Cellular Neurobiology Research Unit

Publications

TSQ Incubation Enhances Autometallographic Zinc Detection in Cultured Astrocytes.

Ballestín R, Torres J, Ponsoda X.

Microsc Microanal. 2024 Aug 21;30(4):759-770. doi: 10.1093/mam/ozae060.

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Rapid degeneration of iPSC-derived motor neurons lacking Gdap1 engages a mitochondrial-sustained innate immune response.

León M, Prieto J, Molina-Navarro MM, García-García F, Barneo-Muñoz M, Ponsoda X, Sáez R, Palau F, Dopazo J, Izpisua Belmonte JC, Torres J.

Cell Death Discov. 2023 Jul 1;9(1):217. doi: 10.1038/s41420-023-01531-w.

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c-MYC triggers lipid remodelling during early somatic cell reprogramming to pluripotency.

Prieto J, García-Cañaveras JC, León M, Sendra R, Ponsoda X, Izpisúa Belmonte JC, Lahoz A, Torres J

Stem Cell Rev Rep. 2021 Dec;17(6):2245-2261. doi: 10.1007/s12015-021-10239-2.

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A high-throughput chemical screen in DJ-1β mutant flies identifies zaprinast as a potential Parkinson's disease treatment

Sanz FJ, Solana-Manrique C, Torres J, Masiá E, Vicent MJ, Paricio N

Neurotherapeutics. 2021 Oct;18(4):2565-2578. doi: 10.1007/s13311-021-01134-2.

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Mitochondrial dynamics and metabolism in induced pluripotency.

Prieto J, Ponsoda X, Izpisúa Belmonte JC, Torres J

Exp Gerontol. 2020 May;133:110870. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2020.110870.

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MYC induces a hybrid energetics program early in cell reprogramming.

Prieto J, Seo AY, León M, Santacatterina F, Torresano L, Palomino-Schätzlein M, Giménez K, Vallet-Sánchez A, Ponsoda X, Pineda-Lucena A, Cuezva JM, Lippincott-Schwartz J, Torres J

Stem Cell Reports. 2018 Dec 11;11(6):1479-1492. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2018.10.018.

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Mitochondrial dynamics: In cell reprogramming as it is in cancer.

Prieto J, Torres J

Stem Cells Int. 2017;2017:8073721. doi: 10.1155/2017/8073721.

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Generation of a disease-specific iPS cell line derived from a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth type 2K lacking functional GDAP1 gene.

Martí S, León M, Orellana C, Prieto J, Ponsoda X, López-García C, Vílchez JJ, Sevilla T, Torres J

Stem Cell Res. 2017 Jan;18:1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.scr.2016.11.017.

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Dysfunctional mitochondrial fission impairs cell reprogramming.

Prieto J, León M, Ponsoda X, García-García F, Bort R, Serna E, Barneo-Muñoz M, Palau F, Dopazo J, López-García C, Torres J.

Cell Cycle. 2016 Oct 18:1-11. doi: 10.1080/15384101.2016.1241930

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Silencing of hepatic fate-conversion factors induce tumorigenesis in reprogrammed hepatic progenitor-like cells.

Serrano F, García-Bravo M, Blazquez M, Torres J, Castell JV, Segovia JC, Bort R.

Stem Cell Res Ther. 2016 Jul 27;7(1):96. doi: 10.1186/s13287-016-0349-5.

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Early ERK1/2 activation promotes DRP1-dependent mitochondrial fission necessary for cell reprogramming.

Prieto J, León M, Ponsoda X, Sendra R, Bort R, Ferrer-Lorente R, Raya A, López-García C, Torres J.

Nat Commun. 2016 Mar 31;7:11124. doi: 10.1038/ncomms11124.

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Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 controls adult neural stem cell expansion by regulating Sox2 gene expression.

