title: Ras-association domain family member 1A (RASSF1A)-where the heart and cancer meet.
abstract: The close relationship between signaling pathways regulating tumor growth and cardiac hypertrophy has attracted considerable interest. Although the involvement of proto-oncogenes in positively modulating myocardial hypertrophy has long been recognized, little is known about factors that counterregulate them. In this article, we review the novel tumor suppressor Ras-association domain family protein isoform 1A (RASSF1A), which strongly inhibits the prohypertrophic Ras-Raf1-ERK1/2 pathway in the heart. RASSF1A interacts with a number of important signaling molecules regulating cell growth, survival, and apoptosis; therefore, it serves as a key adaptor molecule that integrates the upstream stimuli and transduces them to the selective downstream effectors.
authors.affiliation: The Cardiovascular Medicine Research Group, School of Biomedicine, University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Center, Manchester, United Kingdom. delvac.oceandy@manchester.ac.uk
authors.forename: Delvac
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oceandy
authors.forename: Elizabeth J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Cartwright
authors.forename: Ludwig
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Neyses
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D010641:Phenotype; D011487:Protein Conformation; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018631:ras Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: C411762:RASSF1 protein, human; C496882:RASSF1 protein, mouse; D025521:Tumor Suppressor Proteins; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf; D048049:Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases; D018631:ras Proteins