Min Sup Song, PhD
Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, Division of Division of Discovery Science
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Dual/Joint/Adjunct Appointment
Faculty, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences (GSBS), The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
2001 | Korea University, Seoul, KOR, PHD, Molecular Biology |
1997 | Korea University, Seoul, KOR, MS, Biological Science |
1995 | Konkuk University, Seoul, KOR, BS, Biological Science |
Postgraduate Training
2007-2013 | Research Fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Center for Life Sciences Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA |
2007-2007 | Research Fellowship, Cancer Biology and Genetics Program, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY |
2001-2007 | Research Fellowship, National Research Lab for Genomic Stability, Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Insti, Daedeok |
1999-2001 | Research Fellowship, Samsung Biomedical Research Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Instructor, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Center for Life Sciences Cancer Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 2011 - 2013
Honors & Awards
2012 | Travel Grant Award, Korean Society of Molecular and Cellular Biology |
2004 | Agarwal Research Award, Korea Advanced Institute of Sciences |
2001 | Best Talk Presentation, Korean Society of BioMedicine |
Selected Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
- Abetov DA, Kiyan VS, Zhylkibayev AA, Sarbassova DA, Alybayev SD, Spooner E, Song MS, Bersimbaev RI, Sarbassov DD. Formation of mammalian pre-ribosomes proceeds from intermediate to composed state during ribosome maturation. J Biol Chem 294(28):10746-10757, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 31076509.
- Park MK, Yao Y, Xia W, Setijono SR, Kim JH, Vila IK, Chiu HH, Wu Y, Billalabeitia EG, Lee MG, Kalb RG, Hung MC, Pandolfi PP, Song SJ, Song MS. PTEN self-regulates through USP11 via the PI3K-FOXO pathway to stabilize tumor suppression. Nat Commun 10(1):636, 2019. e-Pub 2019. PMID: 30733438.
- Hormaechea-Agulla D, Kim Y, Song MS, Song SJ. New Insights into the Role of E2s in the Pathogenesis of Diseases: Lessons Learned from UBE2O. Mol Cells 41(3):168-178, 2018. e-Pub 2018. PMID: 29562734.
- Sopariwala DH, Yadav V, Badin PM, Likhite N, Sheth M, Lorca S, Vila IK, Kim ER, Tong Q, Song MS, Rodney GG, Narkar VA. Long-term PGC1β overexpression leads to apoptosis, autophagy and muscle wasting. Sci Rep 7(1):10237, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28860475.
- Wan L, Chen M, Cao J, Dai X, Yin Q, Zhang J, Song SJ, Lu Y, Liu J, Inuzuka H, Katon JM, Berry K, Fung J, Ng C, Liu P, Song MS, Xue L, Bronson RT, Kirschner MW, Cui R, Pandolfi PP, Wei W. The APC/C E3 Ligase Complex Activator FZR1 Restricts BRAF Oncogenic Function. Cancer Discov 7(4):424-441, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28174173.
- Vila IK, Yao Y, Kim G, Xia W, Kim H, Kim SJ, Park MK, Hwang JP, González-Billalabeitia E, Hung MC, Song SJ, Song MS. A UBE2O-AMPKα2 Axis that Promotes Tumor Initiation and Progression Offers Opportunities for Therapy. Cancer Cell 31(2):208-224, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28162974.
- Vila IK, Song SJ, Song MS. A new duet in cancer biology: AMPK the typical and UBE2O the atypical. Mol Cell Oncol 4(3):e1304846, 2017. e-Pub 2017. PMID: 28616582.
- Badin PM, Vila IK, Sopariwala DH, Yadav V, Lorca S, Louche K, Kim ER, Tong Q, Song MS, Moro C, Narkar VA. Exercise-like effects by Estrogen-related receptor-gamma in muscle do not prevent insulin resistance in db/db mice. Sci Rep 6:26442, 2016. e-Pub 2016. PMID: 27220353.
