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Daniel Gioeli

Daniel Gioeli

Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology

Primary Location
PO Box 800734
Pinn Hall 7046, 1340 Jefferson Park Ave
Charlottesvillle, VA 22908
Primary Phone Number

Bio & Overview

The goal of my research is to understand the mechanistic underpinnings of the cell signaling network that contribute to cancer progression and resistance to therapy. My laboratory is currently focused on 1) identifying signaling pathways that compensate for androgen ablation in prostate cancer, 2) testing the hypothesis that the novel lncRNA we discovered, HULLK, functions as an oncogene in PCa, and 3) we are using an in vitro tumor microenvironment system for solid tumors that utilizes multiple cell types and recapitulates tumor capillary hemodynamics and biological transport to study heterotypic cell signaling. For the more detailed descriptions please go to: Gioeli Lab Site

Academic Information

Department
Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
Academic Title
Associate Professor

Primary Education

  • BS, Biochemistry, Cornell University, 1990
  • PhD, University of North Carolina, 1996

Other Appointments

  • Associate Professor of Research, MII

Other Affiliations

  • Cancer Center
  • Member, Cancer Cell Signaling Program
  • Microbiology
  • MSTP
  • Associate Professor of Research, BIMS
  • BIMS

Research Interests

Signal transduction in cancer cells

Research Disciplines

  • Biochemistry
  • Cancer Biology
  • Experimental Pathology
  • Molecular Biology

Research Opportunities

  • Biochemistry
  • Cancer Biology
  • Experimental Pathology
  • Molecular Biology

PhD Programs

  • Experimental Pathology
  • Microbiology

Selected Publications

2024

Scott, T. G., Sathyan, K. M., Gioeli, D., & Guertin, M. J. (2024). TRPS1 modulates chromatin accessibility to regulate estrogen receptor alpha (ER) binding and ER target gene expression in luminal breast cancer cells. PLOS GENETICS, 20(2). doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1011159

2023

Hasterok, S., Scott, T. G., Roller, D. G., Spencer, A., Dutta, A. B., Sathyan, K. M., . . . Gioeli, D. (2023). The Androgen Receptor Does Not Directly Regulate the Transcription of DNA Damage Response Genes. MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH, 21(12), 1329-1341. doi:10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-23-0358

Chow, P. I., Roller, D. G., Boukhechba, M., Shaffer, K. M., Ritterband, L. M., Reilley, M. J., . . . Gioeli, D. G. (2023). Mobile sensing to advance tumor modeling in cancer patients: A conceptual framework. INTERNET INTERVENTIONS-THE APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MENTAL AND BEHAVIOURAL HEALTH, 34. doi:10.1016/j.invent.2023.100644

Scott, T. G., Sathyan, K. M., Gioeli, D., & Guertin, M. J. (2023). TRPS1 modulates chromatin accessibility to regulate estrogen receptor (ER) binding and ER target gene expression in luminal breast cancer cells.. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2023.07.03.547524

Li, J., Huang, T., Hua, J., Wang, Q., Su, Y., Chen, P., . . . He, J. (2023). CD46 targeted 212Pb alpha particle radioimmunotherapy for prostate cancer treatment. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH, 42(1). doi:10.1186/s13046-023-02636-x

2021

Lehman, C. E., Spencer, A., Hall, S., Shaw, J. J. P., Wulfkuhle, J., Petricoin, E. F., . . . Gioeli, D. (2021). IGF1R and Src inhibition induce synergistic cytotoxicity in HNSCC through inhibition of FAK. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90289-1

Dong, G., Boukhechba, M., Shaffer, K. M., Ritterband, L. M., Gioeli, D. G., Reilley, M. J., . . . Chow, P. I. (2021). Using Graph Representation Learning to Predict Salivary Cortisol Levels in Pancreatic Cancer Patients. JOURNAL OF HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS RESEARCH, 5(4), 401-419. doi:10.1007/s41666-021-00098-4

