John Colicelli, Ph.D.

Co-Director, Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program

Professor, and Vice Chair, Biological Chemistry

Vice Chair, Biological Chemistry

Member, Biochemistry, Biophysics & Structural Biology GPB Home Area

Brain Research Institute

Cell & Developmental Biology GPB Home Area

JCCC Signal Transduction and Therapeutics Program Area

Training Grants in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Genetics, Tumor Cell Biology

Awards and Honors:

UCLA Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award

Thelma Culverson Excellence in Cancer Research Award

Dwyer Fund for Excellence Award, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center

Life Sciences Research Foundation Fellow

Faculty Advisory Committee, Minor in Biomedical Research

Co-Director Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Program

Faculty Executive Committee, David Geffen School of Medicine

Biography

John Colicelli is a cell biologist and biochemist. He joined the Department of Biological Chemistry in the UCLA School of Medicine in 1990. He became a full professor in 2003. Dr. Colicelli earned his B.A. in Chemistry at Rutgers University and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Columbia University in New York. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Dr. Colicelli's research is focused on molecular signal transduction in cancer biology and neuronal plasticity. He teaches cell biology at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Dr. Colicelli serves as a Departmental Vice Chair and as a member of the School of Medicine Faculty Executive Committee.

Kavitha Balaji, Christopher T. French, Jeff F. Miller and John Colicelli.   The RAB5-GEF Function of RIN1 Regulates Multiple Steps During Listeria monocytogenes Infection, Traffic, 2014; 15(in press): .

Kavitha Balaji and John Colicelli   RIN1 regulates cell migration through RAB5 GTPases and ABL tyrosine kinases. , Communicative & Integrative Biology, 2013; 6: e25421.

Kavitha Balaji, Chelsea Mooser, Christine M. Janson, Joanne M. Bliss, Houmehr Hojjat and John Colicelli.   RIN1 orchestrates the activation of RAB5 GTPases and ABL tyrosine kinases to determine the fate of EGFR Journal of Cell Science, 2012; 125(Pt 23): 5887-96.

Christine M. Janson, Noriyuki Kasahara, George C. Prendergast and John Colicelli.   RIN3 is a negative regulator of mast cell responses to SCF PloS one, 2012; 7(11): e49615.

Minh Thai, Pamela Y. Ting, Jami McLaughlin, D. Cheng, Marcus Müschen, Owen N. Witte and John Colicelli   ABL Fusion Oncogene Transformation and Inhibitor Sensitivity Are Mediated by the Cellular Regulator RIN1, Leukemia, 2011; 25(2): 290-300.

John Colicelli   ABL Tyrosine Kinases: Evolution of Function, Regulation and Specificity, Science Signaling, 2010; 3: re5.

John Colicelli   Signal transduction: RABGEF1 fingers RAS for ubiquitination Current Biology, 2010; 20(15): R630-2.

Joanne M. Bliss, Erin E. Gray, Ajay Dhaka, Thomas J. O'Dell and John Colicelli   Fear learning and extinction are linked to neuronal plasticity through Rin1 signaling Journal of Neuroscience Research, 2010; 88(4): 917-26.

Dzudzor Bartholomew, Huynh Lucia, Thai Minh, Bliss Joanne M, Nagaoka Yoshiko, Wang Ying, Ch'ng Toh Hean, Jiang Meisheng, Martin Kelsey C, Colicelli John   Regulated expression of the Ras effector Rin1 in forebrain neurons Molecular and Cellular Neurosciences, 2010; 43(1): 108-16.

Xiaoqing Cao, Keith Q. Tanis, Anthony J. Koleske and John Colicelli   Enhancement of ABL kinase catalytic efficiency by a direct binding regulator is independent of other regulatory mechanisms The Journal of biological chemistry, 2008; 283(46): 31401-7.

Deininger Katrin, Eder Matthias, Kramer Edgar R, Zieglgänsberger Walter, Dodt Hans-Ulrich, Dornmair Klaus, Colicelli John, Klein Rüdiger   The Rab5 guanylate exchange factor Rin1 regulates endocytosis of the EphA4 receptor in mature excitatory neurons Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2008; 105(34): 12539-44.

