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Steven K. Hanks, Ph.D.
Professor
VICC Member
Researcher
Contact Information:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
U-4206 Learned Lab, MRBIII
Nashville, TN 37232-2175
615-343-8502
Research Description
Our broad research goals are to understand the molecular events that regulate mammalian cell growth, differentiation, and motility, and to determine how these events go awry in cancer and other human diseases. Our primary focus is on tyrosine phosphorylation signaling events regulated by cell-ECM interactions and their roles in cell motility and invasion.
Publications
- Siesser, PM, Meenderink, LM, Ryzhova, L, Michael, KE, Dumbauld, DW, GarcÃa, AJ, Kaverina, I, Hanks, SK A FAK/Src chimera with gain-of-function properties promotes formation of large peripheral adhesions associated with dynamic actin assembly. Cell Motil Cytoskeleton, 65(1), 25-39, 2008.
- Luo, W, Slebos, RJ, Hill, S, Li, M, BraÌbek, J, Amanchy, R, Chaerkady, R, Pandey, A, Ham, AJ, Hanks, SK Global Impact of Oncogenic Src on a Phosphotyrosine Proteome. J Proteome Res, 2008.
- Constancio-Lund, SS, Brabek, J, Hanks, SK Src transformation of colonic epithelial cells: Enhanced anchorage-independent growth in an Apc(+/min) background. Mol Carcinog, 2008.
- Kim, W, Seok Kang, Y, Soo Kim, J, Shin, NY, Hanks, SK, Song, WK The Integrin-coupled Signaling Adaptor p130Cas Suppresses Smad3 Function in Transforming Growth Factor-{beta} Signaling. Mol Biol Cell, 19(5), 2135-46, 2008.
- Liu, G, Li, W, Gao, X, Li, X, Jürgensen, C, Park, HT, Shin, NY, Yu, J, He, ML, Hanks, SK, Wu, JY, Guan, KL, Rao, Y p130CAS is required for netrin signaling and commissural axon guidance. J Neurosci, 27(4), 957-68, 2007.
- Frey, MT, Tsai, IY, Russell, TP, Hanks, SK, Wang, YL Cellular responses to substrate topography: role of myosin II and focal adhesion kinase. Biophys J, 90(10), 3774-82, 2006.
- Rivera, GM, Antoku, S, Gelkop, S, Shin, NY, Hanks, SK, Pawson, T, Mayer, BJ Requirement of Nck adaptors for actin dynamics and cell migration stimulated by platelet-derived growth factor B. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 103(25), 9536-41, 2006.
- Siesser, PM, Hanks, SK The signaling and biological implications of FAK overexpression in cancer. Clin Cancer Res, 12(11 Pt 1), 3233-7, 2006.
- Cai, S, Bulus, N, Fonseca-Siesser, PM, Chen, D, Hanks, SK, Pozzi, A, Zent, R CD98 modulates integrin beta1 function in polarized epithelial cells. J Cell Sci, 118(Pt 5), 889-99, 2005.
- Brábek, J, Constancio, SS, Siesser, PF, Shin, NY, Pozzi, A, Hanks, SK Crk-associated substrate tyrosine phosphorylation sites are critical for invasion and metastasis of SRC-transformed cells. Mol Cancer Res, 3(6), 307-15, 2005.
- Bianchi, M, De Lucchini, S, Marin, O, Turner, DL, Hanks, SK, Villa-Moruzzi, E Regulation of FAK Ser-722 phosphorylation and kinase activity by GSK3 and PP1 during cell spreading and migration. Biochem J, 391(Pt 2), 359-70, 2005.
- Brábek, Jan, Hanks, Steven K Assaying protein kinase activity. Methods Mol Biol, 28479-90, 2004.
- Wang, YL, Burridge, K, Dembo, M, Gabbiani, G, Hanks, SK, Hosoya, H, Janmey, P, Karlsson, R, Lindberg, U, Mabuchi, I, Otey, C, Rottner, K, Small, JV, Wang, CL, Zigmond, S Biomedical research publication system. Science, 303(5666), 1974-6, 2004.
- Brábek, Jan, Constancio, Sábata S, Shin, Nah-Young, Pozzi, Ambra, Weaver, Alissa M, Hanks, Steven K CAS promotes invasiveness of Src-transformed cells. Oncogene, 23(44), 7406-15, 2004.