Marqués-Torrejón MÁ, Porlan E, Banito A, Gómez-Ibarlucea E, Lopez-Contreras AJ, Fernández-Capetillo O, Vidal A, Gil J, Torres J, Fariñas I.

Cell Stem Cell. 2013 Jan 3;12(1):88-100. doi: 10.1016/j.stem.2012.12.001.

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Gata4 blocks somatic cell reprogramming by directly repressing Nanog.

Serrano F, Calatayud CF, Blazquez M, Torres J,Castell JV, Bort R.

Stem Cells. 2013 Jan;31(1):71-82. doi: 10.1002/stem.1272.

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Polyphosphoinositide metabolism and Golgi complex morphology in hippocampal neurons in primary culture is altered by chronic ethanol exposure.

Esteban-Pretel G, Marín MP, Romero AM, Timoneda J, Ponsoda X, Ballestín R, Renau-Piqueras J.

Alcohol Alcohol. 2013 Jan-Feb;48(1):15-27. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/ags117.

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Efficient differentiation of embryonic stem cells into mesodermal precursors by BMP, retinoic acid and Notch signalling.

Torres J, Prieto J, Durupt FC, Broad S, Watt FM.

PLoS One. 2012;7(4):e36405. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036405.

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Neurons of the dentate molecular layer in the rabbit hippocampus.

Sancho-Bielsa FJ, Navarro-López JD, Alonso-Llosa G, Molowny A, Ponsoda X, Yajeya J, López-García C.

PLoS One. 2012;7(11):e48470. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0048470.

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Pterostilbene-induced tumor cytotoxicity: a lysosomal membrane permeabilization-dependent mechanism.

Mena S, Rodríguez ML, Ponsoda X, Estrela JM, Jäättela M, Ortega AL.

PLoS One. 2012;7(9):e44524. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044524.

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Ethanol reduces zincosome formation in cultured astrocytes.

Ballestín R, Molowny A, Marín MP, Esteban-Pretel G, Romero AM, Lopez-Garcia C, Renau-Piqueras J, Ponsoda X.

Alcohol Alcohol. 2011 Jan-Feb;46(1):17-25. doi: 10.1093/alcalc/agq079.

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Structural organization of the cerebral cortex of the neotropical lizard Tropidurus hispidus.

Pimentel Hde C, dos Santos JR,Macêdo-Lima M, de Almeida FT, Santos ML, Molowny A, Ponsoda X, Lopez-Garcia C, Marchioro M.

Cell Tissue Res. 2011 Feb;343(2):319-30. doi: 10.1007/s00441-010-1097-y.

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Endocytosis in cultured neurons is altered by chronic alcohol exposure.

Marín MP, Esteban-Pretel G, Ponsoda X, Romero AM, Ballestín R, López C, Megías L, Timoneda J, Molowny A, Canales JJ, Renau-Piqueras J.

Toxicol Sci. 2010 May;115(1):202-13. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq040.

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Chronic ethanol exposure alters the levels, assembly, and cellular organization of the actin cytoskeleton and microtubules in hippocampal neurons in primary culture.

Romero AM, Esteban-Pretel G, Marín MP, Ponsoda X, Ballestín R, Canales JJ, Renau-Piqueras J.

Toxicol Sci. 2010 Dec;118(2):602-12. doi: 10.1093/toxsci/kfq260.

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Nanog maintains pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem cells by inhibiting NFkappaB and cooperating with Stat3.

Torres J, Watt FM.

Nat Cell Biol. 2008 Feb;10(2):194-201. doi: 10.1038/ncb1680.

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Capture of extracellular zinc ions by astrocytes.

Varea E, Alonso-Llosà G, Molowny A, Lopez-Garcia C, Ponsoda X.

Glia. 2006 Sep;54(4):304-15.

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Nuclear localization of PTEN by a Ran-dependent mechanism enhances apoptosis: Involvement of an N-terminal nuclear localization domain and multiple nuclear exclusion motifs.

Gil A, Andrés-Pons A, Fernández E, Valiente M, Torres J, Cervera J, Pulido R.

