2016
Sustained ERK inhibition maximizes responses of BrafV600E thyroid cancers to radioiodine
Nagarajah J, Le M, Knauf JA, Ferrandino G, Montero-Conde C, Pillarsetty N, Bolaender A, Irwin C, Krishnamoorthy GP, Saqcena M, Larson SM, Ho AL, Seshan V, Ishii N, Carrasco N, Rosen N, Weber WA, Fagin JA. Sustained ERK inhibition maximizes responses of BrafV600E thyroid cancers to radioiodine. Journal Of Clinical Investigation 2016, 126: 4119-4124. PMID: 27669459, PMCID: PMC5096947, DOI: 10.1172/jci89067.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsThyroid cancerThyroid differentiation genesBRAF-mutant thyroid cancerIodide uptakeCancer cellsERK inhibitionERK signalingMEK inhibitor selumetinibThyroid cellsThyroid cancer cellsRAI therapyMaximal responseRadioiodide therapyCancerThyroid hormone biosynthesisOncogenic BRAFIodide accumulationPotent inhibitionDifferentiation genesTherapyMAPK signalingInhibitionIodide transportSignalingERK
2014
Physiological sodium concentrations enhance the iodide affinity of the Na+/I− symporter
Nicola JP, Carrasco N, Mario Amzel L. Physiological sodium concentrations enhance the iodide affinity of the Na+/I− symporter. Nature Communications 2014, 5: 3948. PMID: 24888603, PMCID: PMC4248369, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4948.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2013
The iodide-transport-defect-causing mutation R124H: a δ-amino group at position 124 is critical for maturation and trafficking of the Na+/I− symporter
Paroder V, Nicola JP, Ginter CS, Carrasco N. The iodide-transport-defect-causing mutation R124H: a δ-amino group at position 124 is critical for maturation and trafficking of the Na+/I− symporter. Journal Of Cell Science 2013, 126: 3305-3313. PMID: 23690546, PMCID: PMC3730242, DOI: 10.1242/jcs.120246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma membranePlasma membrane traffickingPosition 124Key structural roleCOS-7 cellsSecond intracellular loopAmino acid substitutionsMembrane traffickingTransporter maturationNIS mutantsIntracellular loopEndoplasmic reticulumStructural roleMembrane vesiclesThyroid hormone T3I- transportAcid substitutionsHomology modelCell surfaceTransport defectProtein markersLocal foldingSymporterMutantsVibrio parahaemolyticus
2011
Mechanism of anion selectivity and stoichiometry of the Na+/I- symporter (NIS)
Paroder-Belenitsky M, Maestas MJ, Dohán O, Nicola JP, Reyna-Neyra A, Follenzi A, Dadachova E, Eskandari S, Amzel LM, Carrasco N. Mechanism of anion selectivity and stoichiometry of the Na+/I- symporter (NIS). Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2011, 108: 17933-17938. PMID: 22011571, PMCID: PMC3207644, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1108278108.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1999
Escape from the acute Wolff-Chaikoff effect is associated with a decrease in thyroid sodium/iodide symporter messenger ribonucleic acid and protein.
Eng P, Cardona G, Fang S, Previti M, Alex S, Carrasco N, Chin W, Braverman L. Escape from the acute Wolff-Chaikoff effect is associated with a decrease in thyroid sodium/iodide symporter messenger ribonucleic acid and protein. Endocrinology 1999, 140: 3404-10. PMID: 10433193, DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.8.6893.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAcute Wolff-Chaikoff effectThyroid peroxidase mRNANIS mRNAIodide administrationWolff-Chaikoff effectThyroid peroxidaseIodide transportTSH receptorNIS proteinIodide ingestionIntrathyroidal iodine contentIodine-induced hypothyroidismSerum TSH levelsOrganification of iodideAcute experimentsIodide-induced changesMessenger ribonucleic acidPlasma iodide levelsTSH levelsHashimoto's thyroiditisChronic experimentsSerum T4Plasma iodide concentrationsSodium/iodide symporterHormone measurements