Olson Laboratory

UTSW Moleculare Biology

Publications


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Selected Publications


  1. Molkentin, J.D., Black, B.L., Martin, J.F. and Olson, E.N. 1995. Cooperative activation of muscle gene expression by MEF2 and myogenic bHLH proteins. Cell, 83: 1125-1136.
  2. Fishman, M.C. and Olson, E.N. 1997. Parsing the Heart: Genetic modules for organ assembly. Cell, 91: 153-156.
  3. Molkentin, J.D., Lu, J., Antos, C.L., Markham, B., Richardson, J., Robbins, J., Grant, S. and Olson, E.N. 1998. A calcineurin-dependent transcriptional pathway for cardiac hypertrophy. Cell, 93: 215-228.
  4. Olson, E.N., and Williams, R.S. 2000. Calcineurin signaling and muscle remodeling. Cell, 101: 689-692.
  5. Srivastava, D., and Olson, E.N. 2000. A genetic blueprint for cardiac development: Implications for human heart disease. Nature, 407: 221-226.
  6. McKinsey, T.A., Zhang, C.L., Lu, J., and Olson, E.N. 2000. Signal-dependent nuclear export of a histone deacetylase regulates muscle differentiation. Nature, 408: 106-111.
  7. Wang, D-Z., Chang, P., Wang, Z., Small, E., Krieg, P.A., Olson, E.N. 2001. Activation of cardiac gene expression by myocardin, a transcriptional cofactor for serum response factor. Cell, 105: 851-862.
  8. Chen E.H., Olson E.N. 2001 Antisocial, an intracellular adaptor protein, is required for myoblast fusion in Drosophila.  Developmental Cell. 1, 705-715.
  9. Yanagisawa, H., Davis, E.C., Starcher, B.C., Ouchi, T., Yanagisawa, M., Richardson, J.A. and Olson, E.N. 2002. Fibulin-5 is an elastin-binding protein essential for elastic fiber development in vivo. Nature, 415: 168-171.
  10. Zhang, C.L., McKinsey, T.A., Chang, S., Antos, C.A., Hill, J.A., and Olson, E.N. 2002. Class II histone deacetylases act as signal-responsive repressors of cardiac hypertrophy. Cell, 110: 479-488.
  11. Shin, C.H., Liu, Z.P., Passier, R., Zhang, C.L., Wang, D.Z., Harris, T.M., Yamagishi, H., Richardson, J.A., Childs, G., and Olson, E.N. 2002. Modulation of cardiac development by HOP, an unusual homeodomain that antagonizes the activity of serum response factor. Cell, 110: 725-735.
  12. Lu, J., Hawkins, A.F., Bassel-Duby, R., Richardson, J.A., and Olson, E.N. 2002. Control of facial muscle development by MyoR and capsulin. Science, 298: 2378-2381.
  13. Naya, F.J., Black, B.L., Wu, H., Bassel-Duby, R., Richardson, J.A., Hill, J.A., Olson, E.N. 2002. Mitochondrial deficiency and cardiac sudden death in mice lacking the MEF2A transcription factor. Nature Medicine, 8, 1303-1309.
  14. Sosic, D., Richardson, J.A., Yu, K., Ornitz, D.M., and Olson, E.N. 2003. Twist genes regulate cytokine expression and energy homeostasis through a negative feedback loop that represses NF-B activity. Cell, 112: 169-180.
  15. Chen, E.H., Pryce, B.A., Tzeng, J.A., Gonzalez, G., and Olson, E.N. 2003. Control of myoblast fusion by a guanine nucleotide exchange factor, Loner, and its effector ARF6. Cell, 114: 751-762.
  16. Olson, E.N., and Schneider, M.D. 2003. Sizing up the heart: development redux in diseases. Genes & Development, 17, 1937-1956.
  17. Wang, Z., Wang, D-Z., Hockemeyer, D., McAnally, J., Nordheim, A., and Olson, E.N. 2004. Myocardin and ternary complex factors compete for SRF during smooth muscle development. Nature, 428: 185-189.
  18. Frey N., Barrientos T., Shelton J.M., Frank D., Rutten H., Gehring D., Kuhn C., Lutz M., Rothermel B., Bassel-Duby R., Richardson J.A., Katus H.A., Hill J.A., Olson E.N. 2004. Mice lacking calsarcin-1 are sensitized to calcineurin signaling and show accelerated cardiomyopathy in response to pathological biomechanical stress. Nature Medicine, 10, 1336-1343.