Mol Biol Cell. 2006 Sep;17(9):4002-13.

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Evolution of cerebral cortex involvement in the acquisition of associative learning.

Jiménez-Díaz L, Sancho-Bielsa F, Gruart A, Lopéz-García C, Delgado-García JM.

Behav Neurosci. 2006 Oct;120(5):1043-56.

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Binding of PTEN to specific PDZ domains contributes to PTEN protein stability and phosphorylation by microtubule-associated serine/threonine kinases.

Valiente M, Andrés-Pons A, Gomar B, Torres J, Gil A, Tapparel C, Antonarakis SE, Pulido R.

J Biol Chem. 2005 Aug 12;280(32):28936-43.

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Functional definition of relevant epitopes on the tumorsuppressor PTEN protein.

Andrés-Pons A, Valiente M, Torres J, Gil A, Roglá I, Ripoll F, Cervera J, Pulido R.

Cancer Lett. 2005 Jun 8;223(2):303-12.

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Postnatal neurogenesis in the medial cortex of the tropical lizard Tropidurus hispidus.

Marchioro M, Nunes JM, Ramalho AM, Molowny A, Perez-Martinez E, Ponsoda X, Lopez-Garcia C.

Neuroscience. 2005;134(2):407-13.

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Drug metabolism by cultured human hepatocytes: how far are we from the in vivo reality?

Ponsoda X, Donato MT, Perez-Cataldo G, Gómez-Lechón MJ, Castell JV.

Altern Lab Anim. 2004 Jun;32(2):101-10.

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Regulation of MAPK cascades by protein tyrosine phosphatases.

Torres J, Blanco-Aparicio C, Pulido R.

Methods Mol Biol. 2004;250:103-12.

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A novel loss-of-function mutation (N48K) in the PTEN gene in a Spanish patient with Cowden disease.

Vega A, Torres J, Torres M, Cameselle-Teijeiro J, Macia M, Carracedo A, Pulido R.

J Invest Dermatol. 2003 Dec;121(6):1356-9.

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Phosphorylation-regulated cleavage of the tumor suppressor PTEN by caspase-3: implications for the control of protein stability and PTEN-protein interactions.

Torres J, Rodriguez J, Myers MP, Valiente M, Graves JD, Tonks NK, Pulido R.

J Biol Chem. 2003 Aug 15;278(33):30652-60.

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Diclofenac induces apoptosis in hepatocytes.

Gómez-Lechón MJ,Ponsoda X, O';Connor E, Donato T, Jover R, Castell JV.

Toxicol In Vitro. 2003 Oct-Dec;17(5-6):675-80.

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Human hepatic cell cultures: in vitro and in vivo drug metabolism.

Gómez-Lechón MJ, Donato T, Ponsoda X, Castell JV.

Altern Lab Anim.. 2003 May-Jun;31(3):257-65.

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Diclofenac induces apoptosis in hepatocytes by alteration of mitochondrial function and generation of ROS.

Gómez-Lechón MJ, Ponsoda X, O';Connor E, Donato T, Castell JV, Jover R.

Biochem Pharmacol. 2003 Dec 1;66(11):2155-67.

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Induction of hepatic heme oxygenase-1 by diclofenac in rodents: role of oxidative stress and cytochrome P-450 activity.

Cantoni L, Valaperta R, Ponsoda X, Castell JV, Barelli D, Rizzardini M, Mangolini A, Hauri L, Villa P.

J Hepatol. 2003 Jun;38(6):776-83.

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Retrograde transport of sodium selenite and intracellular injection of micro-ruby: a combined method to describe the morphology of zinc-rich neurones.

Miró-Bernié N, Sancho-Bielsa FJ, López-García C, Pérez-Clausell J.

J Neurosci Methods. 2003 Aug 15;127(2):199-209.

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CRMP-4 expression in the adult cerebral cortex and other telencephalic areas of the lizard Podarcis hispanica.

