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Sankar N. Maity, PhD

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Associate Professor, Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology - Research, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment

Associate Professor, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Science, Houston, TX

Office Address

Phone: 713/834-6369
Fax: 713/745-9880

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1992 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, UCF Fellowship, Molecular Genetics
1991 University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India, PHD, Biochemistry
1991 The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, Postdoctoral, Molecular Genetics
1980 University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India, MS, Biochemistry

Postgraduate Training

1/1987-1991 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, Division of Basic Science Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 9/2001-8/2008
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics, Division of Basic Science Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 9/1992-8/2001
Instructor, Department of Molecular Genetics, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 9/1991-8/1992

Institutional Committee Activities

Member, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Committee, 2006-present
Member, Review Committee for Institutional Research Grant, 2005-2008
Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, 2001-2003
Member, Review Committee for Institutional Research Grant, 2001-2003

Honors and Awards

1992 Hulda Irene Duggan Arthritis Investigator Award
1992 University Cancer Foundation Basic Science Fellow

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Efstathiou E, Karlou M, Wen S, Hoang A, Pettaway CA, Pisters LL, Maity SN, Troncoso P, Logothetis CJ. Integrated Hedgehog signaling is induced following castration in human and murine prostate cancers. Prostate 73(2):153-61, 1/2013. e-Pub 7/2012. PMID: 22753310.
2. Karlou M, Lu JF, Wu G, Maity SN, Tzelepi V, Navone NM, Hoang A, Logothetis CJ, Efstathiou E. Hedgehog signaling inhibition by the small molecule smoothened inhibitor GDC-0449 in the bone forming prostate cancer xenograft MDA PCa 118b. Prostate 72(15):1638-47, 11/2012. e-Pub 3/2012. PMID: 22457212.
3. Wan X, Liu J, Lu JF, Tzelepi V, Yang J, Starbuck MW, Diao L, Wang J, Efstathiou E, Vazquez ES, Troncoso P, Maity SN*, Navone NM* (*equally contributing authors). Activation of B-Catenin signaling in androgen receptor-negative prostate cancer cells. Clin Cancer Res 18(3):726-36, 2/2012. PMCID: PMC3271798.
4. Tzelepi V, Zhang J, Lu JF, Kleb B, Wu G, Wan X, Hoang A, Efstathiou E, Sircar K, Navone NM, Troncoso P, Liang S, Logothetis CJ, Maity SN*, Aparicio AM* (*Co-corresponding authors). Modeling the Androgen Receptor-Negative Small Cell Prostate Carcinoma Lethal Variant. Clin Cancer Res 18(3):666-77, 2/2012. e-Pub 12/2011. PMID: 22156612.
5. Aparicio A, Logothetis CJ, Maity SN. Understanding the Lethal Variant of Prostate Cancer: Power of Examining Extremes. Cancer Discov 1(6):466–68, 11/2011. PMID: 22586648.
6. Lee YC, Cheng CJ, Bilen MA, Lu JF, Satcher RL, Yu-Lee LY, Gallick GE, Maity SN, Lin SH. BMP4 Promotes Prostate Tumor Growth in Bone Through Osteogenesis. Cancer Res 71(15):5194-203, 8/2011. e-Pub 6/2011. PMCID: PMC3148283.
7. Aparicio A, Tzelepi V, Araujo JC, Guo CC, Liang S, Troncoso P, Logothetis CJ, Navone NM, Maity SN. Neuroendocrine prostate cancer xenografts with large-cell and small-cell features derived from a single patient's tumor: morphological, immunohistochemical, and gene expression profiles. Prostate 71(8):846-56, 6/2011. e-Pub 11/2010. PMID: 21456067.
8. Li J, Ding Z, Wang Z, Lu JF, Maity SN, Navone NM, Logothetis CJ, Mills GB, Kim J. Androgen regulation of 5a-reductase isoenzymes in prostate cancer: Implications for prostate cancer prevention. PLoS One 6(12):28840, 2011. e-Pub 12/2011. PMCID: PMC3237548.
9. Luo R, Klumpp SA, Finegold MJ, Maity SN. Inactivation of CBF/NF-Y in postnatal liver causes hepatocellular degeneration, lipid deposition, and endoplasmic reticulum stress. Sci Rep 1(136):1-7, 2011. e-Pub 11/2011. PMCID: PMC3216617.
10. Coustry F, Oh CD, Hattori T, Maity SN, de Crombrugghe B, Yasuda H. The dimerization domain of SOX9 is required for transcription activation of a chondrocyte-specific chromatin DNA template. Nucleic Acids Res 38(18):6018-28, 10/2010. e-Pub 5/2010. PMCID: PMC2952863.
11. Oh CD, Maity SN, Lu JF, Zhang J, Liang S, Coustry F, de Crombrugghe B, Yasuda H. Identification of SOX9 interaction sites in the genome of chondrocytes. PLoS One 5(4):E10113, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0010113, 2010. e-Pub 4/2010. PMCID: PMC2852419.