  19. Olson, E.N. 2004. A decade of discoveries in cardiac biology. Nature Medicine, 10, 467-474.
  20. Vega, R.B., Matsuda, K., Oh, J., Barbosa, A., Yang, X., Meadows, E., McAnally, J., Pomajzl, C., Shelton, J.M., Richardson, J.A., Karsenty, G., and Olson, E.N. 2004. Histone deacetylase 4 controls chondrocyte hypertrohy during skeletogenesis. Cell, 119: 555-566.
  21. Liu, Z-P., Wang, Z., and Olson, E.N. 2005. Phenotypic modulation of smooth muscle cells through interaction of Foxo4 and myocardin. Developmental Cell, 9, 261-270.
  22. Nakagawa, O., Arnold, M., Nakagawa, M., Hamada, H., Shelton, J.M., Kusano, H., Harris, T.M., Childs, G., Campbell, K.P., Richardson, J.A., Nishino, I., and Olson, E.N. 2005. Centronuclear myopathy in mice lacking a novel muscle-specific protein kinase transcriptionally regulated by MEF2. Genes & Development, 19, 2066-2077.
  23. Chen, E.H. and Olson, E.N. 2005. Unveiling the mechanisms of cell-cell fusion. Science, 308: 369-373.
  24. Bassel-Duby, R. and Olson, E.N. 2006. Signaling pathways in skeletal muscle remodeling. In Annual Review of Biochemistry, 75: 19-37.
  25. Song, K., Backs, J., McAnally, J., Qi, S., Richardson, J.A., Hill, J.A., Bassel-Duby, R., and Olson, E.N. 2006. The transcriptional coactivator CAMTA2 stimulates cardiac growth by opposing class II histone deacetylases. Cell, 125: 453-466.
  26. Chang, S., Young, B.D., Li, S., Qi, X., Richardson, J.A., Olson, E.N. 2006. Histone deacetylase 7 maintains vascular integrity by repressing matrix metalloproteinase 10. Cell, 126: 321-334.
  27. Olson E.N. 2006. Gene regulatory networks in the evolution and development of the heart. Science, 313: 1922-1927.
  28. Yi P., Han Z., Li X., Olson E.N.   The mevalonate pathway controls heart formation in Drosophila by isoprenylation of Ggamma1. Science. 2006 Sep 1;313(5791):1301-3.
  29. Arnold M.A., Kim Y., Czubryt M.P., Phan D., McAnally J., Qi X., Shelton J.M., Richardson J.A., Bassel-Duby R., Olson E.N. 2007 MEF2C transcription factor controls chondrocyte hypertrophy and bone development. Developmental Cell, 12: 377-389.
  30. van Rooij E., Sutherland L.B., Qi X., Richardson J.A., Hill J., Olson E.N. 2007. Control of stress-dependent cardiac growth and gene expression by a microRNA. Science, 316: 575-579.
  31. van Rooij E., Olson E.N. 2007. MicroRNAs: powerful new regulators of heart disease and provocative therapeutic targets.The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 117:2369-76.
  32. Mongomery R.L., Davis C.A., Potthoff M.J., Haberland M., Fielitz J., Qi X., Hill J.A., Richardson J.A., Olson E.N. 2007. Histone deacetylases 1 and 2 redundantly regulate cardiac morphogenesis, growth, and contractility. Genes & Development, 21(14): 1790-802.
  33. Shusheng Wang, Arin B. Aurora, Brett A. Johnson, Xiaoxia Qi, John McAnally, Joseph A. Hill, James A. Richardson, Rhonda Bassel-Duby, and Eric N. Olson. 2008. The Endothelial-Specific MicroRNA miR-126 Governs Vascular Integrity and Angiogenesis. Developmental Cell, 15: 261–271.
  34. Yi P, Johnson AN, Han Z, Wu J, Olson EN. 2008. Heterotrimeric G proteins regulate a noncanonical function of septate junction proteins to maintain cardiac integrity in Drosophila. Developmental Cell, 15(5):704-13.
  35. Liu N, Bezprozvannaya S, Williams AH, Qi X, Richardson JA, Bassel-Duby R and Olson EN. 2008. microRNA-133a regulates cardiomyocyte proliferation and suppresses smooth muscle gene expression in the heart. Genes & Development, 22(23): 3242-54.