- Kurenova, Elena, Xu, Li-Hui, Yang, Xihui, Baldwin, Albert S, Craven, Rolf J, Hanks, Steven K, Liu, Zheng-Gang, Cance, William G Focal adhesion kinase suppresses apoptosis by binding to the death domain of receptor-interacting protein. Mol Cell Biol, 24(10), 4361-71, 2004.
- Hecker, Timothy P, Ding, Qiang, Rege, Tanya A, Hanks, Steven K, Gladson, Candece L Overexpression of FAK promotes Ras activity through the formation of a FAK/p120RasGAP complex in malignant astrocytoma cells. Oncogene, 23(22), 3962-71, 2004.
- Fonseca, Priscila M, Shin, Nah-Young, Brábek, Jan, Ryzhova, Larisa, Wu, Jiong, Hanks, Steven K Regulation and localization of CAS substrate domain tyrosine phosphorylation. Cell Signal, 16(5), 621-9, 2004.
- Yano, H, Mazaki, Y, Kurokawa, K, Hanks, SK, Matsuda, M, Sabe, H Roles played by a subset of integrin signaling molecules in cadherin-based cell-cell adhesion. J Cell Biol, 166(2), 283-95, 2004.
- Shin, Nah-Young, Dise, Rebecca S, Schneider-Mergener, Jens, Ritchie, Marylyn D, Kilkenny, Dawn M, Hanks, Steven K Subsets of the major tyrosine phosphorylation sites in Crk-associated substrate (CAS) are sufficient to promote cell migration. J Biol Chem, 279(37), 38331-7, 2004.
- Miller, Michael A, Ruest, Paul J, Kosinski, Mary, Hanks, Steven K, Greenstein, David An Eph receptor sperm-sensing control mechanism for oocyte meiotic maturation in Caenorhabditis elegans. Genes Dev, 17(2), 187-200, 2003.
- Torsoni, Adriana S, Constancio, Sabata S, Nadruz, Wilson, Hanks, Steven K, Franchini, Kleber G Focal adhesion kinase is activated and mediates the early hypertrophic response to stretch in cardiac myocytes. Circ Res, 93(2), 140-7, 2003.
- Hanks, Steven K, Ryzhova, Larisa, Shin, Nah-Young, Brábek, Jan Focal adhesion kinase signaling activities and their implications in the control of cell survival and motility. Front Biosci, 8d982-96, 2003.
- Hanks, Steven K Genomic analysis of the eukaryotic protein kinase superfamily: a perspective. Genome Biol, 4(5), 111, 2003.
- Li, Guochun, Gustafson-Brown, Cindy, Hanks, Steven K, Nason, Katie, Arbeit, Jeffrey M, Pogliano, Kit, Wisdom, Ronald M, Johnson, Randall S c-Jun is essential for organization of the epidermal leading edge. Dev Cell, 4(6), 865-77, 2003.
- Roy, Shyamali, Ruest, Paul J, Hanks, Steven K FAK regulates tyrosine phosphorylation of CAS, paxillin, and PYK2 in cells expressing v-Src, but is not a critical determinant of v-Src transformation. J Cell Biochem, 84(2), 377-88, 2002.
- Donaldson, John C, Dise, Rebecca S, Ritchie, Marylyn D, Hanks, Steven K Nephrocystin-conserved domains involved in targeting to epithelial cell-cell junctions, interaction with filamins, and establishing cell polarity. J Biol Chem, 277(32), 29028-35, 2002.
- Wang, H B, Dembo, M, Hanks, S K, Wang, Y Focal adhesion kinase is involved in mechanosensing during fibroblast migration. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 98(20), 11295-300, 2001.
- Ruest, P J, Shin, N Y, Polte, T R, Zhang, X, Hanks, S K Mechanisms of CAS substrate domain tyrosine phosphorylation by FAK and Src. Mol Cell Biol, 21(22), 7641-52, 2001.
- Maru, Y, Hanks, S K, Shibuya, M The tubulogenic activity associated with an activated form of Flt-1 kinase is dependent on focal adhesion kinase. Biochim Biophys Acta, 1540(2), 147-53, 2001.
- Sonoda, Y, Matsumoto, Y, Funakoshi, M, Yamamoto, D, Hanks, S K, Kasahara, T Anti-apoptotic role of focal adhesion kinase (FAK). Induction of inhibitor-of-apoptosis proteins and apoptosis suppression by the overexpression of FAK in a human leukemic cell line, HL-60. J Biol Chem, 275(21), 16309-15, 2000.
- Donaldson, J C, Dempsey, P J, Reddy, S, Bouton, A H, Coffey, R J, Hanks, S K Crk-associated substrate p130(Cas) interacts with nephrocystin and both proteins localize to cell-cell contacts of polarized epithelial cells. Exp Cell Res, 256(1), 168-78, 2000.
