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Tarek A. Abbas

Tarek A. Abbas

Associate Professor, Radiation Oncology

Primary Location
1335 Lee Street, Rm 7141 West Complex
PO Box 800383
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Primary Phone Number
Fax Number
434.243.9261

Bio & Overview

Academic Information

Department
Radiation Oncology
Academic Title
Assistant Professor

Primary Education

  • BA, Biology, Hunter College, City University of New York, NY, 1999
  • MA, Cancer Biology, Hunter College, City University of New York, NY, 2000
  • MPH, Cancer Biology, The Graduate Center, (CUNY), NY, 2003
  • PhD, undefinedCity University of New York, Hunter College, 2004

Other Appointments

  • Assistant Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

Other Affiliations

  • Member, Cancer Center
  • Member, Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics Program
  • MSTP
  • Assistant Professor, BIMS

Research Interests

The Ubiquitin System and Human Cancer

Research Disciplines

  • Biochemistry
  • Cancer Biology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

Research Opportunities

  • Biochemistry
  • Cancer Biology
  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology

PhD Programs

  • Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
  • Pharmacology

Selected Publications

2024

Vela-Rodriguez, C., Yang, C., Alanen, H. I., Eki, R., Abbas, T. A., Maksimainen, M. M., . . . Lehtio, L. (2024). Oligomerization mediated by the D2 domain of DTX3L is critical for DTX3L-PARP9 reading function of mono-ADP-ribosylated androgen receptor. PROTEIN SCIENCE, 33(4). doi:10.1002/pro.4945

2023

Vela-Rodríguez, C., Yang, C., Alanen, H. I., Eki, R., Abbas, T. A., Maksimainen, M. M., . . . Lehtiö, L. (2023). Oligomerisation mediated by the D2 domain of DTX3L is critical for DTX3L-PARP9 reading function of mono-ADP-ribosylated androgen receptor.. bioRxiv. doi:10.1101/2023.11.29.569193

Genetta, T. L., Hurwitz, J. C., Clark, E. A., Herold, B. T., Khalil, S., Abbas, T., & Larner, J. M. (2023). ZEB1 promotes non-homologous end joining double-strand break repair. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 51(18), 9863-9879. doi:10.1093/nar/gkad723

Yang, C., Wierbilowicz, K., Dworak, N. M., Bae, S. Y., Tengse, S. B., Abianeh, N., . . . Paschal, B. M. (2023). Induction of PARP7 Creates a Vulnerability for Growth Inhibition by RBN2397 in Prostate Cancer Cells. CANCER RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 3(4), 592-606. doi:10.1158/2767-9764.CRC-23-0086

2022

Meneveau, M. O., Vavolizza, R. D., Mohammad, A., Kumar, P., Manderfield, J. T., Callahan, C., . . . Bekiranov, S. (2023). A Step Toward Personalized Surgical Decision Making Machine Learning Predicts 1 Versus Numerous Melanoma Lymph Node Metastases Using RNA-sequencing. ANNALS OF SURGERY, 278(3), E589-E597. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000005761

2021

Paulsen, T., Malapati, P., Shibata, Y., Wilson, B., Eki, R., Benamar, M., . . . Dutta, A. (2021). MicroDNA levels are dependent on MMEJ, repressed by c-NHEJ pathway, and stimulated by DNA damage. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 49(20), 11787-11799. doi:10.1093/nar/gkab984

Banerjee, D., Langberg, K., Abbas, S., Odermatt, E., Yerramothu, P., Volaric, M., . . . Kerur, N. (2021). A non-canonical, interferon-independent signaling activity of cGAMP triggers DNA damage response signaling. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 12(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26240-9

Yang, C. -S., Jividen, K., Kamata, T., Dworak, N., Oostdyk, L., Remlein, B., . . . Paschal, B. M. (2021). Androgen signaling uses a writer and a reader of ADP-ribosylation to regulate protein complex assembly. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, 12(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-021-23055-6

2020

Eki, R., She, J., Parlak, M., Benamar, M., Du, K. -P., Kumar, P., & Abbas, T. (2020). A robust CRISPR-Cas9-based fluorescent reporter assay for the detection and quantification of DNA double-strand break repair. NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH, 48(21). doi:10.1093/nar/gkaa897

Abbas, T. (2021). The Role of Ubiquitination and SUMOylation in DNA Replication. CURRENT ISSUES IN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, 40, 189-220. doi:10.21775/cimb.040.189

Jang, Y., Elsayed, Z., Eki, R., He, S., Du, K. -P., Abbas, T., & Kai, M. (2020). Intrinsically disordered protein RBM14 plays a role in generation of RNA:DNA hybrids at double-strand break sites. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 117(10), 5329-5338. doi:10.1073/pnas.1913280117

2019

Leick, K. M., Rodriguez, A. B., Melssen, M. M., Benamar, M., Lindsay, R. S., Eki, R., . . . Slingluff, C. L. J. (2019). The Barrier Molecules Junction Plakoglobin, Filaggrin, and Dystonin Play Roles in Melanoma Growth and Angiogenesis. ANNALS OF SURGERY, 270(4), 712-722. doi:10.1097/SLA.0000000000003522

Shang, S., Yang, J., Jazaeri, A. A., Duval, A. J., Tufan, T., Fischer, N. L., . . . Adli, M. (2019). Chemotherapy-Induced Distal Enhancers Drive Transcriptional Programs to Maintain the Chemoresistant State in Ovarian Cancer. CANCER RESEARCH, 79(18), 4599-4611. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-19-0215

2018

Olmez, I., Zhang, Y., Manigat, L., Benamar, M., Brenneman, B., Nakano, I., . . . Purow, B. (2018). Combined c-Met/Trk Inhibition Overcomes Resistance to CDK4/6 Inhibitors in Glioblastoma. CANCER RESEARCH, 78(15), 4360-4369. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-17-3124

