Selected publications:
Niu J, Holland SM, Ketschek A, Collura KM, Hesketh NL, Hayashi T, Gallo G, Thomas GM (2022). Palmitoylation couples the kinases DLK and JNK3 to facilitate prodegenerative axon-to-soma signaling. Sci. Signaling doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abh2674.
Li F, Lo TY, Miles L, Wang Q, Noristani HN, Li D, Niu J, Trombley S, Goldshteyn JI, Wang C, Wang S, Qiu J, Pogoda K, Mandal K, Brewster M, Rompolas P, He Y, Janmey PA, Thomas GM, Li S, Song Y (2021). The Atr-Chek1 pathway inhibits axon regeneration in response to Piezo-dependent mechanosensation. Nat Commun, 2021. 12(1): p. 3845.
Mejias R, Rodriguez-Gotor JJ, Niwa M, Krasnova IN, Adamczyk A, Han M, Thomas GM, Xi ZX, Huganir RL, Pletnikov MV, Sawa A, Cadet JL, Wang T (2021). Increased novelty-induced locomotion, sensitivity to amphetamine, and extracellular dopamine in striatum of Zdhhc15-deficient mice. Transl Psychiatry 11(1): 65. doi: 10.1038/s41398-020-01194-6
Niu J*, Sanders SS*, Jeong HK*, Holland SM, Sun Y, Collura KM, Hernandez LM, Huang H, Hayden MR, Smith GM, Hu Y, Jin Y, Thomas GM (2020). Coupled Control of Distal Axon Integrity and Somal Responses to Axonal Damage by the Palmitoyl Acyltransferase ZDHHC17. Cell Reports 33:108635. *equal contribution
Sanders SS†, Hernandez LM, Soh H, Karnam S, Walikonis RS, Tzingounis AV, Thomas GM† (2020). The palmitoyl acyltransferase ZDHHC14 controls Kv1-family potassium channel clustering at the axon initial segment. ELife Nov 13;9 :e56058. doi: 10.7554/eLife.56058. †:co-corresponding authors.
Collura KM, Niu J, Sanders SS, Montersino A, Holland SM, Thomas GM (2020). The palmitoyl acyltransferases ZDHHC5 and ZDHHC8 are uniquely present in DRG axons and control retrograde signaling via the Gp130/JAK/STAT3 pathway. J. Biol. Chem. 295, 15427-15437.
Martin, DDO, Kanuparthi, P, Holland, SM, Sanders, SS, Jeong, HK, Einarson, MB, Jacobson, MA, Thomas, GM (2019). Identification of Novel Inhibitors of DLK Palmitoylation and Signaling by High Content Screening. Sci. Rep 9(1);3632.
Sanders, SS, De Simone, FI, Thomas GM (2019). mTORC1 signaling is palmitoylation-dependent in hippocampal neurons and non-neuronal cells and involves dynamic palmitoylation of LAMTOR1 and mTOR. Front. Cell. Neurosci. 13, 115.
Kridsada, K, Niu, J, Haldipur, P, Wang, Z, Ding, L, Li, JJ, Lindgren, AG, Herrera, E, Thomas GM, Chizhikov, VV, Millen, KJ, Luo, W (2018). Roof Plate-derived Radial Glial Cells Support Developmental Growth of Rapidly Adapting Mechanoreceptor Ascending Axons. Cell Reports 23, 2928-2941.
Holland, SM and Thomas GM (2017). Roles of Palmitoylation in Axon Growth, Degeneration and Regeneration. J. Neurosci. Res., 95, 1528-1539.
Holland, SM, Collura, KM, Ketschek, A, Noma, K, Ferguson, TA, Jin, Y, Gallo, G, Thomas, GM (2016). Palmitoylation controls DLK localization, interactions and activity to ensure effective axonal injury signaling. Proc Natl Acad Sci 113, 763-768.
Montersino, A, Thomas GM (2015). Slippery Signaling: Palmitoylation-dependent control of neuronal protein kinase localization and activity. Mol. Memb. Biol. 32, 179-188.
George, J, Soares, C, Montersino A, Beique JC, Thomas GM (2015). Palmitoylation of LIM Kinase-1 ensures spine-specific actin polymerization and morphological plasticity. eLife doi: 10.7554/eLife.06327.
Yeste-Velasco M, Mao X, Grose R, Kudahetti SC, Lin D, Marzec J, Vasiljević N, Chaplin T, Xue L, Xu M, Foster JM, Karnam SS, James SY, Chioni AM, Gould D, Lorincz AT, Oliver RT, Chelala C, Thomas GM, Shipley JM, Mather SJ, Berney DM, Young BD, Lu YJ (2014). Identification of ZDHHC14 as a novel human tumour suppressor gene. J. Pathol. 232, 566-577.
Maystadt I, Destree A, Benoit V, Aeby A, Lederer D, Moortgat S, Jurkiewicz D, Krajewska-Walasek M, Hanauer A, Thomas GM (2014). RSK2 mutation co-segregates with X-linked intellectual disability and attenuated Coffin-Lowry phenotype in a three-generation family. Clinical Genetics 85, 96-99.
Thomas GM*, Hayashi, T* (2013). Smarter neuronal signaling complexes from existing components: How regulatory modifications were acquired during animal evolution. Bioessays. 35, 929-939. *co-corresponding authors
Thomas GM, Hayashi T, Huganir RL, Linden DJ (2013). DHHC8-dependent PICK1 palmitoylation is required for induction of cerebellar long-term synaptic depression. J. Neurosci, 33, 15401-15407.
Thomas, GM*, Huganir, RL* (2013). Palmitoylation of Glutamate receptors and their PDZ domain containing partners. Biochem Soc Trans 41, 72-78. *co-corresponding authors
Thomas GM, Hayashi T, Chiu SL, Chen CM, Huganir RL (2012). Palmitoylation by DHHC5/8 targets GRIP1 to dendritic endosomes to regulate AMPA-R trafficking. Neuron 73, 482-496.
Hayashi, T, Thomas, GM, Huganir, RL (2009). Dual palmitoylation of NR2 subunits regulates NMDA receptor trafficking. Neuron 64, 213-226.
Thomas, GM, Lin, DT, Nuriya, M, Huganir RL. (2008). Rapid and bi-directional regulation of AMPA Receptor phosphorylation and trafficking by JNK. EMBO Journal 27, 361-372.
Thomas, GM, Rumbaugh, G, Harrar, DB, Huganir, RL (2005). Ribosomal S6 kinase 2 interacts with and phosphorylates PDZ domain-containing proteins and regulates AMPA receptor transmission. Proc Natl Acad Sci, 102, 15006-15011.
Thomas, GM, Huganir, RL (2004). MAPK cascade signaling and synaptic plasticity. Nat Rev. Neurosci. 5,173-183.