Hailiang Hu, Marc Milstein, Joanne M. Bliss, Minh Thai, Gautam Malhotra and John Colicelli   Integration of TGFb and RAS Signaling Silences a RAB5 GEF and Enhances Growth Factor-Directed Cell Migration, Molecular and Cellular Biology, 2008; 28: 1573-1583.

Marc Milstein, Chelsea Mooser, Hailiang Hu, Marlena Fejzo, Dennis Slamon, Sarah Dry, Lee Goodglick and John Colicelli   RIN1 is a breast tumor suppressor gene Cancer research, 2007; 67(24): 11510-6.

Joanne M. Bliss, Byrappa Venkatesh and John Colicelli   The RIN Family of RAS Effectors, Methods in Enzymology, 2006; 407: 335-344.

Hailiang Hu, Joanne M. Bliss, Ying Wang and John Colicelli   RIN1 is an ABL tyrosine kinase activator and a regulator of epithelial-cell adhesion and migration Current Biology, 2005; 15(9): 815-23.

John Colicelli   Human RAS superfamily proteins and related GTPases Science STKE, 2004; 2004(250): RE13.

Ajay Dhaka, Rui M. Costa, Hailiang Hu, Dwain K. Irvin, Apoor Patel, Harley I. Kornblum, Alcino J. Silva, Thomas O'Dell and John Colicelli   The RAS effector RIN1 modulates the formation of aversive memories The Journal of Neuroscience, 2003; 23(3): 748-57.

Ying Wang, Richard T. Waldron, Ajay Dhaka, Apoor Patel, Maggie M. Riley, Enrique Rozengurt and John Colicelli   The RAS effector RIN1 directly competes with RAF and is regulated by 14-3-3 proteins Molecular and cellular biology, 2002; 22(3): 916-26.

Wang Y, Colicelli J   RAS interaction with effector target RIN1 Methods in enzymology. , 2001; 332: 139-51.

Lim YM, Wong S, Lau G, Witte ON, Colicelli J   BCR/ABL inhibition by an escort/phosphatase fusion protein Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. , 2000; 97(22): 12233-8.

Atienza JM, Suh M, Xenarios I, Landgraf R, Colicelli J   Human ERK1 induces filamentous growth and cell wall remodeling pathways in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Journal of Biological Chemistry. , 2000; 275(27): 20638-46.

Atienza JM, Susanto D, Huang C, McCarty AS, Colicelli J   Identification of inhibitor specificity determinants in a mammalian phosphodiesterase Journal of Biological Chemistry. , 1999; 274(8): 4839-47.

Afar DEH, Han L, McLaughlin J, Wong S, Dhaka A, Parmar K, Rosenberg N, Witte ON, Colicelli J   Regulation of the Oncogenic Activity of BCR-ABL by a Tightly Bound Substrate Protein RIN1, Immunity, 1997; 6: 773-782.

Han L, Wong D, Dhaka A, Afar D, White M, Xie W, Herschman H, Witte O, Colicelli J   Protein binding and signaling properties of RIN1 suggest a unique effector function Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. , 1997; 94(10): 4954-9.

Spain BH, Bowdish KS, Pacal AR, Staub SF, Koo D, Chang CY, Xie W, Colicelli J   Two human cDNAs, including a homolog of Arabidopsis FUS6 (COP11), suppress G-protein- and mitogen-activated protein kinase-mediated signal transduction in yeast and mammalian cells Molecular and cellular biology. , 1996; 16(12): 6698-706.

Spain BH, Koo D, Ramakrishnan M, Dzudzor B, Colicelli J   Truncated forms of a novel yeast protein suppress the lethality of a G protein alpha subunit deficiency by interacting with the beta subunit Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1995; 270(43): 25435-44.

Han L, Colicelli J   A human protein selected for interference with Ras function interacts directly with Ras and competes with Raf1 Molecular and cellular biology. , 1995; 15(3): 1318-23.

Pillai R, Fluckiger Staub S, Colicelli J   Mutational mapping of kinetic and pharmacological properties of a human cardiac cAMP phosphodieterase, Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1994; 269: 30676-30681.

Pillai R, Kytle K, Reyes A, Colicelli J   Use of a yeast expression system for the isolation and analysis of drug-resistant mutants of a mammalian phosphodiesterase Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. , 1993; 90(24): 11970-4.