12. Gorlov IP, Sircar K, Zhao H, Maity SN, Navone NM, Gorlova OY, Troncoso P, Pettaway CA, Byun JY, Logothetis CJ. Prioritizing genes associated with prostate cancer development. BMC Cancer 10(10):599, 2010. e-Pub 11/2010. PMCID: PMC2988752.
13. Li ZG, Mathew P, Yang J, Starbuck MW, Zurita AJ, Liu J, Sikes C, Multani AS, Efstathiou E, Lopez A, Wang J, Fanning TV, Prieto VG, Kundra V, Vazquez ES, Troncoso P, Raymond AK, Logothetis CJ, Lin SH, Maity SN, Navone NM. Androgen receptor-negative human prostate cancer cells induce osteogenesis in mice through FGF9-mediated mechanisms. J Clin Invest 118(8):2697-710, 8/2008. PMCID: PMC2447924.
14. Luo R, Lu JF, Hu Q, Maity SN. CBF/NF-Y controls endoplasmic reticulum stress induced transcription through recruitment of both ATF6 (N) and TBF. J Cell Biochem 104(5):1708-23, 8/2008. PMID: 18348279.
15. Hu Q, Lu JF, Luo R, Sen S, Maity SN. Inhibition of CBF/NF-Y mediated transcription activation arrests cells at G2/M phase and suppresses expression of genes activated at G2/M phase of the cell cycle. Nucleic Acids Res 34(21):6272-85, 2006. e-Pub 11/2006. PMCID: PMC1693888.
16. Chattopadhyay C, Hawke D, Kobayashi R, Maity SN. Human p32, interacts with B subunit of the CCAAT-binding factor, CBF/NF-Y, and inhibits CBF-mediated transcription activation in vitro. Nucleic Acids Res 32(12):3632-41, 2004. e-Pub 7/2004. PMCID: PMC484179.
17. Bhattacharya A, Deng JM, Zhang Z, Behringer R, de Crombrugghe B, Maity SN. The B subunit of the CCAAT box binding transcription factor complex (CBF/NF-Y) is essential for early mouse development and cell proliferation. Cancer Res 63(23):8167-72, 12/2003. PMID: 14678971.
18. Hu Q, Bhattacharya C, Maity SN. CCAAT binding factor (CBF) binding mediates cell cycle activation of topoisomerase IIalpha. Conventional CBF activation domains are not required. J Biol Chem 277(40):37191-200, 10/2002. e-Pub 7/2002. PMID: 12149265.
19. Li X, Bhattacharya C, Dayal S, Maity SN, Klein WH. Ectoderm gene activation in sea embryos mediated by the CCAAT-binding factor. Differentiation 70(2-3):109-19, 5/2002. PMID: 12076338.
20. Coustry F, Hu Q, de Crombrugghe B, Maity SN. CBF/NF-Y functions both in nucleosomal disruption and transcription activation of the chromatin-assembled topoisomerase IIalpha promoter. Transcription activation by CBF/NF-Y in chromatin is dependent on the promoter structure. J Biol Chem 276(44):40621-30, 11/2001. PMID: 11514576.
21. Zhu XS, Linhoff MW, Li G, Chin KC, Maity SN, Ting JP. Transcriptional scaffold: CIITA interacts with NF-Y, RFX, and CREB to cause stereospecific regulation of the class II major histocompatibility complex promoter. Mol Cell Biol 20(16):6051-61, 8/2000. PMCID: PMC86081.
22. Hu Q, Maity SN. Stable expression of a dominant negative mutant of CCAAT binding factor/NF-Y in mouse fibroblast cells resulting in retardation of cell growth and inhibition of transcription of various cellular genes. J Biol Chem 275(6):4435-44, 2/2000. PMID: 10660616.
23. Faniello MC, Bevilacqua MA, Condorelli G, de Crombrugghe B, Maity SN, Avvedimento VE, Cimino F, Costanzo F. The B subunit of the CAAT-binding factor NFY binds the central segment of the Co-activator p300. J Biol Chem 274(12):7623-6, 3/1999. PMID: 10075648.
24. Liang SG, Maity SN. Pathway of complex formation between DNA and three subunits of CBF/NF-Y. Photocross-linking analysis of DNA-protein interaction and characterization of equilibrium steps of subunit interaction and DNA binding. J Biol Chem 273(47):31590-8, 11/1998. PMID: 9813075.
25. Maity SN, de Crombrugghe B. Role of the CCAAT-binding protein CBF/NF-Y in transcription. Trends Biochem Sci 23(5):174-8, 5/1998. PMID: 9612081.
26. Coustry F, Sinha S, Maity SN, Crombrugghe B. The two activation domains of the CCAAT-binding factor CBF interact with the dTAFII110 component of the Drosophila TFIID complex. Biochem J 331 ( Pt 1):291-7, 4/1998. PMCID: PMC1219351.
27. Bi W, Wu L, Coustry F, de Crombrugghe B, Maity SN. DNA binding specificity of the CCAAT-binding factor CBF/NF-Y. J Biol Chem 272(42):26562-72, 10/1997. PMID: 9334236.
28. Chen SS, Ruteshouser EC, Maity SN, de Crombrugghe B. Cell-specific in vivo DNA-protein interactions at the proximal promoters of the pro alpha 1(I) and the pro alpha2(I) collagen genes. Nucleic Acids Res 25(16):3261-8, 8/1997. PMCID: PMC146878.
29. Sinha S, Maity SN, Seldin MF, de Crombrugghe B. Chromosomal assignment and tissue expression of CBF-C/NFY-C, the third subunit of the mammalian CCAAT-binding factor. Genomics 37(2):260-3, 10/1996. PMID: 8921405.