Ashe, H., Krakowiak, P., Hasterok, S., Sleppy, R., Roller, D. G., & Gioeli, D. (2021). Role of the runt-related transcription factor (RUNX) family in prostate cancer. FEBS JOURNAL, 288(21), 6112-6126. doi:10.1111/febs.15804

Roller, D. G., Hoang, S. A., Rawls, K. D., Owen, K. A., Simmers, M. B., Figler, R. A., . . . Gioeli, D. (2021). Validation of a multicellular tumor microenvironment system for modeling patient tumor biology and drug response. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41598-021-84612-z

2020

Roggero, C. M., Jin, L., Cao, S., Sonavane, R., Kopplin, N. G., Ta, H. Q., . . . Dong, Y. (2021). A detailed characterization of stepwise activation of the androgen receptor variant 7 in prostate cancer cells. ONCOGENE, 40(6), 1106-1117. doi:10.1038/s41388-020-01585-5

Wang, S., Li, J., Hua, J., Su, Y., Beckford-Vera, D. R., Zhao, W., . . . He, J. (2021). Molecular Imaging of Prostate Cancer Targeting CD46 Using ImmunoPET. CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH, 27(5), 1305-1315. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-20-3310

Ta, H. Q., Dworak, N., Ivey, M. L., Roller, D. G., & Gioeli, D. (2020). AR phosphorylation and CHK2 kinase activity regulates IR-stabilized AR-CHK2 interaction and prostate cancer survival. ELIFE, 9. doi:10.7554/eLife.51378

Dougherty, M. I., Lehman, C. E., Spencer, A., Mendez, R. E., David, A. P., Taniguchi, L. E., . . . Jameson, M. J. (2020). PRAS40 Phosphorylation Correlates with Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Receptor-Induced Resistance to Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibition in Head and Neck Cancer Cells. MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH, 18(9), 1392-1401. doi:10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-19-0592

2019

Lehman, C. E., Khalil, A. A., Axelrod, M. J., Dougherty, M. I., Schoeff, S. S., Taniguchi, L. E., . . . Jameson, M. J. (2020). Antitumor effect of insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor inhibition in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma. LARYNGOSCOPE, 130(6), 1470-1478. doi:10.1002/lary.28236

Ta, H. Q., Whitworth, H., Yin, Y., Conaway, M., Frierson, H. F., Campbell, M. J., . . . Gioeli, D. (2019). Discovery of a novel long noncoding RNA overlapping the LCK gene that regulates prostate cancer cell growth. MOLECULAR CANCER, 18. doi:10.1186/s12943-019-1039-6

Gioeli, D., Snow, C. J., Simmers, M. B., Hoang, S. A., Figler, R. A., Allende, J. A., . . . Wamhoff, B. R. (2019). Development of a multicellular pancreatic tumor microenvironment system using patient-derived tumor cells. LAB ON A CHIP, 19(7), 1193-1204. doi:10.1039/c8lc00755a

Lehman, C. E., Mendez, R. E., Dougherty, M. I., Allak, A., Adejumo, O. L., Taniguchi, L. E., . . . Jameson, M. J. (2019). Survivin in Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Induced Resistance to Lapatinib in Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma Cells. FRONTIERS IN ONCOLOGY, 9. doi:10.3389/fonc.2019.00013

2018

Ta, H. Q., Sleppy, R., Dworak, N., Allend, J. A., & Gioeli, D. (n.d.). Checkpoint kinase 2 and androgen receptor cross-talk regulate the DDR and prostate cancer growth. Endocrine Abstracts. doi:10.1530/endoabs.54.oc7

Danan, D., Lehman, C. E., Mendez, R. E., Langford, B., Koors, P. D., Dougherty, M. I., . . . Jameson, M. J. (2018). Effect of Adipose-Derived Stem Cells on Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. OTOLARYNGOLOGY-HEAD AND NECK SURGERY, 158(5), 882-888. doi:10.1177/0194599817750361

