Sunita K. Agarwal, Ph.D.


MDB
GENETICS & ENDOCRINOLOGY SECTION
NIDDK, National Institutes of Health
Building 10 , Room 9C103
10 Center Dr.
Bethesda, MD 20814
Tel: 301-402-7834
Fax: 301-496-0200
Email: sunitaa@mail.nih.gov

Selected Publications:

Wang Y, Ozawa A, Zaman S, Prasad NB, Chandrasekharappa SC, Agarwal SK, Marx SJ. The tumor suppressor protein menin inhibits AKT activation by regulating its cellular localization. Cancer Res 71:371-82, 2011.

Agarwal SK, Mateo CM, Marx SJ. Rare germline mutations in cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor genes in multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and related states. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 94:1826-34, 2009.

Agarwal SK, Ozawa A, Mateo CM, Marx SJ. The MEN1 gene and pituitary tumours. Horm Res 71 Suppl 2:131-8, 2009.

Powell AC, Alexander HR, Pingpank JF, Steinberg SM, Skarulis M, Bartlett DL, Agarwal S, Cochran C, Seidel G, Fraker D, Hughes MS, Jensen RT, Marx SJ, Libutti SK. The utility of routine transcervical thymectomy for multiple endocrine neoplasia 1-related hyperparathyroidism. Surgery 144:878-83; discussion 883-4, 2008.

Shen HC, Rosen JE, Yang LM, Savage SA, Burns AL, Mateo CM, Agarwal SK, Chandrasekharappa SC, Spiegel AM, Collins FS, Marx SJ, Libutti SK. Parathyroid tumor development involves deregulation of homeobox genes. Endocr Relat Cancer 15:267-75, 2008.

Ji Y, Prasad NB, Novotny EA, Kaur S, Elkahloun A, Chen Y, Zhang RZ, Chu ML, Agarwal SK, Marx SJ, Collins FS, Chandrasekharappa SC. Mouse embryo fibroblasts lacking the tumor suppressor menin show altered expression of extracellular matrix protein genes. Mol Cancer Res 5:1041-51, 2007.

Agarwal SK, Impey S, McWeeney S, Scacheri PC, Collins FS, Goodman RH, Spiegel AM, Marx SJ. Distribution of menin-occupied regions in chromatin specifies a broad role of menin in transcriptional regulation. Neoplasia 9:101-7, 2007.

Ozawa A*, Agarwal SK*, Mateo CM, Burns AL, Rice TS, Kennedy PA, Quigley CM, Simonds WF, Weinstein LS, Chandrasekharappa SC, Collins FS, Spiegel AM, Marx SJ. The parathyroid/pituitary variant of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 usually has causes other than p27Kip1 mutations. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92:1948-51, 2007.

Cerrato A, Parisi M, Santa Anna S, Missirlis F, Guru S, Agarwal S, Sturgill D, Talbot T, Spiegel A, Collins F, Chandrasekharappa S, Marx S, Oliver B. Genetic interactions between Drosophila melanogaster menin and Jun/Fos. Dev Biol 298:59-70, 2006.

Scacheri PC, Davis S, Odom DT, Crawford GE, Perkins S, Halawi MJ, Agarwal SK, Marx SJ, Spiegel AM, Meltzer PS, Collins FS. Genome-wide analysis of menin binding provides insights into MEN1 tumorigenesis. PLoS Genet 2:e51, 2006.

Agarwal SK, Kennedy PA, Scacheri PC, Novotny EA, Hickman AB, Cerrato A, Rice TS, Moore JB, Rao S, Ji Y, Mateo C, Libutti SK, Oliver B, Chandrasekharappa SC, Burns AL, Collins FS, Spiegel AM, Marx SJ. Menin molecular interactions: insights into normal functions and tumorigenesis. Horm Metab Res 37:369-74, 2005.

Simonds WF, Robbins CM, Agarwal SK, Hendy GN, Carpten JD, Marx SJ. Familial isolated hyperparathyroidism is rarely caused by germline mutation in HRPT2, the gene for the hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:96-102, 2004.

Obungu VH, Lee Burns A, Agarwal SK, Chandrasekharapa SC, Adelstein RS, Marx SJ. Menin, a tumor suppressor, associates with nonmuscle myosin II-A heavy chain. Oncogene 22:6347-58, 2003.

Agarwal SK, Novotny EA, Crabtree JS, Weitzman JB, Yaniv M, Burns AL, Chandrasekharappa SC, Collins FS, Spiegel AM, Marx SJ. Transcription factor JunD, deprived of menin, switches from growth suppressor to growth promoter. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100:10770-5, 2003.

Carpten JD, Robbins CM, Villablanca A, Forsberg L, Presciuttini S, Bailey-Wilson J, Simonds WF, Gillanders EM, Kennedy AM, Chen JD, Agarwal SK, Sood R, Jones MP, Moses TY, Haven C, Petillo D, Leotlela PD, Harding B, Cameron D, Pannett AA, Höög A, Heath H 3rd, James-Newton LA, Robinson B, Zarbo RJ, Cavaco BM, Wassif W, Perrier ND, Rosen IB, Kristoffersson U, Turnpenny PD, Farnebo LO, Besser GM, Jackson CE, Morreau H, Trent JM, Thakker RV, Marx SJ, Teh BT, Larsson C, Hobbs MR. HRPT2, encoding parafibromin, is mutated in hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumor syndrome. Nat Genet 32:676-80, 2002.

Heppner C, Bilimoria KY, Agarwal SK, Kester M, Whitty LJ, Guru SC, Chandrasekharappa SC, Collins FS, Spiegel AM, Marx SJ, Burns AL. The tumor suppressor protein menin interacts with NF-kappaB proteins and inhibits NF-kappaB-mediated transactivation. Oncogene 20:4917-25, 2001.