30. Lefebvre V, Zhou G, Mukhopadhyay K, Smith CN, Zhang Z, Eberspaecher H, Zhou X, Sinha S, Maity SN, de Crombrugghe B. An 18-base-pair sequence in the mouse proalpha1(II) collagen gene is sufficient for expression in cartilage and binds nuclear proteins that are selectively expressed in chondrocytes. Mol Cell Biol 16(8):4512-23, 8/1996. PMCID: PMC231450.
31. Kim IS, Sinha S, de Crombrugghe B, Maity SN. Determination of functional domains in the C subunit of the CCAAT-binding factor (CBF) necessary for formation of a CBF-DNA complex: CBF-B interacts simultaneously with both the CBF-A and CBF-C subunits to form a heterotrimeric CBF molecule. Mol Cell Biol 16(8):4003-13, 8/1996. PMCID: PMC231396.
32. Hasegawa T, Zhou X, Garrett LA, Ruteshouser EC, Maity SN, de Crombrugghe B. Evidence for three major transcription activation elements in the proximal mouse proalpha2(I) collagen promoter. Nucleic Acids Res 24(16):3253-60, 8/1996. PMCID: PMC146084.
33. Coustry F, Maity SN, Sinha S, de Crombrugghe B. The transcriptional activity of the CCAAT-binding factor CBF is mediated by two distinct activation domains, one in the CBF-B subunit and the other in the CBF-C subunit. J Biol Chem 271(24):14485-91, 6/1996. PMID: 8662945.
34. Maity SN, de Crombrugghe B. Purification, characterization, and role of CCAAT-binding factor in transcription. Methods Enzymol 273:217-32, 1996. PMID: 8791615.
35. Sinha S, Kim IS, Sohn KY, de Crombrugghe B, Maity SN. Three classes of mutations in the A subunit of the CCAAT-binding factor CBF delineate functional domains involved in the three-step assembly of the CBF-DNA complex. Mol Cell Biol 16(1):328-37, 1996. PMCID: PMC231007.
36. Sinha S, Maity SN, Lu J, de Crombrugghe B. Recombinant rat CBF-C, the third subunit of CBF/NFY, allows formation of a protein-DNA complex with CBF-A and CBF-B and with yeast HAP2 and HAP3. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 92(5):1624-8, 2/1995. PMCID: PMC42572.
37. Coustry F, Maity SN, de Crombrugghe B. Studies on transcription activation by the multimeric CCAAT-binding factor CBF. J Biol Chem 270(1):468-75, 1/1995. PMID: 7814413.
38. Sohn KY, Maity SN, de Crombrugghe B. Studies on the structure of the mouse CBF-A gene and properties of a truncated CBF-A isoform generated from an alternatively spliced RNA. Gene 139(2):147-53, 2/1994. PMID: 7509302.
39. Maity SN, Sinha S, Ruteshouser EC, de Crombrugghe B. Three different polypeptides are necessary for DNA binding of the mammalian heteromeric CCAAT binding factor. J Biol Chem 267(23):16574-80, 8/1992. PMID: 1644837.
40. Maity SN, de Crombrugghe B. Biochemical analysis of the B subunit of the heteromeric CCAAT-binding factor. A DNA-binding domain and a subunit interaction domain are specified by two separate segments. J Biol Chem 267(12):8286-92, 4/1992. PMID: 1569083.
41. Goldberg H, Helaakoski T, Garrett L, Karsenty G, Pellegrino A, Lozano G, Maity SN, de Crombrugghe B. Tissue-specific expression of the mouse a2(1) collagen promoter: studies in transgenic mice and in tissue culture cells. J. Biol. Chem 267:19622-19630, 1992.
42. Vuorio T, Maity SN, de Crombrugghe B. Purification and molecular cloning of the "A" chain of a rat heteromeric CCAAT-binding protein. Sequence identity with the yeast HAP3 transcription factor. J Biol Chem 265(36):22480-6, 12/1990. PMID: 2266139.
43. Maity SN, Vuorio T, de Crombrugghe B. The B subunit of a rat heteromeric CCAAT-binding transcription factor shows a striking sequence identity with the yeast Hap2 transcription factor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 87(14):5378-82, 7/1990. PMCID: PMC54327.
44. Maity SN, Ray K, Banerjee A, Mukhopadhyay K, Roychowdhury S, Chaudhuri GG, Biswas BB, Bhattacharyya B. Role of B-ring of colchicine in its binding to tubulin. Indian J Biochem Biophys 25(6):585-9, 12/1988. PMID: 3255673.
45. Maity SN, Golumbek PT, Karsenty G, de Crombrugghe B. Selective activation of transcription by a novel CCAAT binding factor. Science 241(4865):582-5, 7/1988. PMID: 3399893.
46. Maity SN, Bhattacharyya B. Properties of B-ring analogues of colchicine. FEBS Lett 218(1):102-6, 6/1987. PMID: 3595855.
47. Banerjee A, Maity SN, Raychaudhuri S, Bhattacharyya B. Role of B-ring of colchicine in its binding to zinc (II)-induced tubulin sheets. J. Biosci 11:525-536, 1987.
48. Bhattacharyya B, Howard R, Maity SN, Brossi A, Sharma PN, Wolff J. B-ring regulation of colchicine binding kinetics and fluorescence. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 83(7):2052-5, 4/1986. PMCID: PMC323228.
49. Choudhury G, Maity SN, Bhattacharyya B, Biswas BB. B-ring of colchicine and its role in taxol induced tubulin polymerization. FEBS Lett 197(1-2):31-4, 3/1986. PMID: 2868923.

