| 2009 |
STK33 promotes cancer cell viability in a kinase activity-dependent manner by regulating suppression of mitochondrial apoptosis through S6K1-induced inactivation of the death agonist BAD, selectively in mutant KRAS-dependent cells. |
High-throughput RNAi screen, knockdown with viability readout, pathway analysis |
Cell |
Medium |
19490892
|
| 2011 |
STK33 kinase activity is NOT required for survival of KRAS-dependent cancer cells: STK33 knockdown, dominant mutant overexpression, and small-molecule kinase inhibitors all failed to affect KRAS signaling or cell survival, refuting the proposed synthetic lethal interaction. |
RNAi, dominant mutant overexpression, small-molecule inhibitors, synthetic lethal siRNA screen across broad panel |
Cancer research |
High |
21742770 22323609 23256033
|
| 2001 |
STK33 was identified as a novel serine/threonine protein kinase encoded on human chromosome 11p15.3, with phylogenetic analysis placing it in the calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CAMK) group, though lacking the canonical calcium/calmodulin binding domain. |
Comparative genome analysis, cDNA sequencing, phylogenetic analysis, RT-PCR |
Gene |
Medium |
11738831
|
| 2005 |
STK33/Stk33 protein is highly expressed in testis (particularly in spermatogenic epithelial cells), lung epithelia, alveolar macrophages, retinal horizontal cells, and embryonic organs, establishing a non-ubiquitous expression pattern consistent with roles in spermatogenesis and organ ontogenesis. |
Immunofluorescence, Western blot, RNA analysis across tissues |
The FEBS journal |
Medium |
16176263
|
| 2008 |
Stk33 directly binds to vimentin and phosphorylates the non-alpha-helical amino-terminal domain of vimentin in vitro; co-immunoprecipitation from cultured cell extracts confirmed in vivo association, and co-sedimentation assay showed direct binding without additional mediating proteins. |
In vitro kinase assay with recombinant vimentin, co-immunoprecipitation, co-sedimentation assay, immunofluorescence colocalization |
BMC biochemistry |
High |
18811945
|
| 2012 |
The HSP90/CDC37 chaperone complex binds to and stabilizes STK33 protein in human cancer cells; pharmacologic HSP90 inhibition induces proteasome-mediated degradation of STK33, triggering apoptosis preferentially in KRAS mutant cells in an STK33-dependent manner. |
Mass spectrometry-based protein interaction screen, co-immunoprecipitation, pharmacologic HSP90 inhibition, in vitro and in vivo tumor models |
The Journal of experimental medicine |
High |
22451720
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| 2013 |
Stk33 co-localizes with vimentin in hypothalamic tanycytes in rodent and higher mammalian brains, and Stk33 expression in tanycytes is regulated by photoperiod, mirroring vimentin regulation, suggesting involvement in photoperiodic endocrine regulation. |
Immunofluorescence, double-immunostaining, co-immunoprecipitation, Western blot across photoperiod conditions |
Cell and tissue research |
Medium |
24057876
|
| 2014 |
STK33 directly binds to c-Myc and increases its transcriptional activity, promoting hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation; the C-terminus of STK33 blocks this STK33/c-Myc association and downregulates HCC cell proliferation. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, domain-mapping with C-terminus constructs, in vitro and in vivo HCC proliferation assays, TAM-inducible transgenic and knockout mouse models |
Gut |
Medium |
25398772
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| 2017 |
Stk33 is essential for spermatid differentiation: constitutive Stk33 deletion in mice results in severely malformed and immotile spermatozoa with disordered structural tail elements; Stk33 protein localizes to the cytoplasm and partially co-localizes with the caudal end of the manchette in elongating spermatids, and its loss leads to an abnormal tight, straight, elongated manchette. |
Constitutive and conditional knockout mice, immunofluorescence localization, histological analysis of spermatogenesis |
Developmental biology |
High |
29155043
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| 2017 |
HSP90-stabilized STK33 interacts with and regulates hypoxia-driven accumulation and activation of HIF-1α, as well as secretion of VEGF-A in hypoxic cancer cells, promoting tumor angiogenesis; ectopic STK33 restored blood vessel formation in vivo after HSP90 inhibition. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, genetic STK33 abrogation/overexpression, tumor xenograft vascularization assay, VEGF-A secretion assay |
Oncotarget |
Medium |
29100402
|
| 2017 |
HIF-1α directly transcriptionally upregulates STK33 by binding to a hypoxia response element in its promoter, establishing STK33 as a downstream mediator of HIF1α in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. |
Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), reporter assay, knockdown/overexpression in PDAC cells and xenografts |
Cancer research |
Medium |
29038348
|
| 2019 |