- Ruest, P J, Roy, S, Shi, E, Mernaugh, R L, Hanks, S K Phosphospecific antibodies reveal focal adhesion kinase activation loop phosphorylation in nascent and mature focal adhesions and requirement for the autophosphorylation site. Cell Growth Differ, 11(1), 41-8, 2000.
- Yamakita, Y, Totsukawa, G, Yamashiro, S, Fry, D, Zhang, X, Hanks, S K, Matsumura, F Dissociation of FAK/p130(CAS)/c-Src complex during mitosis: role of mitosis-specific serine phosphorylation of FAK. J Cell Biol, 144(2), 315-24, 1999.
- Zhang, X, Chattopadhyay, A, Ji, Q S, Owen, J D, Ruest, P J, Carpenter, G, Hanks, S K Focal adhesion kinase promotes phospholipase C-gamma1 activity. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 96(16), 9021-6, 1999.
- Owen, J D, Ruest, P J, Fry, D W, Hanks, S K Induced focal adhesion kinase (FAK) expression in FAK-null cells enhances cell spreading and migration requiring both auto- and activation loop phosphorylation sites and inhibits adhesion-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation of Pyk2. Mol Cell Biol, 19(7), 4806-18, 1999.
- Cary, L A, Han, D C, Polte, T R, Hanks, S K, Guan, J L Identification of p130Cas as a mediator of focal adhesion kinase-promoted cell migration. J Cell Biol, 140(1), 211-21, 1998.
- Polte, T R, Hanks, S K Complexes of focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and Crk-associated substrate (p130(Cas)) are elevated in cytoskeleton-associated fractions following adhesion and Src transformation. Requirements for Src kinase activity and FAK proline-rich motifs. J Biol Chem, 272(9), 5501-9, 1997.
- Hanks, S K, Polte, T R Signaling through focal adhesion kinase. Bioessays, 19(2), 137-45, 1997.
- Withers, B E, Hanks, S K, Fry, D W Correlations between the expression, phosphotyrosine content and enzymatic activity of focal adhesion kinase, pp125FAK, in tumor and nontransformed cells. Cancer Biochem Biophys, 15(3), 127-39, 1996.
- Calalb, M B, Zhang, X, Polte, T R, Hanks, S K Focal adhesion kinase tyrosine-861 is a major site of phosphorylation by Src. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 228(3), 662-8, 1996.
- Zhang, X, Wright, C V, Hanks, S K Cloning of a Xenopus laevis cDNA encoding focal adhesion kinase (FAK) and expression during early development. Gene, 160(2), 219-22, 1995.
- Polte, T R, Hanks, S K Interaction between focal adhesion kinase and Crk-associated tyrosine kinase substrate p130Cas. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 92(23), 10678-82, 1995.
- Kitagawa, M, Higashi, H, Suzuki-Takahashi, I, Segawa, K, Hanks, S K, Taya, Y, Nishimura, S, Okuyama, A Phosphorylation of E2F-1 by cyclin A-cdk2. Oncogene, 10(2), 229-36, 1995.
- Hanks, S K, Hunter, T Protein kinases 6. The eukaryotic protein kinase superfamily: kinase (catalytic) domain structure and classification. FASEB J, 9(8), 576-96, 1995.
- Calalb, M B, Polte, T R, Hanks, S K Tyrosine phosphorylation of focal adhesion kinase at sites in the catalytic domain regulates kinase activity: a role for Src family kinases. Mol Cell Biol, 15(2), 954-63, 1995.
- Polte, T R, Naftilan, A J, Hanks, S K Focal adhesion kinase is abundant in developing blood vessels and elevation of its phosphotyrosine content in vascular smooth muscle cells is a rapid response to angiotensin II. J Cell Biochem, 55(1), 106-19, 1994.
- Schlaepfer, D D, Hanks, S K, Hunter, T, van der Geer, P Integrin-mediated signal transduction linked to Ras pathway by GRB2 binding to focal adhesion kinase. Nature, 372(6508), 786-91, 1994.
- Gates, R E, King, L E, Hanks, S K, Nanney, L B Potential role for focal adhesion kinase in migrating and proliferating keratinocytes near epidermal wounds and in culture. Cell Growth Differ, 5(8), 891-9, 1994.
- Devor, B B, Zhang, X, Patel, S K, Polte, T R, Hanks, S K Chicken and mouse focal adhesion kinases are similar in structure at their amino termini. Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 190(3), 1084-9, 1993.
