Caley A Hogan's research while affiliated with University of Wisconsin–Madison and other places

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Post-transcriptional modification of RNA regulates gene expression at multiple levels. ALKBH8 is a tRNA modifying enzyme that methylates wobble uridines in specific tRNAs to modulate translation. Through methylation of tRNA-selenocysteine, ALKBH8 promotes selenoprotein synthesis and regulates redox homeostasis. Pathogenic variants in ALKBH8 have be...
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Nervous system function rests on the formation of functional synapses between neurons. We have identified TRMT9B as a new regulator of synapse formation and function in Drosophila. TRMT9B has been studied for its role as a tumor suppressor and is one of two metazoan homologs of yeast tRNA methyltransferase 9 (Trm9), which methylates tRNA wobble uri...
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Nervous system function relies on the formation and function of synaptic connections between neurons. Through a genetic screen in fDrosophila for new conserved synaptic genes, we identified CG42261/Fid/ TRMT9B as a negative regulator of synaptogenesis. TRMT9B has been studied for its role as a tumor suppressor in multiple carcinomas and is one of t...

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... From these analyses, we identified the tRNA-methyltransferase AlkBH8 as a potential novel therapeutic target in CRC, as high AlkBH8 expression correlates with decreased overall survival in CRC patients ( Figure 5A-B). AlkBH8 has been extensively reported to regulate the selenoproteome via methylation of tRNA-selenocysteine, with AlkBH8 knockdown and knockout models demonstrating a decreased ability to translate selenoproteins [54][55][56][57][58][59][60][61] . We observed that AlkBH8 expression is significantly increased in tumor tissue as compared to normal controls ( Figure 5C), and that patients with early-onset CRC have increased expression of AlkBH8 as compared to all other age groups ( Figure 5D). ...
... Animals and plants express orthologs of yeast Trm9 that are encoded by the AlkB homolog 8 (ALKBH8) and tRNA methyltransferase 9B (TRMT9B) genes (39)(40)(41)(42)(43)(44)(45). ALKBH8 and TRMT9B contain a Class I S-adenosyl-L-methionine (SAM)-dependent methyltransferase domain, similar to yeast Trm9. ...