University of California, San Diego | Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Hook Laboratory Research Facilities
| New Pharmaceutical Sciences Building (PSB) of the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. Interdisciplinary approaches and resources of the Hook Lab:
The Hook laboratory is fully equipped for interdisciplinary research in protein/peptide biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, and mass spectrometry for proteomics of neurotransmitter and hormone systems. The laboratory is located in the new Pharmaceutical Sciences building on the La Jolla campus at UC San Diego. The laboratory is organized with areas for wet laboratory bench research, tissue culture, microscopy room, and a proteomics lab. The PSB building has a modern vivarium for work with animal models. Computational resources are available for computer analyses of research data, combined with database supported bioinformatics for proteomic studies. |
Recent Publications:
Hook, V., Yoon, M., Mosier, C., Ito, G., Podvin, S., Head, B.P., Rissman, R., O'Donoghue, A.J., Hook, G. (2020) Cathepsin B in neurodegeneration of Alzheimer's disease, traumatic brain injury, and related brain disorders. Biochim Biophys Acta Proteins Proteom. 1868, 140428.
Boutté, A.M., Hook, V., Thangavelu, B., Sarkis, G.A., Abbatiello, B.N., Hook, G., Jacobsen, J.S., Robertson, C.S., Gilsdorf, J., Yang, Z., Wang, K.K.W., Shear, D.A. (2020) Penetrating Traumatic Brain Injury Triggers Dysregulation of Cathepsin B Protein Levels Independent of Cysteine Protease Activity in Brain and Cerebral Spinal Fluid. J Neurotrauma 37(13),1574-1586.
Podvin, S., Jones, A., Liu, Q., Aulston, B., Ransom, L., Ames, J., Shen, G., Lietz, C.B., Jiang, Z., O'Donoghue, A.J., Winston, C., Ikezu, T., Rissman, R.A., Yuan, S., Hook, V. (2020) Dysregulation of Exosome Cargo by Mutant Tau Expressed in Human-induced Pluripotent Stem Cell (iPSC) Neurons Revealed by Proteomics Analyses. Mol Cell Proteomics 9, 1017-1034.
Yoon, M.C., Solania, A., Jiang, Z., Christy, M.P., Podvin, S., Mosier, C., Lietz, C.B., Ito, G., Gerwick, W.H., Wolan, D.W., Hook, G., O'Donoghue, A.J., Hook, V. (2021) Selective Neutral pH Inhibitor of Cathepsin B Designed Based on Cleavage Preferences at Cytosolic and Lysosomal pH Conditions. ACS Chem Biol. 16, 1628-1643.
Jiang, Z., Lietz, C.B., Podvin, S., Yoon, M.C., Toneff, T., Hook, V., O'Donoghue, A.J. (2021) Differential Neuropeptidomes of Dense Core Secretory Vesicles (DCSV) Produced at Intravesicular and Extracellular pH Conditions by Proteolytic Processing. ACS Chem Neurosci. 12, 2385-2398.
Campeau, A., Mills, R.H., Stevens, T., Rossitto, L.A., Meehan, M., Dorrestein, P., Daly, R., Nguyen, T.T., Gonzalez, D.J., Jeste, D.V., Hook V. (2021) Multi-omics of Human Plasma Reveals Molecular Features of Dysregulated Inflammation and Accelerated Aging in Schizophrenia. Molecular Psychiatry Nature 2021 Nov 5.
Podvin, S., Jones, A., Liu, Q., Aulston, B., Mosier, C., Ames, J., Winston, C., Lietz, C.B., Jiang, Z., O'Donoghue, A.J., Ikezu, T., Rissman, R.A., Yuan, S.H., Hook, V. (2021) Mutant Presenilin 1 Dysregulates Exosomal Proteome Cargo Produced by Human-Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Neurons. ACS Omega 6(20), 13033-13056.
Boyarko, B., Hook, V. (2021) Human tau isoforms and proteolysis for production of toxic tau fragments in neurodegeneration. Frontiers in Neuroscience 15, 1-19.
Ashhurst, A.S., Tang, A.H., Fajtová, P., Yoon, M.C., Aggarwal, A., Bedding, M.J., Stoye, A., Beretta, L., Pwee, D., Drelich, A., Skinner, D., Li, L., Meek, T.D., McKerrow, J.H., Hook, V., Tseng, C.T., Larance, M., Turville, S., Gerwick, W.H., O'Donoghue, A.J., Payne, R.J. (2021) Potent Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Activity by the Natural Product Gallinamide A and Analogues via Inhibition of Cathepsin L. J Med Chem. 2021 Nov 3