2017

Olmez, I., Love, S., Xiao, A., Manigat, L., Randolph, P., McKenna, B. D., . . . Purow, B. (2018). Targeting the mesenchymal subtype in glioblastoma and other cancers via inhibition of diacylglycerol kinase alpha. NEURO-ONCOLOGY, 20(2), 192-202. doi:10.1093/neuonc/nox119

2016

Lu, H., Wang, T., Li, J., Fedele, C., Liu, Q., Zhang, J., . . . Languino, L. R. (2016). αvβ6 Integrin Promotes Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer through JNK1-Mediated Activation of Androgen Receptor. CANCER RESEARCH, 76(17), 5163-5174. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-16-0543

Benamar, M., Guessous, F., Du, K., Corbett, P., Obeid, J., Gioeli, D., . . . Abbas, T. (2016). Inactivation of the CRL4-CDT2-SET8/p21 ubiquitylation and degradation axis underlies the therapeutic efficacy of pevonedistat in melanoma. EBIOMEDICINE, 10, 85-100. doi:10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.06.023

2015

Roller, D. G., Capaldo, B., Bekiranov, S., Mackey, A. J., Conaway, M. R., Petricoin, E. F., . . . Weber, M. J. (2016). Combinatorial drug screening and molecular profiling reveal diverse mechanisms of intrinsic and adaptive resistance to BRAF inhibition in V600E BRAF mutant melanomas. ONCOTARGET, 7(3), 2734-2753. doi:10.18632/oncotarget.6548

Zboray, L., Pluciennik, A., Curtis, D., Liu, Y., Berman-Booty, L. D., Orr, C., . . . Merry, D. E. (2015). Preventing the Androgen Receptor N/C Interaction Delays Disease Onset in a Mouse Model of SBMA. CELL REPORTS, 13(10), 2312-2323. doi:10.1016/j.celrep.2015.11.019

Ta, H. Q., Ivey, M. L., Frierson, H. F. J., Conaway, M. R., Dziegielewski, J., Larner, J. M., & Gioeli, D. (2015). Checkpoint Kinase 2 Negatively Regulates Androgen Sensitivity and Prostate Cancer Cell Growth. CANCER RESEARCH, 75(23), 5093-5105. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-15-0224

Axelrod, M. J., Mendez, R. E., Khalil, A., Leimgruber, S. S., Sharlow, E. R., Capaldo, B., . . . Jameson, M. J. (2015). Synergistic apoptosis in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells by co-inhibition of insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor signaling and compensatory signaling pathways. HEAD AND NECK-JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENCES AND SPECIALTIES OF THE HEAD AND NECK, 37(12), 1722-1732. doi:10.1002/hed.23822

Koryakina, Y., Knudsen, K. E., & Gioeli, D. (2015). Cell-cycle-dependent regulation of androgen receptor function. ENDOCRINE-RELATED CANCER, 22(2), 249-264. doi:10.1530/ERC-14-0549

Capaldo, B. J., Roller, D., Axelrod, M. J., Koeppel, A. F., Petricoin, E. F., Slingluff, C. L. J., . . . Bekiranov, S. (2015). Systems Analysis of Adaptive Responses to MAP Kinase Pathway Blockade in BRAF Mutant Melanoma. PLOS ONE, 10(9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138210

2014

Ta, H. Q., & Gioeli, D. (2014). The convergence of DNA damage checkpoint pathways and androgen receptor signaling in prostate cancer. ENDOCRINE-RELATED CANCER, 21(5), R395-R407. doi:10.1530/ERC-14-0217

Axelrod, M. J., Gordon, V., Mendez, R. E., Leimgruber, S. S., Conaway, M. R., Sharlow, E. R., . . . Weber, M. J. (2014). p70S6 kinase is a critical node that integrates HER-family and PI3 kinase signaling networks. CELLULAR SIGNALLING, 26(8), 1627-1635. doi:10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.03.013