TTC36 binds HPD and reduces STK33 binding to HPD, thereby inhibiting STK33-mediated phosphorylation of HPD at T382; this phosphorylation recruits PELI1, which polyubiquitylates HPD leading to its degradation. Deficiency of TTC36 enhances STK33-mediated HPD T382 phosphorylation and PELI1-mediated HPD downregulation, causing tyrosinemia and neurological damage in Ttc36-/- mice. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, in vitro kinase assay (identifying T382 phosphorylation site), ubiquitylation assay, Ttc36 knockout mouse model with biochemical and behavioral phenotyping |
Nature communications |
High |
31537781
|
| 2019 |
STK33 phosphorylates ERK2 in vitro, binds ERK2 in cells, and acts as an upstream kinase to increase ERK2 activity, promoting tumorigenesis of colorectal cancer cells. |
In vitro kinase assay, co-immunoprecipitation, knockdown/overexpression in HCT15 cells, in vivo xenograft |
Bioscience reports |
Low |
30760631
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| 2019 |
STK33 promotes growth and progression of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors via activation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway, as demonstrated by knockdown and overexpression experiments. |
siRNA knockdown, overexpression, Western blot for PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway components, in vitro proliferation/invasion assays, in vivo xenograft |
Neuroendocrinology |
Medium |
31261148
|
| 2021 |
A homozygous frameshift mutation (c.1235del, p.T412Kfs*14) in STK33 causes MMAF (multiple morphological abnormalities of the flagella) phenotype in humans, establishing STK33 as an MMAF-related gene required for normal sperm flagellar structure and motility. |
Whole-exome sequencing, mRNA analysis, sperm morphology and ultrastructure analysis (electron microscopy) |
Human molecular genetics |
Medium |
34155512
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| 2021 |
NFYB transcription factor binds to the STK33 promoter and promotes STK33 expression, which in turn activates the Hedgehog signaling pathway to promote cisplatin resistance in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. |
Chromatin immunoprecipitation, promoter binding assay, knockdown of STK33 and NFYB, Hedgehog pathway inhibitor experiments |
Leukemia research |
Medium |
34536775
|
| 2023 |
STK33 phosphorylates fibrous sheath components AKAP3 and AKAP4 (A-kinase anchoring proteins 3 and 4) in vitro; STK33 deletion in mice results in defects in mitochondrial sheath, fibrous sheath, outer dense fiber, and axoneme assembly, with AKAP3/4 expression decreased in testis. Loss-of-function mutations in STK33 in humans cause non-obstructive azoospermia. |
Differential phosphoproteomic analysis, in vitro kinase assay, Stk33 knockout and knockin mouse models, human mutation identification, sperm structural analysis |
Molecular & cellular proteomics |
High |
37146716
|
| 2023 |
STK33 affects autophagy in renal cell carcinoma cells by activating the mTOR/ULK1 pathway: STK33 knockdown leads to decreased p-mTOR and P62 and increased Beclin1, LC3, and p-ULK1, promoting autophagy and inhibiting cell proliferation and migration. |
siRNA knockdown, Western blot for mTOR/ULK1 pathway components, LC3 fluorescence assay, proliferation and migration assays |
Molecular biology reports |
Low |
37101009
|
| 2023 |
KLHDC2 (CUL2 diGly receptor) was identified as an efficient E3 ubiquitin ligase capable of degrading STK33 via proximity-induced degradation (AdPROM system), demonstrating that STK33 can be targeted for proteasomal degradation by KLHDC2-recruiting molecules. |
AdPROM E3 ligase screen with GFP-tagged endogenous STK33, Western blot for degradation, peptide-based PROTAC proof-of-concept |
Cell chemical biology |
Medium |
37591251
|
| 2025 |
STK33 is identified as a binding partner of TSKS (Testis Specific Serine Kinase Substrate) in testicular germ cells by co-immunoprecipitation; STK33 is recruited to TSKS foci through this interaction. STK33 was unable to phosphorylate TSKS or YBX2 in vitro, suggesting a non-catalytic scaffolding role in this context. |
Immunoprecipitation/mass spectrometry, co-immunoprecipitation, proximity ligation assay, in vitro phosphorylation assay (negative result for TSKS and YBX2) |
Reproductive sciences |
Medium |
39909973
|
| 2026 |
STK33 promotes glycolysis and PanNET growth via the mTORC1/S6K1/HIF-1α signaling axis: STK33 knockdown reduces S6K1 phosphorylation and S6K1 inhibition reverses STK33-driven glycolysis; HIF-1α transcriptionally upregulates STK33 while STK33 promotes HIF-1α protein levels via mTORC1/S6K1, enhancing LDHA expression. |
shRNA knockdown, overexpression, S6K1 pharmacologic inhibition, Western blot for pathway components, glucose/lactate/ATP assays, in vivo xenograft, immunochemistry in patient specimens |
Journal of translational medicine |
Medium |
42157211
|
| 2025 |
STK33 is implicated as a novel kinase in acrosomal exocytosis during sperm maturation, identified through phosphoproteomic analysis of epididymal sperm maturation; knockout mouse model validation confirmed functional relevance for sperm motility and fertilization capacity. |
High-resolution mass spectrometry phosphoproteomics, knockout mouse model, sperm motility and fertilization assays |
bioRxivpreprint |
Low |
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