2017

Vanderdys, V., Allak, A., Guessous, F., Benamar, M., Read, P. W., Jameson, M. J., & Abbas, T. (2018). The Neddylation Inhibitor Pevonedistat (MLN4924) Suppresses and Radiosensitizes Head and Neck Squamous Carcinoma Cells and Tumors. MOLECULAR CANCER THERAPEUTICS, 17(2), 368-380. doi:10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-17-0083

Olmez, I., Brenneman, B., Xiao, A., Serbulea, V., Benamar, M., Zhang, Y., . . . Purow, B. (2017). Combined CDK4/6 and mTOR Inhibition Is Synergistic against Glioblastoma via Multiple Mechanisms. CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH, 23(22), 6958-6968. doi:10.1158/1078-0432.CCR-17-0803

Yang, C. -S., Jividen, K., Spencer, A., Dworak, N., Ni, L., Oostdyk, L. T., . . . Paschal, B. M. (2017). Ubiquitin Modification by the E3 Ligase/ADP-Ribosyltransferase Dtx3L/Parp9. MOLECULAR CELL, 66(4), 503-+. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2017.04.028

Biswas, K., Sarkar, S., Du, K., Brautigan, D. L., Abbas, T., & Larner, J. M. (2017). The E3 Ligase CHIP Mediates p21 Degradation to Maintain Radioresistance. MOLECULAR CANCER RESEARCH, 15(6), 651-659. doi:10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-16-0466

Abbas, T., & Dutta, A. (2017). Regulation of Mammalian DNA Replication via the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System. DNA REPLICATION: FROM OLD PRINCIPLES TO NEW DISCOVERIES, 1042, 421-454. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-6955-0_19

2016

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

Heo, J., Eki, R., & Abbas, T. (2016). Deregulation of F-box proteins and its consequence on cancer development, progression and metastasis. SEMINARS IN CANCER BIOLOGY, 36, 33-51. doi:10.1016/j.semcancer.2015.09.015

2014

Sekhar, K. R., Benamar, M., Venkateswaran, A., Sasi, S., Penthala, N. R., Crooks, P. A., . . . Freeman, M. L. (2014). Targeting Nucleophosmin 1 Represents a Rational Strategy for Radiation Sensitization. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY BIOLOGY PHYSICS, 89(5), 1106-1114. doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.04.012

2013

Terai, K., Shibata, E., Abbas, T., & Dutta, A. (2013). Degradation of p12 Subunit by CRL4Cdt2 E3 Ligase Inhibits Fork Progression after DNA Damage. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 288(42), 30509-30514. doi:10.1074/jbc.C113.505586

Abbas, T., Keaton, M., & Dutta, A. (2013). Regulation of TGF-β signaling, exit from the cell cycle, and cellular migration through cullin cross-regulation SCF-FBXO11 turns off CRL4-Cdt2. CELL CYCLE, 12(14), 2175-2182. doi:10.4161/cc.25314

Abbas, T., Mueller, A. C., Shibata, E., Keaton, M., Rossi, M., & Dutta, A. (2013). CRL1-FBXO11 Promotes Cdt2 Ubiquitylation and Degradation and Regulates Pr-Set7/Set8-Mediated Cellular Migration. MOLECULAR CELL, 49(6), 1147-1158. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2013.02.003

Abbas, T., Keaton, M. A., & Dutta, A. (2013). Genomic Instability in Cancer. COLD SPRING HARBOR PERSPECTIVES IN MEDICINE, 3(2). doi:10.1101/cshperspect.a012914

Park, J., Long, D. T., Lee, K. Y., Abbas, T., Shibata, E., Negishi, M., . . . Dutta, A. (2013). The MCM8-MCM9 Complex Promotes RAD51 Recruitment at DNA Damage Sites To Facilitate Homologous Recombination. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, 33(8), 1632-1644. doi:10.1128/MCB.01503-12

2011

Van Rechem, C., Black, J. C., Abbas, T., Allen, A., Rinehart, C. A., Yuan, G. -C., . . . Whetstine, J. R. (2011). The SKP1-Cul1-F-box and Leucine-rich Repeat Protein 4 (SCF-FbxL4) Ubiquitin Ligase Regulates Lysine Demethylase 4A (KDM4A)/Jumonji Domain-containing 2A (JMJD2A) Protein. JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 286(35), 30462-30470. doi:10.1074/jbc.M111.273508

Shibata, E., Abbas, T., Huang, X., Wohlschlegel, J. A., & Dutta, A. (2011). Selective Ubiquitylation of p21 and Cdt1 by UBCH8 and UBE2G Ubiquitin-Conjugating Enzymes via the CRL4Cdt2 Ubiquitin Ligase Complex. MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, 31(15), 3136-3145. doi:10.1128/MCB.05496-11

Abbas, T., & Dutta, A. (2011). CRL4Cdt2 Master coordinator of cell cycle progression and genome stability. CELL CYCLE, 10(2), 241-249. doi:10.4161/cc.10.2.14530

2010

Abbas, T., Shibata, E., Park, J., Jha, S., Karnani, N., & Dutta, A. (2010). CRL4Cdt2 Regulates Cell Proliferation and Histone Gene Expression by Targeting PR-Set7/Set8 for Degradation. MOLECULAR CELL, 40(1), 9-21. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2010.09.014

Terai, K., Abbas, T., Jazaeri, A. A., & Dutta, A. (2010). CRL4Cdt2 E3 Ubiquitin Ligase Monoubiquitinates PCNA to Promote Translesion DNA Synthesis. MOLECULAR CELL, 37(1), 143-149. doi:10.1016/j.molcel.2009.12.018