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María Estela Andrés Coke

Full Professor

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Molecular mechanisms regulating gene expression in neurons. Role of LSD1-CoREST transcriptional repressor complexes in neuronal excitability Molecular and neurochemical modifications in compulsive behaviors

Educación

  •  Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences, Universidad de Chile. Chile, 1997
  •  Biochemistry, PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE. Chile, 1989
  •  Postdoctoral, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Estados Unidos, 2000

Experiencia Académica

  •   Associate Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Biological Sciences

    Santiago, Chile

    2004 - 2019

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Biological Sciences

    Santiago, Chile

    1999 - 2004

  •   Visiting Professor Other

    UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

    Medicine and Public Health

    Madison, Estados Unidos

    2016 - 2016

  •   Full Professor Full Time

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Ciencias Biológicas

    Santiago, Chile

    2019 - A la fecha

Formación de Capital Humano


Ph.D. thesis in progress:
1. Montserrat Olivares "Epigenetic regulation of the early gene Nur77 in dopaminoceptive neurons"
2. Duxan Arancibia "Evaluating the neuroprotector role of CDNF in reticular stress response in neurons"
3. Carlos Rivera "Asociation of CoREST1, CoREST2 y CoREST3 to chromatin during neuronal differentiation"

Co-tutor of in-progress Ph.D. thesis
1.- Enzo Pérez "Changes in adult dopaminergic pathways induced by CB1 agonist during adolescence”

Ph.D. thesis completed:
1.- Julián Sáez “Biochemical and Functional Properties of CoREST family proteins” 2016
2.- Angélica Escobar “Interaction between the D2 dopamine receptor and the kappa opioid receptor in a rat model of the obsessive-compulsive disorder” Co-advisor: José A Fuentealba, 2016
3.- Luis Pereira “Regulation of Nurr1 expression by miRNAs” 2015
4.- Natalia Sánchez “Nur77 expression is regulated by dopamine and glutamate in D2 receptor neurons in mice striatum” 2015
5.- Cristian Arredondo, “Post-translational modification of Nurr1 by SUMOylation, mechanisms, and effects” 2012.
6.- Andrea Gómez, “Functional interaction between the molecular chaperone Hsp70 and the transcriptional co-repressor CoREST”. 2010
7.- Danny Galleguillos, “Nurr1: Regulation of the expression of the tyrosine kinase receptor RET and function in the dopaminergic system” 2009.
8.- Andrea Vecchiola, “Regulation of Nurr1-dependent transcriptional activity by SUMO and the SUMO-E3-ligase, PIASgamma”. 2006.
9.- José A. Fuentealba, “Facilitation of dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens of rats repeatedly treated with the kappa opioid agonist U-69593”. 2005.

Co-advisor of completed Ph.D. Thesis
1.- Francisca Cornejo "Changes of the expression of scavenger receptor class A associated with aging and its participation in Alzheimer disease" 2017 Advisor: Rommy von Bernardi. 2017
2.- Paula Slater “Interaction and regulation of CRH-R2 by CRH-BP” advisor: Katia Gysling. 2016
Ongoing undergraduate thesis
1.- Gianluca Merello "Characterizing Molecular and Behavioral traits of neuroLSD1 knockout mice"
2.- Fabián Guzmán "Determining the role of CoREST2 in nuclei speckles"

Completed undergraduate thesis
1.- Diane Leighton, Biochemistry, 2017
2.- Roxana Ureta, Biochemistry. 2016
3.- Mauricio Herrera, Biochemistry, 2015
3.- Álvaro Barrios, Biochemistry and Pharmacy. 2012
4.- Mathias Saver, Biochemistry. 2011
5.- Francisca Cornejo, Biochemistry. 2011
6.- Stephanie Cortez, Biology. 2009
7.- Luis Miguel Gómez, Biochemistry. 2008
8.- Tamara Garcia, Biochemistry. 2007
9.- Marcelo Orellana, Biochemistry. 2007


Difusión y Transferencia


Since June 2015, I am part of the expert advisory group to contribute to the design, implementation and evaluation of public policies promoted by SENDA.