Invited Articles
1. Ruteshouse EC, Maity SN, de Crombrugghe B. In vitro transcription assay for eucaryotic gene expression. Methods in Nucleic Acids Research:321-333, 1991.
2. De Crombrugghe B, Vuorio T, Karsenty G, Maity SN, Rutheshouse EC, Goldberg H. Transcriptional mechanisms cfor the expression of type I collagen genes. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 50:872-876, 1991.
3. De Crombrugghe B, Karsenty G, Maity SN, Vuorio T, Rossi P, Ruteshouse EC, McKinney SH, Lozano G. Transcriptional mechanisms controlling types I and III collagen genes. Annals of New York Academy of Sciencies 580:88-96, 1990.
4. Bhattacharyya B, Ghosh CG, Maity SN, Biswas BB. The role of the B-ring of colchicine on taxol induced polymerization. Ann N Y Acad Sci 466:791-793, 1986. PMID: 2873782.

Abstracts
1. Aparicio A, Maity SN, Wang X, Hoang A, Efstathiou E, Troncoso P, Logothetis C. Amolecular characterization of the anaplastic prostate carcinomas. AACR 2013 Annual Conference, 4/2013.
2. Maity SN, Titus M, Wu G, Lu J-F, Ramachandran S, Eisner JR, Rafferty SW, Schotzinger RJ, Moore WR, Logothetis CJ, Araujo JC, Efstathiou E. Efficacy of VT-464, a Novel Selective Inhibitor of Cytochrome P450 17,20 lyase, in Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer. AACR 2013 Annual Conference, 4/2013.
3. Lin S; Maity SN. BMP4 promotes prostate tumor growth in bone through osteogenesis. CPRIT Innovations in Cancer Prevention and Research Conference:61, 11/2011.
4. Tzeelpi V, Maity SN, Zhang J, Liang S, Lu JF, Anh H, Kleb B, Efstathiou E, Navone N, Troncosco P, Logothetis C, Aparicio A. Molecular profiling of prostate cancer xenografts and human speciments reveals overexpression of UBE2C/UBCH10 and activation of aurora kinases in poorly differentiated neuroendocrine carcinoma of the prostate. Cancer Research 78(8), 4/2011.
5. Wan X, Liu J, Lu JF, Tzelep V, Yang J, Starbuck M, Wang J, Efstathiou E, Vazquez ES, Troncosco P, Maity SN, Navone N. Beta-catenin-TCF pathway and castrate resistant progression of osteoblastic bone metastases. IMPaCT Conference, 3/2011.
6. Wan X, Yang J, Starbuck MW, Ravoori MK, Lu JF, Kundra V, Maity SN, Wan F, Navone NM. Targeting fiboblast growth factor signaling in prostate cancer. 2010 Scientific Retreat and Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Research Award Competition, Baylor College of Medicine, The Bone Disease Program of Texas, 4/2010.
7. Wan X, Yang J, Starbuck MW, Ravoori MK, Lu JF, Kundra V, Maity SN, Wang F, Navone NM. Targeting fibroblast growth factor signaling in prostate cancer. AACR 101st Annual Meeting, 2010.
8. Karlou MS, Yang J, Maity SN, Navone NM, Lu JF, Wan X, Hoang A, Logothetis CJ, Efstathiou E. Preclinical model selection for the study of hedgehog signaling in androgen resistant/independent growth in prostate cancer from bedside to bench. 5th International Conference on Tumor Microenvironment: progression, Therapy & Prevention (Poster Presentation), 10/2009.