- Guarnerio J, Riccardi L, Taulli R, Maeda T, Wang G, Hobbs RM, Song MS, Sportoletti P, Bernardi R, Bronson RT, Castillo-Martin M, Cordon-Cardo C, Lunardi A, Pandolfi PP. A genetic platform to model sarcomagenesis from primary adult mesenchymal stem cells. Cancer Discov 5(4):396-409, 2015. e-Pub 2015. PMID: 25614485.
- González-Billalabeitia E, Seitzer N, Song SJ, Song MS, Patnaik A, Liu XS, Epping MT, Papa A, Hobbs RM, Chen M, Lunardi A, Ng C, Webster KA, Signoretti S, Loda M, Asara JM, Nardella C, Clohessy JG, Cantley LC, Pandolfi PP. Vulnerabilities of PTEN-TP53-deficient prostate cancers to compound PARP-PI3K inhibition. Cancer Discov 4(8):896-904, 2014. e-Pub 2014. PMID: 24866151.
- Papa A, Wan L, Bonora M, Salmena L, Song MS, Hobbs RM, Lunardi A, Webster K, Ng C, Newton RH, Knoblauch N, Guarnerio J, Ito K, Turka LA, Beck AH, Pinton P, Bronson RT, Wei W, Pandolfi PP. Cancer-associated PTEN mutants act in a dominant-negative manner to suppress PTEN protein function. Cell 157(3):595-610, 2014. PMID: 24766807.
- Song SJ, Poliseno L, Song MS, Ala U, Webster K, Ng C, Beringer G, Brikbak NJ, Yuan X, Cantley LC, Richardson AL, Pandolfi PP. MicroRNA-antagonism regulates breast cancer stemness and metastasis via TET-family-dependent chromatin remodeling. Cell 154(2):311-24, 2013. e-Pub 2013. PMID: 23830207.
- Noguera NI, Song MS, Divona M, Catalano G, Calvo KL, García F, Ottone T, Florenzano F, Faraoni I, Battistini L, Colombo E, Amadori S, Pandolfi PP, Lo-Coco F. Nucleophosmin/B26 regulates PTEN through interaction with HAUSP in acute myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 27(5):1037-43, 2013. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 23183427.
- Song MS, Salmena L, Pandolfi PP. The functions and regulation of the PTEN tumour suppressor. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol 13(5):283-96, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22473468.
- Garcia-Cao I, Song MS, Hobbs RM, Laurent G, Giorgi C, de Boer VC, Anastasiou D, Ito K, Sasaki AT, Rameh L, Carracedo A, Vander Heiden MG, Cantley LC, Pinton P, Haigis MC, Pandolfi PP. Systemic elevation of PTEN induces a tumor-suppressive metabolic state. Cell 149(1):49-62, 2012. e-Pub 2012. PMID: 22401813.
- Song MS, Carracedo A, Salmena L, Song SJ, Egia A, Malumbres M, Pandolfi PP. Nuclear PTEN regulates the APC-CDH1 tumor-suppressive complex in a phosphatase-independent manner. Cell 144(2):187-99, 2011. PMID: 21241890.
- Poliseno L, Salmena L, Riccardi L, Fornari A, Song MS, Hobbs RM, Sportoletti P, Varmeh S, Egia A, Fedele G, Rameh L, Loda M, Pandolfi PP. Identification of the miR-106b~25 microRNA cluster as a proto-oncogenic PTEN-targeting intron that cooperates with its host gene MCM7 in transformation. Sci Signal 3(117):ra29, 2010. e-Pub 2010. PMID: 20388916.
- Song SJ, Kim SJ, Song MS, Lim DS. Aurora B-mediated phosphorylation of RASSF1A maintains proper cytokinesis by recruiting Syntaxin16 to the midzone and midbody. Cancer Res 69(22):8540-4, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19887622.