2012 Organization and Participation in the Symposium “Progress and Challenges in Scientific Research on Treatment, Pharmacological Strategies and Vaccines against Drug Addiction” November, 12-14, Santiago. In preparation for the Presidencia Pro Tempore of Chile for the 1st Summit of Heads of State and Government of the CELAC.

2013 Organization and coordination of the International workshop First Joint Meeting “Alcohol and other Drugs of Abuse: from molecules to human disorders” (October, 16-19, Concepción). Sponsored by ICM, ISN y CELAC.

2015 Organization of the round Table: "Alcohol and the adolescent brain, a biopsychosocial sight" speakers: Katia Gysling (scientist, UC), Carlos Ibáñez (psychiatry and PhD, SENDA) and Paulo Egenau (psychologist and Director of Fundación Paréntesis) September 22, Coquimbo.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Honor Medal "Hermann Niemayer"

    Sociedad de Bioquimica y Biologia Molecular de Chile

    Chile, 1994

    Best PhD student of PhD programs in biochemistry and related sciences in Chile.

  •   PEW fellowship

    PEW charitable trusts

    Estados Unidos, 1998

    Fellowship for postdoctoral training in USA. (10 fellowships are awarded each year for Latin American applicants)

  •   Excellence in teaching

    PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

    Chile, 2014

    This prize is given by the University to the best professors every year.


 

Article (64)