- Gates, R E, Hanks, S K, King, L E Focal-adhesion components are enriched in ventral membranes isolated from transformed keratinocytes in culture. Biochem J, 289 ( Pt 1)221-6, 1993.
- Hanks, S K, Calalb, M B, Harper, M C, Patel, S K Focal adhesion protein-tyrosine kinase phosphorylated in response to cell attachment to fibronectin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 89(18), 8487-91, 1992.
- Matsushime, H, Ewen, M E, Strom, D K, Kato, J Y, Hanks, S K, Roussel, M F, Sherr, C J Identification and properties of an atypical catalytic subunit (p34PSK-J3/cdk4) for mammalian D type G1 cyclins. Cell, 71(2), 323-34, 1992.
- Calalb, M B, Fox, D T, Hanks, S K Molecular cloning and enzymatic analysis of the rat homolog of 'PhK-gamma T,' an isoform of phosphorylase kinase catalytic subunit. J Biol Chem, 267(3), 1455-63, 1992.
- Hanks, S.K "Eukaryotic protein kinases." Curr. Op. Struct. Biol., 1369-383, 1991.
- Hanks, S K, Quinn, A M Protein kinase catalytic domain sequence database: identification of conserved features of primary structure and classification of family members. Methods Enzymol, 20038-62, 1991.
- Hanks, S K, Lindberg, R A Use of degenerate oligonucleotide probes to identify clones that encode protein kinases. Methods Enzymol, 200525-32, 1991.
- Hanks, S K Messenger ribonucleic acid encoding an apparent isoform of phosphorylase kinase catalytic subunit is abundant in the adult testis. Mol Endocrinol, 3(1), 110-6, 1989.
- Lawton, M A, Yamamoto, R T, Hanks, S K, Lamb, C J Molecular cloning of plant transcripts encoding protein kinase homologs. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 86(9), 3140-4, 1989.
- Maldonado, F, Hanks, S K A cDNA clone encoding human cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit C alpha. Nucleic Acids Res, 16(16), 8189-90, 1988.
- Hanks, S K, Armour, R, Baldwin, J H, Maldonado, F, Spiess, J, Holley, R W Amino acid sequence of the BSC-1 cell growth inhibitor (polyergin) deduced from the nucleotide sequence of the cDNA. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 85(1), 79-82, 1988.
- Hanks, S K, Quinn, A M, Hunter, T The protein kinase family: conserved features and deduced phylogeny of the catalytic domains. Science, 241(4861), 42-52, 1988.
- Hanks, S K Homology probing: identification of cDNA clones encoding members of the protein-serine kinase family. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 84(2), 388-92, 1987.
- Mitchell, R L, Hanks, S K, Verma, I M Proto-oncogene fos: an inducible multifaceted gene. Symp Fundam Cancer Res, 3999-113, 1986.
- Hanks, S K, Riggs, M G Selective insolubility of active hsp70 gene chromatin. Biochim Biophys Acta, 867(3), 124-34, 1986.
- Brown, D B, Hanks, S K, Murphy, E C, Rao, P N Early initiation of DNA synthesis in G1 phase HeLa cells following fusion with red cell ghosts loaded with S-phase cell extracts. Exp Cell Res, 156(1), 251-9, 1985.
- Gollin, S M, Wray, W, Hanks, S K, Hittelman, W N, Rao, P N The ultrastructural organization of prematurely condensed chromosomes. J Cell Sci Suppl, 1203-21, 1984.
- Hanks, S K, Gollin, S M, Rao, P N, Wray, W, Hittelman, W N Cell cycle-specific changes in the ultrastructural organization of prematurely condensed chromosomes. Chromosoma, 88(5), 333-42, 1983.
- Hanks, S K, Rodriguez, L V, Rao, P N Relationship between histone phosphorylation and premature chromosome condensation. Exp Cell Res, 148(2), 293-302, 1983.
- Hanks, S K, Brown, D B, Rao, P N Induction of premature chromosome condensation at high frequency following polyethylene glycol-mediated fusion of lectin-bound cells. Exp Cell Res, 138(1), 215-9, 1982.
- Rao, P N, Hanks, S K Chromatin structure during the prereplicative phases in the life cycle of mammalian cells. Cell Biophys, 2(4), 327-37, 1980.
- Hanks, S K, Rao, P N Initiation of DNA synthesis in the prematurely condensed chromosomes of G1 cells. J Cell Biol, 87(1), 285-91, 1980.
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