Ovini Amarasinghe

ORCID: 0000-0001-8635-865X
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Research Areas
  • Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress and Disease
  • Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism
  • PI3K/AKT/mTOR signaling in cancer
  • Protein Kinase Regulation and GTPase Signaling
  • Autophagy in Disease and Therapy
  • CAR-T cell therapy research
  • Ubiquitin and proteasome pathways
  • Immune Cell Function and Interaction
  • RNA regulation and disease
  • Heat shock proteins research
  • Computational Drug Discovery Methods
  • Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor

Research Institute in Oncology and Hematology
2025

CancerCare Manitoba
2025

University of Manitoba
2024

Purdue University West Lafayette
2020-2024

Center for Cancer Research
2021

Abstract Early T-cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ETP-ALL) is an immature subtype of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) commonly show deregulation the LMO2-LYL1 stem cell transcription factors, activating mutations cytokine receptor signaling, and poor early response to intensive chemotherapy. Previously, studies Lmo2 transgenic mouse model ETP-ALL identified a population stem-like progenitors with long-term self-renewal capacity intrinsic chemotherapy resistance linked...

10.1038/s41375-024-02491-5 article EN cc-by Leukemia 2025-01-23

Tumor suppressor PTEN (phosphatase and tensin homologue deleted on chromosome 10) levels are frequently found reduced in human cancers, but how is down-regulated not fully understood. In addition, although a compelling connection exists between PRL of regenerating liver) 2 cancer, this phosphatase induces oncogenesis has been an enigma. Here, we discovered that PRL2 ablation inhibits heterozygosity-induced tumorigenesis. deficiency elevates attenuates AKT signaling, leading to decreased...

10.1073/pnas.2002964117 article EN Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020-08-11

VCP/p97 is an evolutionarily conserved AAA+ ATPase important for cellular homeostasis. Previous studies suggest that VCP predominantly exists as a homohexamer. Here, we performed structural and biochemical characterization of dodecamer, understudied state VCP. The structure revealed apo nucleotide status has rarely been captured, tail-to-tail assembly two hexamers, the up-elevated N-terminal domains akin to seen in ATP-bound hexamer. Further analyses elucidated status-dependent...

10.1016/j.isci.2021.103310 article EN cc-by-nc-nd iScience 2021-10-19

ABSTRACTOverexpression of PTP4A phosphatases are associated with advanced cancers, but their biological functions far from fully understood due to limited knowledge about physiological substrates. VCP is implicated in lysophagy via collaboration specific cofactors the ELDR complex. However, how complex assembly regulated has not been determined. Moreover, functional significance penultimate and conserved Tyr805 phosphorylation established. Here, we use an unbiased substrate trapping mass...

10.1080/15548627.2022.2140558 article EN Autophagy 2022-10-27

<title>Abstract</title> Early T-cell Precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ETP-ALL) is characterised by aberrant expression of the LMO2-LYL1 stem-cell transcription factor complex, activating mutations cytokine receptor signalling and poor response to intensive chemotherapy. Previously, studies Lmo2 transgenic mouse model ETP-ALL identified a population stem-like progenitors with long-term self-renewal capacity intrinsic chemoresistance linked cellular quiescence. Here, analyses mice,...

10.21203/rs.3.rs-4608404/v1 preprint EN cc-by Research Square (Research Square) 2024-08-16
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