<i>OPA1</i> disease-causing mutants have domain-specific effects on mitochondrial ultrastructure and fusion
Bioinformatic analysis predicts that ethanol exposure during early development causes alternative splicing alterations of genes involved in RNA post-transcriptional regulation
Evolution of lysine-specific demethylase 1 and REST corepressor gene families and their molecular interaction
An Early Disturbance in Serotonergic Neurotransmission Contributes to the Onset of Parkinsonian Phenotypes in Drosophila melanogaster
Immunolocalization of kappa opioid receptors in the axon initial segment of a group of embryonic mesencephalic dopamine neurons
OPA1 Modulates Mitochondrial Ca2+ Uptake Through ER-Mitochondria Coupling
Type 1 Corticotropin-Releasing Factor Receptor Differentially Modulates Neurotransmitter Levels in the Nucleus Accumbens of Juvenile versus Adult Rats
Unveiling RCOR1 as a rheostat at transcriptionally permissive chromatin
Functional Interplay of Type-2 Corticotrophin Releasing Factor and Dopamine Receptors in the Basolateral Amygdala-Medial Prefrontal Cortex Circuitry
MicroExonator enables systematic discovery and quantification of microexons across mouse embryonic development
Pilocarpine-induced seizures associate with modifications of LSD1/CoREST/HDAC1/2 epigenetic complex and repressive chromatin in mice hippocampus
Revealing RCOR2 as a regulatory component of nuclear speckles
Study of the release of endogenous amines in Drosophila brain in vivo in response to stimuli linked to aversive olfactory conditioning
Cross-talk between dopamine D1 and corticotropin releasing factor type 2 receptors leads to occlusion of their ERK1/2 signaling
Crosstalk Between Kappa Opioid and Dopamine Systems in Compulsive Behaviors
Inhibitory Control of Basolateral Amygdalar Transmission to the Prefrontal Cortex by Local Corticotrophin Type 2 Receptor
The nuclear receptor NR4A1 is regulated by SUMO modification to induce autophagic cell death
Development of a Bicistronic Vector for the Expression of a CRISPR/Cas9-mCherry System in Fish Cell Lines
The blocking of kappa-opioid receptor reverses the changes in dorsolateral striatum dopamine dynamics during the amphetamine sensitization
Type 2B corticotrophin releasing factor receptor forms a heteromeric complex with dopamine D1 receptor in living cells
CDNF induces the adaptive unfolded protein response and attenuates endoplasmic reticulum stress-induced cell death
Neonatal exposure to oestradiol increases dopaminergic transmission in nucleus accumbens and morphine-induced conditioned place preference in adult female rats
PIAS gamma controls stability and facilitates SUMO-2 conjugation to CoREST family of transcriptional co-repressors
Scavenger Receptor-A deficiency impairs immune response of microglia and astrocytes potentiating Alzheimers disease pathophysiology
Long 3'UTR of Nurr1 mRNAs is targeted by miRNAs in mesencephalic dopamine neurons
Mechanisms of Kappa Opioid Receptor Potentiation of Dopamine D2 Receptor Function in Quinpirole-Induced Locomotor Sensitization in Rats
CRF binding protein facilitates the presence of CRF type 2 alpha receptor on the cell surface
Opposite effects of acute and chronic amphetamine on Nurr1 and NF-kappa B p65 in the rat ventral tegmental area
Characterizing HSF1 Binding and Post-Translational Modifications of hsp70 Promoter in Cultured Cortical Neurons: Implications in the Heat-Shock Response
Decreased Expression of CoREST1 and CoREST2 Together with LSD1 and HDAC1/2 during Neuronal Differentiation
Exposure to repeated immobilization stress inhibits cocaine-induced increase in dopamine extracellular levels in the rat ventral tegmental area
Reduced dopamine and glutamate neurotransmission in the nucleus accumbens of quinpirole-sensitized rats hints at inhibitory D2 autoreceptor function
Differential Properties of Transcriptional Complexes Formed by the CoREST Family
Haloperidol-induced Nur77 expression in striatopallidal neurons is under the control of protein phosphatase 1 regulation by DARPP-32
An Amphipathic Alpha-Helix in the Prodomain of Cocaine and Amphetamine Regulated Transcript Peptide Precursor Serves as Its Sorting Signal to the Regulated Secretory Pathway
Long-term loss of dopamine release mediated by CRF-1 receptors in the rat lateral septum after repeated cocaine administration
PIAS gamma Enhanced SUMO-2 Modification of Nurr1 Activation-Function-1 Domain Limits Nurr1 Transcriptional Synergy
The effect of previous exposure to nicotine on nicotine place preference
Repeated treatment with the kappa opioid receptor agonist U69593 reverses enhanced K+ induced dopamine release in the nucleus accumbens, but not the expression of locomotor sensitization in amphetamine-sensitized rats
Corticotropin-releasing factor binding protein enters the regulated secretory pathway in neuroendocrine cells and cortical neurons
Repeated Immobilization Stress Increases Nur77 Expression in the Bed Nucleus of the Stria Terminalis
Short communication: Effect of vitamins E and C on cortisol production by bovine adrenocortical cells in vitro
Activation of GABA-B receptors induced by systemic amphetamine abolishes dopamine release in the rat lateral septum
Nurr1 regulates RET expression in dopamine neurons of adult rat midbrain
Repeated Treatment With the kappa-Opioid Agonist U-69593 Increases K+-Stimulated Dopamine Release in the Rat Medial Prefrontal Cortex
CoREST represses the heat shock response mediated by HSF1
Increased locomotor response to amphetamine induced by the repeated administration of the selective kappa-opioid receptor agonist U-69593
Estrogen receptors alpha and beta differentially regulate the transcriptional activity of the Urocortin gene.
Intron retention as an alternative splice variant of the rat urocortin 1 gene
Repeated administration of the selective kappa-opioid receptor agonist U-69593 increases. Stimulated dopamine extracellular levels in the rat nucleus accumbens
Novel alternative splicing predicts a truncated isoform of the NMDA receptor subunit 1 (NR1) in embryonic rat brain
PIAS gamma represses the transcriptional activation induced by the nuclear receptor Nurr1
Rapid increase of Nurr1 expression in the Substantia nigra after 6-hydroxydopamine lesion in the striatum of the rat
Rest repression of neuronal genes requires components of the hSWI·SNF complex
Regulation of neuronal traits by a novel transcriptional complex
Medullary noradrenergic neurons projecting to the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis express mRNA for the NMDA-NR1 receptor
CoREST: a functional corepressor required for regulation of neural-specific gene expression.
Differential regulation of dopamine release by <i>N</i>-methyl-D-aspartate receptors in rat striatum after partial and extreme lesions of the nigro-striatal pathway
NMDA-NR1 receptor subunit mRNA expression in rat brain after 6-OH-dopamine induced lesions: A non-isotopic in situ hybridization study
REGULATION OF ENDOGENOUS NORADRENALINE RELEASE FROM THE BED NUCLEUS OF STRIA TERMINALIS
Differential effects of haloperidol on negative symptomsin drug-naive schizophrenic patients: effects on plasma homovanillic acid
DIFFERENTIAL-EFFECTS OF HALOPERIDOL ON NEGATIVE SYMPTOMS IN DRUG-NAIVE SCHIZOPHRENIC-PATIENTS - EFFECTS ON PLASMA HOMOVANILLIC-ACID
REGULATION OF [H-3] NOREPINEPHRINE RELEASE BY N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE RECEPTORS IN MINISLICES FROM THE DENTATE GYRUS AND THE CA(1)-CA(3) AREA OF THE RAT HIPPOCAMPUS
STUDIES OF CHOLECYSTOKININ IN THE RAT BED NUCLEUS OF STRIA TERMINALIS