Guru SC, Prasad NB, Shin EJ, Hemavathy K, Lu J, Ip YT, Agarwal SK, Marx SJ, Spiegel AM, Collins FS, Oliver B, Chandrasekharappa SC. Characterization of a MEN1 ortholog from Drosophila melanogaster. Gene 263:31-8, 2001.

Stratakis CA, Schussheim DH, Freedman SM, Keil MF, Pack SD, Agarwal SK, Skarulis MC, Weil RJ, Lubensky IA, Zhuang Z, Oldfield EH, Marx SJ. Pituitary macroadenoma in a 5-year-old: an early expression of multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 85:4776-80, 2000.

Knapp JI, Heppner C, Hickman AB, Burns AL, Chandrasekharappa SC, Collins FS, Marx SJ, Spiegel AM, Agarwal SK. Identification and characterization of JunD missense mutants that lack menin binding. Oncogene 19:4706-12, 2000.

Manickam P, Vogel AM, Agarwal SK, Oda T, Spiegel AM, Marx SJ, Collins FS, Weinstein BM, Chandrasekharappa SC. Isolation, characterization, expression and functional analysis of the zebrafish ortholog of MEN1. Mamm Genome 11:448-54, 2000.

Agarwal SK, Guru SC, Heppner C, Erdos MR, Collins RM, Park SY, Saggar S, Chandrasekharappa SC, Collins FS, Spiegel AM, Marx SJ, Burns AL. Menin interacts with the AP1 transcription factor JunD and represses JunD-activated transcription. Cell 96:143-52, 1999.

Heppner C, Reincke M, Agarwal SK, Mora P, Allolio B, Burns AL, Spiegel AM, Marx SJ. MEN1 gene analysis in sporadic adrenocortical neoplasms. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 84:216-9, 1999.

Agarwal SK, Schröck E, Kester MB, Burns AL, Heffess CS, Ried T, Marx SJ. Comparative genomic hybridization analysis of human parathyroid tumors. Cancer Genet Cytogenet 106:30-6, 1998.

Agarwal SK, Debelenko LV, Kester MB, Guru SC, Manickam P, Olufemi SE, Skarulis MC, Heppner C, Crabtree JS, Lubensky IA, Zhuang Z, Kim YS, Chandrasekharappa SC, Collins FS, Liotta LA, Spiegel AM, Burns AL, Emmert-Buck MR, Marx SJ. Analysis of recurrent germline mutations in the MEN1 gene encountered in apparently unrelated families. Hum Mutat 12:75-82, 1998.

Emmert-Buck MR, Debelenko LV, Agarwal S, Kester MB, Manickam P, Zhuang Z, Guru SC, Olufemi SE, Burns AL, Chandrasekharappa SC, Lubensky IA, Liotta LA, Skarulis MC, Spiegel AM, Marx SJ, Collins FS. 11q13 allelotype analysis in 27 northern American MEN1 kindreds identifies two distinct founder chromosomes. Mol Genet Metab 63:151-5, 1998.

Debelenko LV, Brambilla E, Agarwal SK, Swalwell JI, Kester MB, Lubensky IA, Zhuang Z, Guru SC, Manickam P, Olufemi SE, Chandrasekharappa SC, Crabtree JS, Kim YS, Heppner C, Burns AL, Spiegel AM, Marx SJ, Liotta LA, Collins FS, Travis WD, Emmert-Buck MR. Identification of MEN1 gene mutations in sporadic carcinoid tumors of the lung. Hum Mol Genet 6:2285-90, 1997.

Heppner C*, Kester MB*, Agarwal SK*, Debelenko LV, Emmert-Buck MR, Guru SC, Manickam P, Olufemi SE, Skarulis MC, Doppman JL, Alexander RH, Kim YS, Saggar SK, Lubensky IA, Zhuang Z, Liotta LA, Chandrasekharappa SC, Collins FS, Spiegel AM, Burns AL, Marx SJ. Somatic mutation of the MEN1 gene in parathyroid tumours. Nat Genet 16:375-8, 1997.

Guru SC*, Agarwal SK*, Manickam P, Olufemi SE, Crabtree JS, Weisemann JM, Kester MB, Kim YS, Wang Y, Emmert-Buck MR, Liotta LA, Spiegel AM, Boguski MS, Roe BA, Collins FS, Marx SJ, Burns L, Chandrasekharappa SC. A transcript map for the 2.8-Mb region containing the multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 locus. Genome Res 7:725-35, 1997.

Agarwal SK, Kester MB, Debelenko LV, Heppner C, Emmert-Buck MR, Skarulis MC, Doppman JL, Kim YS, Lubensky IA, Zhuang Z, Green JS, Guru SC, Manickam P, Olufemi SE, Liotta LA, Chandrasekharappa SC, Collins FS, Spiegel AM, Burns AL, Marx SJ. Germline mutations of the MEN1 gene in familial multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 and related states. Hum Mol Genet 6:1169-75, 1997.

Chandrasekharappa SC, Guru SC, Manickam P, Olufemi SE, Collins FS, Emmert-Buck MR, Debelenko LV, Zhuang Z, Lubensky IA, Liotta LA, Crabtree JS, Wang Y, Roe BA, Weisemann J, Boguski MS, Agarwal SK, Kester MB, Kim YS, Heppner C, Dong Q, Spiegel AM, Burns AL, Marx SJ. Positional cloning of the gene for multiple endocrine neoplasia-type 1. Science 276:404-7,1997.




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