Grant & Contract Support

Title: Mechanisms of Resistance to Androgen Biosynthesis Inhibition in Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer Bone Metastases
Funding Source: Prostate Cancer Foundation Challenge Grant
Role: Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator: Christopher Logothetis
Duration: 6/1/2011 - 5/31/2013
 
Title: Prostate Cancer Bone Metastasis Secretome
Funding Source: Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT)
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator: Sue-Hwa Lin
Duration: 1/1/2011 - 12/31/2014
 
Title: Prostate Cancer Tumor Graft Models Linking Molecular Signaling Signature to Clinical Stage
Funding Source: The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Prostate Cancer Research Program
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 1/1/2010 - 12/31/2014
 
Title: Targeting FGF Signaling in Prostate Cancer Progression
Funding Source: NIH/NCI
Role: Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator: Christopher Logothetis
Duration: 7/1/2009 - 6/30/2014
 
Title: Beta-Catenin/TCF Pathway and Castrate-Resistant Progression of Osteoblastic Bone Metastases
Funding Source: Department of Defense (DOD)
Role: Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator: Nora Navone
Duration: 5/11/2008 - 6/11/2012
 
Title: Control of Chondrocyte Differentiation
Funding Source: NIH/NCI
Role: Co-Investigator
Principal Investigator: B. de Crombrugghe
Duration: 9/20/2006 - 7/31/2011
 
Title: Function of CBF during progression of G2/M phase of cell cycle
Funding Source: Institutional Research Grant Program, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 7/2005 - 8/2007
 
Title: Role of CBF during skin tumor development
Funding Source: University Cancer Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 5/2005 - 8/2007
 
Title: Role of CBF/NF-Y in Transcription: type I collagen genes
Funding Source: NIH/NCI
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 6/2000 - 5/2006
 
Title: Role of CBF/NF-Y in Transcription: Type I collagen genes
Funding Source: NIH/NCI
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 6/1995 - 5/2000
 
Title: Regulation of type 1 collagen genes expression
Funding Source: University Cancer Foundation
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 9/1992 - 8/1993
 
Title: Regulation of type 1 collagen by recombinant transcription factor
Funding Source: Arthritis Foundation - Arthritis Investigator Award
Role: Principal Investigator
Duration: 7/1992 - 6/1995

Last updated: 6/10/2013