Alexander Valvezan

Alexander Valvezan

Current Position:
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Postdoctoral Fellow:
2013 – 2020

Education:
Ph.D., 2013, University of Pennsylvania

B.A., 2006, University of Delaware

Publications:
Torrence ME, MacArthur MR, Hosios AM, Valvezan AJ, Asara JM, Mitchell JR, Manning BD. The mTORC1-mediated activation of ATF4 promotes protein and glutathione synthesis downstream of growth signals. eLife. 2021 Mar 1;10:e63326. doi: 10.7554/eLife.63326. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33646118.

Valvezan AJ, McNamara MC, Miller SK, Torrence ME, Asara JM, Henske EP, Manning BDIMPDH inhibitors for antitumor therapy in tuberous sclerosis complex.  JCI Insight. 2020;5(7):e135071. Published 2020 Apr 9. doi:10.1172/jci.insight.135071. PMID: 32271165 

Valvezan AJ and Manning BD. Molecular logic of mTORC1 signaling as a metabolic rheostat. Nature Metabolism. 2019; 1:321-333 PMID: 32694720

Housden BE, Li Z, Kelley C, Wang Y, Valvezan AJ, Manning BD, Perrimon N. Improved detection of synthetic lethal interactions in Drosophila cells using variable dose analysis (VDA). Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 2017; 114(50):E10755-E10762. PMID: 29183982

Valvezan AJ, Turner M, Belaid A, Lam HC, Miller SK, McNamara MC, Baglini C, Housden BE, Perrimon N, Kwiatkowski DJ, Asara JM, Henske EP, Manning BD. mTORC1 Couples Nucleotide Synthesis to Nucleotide Demand Resulting in a Targetable Metabolic Vulnerability. Cancer Cell. 2017; pii: S1535-6108(17)30417-8. PMID: 29056426

Filippakis H, Alesi N, Ogorek B, Nijmeh J, Khabibullin D, Gutierrez C, Valvezan AJ, Cunningham J, Priolo C, Henske EP. Lysosomal regulation of cholesterol homeostasis in tuberous sclerosis complex is mediated via NPC1 and LDL-R. Oncotarget. 2017; 8(24):38099-38112. PMID: 28498820

Li N, Yousefi M, Nakauka-Ddamba A, Li F, Vandivier L, Parada K, Woo DH, Wang S, Naqvi AS, Rao S, Tobias J, Cedeno RJ, Minuesa G, Y K, Barlowe TS, Valvezan A, Shankar S, Deering RP, Klein PS, Jensen ST, Kharas MG, Gregory BD, Yu Z, Lengner CJ. The Msi Family of RNA-Binding Proteins Redundantly as Intestinal Oncoproteins. Cell Rep. 2015; 13(11):2440-55. PMID: 26673327

Housden BE, Valvezan AJ, Kelley C, Sopko R, Hu Y, Roesel C, Lin S, Buckner M, Tao R, Yilmazel B, Mohr SE, Manning BD, Perrimon N. Identification of potential drug targets for tuberous sclerosis complex by synthetic screens combining CRISPR-based knockouts with RNAi. Sci Signal. 2015; 8(393):rs9. PMID: 26350902

Menon S, Dibble CC, Talbott G, Hoxhaj G, Valvezan AJ, Takahashi H, Cantley LC, Manning BD. Spatial Control of the TSC Complex Integrates Insulin and Nutrient Regulation of mTORC1 at the Lysosome. Cell. 2014; 156(4):771-85. PMID: 24529379

Valvezan AJ, Huang J, Lengner CJ, Pack M, Klein PS. Oncogenic mutations in Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (Apc) activate mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1 (mTORC1). Dis Model Mech. 2014; 7(1):63-71. PMID: 24092877

Valvezan AJ, Klein PS. GSK-3 and Wnt Signaling in Neurogenesis and Bipolar Disorder. Front Mol Neurosci. 2012; 5:1. PMID: 22319467

Valvezan AJ, Zhang F, Diehl JA, Klein PS. Adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) regulates multiple signaling pathways by enhancing glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) activity. J Biol Chem. 2012; 287(6):3823-32. PMID: 22184111

O’Brien WT, Huang J, Buccafusca R, Garskof J, Valvezan AJ, Berry GT, Klein PS. Glycogen synthase kinase-3 is essential for β-arrestin-2 complex formation and lithium-sensitive behaviors in mice. J Clin Invest. 2011; 121(9):3756-62. PMID: 21821916