- Song SJ, Song MS, Kim SJ, Kim SY, Kwon SH, Kim JG, Calvisi DF, Kang D, Lim DS. Aurora A regulates prometaphase progression by inhibiting the ability of RASSF1A to suppress APC-Cdc20 activity. Cancer Res 69(6):2314-23, 2009. e-Pub 2009. PMID: 19276349.
- Song MS, Salmena L, Carracedo A, Egia A, Lo-Coco F, Teruya-Feldstein J, Pandolfi PP. The deubiquitinylation and localization of PTEN are regulated by a HAUSP-PML network. Nature 455(7214):813-7, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18716620.
- Song MS, Song SJ, Kim SY, Oh HJ, Lim DS. The tumour suppressor RASSF1A promotes MDM2 self-ubiquitination by disrupting the MDM2-DAXX-HAUSP complex. EMBO J 27(13):1863-74, 2008. e-Pub 2008. PMID: 18566590.
- Song MS, Song SJ, Kim SJ, Nakayama K, Nakayama KI, Lim DS. Skp2 regulates the antiproliferative function of the tumor suppressor RASSF1A via ubiquitin-mediated degradation at the G1-S transition. Oncogene 27(22):3176-85, 2008. e-Pub 2007. PMID: 18071316.
- Oh HJ, Lee KK, Song SJ, Jin MS, Song MS, Lee JH, Im CR, Lee JO, Yonehara S, Lim DS. Role of the tumor suppressor RASSF1A in Mst1-mediated apoptosis. Cancer Res 66(5):2562-9, 2006. PMID: 16510573.
- Choi N, Son DS, Song I, Lee HS, Lim YS, Song MS, Lim DS, Lee J, Kim H, Kim J. RASSF1A is not appropriate as an early detection marker or a prognostic marker for non-small cell lung cancer. Int J Cancer 115(4):575-81, 2005. PMID: 15700308.
- Song MS, Chang JS, Song SJ, Yang TH, Lee H, Lim DS. The centrosomal protein RAS association domain family protein 1A (RASSF1A)-binding protein 1 regulates mitotic progression by recruiting RASSF1A to spindle poles. J Biol Chem 280(5):3920-7, 2005. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15546880.
- Song MS, Lim DS. Control of APC-Cdc20 by the tumor suppressor RASSF1A. Cell Cycle 3(5):574-6, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 15107619.
- Song MS, Song SJ, Ayad NG, Chang JS, Lee JH, Hong HK, Lee H, Choi N, Kim J, Kim H, Kim JW, Choi EJ, Kirschner MW, Lim DS. The tumour suppressor RASSF1A regulates mitosis by inhibiting the APC-Cdc20 complex. Nat Cell Biol 6(2):129-37, 2004. e-Pub 2004. PMID: 14743218.
- Lee JH, Xu B, Lee CH, Ahn JY, Song MS, Lee H, Canman CE, Lee JS, Kastan MB, Lim DS. Distinct functions of Nijmegen breakage syndrome in ataxia telangiectasia mutated-dependent responses to DNA damage. Mol Cancer Res 1(9):674-81, 2003. PMID: 12861053.
- Choi J, Chang JS, Song MS, Ahn BY, Park Y, Lim DS, Han YS. Association of hepatitis B virus polymerase with promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies mediated by the S100 family protein p11. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 305(4):1049-56, 2003. PMID: 12767936.
- Song MS, Park YK, Lee JH, Park K. Induction of glucose-regulated protein 78 by chronic hypoxia in human gastric tumor cells through a protein kinase C-epsilon/ERK/AP-1 signaling cascade. Cancer Res 61(22):8322-30, 2001. PMID: 11719466.
Grant & Contract Support
Title: | The role of PTEN feedback mechanism in cancer |
Funding Source: | NIH/NCI |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | Role of PTEN feedback mechanism in cancer |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Principal Investigator |
Title: | A randomized clinical trail platform with transnational studies to overcome resistance in triple negative breast cancer |
Funding Source: | Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas (CPRIT) |
Role: | Co-Investigator |
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CV information above last modified February 01, 2023