  36. Haberland M, Mokalled MH, Montgomery RL, Olson EN. 2009. Epigenetic control of skull morphogenesis by histone deacetylase 8. Genes & Development, 23(14):1625-30.
  37. Haberland M, Montgomery RL, Olson EN. 2009. The many roles of histone deacetylases in development and physiology: implications for disease and therapy. Nat Rev Genet, 10(1):32-42. Review.
  38. Xin M, Small EM, Sutherland LB, Qi X, McAnally J, Plato CF, Richardson JA, Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN. 2009. MicroRNAs miR-143 and miR-145 modulate cytoskeletal dynamics and responsiveness of smooth muscle cells to injury. Genes Dev., 23(18):2166-78. Epub 2009 Aug 31.
  39. van Rooij E, Quiat D, Johnson BA, Sutherland LB, Qi X, Richardson JA, Kelm RJ Jr, Olson EN. 2009. A family of microRNAs encoded by myosin genes governs myosin expression and muscle performance. Dev Cell., 17(5):662-73.
  40. Williams AH, Valdez G, Moresi V, Qi X, McAnally J, Elliott JL, Bassel-Duby R, Sanes JR, Olson EN. 2009. MicroRNA-206 delays ALS progression and promotes regeneration of neuromuscular synapses in mice. Science., 326(5959):1549-54.
  41. Ning Liu and Eric N. Olson. 2010. MicroRNA Regulatory Networks in Cardiovascular Development. Developmental Cell., 18(4):510-525.
  42. David M. Patrick, Cheng C. Zhang, Ye Tao, Huiyu Yao, Xiaoxia Qi, Robert J. Schwartz, Lily Jun-Shen Huang, and Eric N. Olson. 2010. Defective erythroid differentiation in miR-451 mutant mice mediated by 14-3-3ζ. Genes & Development, 24: 1614-1619.
  43. Mark E. Hatley, David M. Patrick, Matthew R. Garcia, James A. Richardson, Rhonda Bassel-Duby, Eva van Rooij and Eric N. Olson. 2010. Modulation of K-Ras-Dependent Lung Tumorigenesis by MicroRNA-21. Cancer Cell, 18(3): 282-293.
  44. Viviana Moresi, Andrew H. Williams, Eric Meadows, Jesse M. Flynn, Matthew J. Potthoff, John McAnally, John M. Shelton, Johannes Backs, William H. Klein, James A. Richardson, Rhonda Bassel-Duby, Eric N. Olson. 2010. Myogenin and Class II HDACs Control Neurogenic Muscle Atrophy by Inducing E3 Ubiquitin Ligases. Cell, 143(1): 35-45.
  45. Olson EN, Nordheim A. Linking actin dynamics and gene transcription to drive cellular motile functions. 2010 May. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol, 11(5):353-65. Review.
  46. Porrello ER, Mahmoud AI, Simpson E, Hill JA, Richardson JA, Olson EN, Sadek HA. 2011. Transient regenerative potential of the neonatal mouse heart. Science, 331(6020):1078-80.
  47. Small EM, Olson EN. 2011. Pervasive roles of microRNAs in cardiovascular biology. Nature, 469(7330):336-42. Review.
  48. Mendell JT, Olson EN. 2012 Mar 16. MicroRNAs in Stress Signaling and Human Disease. Cell, 148(6):1172-87.
  49. Grueter CE, van Rooij E, Johnson BA, Deleon SM, Sutherland LB, Qi X, Gautron L, Elmquist JK, Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN. 2012 Apr 27. A Cardiac MicroRNA Governs Systemic Energy Homeostasis by Regulation of MED13. Cell, 149, 671-83 (2012).
  50. Song K, Nam YJ, Luo X, Qi X, Tan W, Huang GN, Acharya A, Smith CL, Tallquist MD, Neilson EG, Hill JA, Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN. 2012 May 13. Heart repair by reprogramming non-myocytes with cardiac transcription factors. Nature, 485(7400):599-604.
  51. Huang GN, Thatcher JE, McAnally J, Kong Y, Qi X, Tan W, DiMaio JM, Amatruda JF, Gerard RD, Hill JA, Bassel-Duby R, Olson EN. 2012 Decmeber 21. C/EBP transcription factors mediate epicardial activation during heart development and injury. Science, 338(6114):1599-603.
  52. Eva van Rooij & Eric N. Olson. November 2012. MicroRNA therapeutics for cardiovascular disease: opportunities and obstacles. Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 11, 860-872.