重要學術貢獻
揭示了Hippo信號通路關鍵調控因子VGLL4在肌肉再生過程中維持肌肉干細胞增殖和分化平衡的重要功能,還闡明了VGLL4在心臟瓣膜以及骨發育過程中的作用機制。
利用小鼠模型闡明了不同基因在細胞增殖、細胞凋亡以及細胞損傷修復中的功能及作用機制,為相關疾病提供了新的診療思路。
在 Science Advances、EMBO Journal、PLoS Genetics、Cancer Letters、Neoplasia等雜誌發表研究論文18篇,論文被引用400餘次。
先後獲得中國博士後、上海市博士後、上海市面上、國家自然科學基金青年項目、面上項目以及科技部重大研發等項目資助。
研究方向
實驗室主要研究細胞內外信號轉導異常與疾病發生之間的關係,為相關疾病及腫瘤診療提供新思路。
利用生化、分子與細胞生物學等研究手段,解析重要信號通路在細胞增殖、細胞分化、細胞凋亡過程中的功能及分子機制。
利用小鼠的疾病以及腫瘤模型,結合人體臨床樣本分析,揭示Hippo等信號網路在疾病以及腫瘤發生中的功能及作用機理。
利用細胞和小鼠疾病模型篩選抗腫瘤及免疫相關的小分子化合物。
學術任職
2019-2021 中國科學院青年創新促進會生命分會第四屆委員
獲獎記錄
2010年度 中國生物化學與分子生物學學會青年科學家論壇獎
2014年度 中國科學院上海生科院優秀青年人才獎
2020年度 中國科學院上海生科院賽諾菲優秀青年人才獎
科研成果
發表論文:
1.Zuoyun Wang, Zhaoyuan Fang, Gaobin Chen, Bo Liu, Jinjin Xu, Fei Li, Fuming Li, Hongyan Liu, Haoen Zhang, Yihua Sun, Gang Tian, Haiquan Chen, Guoliang Xu, Lei Zhang, Liang Hu, Hongbin Ji *. CBX4 exerts oncogenic properties in lung cancer through Wnt signalling pathway. Neoplasia, 2021; 23 (2):222-233.
2.Jinlong Suo#, Xue Feng#, Jiayi Li, Jinghui Wang, Zuoyun Wang*, Lei Zhang*, Weiguo Zou*. VGLL4 promotes osteoblast differentiation by antagonizing TEADs-inhibited Runx2 transcriptions. Science Advances, 2020 23; 6 (43): eaba4147.
3.Xue Feng#, Zuoyun Wang#, Fei Wang#, Tiantian Lu, Jinjin Xu, Xueyan Ma, Jinhui Li, Lingli He,Wenxiang Zhang, Sheng Li, Wenjun Yang, Lili Han, Shu Zhang, Gaoxiang Ge, Yun Zhao, Ping Hu*, and Lei Zhang*. Dual function of VGLL4 in muscle regeneration. EMBO Journal. 2019, 38(17):e101051.
4.Wei Yu#, Xueyan Ma#, Jinjin Xu, Zhaoliang Fei, Xue Feng, Xiaodong Wang, Kuo Liu, Jinhui Li, Guizhong Cui, Guangdun Peng, Hongbin Ji, Jinsong Li, Naihe Jing, Hai Song, Zhiqiang Lin, Yun Zhao, Zuoyun Wang*, Bin Zhou* and Lei Zhang*. VGLL4 plays a critical role in heart valve development and homeostasis. PLoS Genetics.2019, 15(2): e1007977.
5.Wenxiang Zhang#, Jinjin Xu, Jinhui Li, Tong Guo, Dan Jiang, Xue Feng, Xueyan Ma, Lingli He, Wenqing Wu, Mengxin Yin, Ling Ge, Zuoyun Wang, Margaret S. Ho, Yun Zhao, Zhaoliang Fei* and Lei Zhang*. The TEA domain family transcription factor TEAD4 represses murine adipogenesis by recruiting cofactors VGLL4 and CtBP2 into a transcriptional complex. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 2018, 293(44): 17119-17134.
6.Fei Li#, Zhaoyuan Fang#, Jian Zhang#, Chen Li, Hongyan Liu, Jufeng Xia, Hongwen Zhu1, Chenchen Guo, Zhen Qin, Fuming Li, Xiangkun Han, Yuetong Wang, Yan Feng, Ye Wang, Wenjing Zhang, Zuoyun Wang, Yujuan Jin, Yihua Sun, Wenyi Wei, Rong Zeng, Haiquan Chen, Hongbin Ji*. Identification of TRA2B-DNAH5 fusion as a novel oncogenic driver in human lung squamous cell carcinoma. Cell Research. 2016, 26:1149-1164.
7.Wenjing Zhang#, Yijun Gao#, Peixue Li#, Zhubing Shi, Tong Guo, Fei Li, Xiangkun Han, Yan Feng, Chao Zheng, Zuoyun Wang, Fuming Li, Haiquan Chen, Zhaocai Zhou*, Lei Zhang*, Hongbin Ji*. VGLL4 functions as a new tumor suppressor in lung cancer by negatively regulating the YAP-TEAD transcriptional complex. Cell Research. 2014, 24(3):331-43.
8.Zuoyun Wang #, Yihua Sun#, Bin Gao#, Yi Lu, Rong Fang, Yijun Gao, Tian Xiao, Xin-Yuan Liu, William Pao, Yun Zhao*, Haiquan Chen*, Hongbin Ji*. Two co-existed germline mutations P53V157D and PMS2 R20Q promote tumorigenesis in a familial cancer syndrome. Cancer Letters. 2014, 342 (1):36-42.
9.Yan Feng#, Ye Wang#, Zuoyun Wang, Zhaoyuan Fang, Fei Li, Yijun Gao, Hongyan Liu, Tian Xiao, Fuming Li, Yang Zhou, Qiwei Zhai, Xiaolong Liu, Yihua Sun, Nabeel Bardeesy, Kwok-kin Wong, Haiquan Chen, Zhi-qi Xiong, Hongbin Ji*. The CRTC1-NEDD9 signaling axis mediates lung cancer progression caused by LKB1 loss. Cancer Research, 2012, 72(24):6502-11.
10.Zuoyun Wang#, Yan Feng#, Nabeel Bardessy, Kwok-kin Wong, Xin-Yuan Liu*, Hongbin Ji*. Temporal dissection of K-rasG12D Mutant in vitro and in vivo using a regulatable K-rasG12D mouse allele. PLoS One. 2012, 7, e37308.