Koryakina, Y., Ta, H. Q., & Gioeli, D. (2014). Androgen receptor phosphorylation: biological context and functional consequences. ENDOCRINE-RELATED CANCER, 21(4), T131-T145. doi:10.1530/ERC-13-0472

2013

Axelrod, M., Gordon, V. L., Conaway, M., Tarcsafalvi, A., Neitzke, D. J., Gioeli, D., & Weber, M. J. (2013). Combinatorial drug screening identifies compensatory pathway interactions and adaptive resistance mechanisms. ONCOTARGET, 4(4), 622-635. doi:10.18632/oncotarget.938

2012

Roller, D. G., Axelrod, M., Capaldo, B. J., Jensen, K., Mackey, A., Weber, M. J., & Gioeli, D. (2012). Synthetic Lethal Screening with Small-Molecule Inhibitors Provides a Pathway to Rational Combination Therapies for Melanoma. MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS, 11(11), 2505-2515. doi:10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-12-0461

Whitworth, H., Bhadel, S., Ivey, M., Conaway, M., Spencer, A., Hernan, R., . . . Gioeli, D. (2012). Identification of Kinases Regulating Prostate Cancer Cell Growth Using an RNAi Phenotypic Screen. PLOS ONE, 7(6). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0038950

2011

Gioeli, D., & Paschal, B. M. (2012). Post-translational modification of the androgen receptor. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, 352(1-2), 70-78. doi:10.1016/j.mce.2011.07.004

Gioeli, D., Wunderlich, W., Sebolt-Leopold, J., Bekiranov, S., Wulfkuhle, J. D., Petricoin, E. F. I. I. I., . . . Weber, M. J. (2011). Compensatory Pathways Induced by MEK Inhibition Are Effective Drug Targets for Combination Therapy against Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer. MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS, 10(9), 1581-1590. doi:10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-10-1033

Cinar, B., Collak, F. K., Lopez, D., Akgul, S., Mukhopadhyay, N. K., Kilicarslan, M., . . . Freeman, M. R. (2011). MST1 Is a Multifunctional Caspase-Independent Inhibitor of Androgenic Signaling. CANCER RESEARCH, 71(12), 4303-4313. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-4532

2010

Gordon, V., Bhadel, S., Wunderlich, W., Zhang, J., Ficarro, S. B., Mollah, S. A., . . . Gioeli, D. (2010). CDK9 Regulates AR Promoter Selectivity and Cell Growth through Serine 81 Phosphorylation. MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY, 24(12), 2267-2280. doi:10.1210/me.2010-0238

Tilghman, R. W., Cowan, C. R., Mih, J. D., Koryakina, Y., Gioeli, D., Slack-Davis, J. K., . . . Parsons, J. T. (2010). Matrix Rigidity Regulates Cancer Cell Growth and Cellular Phenotype. PLOS ONE, 5(9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0012905

Kelley, J. B., Talley, A. M., Spencer, A., Gioeli, D., & Paschal, B. M. (2010). Karyopherin α7 (KPNA7), a divergent member of the importin α family of nuclear import receptors. BMC CELL BIOLOGY, 11. doi:10.1186/1471-2121-11-63

Liu, Y., Karaca, M., Zhang, Z., Gioeli, D., Earp, H. S., & Whang, Y. E. (2010). Dasatinib inhibits site-specific tyrosine phosphorylation of androgen receptor by Ack1 and Src kinases. ONCOGENE, 29(22), 3208-3216. doi:10.1038/onc.2010.103

Gioeli, D. G. (2010). The promise of novel androgen receptor antagonists.. Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.), 9(3), 440-441. doi:10.4161/cc.9.3.11045

Ni, L., Yang, C. -S., Gioeli, D., Frierson, H., Toft, D. O., & Paschal, B. M. (2010). FKBP51 Promotes Assembly of the Hsp90 Chaperone Complex and Regulates Androgen Receptor Signaling in Prostate Cancer Cells. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, 30(5), 1243-1253. doi:10.1128/MCB.01891-08