Anotherareacoveredinthisbook, onenotoftenhighlightedinsignaltransd- tionbooks, isthatofsignalingplatforms, whichisemergingasasigni?cantareaof researchrelevanttocellularmetabolism, cellproliferation, differentiation, apop- sis, neurodegenerativediseases, andcancer. Theauthorscontributingtothisbook vii viii Preface areexpertsandactivecontributorstoresearchintheirspeci?careasofsignaling. I would like to thank them for their contributions and their suggestions in the developmentofthebook. IwouldliketoacknowledgethehelpofFrankTedeschi, astudentinmydepartment, whoassistedineditingthemanuscriptsandinprep- ingtheindex. IwouldalsoliketothankDr. SabineSchwarz, LifeSciencesEditorat SpringerVerlag, andDr. JuttaLindenbornwhohavebeenveryhelpfulatevery stageofproductionofthisbook. AriSitaramayya Contents PartI GProteinsandGProtein CoupledReceptors 1 TraditionalGPCRPharmacologyandBeyond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 AnnetteGilchristandMariaR. Mazzoni 2 RegulationofIntraneuronalTraf?ckingofG-Protein-Coupled ReceptorsbyNeurotransmittersInVivo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 VeroniqueBernard 3 SmallGTPasesandTheirRoleinRegulatingGProtein-Coupled ReceptorSignalTransduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 FabiolaM. RibeiroandStephenS. G. Ferguson 4 RegulationofGProteinReceptorCoupling, MoodDisorders andMechanismofActionofAntidepressants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 MoranGolan, GabrielSchreiber, andSo?aAvissar 5 DysregulationofGProtein-CoupledReceptorSignaling inCancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 JoAnnTrejo PartII GrowthFactors 6 InsulinSignalinginNormalandDiabeticConditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 PatriceEFort, HisanoriImai, RajuRajala, andThomasW. Gardner 7 EpidermalGrowthFactor(EGF)ReceptorSignaling andCancer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 ElizabethS. HensonandSpencerB. Gibson ix x Contents 8 LeptinSignalingPathway. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 HiroyukiShimizu 9 SignalinginNormalandPathologicalAngiogenesis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 MichaelR. MancusoandCalvinJ. Kuo PartIII SignalingPlatforms 10 SpatialandTemporalControlofCellSignaling byA-KinaseAnchoringProteins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 F. DonelsonSmith, LoreneK. Langeberg, andJohnD. Scott 11 Mitochondria, aPlatformforDiverseSignalingPathways . . . . . . . . . . 199 AstridC. SchaussandHeidiM. McBridee 12 Mitogen-ActivatedProteinKinases andTheirScaffoldingProteins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 DannyN. DhanasekaranandE. PremkumarReddy 2 13 MolecularandFunctionalDeterminantsofCa SignalingMicrodomains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 InduS. Ambudkar, HweiL. Ong, andBrijB. Singh PartIV NuclearReceptors/Transcription 14 EukaryoticGeneTranscription . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 JenniferH. GromekandArikDvir 15 EstrogenSignalingMechanisms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 DapengZhangandVanceL. Trudeau 16 SignalTransductionPathwaysInvolved inGlucocorticoidActions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 PeterJ. Barnes PartV ReactiveSignalingMolecules 17 CellularSignalingbyReactiveOxygenSpecies: Biochemical BasisandPhysiologicalScope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 MichelB. Toledano, SimonFourquet, andBeno?tD Autreaux 18 SolubleGuanylylCyclase: TheNitricOxideReceptor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337 DorisKoeslingandAriSitaramayya Contents xi PartVI CellCycle, CellDeathandCancer 19 DistinctRolesofthePocketProteinsintheControl ofCellCycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 ParaskeviVogiatziandPierPaoloClaudio 20 Activationofthep53TumorSuppressoranditsMultipleRoles inCellCycleandApoptosis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 LucianaE. GionoandJamesJ. Manfredi 21 AgingandCancer: CaretakersandGatekeepers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397 DianavanHeemst 22 SignalTransductioninEmbryonicStemCells andtheRiseofiPSCells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .