The Catz Laboratory

Publications

Selected Publications (for complete list of publications please refer to www.pubmed.gov)

Johnson JL, Hong H, Monfregola J, Catz SD.  Increased survival and reduced neutrophil infiltration  of the liver in Rab27a- but not Munc13-4-deficient mice in LPS-induced systemic inflammation.  Infection & Immunity, 2011; PMID: 21746860

Johnson JL, Hong H, Monfregola J, Kiosses WB, and Catz SD. MUNC13-4 restricts motility of RAB27A-expressing vesicles to facilitate lipopolysaccharide-induced priming of exocytosis in neutrophils. J. Biol. Chem., 2011 286(7):5647-56

Johnson JL, Brzezinska AA, Tolmachova T, Munafo DB, Ellis BA, Seabra MC, Hong H, Catz SD. Rab27a and Rab27b Regulate Neutrophil Azurophilic Granule Exocytosis and NADPH oxidase Activity by Independent Mechanisms. Traffic, 2010; 11, 533-547

Daniela B. Munafo, Jennifer L. Johnson, Agnieszka A. Brzezinska, Beverly A. Ellis, Malcolm   
R. Wood and Catz SD. DNase I inhibits a late phase of reactive oxygen species production in neutrophils. J Innate Immunity 2009; 1:527–542

Agnieszka A. Brzezinska, Jennifer L. Johnson, Daniela B. Munafo, Beverly A. Ellis and Catz.S.D Signaling mechanisms for Toll-like receptor-activated neutrophil exocytosis: key roles for IRAK-4 and PI3-kinase but not TRIF. Immunology, 2009; 127(3):386-9

Agnieszka A. Brzezinska, Jennifer L. Johnson, Daniela B. Munafo, Karine Crozat, Bruce Beutler, William B. Kiosses, Beverly A. Ellis and Catz S.D The Rab27a effectors JFC1/Slp1 and Munc13-4 regulate exocytosis of neutrophil granules. Traffic, 2008; 9: 2151–2164

Catz S.D. Characterization of Rab27a and JFC1 as constituents of the secretory machinery of prostate-specific antigen in prostate carcinoma cells. Methods in Enzymology, 2008; 438: 25-40

Pacquelet S, Johnson JL, Ellis BA, Brzezinska AA, Lane WS, Munafo DB and Catz S.D. (2007) Cross-talk between IRAK-4 and the NADPH oxidase. Biochemical Journal. 403(3):451-61.

Munafó DB, Johnson JL, Ellis BA, Rutschmann S, Beutler B and Catz S.D. (2007) Rab27a is a key component of the secretory machinery of azurophilic granules in granulocytes. Biochemical Journal. 402(2):229-39

J.L. Johnson, B.A. Ellis, D. Noack, M.C. Seabra and Catz, S.D. (2005). The Rab27a-binding protein, JFC1, regulates androgen-dependent secretion of prostate-specific antigen and prostatic-specific acid phosphatase. Biochemical Journal. 391: 699–710.

J. L. Johnson, S. Pacquelet, W.S. Lane, B. Eam and Catz, S.D. (2005) Akt Regulates the Subcellular Localization of the Rab27a-Binding Protein JFC1 by Phosphorylation. Traffic 6(8):667-81.

Catz, S.D., Johnson, J.L. & Babior, B.M. (2002) The C2A domain of JFC1 binds to 3’-phosphorylated phosphoinositides and directs plasma membrane association in living cells. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 99(18):11652-11657.

Catz, S.D., Babior, B.M. & Johnson, J.L. (2002) JFC1 is transcriptionally activated by nuclear factor kappaB and up-regulated by tumor necrosis factor alpha in prostate carcinoma cells. Biochemical Journal, 367:791-9.

Catz, S.D. & Johnson, J.L. (2001) Transcriptional regulation of bcl-2 by nuclear factor kappaB and its significance in prostate cancer. Oncogene, 20, 7342-7351.