Kleyman. Small heat shock protein aA-crystallin regulates ENaC expression. J. Biol. Chem. (2007) 282: 28149-28156
  10. Gusarova, V., J. Seo, M. L. Sullivan, S. C. Watkins, J. L. Brodsky, and E. A. Fisher. Golgi-associated maturation of very low density lipoproteins involves conformational changes of apolipoprotein B, but is not dependent on apolipoprotein E. J. Biol. Chem. (2007) 282:19453-19462
  11. Scott, C. M., K. B. Kruse, B. Z. Schmidt, D. H. Perlmutter, A. A. McCracken, and J. L. Brodsky. ADD66, A Gene Required for the Endoplasmic Reticulum Associated Degradation (ERAD) of Alpha-1-Antitrypsin-Z in Yeast, Facilitates Proteasome Activity and Assembly. Mol. Biol. Cell (2007) 18: 3774-3787
  12. Wahlman, J., G. N. DeMartino, W. R. Skach, N. J. Bulleid, J. L. Brodsky, and A. E. Johnson. Real-time fluorescence detection of ERAD substrate retro-translocation in a mammalian in vitro system. Cell (2007) 129: 943-955
  13. Buck, T., C. M. Wright, and J. L. Brodsky. The activities and functions of molecular chaperones in the endoplasmic reticulum. Seminars Cell. Dev. Biol. (2007) 18: 751-761
  14. Mandal, A., P. Lee, J. Chen, A. Heller, S. DiStasio, H. Oen, J. Victor, D. M. Nair, J. L. Brodsky and A. J. Caplan. Cdc37 has distinct roles in kinase biogenesis that affect synthesis and post-translational maturation. J. Cell Biol. (2007) 176: 319-328
  15. Wright, C. M., S. W. Fewell, M. L. Sullivan, J. M. Pipas, S. C. Watkins, and J. L. Brodsky. The Hsp40 molecular chaperone, Ydj1p, along with the protein kinase C pathway, impact cell wall integrity in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genetics (2007) 175: 1649-1664
  16. Rodina, A., M. Vilenchik, K. Moulick, J. Aguirre, J. Kim, A. Chiang, J. Litz, C. C. Clement, Y. Kang, Y. She, N. Wu, S. Felts, P. Wipf, J. Massague, X. Jiang, J. L. Brodsky, G. W. Krystal, and G. Chiosis. Selective chemical tools define Hsp90 as a major inhibitor of apoptosis in small cell lung cancer. Nature Chem. Biol. (2007) 3: 498-507
  17. Brodsky, J. L. The protective and destructive roles played by molecular chaperones during endoplasmic reticulum associated degradation (ERAD). Biochem. J., (2007) 404: 353-363
  18. Sparvero, L. J., S. Patz, J. L. Brodsky, and C. M. Coughlan. Proteomic analysis of the Amyloid Precursor Protein fragment C99: Expression in yeast. Analytic. Biochem. (2007) 370: 162-170
  19. Jelenska, J., N. Yao, B. A. Vinatzer, C. M. Wright, J. L. Brodsky, J. T. Greenberg. A J- domain Virulence Effector of Pseudomonas syringae Remodels Host Chloroplasts and Suppresses Defenses. Curr. Biol. (2007) 17: 499-508
  20. Ahner, A., K. Nakatsukasa, H. Zhang, R. A. Frizzell, and J. L. Brodsky. Small Heat Shock Proteins Select îF508-CFTR for ER Associated Degradation (ERAD). Mol. Biol. Cell (2007) 18: 806-814