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Nicotina, la más dañina y menos temida de las adicciones

Proyecto (13)

Determining the function of LSD1-CoREST transcriptional complexes in compulsive behaviors. An opportunity to find new therapeutic targets
EFECTOS NEUROQUÍMICOS Y MOLECULARES DE DELTA-9-TETRAHIDROCANNABINOL Y CANNABIDIOL EN UN MODELO DE EPILEPSIA EN RATONES
NURR1/COREST COMPLEXES CONTROLLING GENE EXPRESSION IN DOPAMINE NEURONS
ROLE OF THE D1-DOPAMINE AND TYPE 2-CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTORS HETEROMER IN STRESS-INDUCED RELAPSE TO PSYCHOSTIMULANT-SEEKING BEHAVIOR
STUDIES ON THE MECHANISMS INVOLVED IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF COCAINE-ASSOCIATED BRAIN PERFUSION DEFECTS=> THE ROLE OF ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION AND ACTIVATION OF HEMOSTATIC SYSTEM"
Millennium Nucleus in Stress and Addiction=> from molecules to behavior.
Molecular and neurochemical dysfunctions in an animal model of obsessive-compulsive disorder
BIOCHEMICAL AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS REGULATING NURR1-DEPENDENT TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVITY.
CRH SYSTEM REGULATION BY NUR TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN ADDICTION.
REGULACION RECIPROCA ENTRE EL FACTOR TRANSCRIPCIONAL NURR1 Y LA DOPAMINA EXTRACELULAR EN EL SISTEMA DOPAMINERGICO VENTRAL.
ESTUDIO DEL MECANISMO MOLECULAR DE REGULACION DE LA TRANSCRIPCION EJERCIDA POR NURR I EN NEURONAS DOPAMINERGICAS DURANTE EL DESARROLLO Y EN EL ADULTO
NEUROTRANSMISION GLUTAMATERGICA EN LOS GANGLIOS BASALES Y SU RELACION CON EL FENOMENO DE COMPENSACION FRENTE AL DANO DE LA VIA DOPAMINERGICA NIGROESTRIATAL
INTERACCIONES QUIMICO-FUNCIONALES ENTRE NEURONAS DOPAMINERGICAS Y GLUTAMATERGICAS EN EL SNC=> ESTUDIOS IN VIVO MEDIANTE MICRODIALISIS CEREBRAL.

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Nur transcription factors in stress and addiction
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María Andrés

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PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

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Katia Gysling

Professor

Cellular and Molecular Biology

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

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José Fuentealba

Associate professor

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Ramón Sotomayor

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Institute of Physiology

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Maria Forray

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SANTIAGO, Chile

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Andrea Gómez

Investigador Postdoctoral

Fisiología

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

5
Duxan Arancibia

Investigador Posdoctoral

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Assistant professor

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3
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DOCENTE

UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA DE CHILE

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Lund Stem Cell Center

Lund University

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2
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PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

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santiago, Chile

1
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Cellular and Molecular Biology

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

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Gestor de Innovación en áreas prioritarias

Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción

Concepción, Chile

1
Montserrat Olivares

Candidata a doctor

Biología celular y molecular

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
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SANTIAGO, Chile

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CRISTIAN BRAVO

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universidad de chile

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Alejandra Alvarez

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Santiago, Chile

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1
Nicole Salgado

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Santiago, Chile

1
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Bioinformatics

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Rafaella Zárate

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Instituto Antofagasta

Universidad de Antofagasta

Antofagasta, Chile

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Paula Slater

Postdoctoral researcher

Biological Sciences

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Marcela Sjoberg

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Biología Celular y Molecular

PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE

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