Nacher J, Soriano S, Varea E, Molowny A, Ponsoda X, Lopez-Garcia C.

Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 2002 Dec 15;139(2):285-94.

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The lizard cerebral cortex as a model to study neuronal regeneration.

Lopez-Garcia C, Molowny A, Nacher J, Ponsoda X, Sancho-Bielsa F, Alonso-Llosa G.

An Acad Bras Cienc. 2002 Mar;74(1):85-104. 

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PSA-NCAM immunocytochemistry in the cerebral cortex and other telencephalic areas of the lizard Podarcis hispanica: differential expression during medial cortex neuronal regeneration.

Ramirez-Castillejo C, Nacher J, Molowny A, Ponsoda X, Lopez-Garcia C.

J Comp Neurol. 2002 Nov 11;453(2):145-56.

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Cytochemical techniques for zinc and heavy metals localization in nerve cells.

López-García C, Varea E, Palop JJ, Nacher J, Ramirez C, Ponsoda X, Molowny A.

Microsc Res Tech. 2002 Mar 1;56(5):318-31.

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Heterogeneous lack of expression of the tumour suppressor PTEN protein in human neoplastic tissues.

Torres J, Navarro S, Rogla I, Ripoll F, Lluch A, Garcı́a-Conde J, Llombart-Bosch A, Cervera J, Pulido R.

Eur J Cancer. 2001 Jan;37(1):114-21.

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The tumor suppressor PTEN is phosphorylated by the protein kinase CK2 at its C terminus implications for PTEN stability to proteasome-mediated degradation

Torres J, Pulido R.

J Biol Chem. 2001 Jan 12;276(2):993-8.

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Imaging synaptic zinc release in living nervous tissue.

Varea E, Ponsoda X, Molowny A, Danscher G, Lopez-Garcia C.

J Neurosci Methods. 2001 Sep 30;110(1-2):57-63.

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Synaptic zinc in the central nervous system.

López-García C, Molowny A, Ponsoda X, Nácher J, Sancho-Bielsa F.

Rev Neurol. 2001 Aug 16-31;33(4):341-7.

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Expression and induction of a large set of drug-metabolizing enzymes by the highly differentiated human hepatoma cell line BC2.

Gómez-Lechón MJ, Donato T, Jover R, Rodriguez C, Ponsoda X, Glaise D, Castell JV, Guguen-Guillouzo C.

Eur J Biochem. 2001 Mar;268(5):1448-59.

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Drug biotransformation by human hepatocytes. In vitro/in vivo metabolism by cells from the same donor.

Ponsoda X, Pareja E, Gómez-Lechón MJ, Fabra R, Carrasco E, Trullenque R, Castell JV.

J Hepatol. 2001 Jan;34(1):19-25.

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The use of cultured hepatocytes to investigate the metabolism of drugs and mechanisms of drug hepatotoxicity.

Gómez-Lechón MJ, Ponsoda X, Bort R, Castell JV.

Altern Lab Anim. 2001 May-Jun;29(3):225-31.

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Role of endogenous nitric oxide in liver-specific functions and survival of cultured rat hepatocytes.

Donato MT, Ponsoda X, O'Connor E, Castell JV, Gómez-Lechón MJ.

Xenobiotica. 2001 May;31(5):249-64.

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A novel regulatory mechanism of MAP kinases activation and nuclear translocation mediated by PKA and the PTP-SL tyrosine phosphatase.

Blanco-Aparicio C, Torres J, Pulido R.

J Cell Biol. 1999 Dec 13;147(6):1129-36.

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Interaction of mitogen-activated protein kinases with the kinase interaction motif of the tyrosine phosphatase PTP-SL provides substrate specificity and retains ERK2 in the cytoplasm

Zúñiga A, Torres J, Ubeda J, Pulido R.

J Biol Chem. 1999 Jul 30;274(31):21900-7.

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