Martin J. Lohse Explained

Martin J. Lohse (born 26 August 1956) is a German physician and pharmacologist.

Career

Lohse performs ongoing research on G protein-coupled receptors. Since 1993, he is a Professor of Pharmacology at the University of Würzburg, Germany, retired in 2022, and he was the Founding Chairman of the Rudolf Virchow Center (2001–2016). From 2016 to 2019, he was Chairman of the Board and Scientific Director of the Max Delbrück Center in Berlin, a national research center of the Helmholtz Association for molecular medicine.[1] [2] In 2017, he also became Speaker of the Board of the Berlin Institute of Health, a joint research center of the Max Delbrück Center and the Charité. Since 2020 he is chairman and managing director of ISAR Bioscience Institute, a translational research institute in Planegg/Munich.

Lohse received his exam in medicine as well as his M.D. from the University of Göttingen, and did research in pharmacology at the University of Heidelberg, Duke University and the GeneCenter in Munich. His research focusses on the role of receptors in heart failure and on the mechanisms of their activation and inactivation.

While working with Robert Lefkowitz at Duke University he discovered beta-arrestins, proteins that regulate the function of certain cell surface receptors.[3] He discovered that beta-1 adrenergic receptors and their regulatory G protein-coupled receptor kinases are dysregulated in heart failure.[4] The observation that increased β1-adrenergic receptor levels and signaling cause long-term cardiac damage contributed to the use of beta-blockers in heart failure patients.[5] Further studies by his lab showed that heart failure is accompanied by a specific type of activation of so-called ERK protein kinases (Extracellular signal-regulated kinases).[6] Another regulatory protein, Raf kinase inhibitor protein (RKIP), was shown to exert beneficial effects on cardiac structure and function.[7] Lohse pioneered the use of optical techniques to determine, where and how fast receptors become activated by hormones and neurotransmitters.[8] [9] [10] These studies led to the concept of nanometer-sized independent domains where signaling by individual receptors occurs.[11] [12]

Awards

He was awarded the Leibniz Award in 1999, the Ernst Jung Award for Medicine in 2000, and the Research Achievement Award of the International Society of Heart Research in 2007. From 2003 until 2008 he was a member of the German National Ethics Council. From 2009 to 2015 he was Vice President for Research of the University of Würzburg. From 2009 to 2019, he was Vice President of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[13] [14] From 2019 to 2022 he served as President of the Society of German Natural Scientists and Physicians and organized its 200-year anniversary meeting in Leipzig in 2022.[15]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Martin Lohse wird Chef des Max-Delbrück-Centrums . Gesundheitsstadt Berlin . 4 March 2016 . de . 27 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Wechsel im Vorstand des MDC . MDC Berlin . de . 27 November 2021.
  3. Lohse . Martin J. . Benovic . Jeffrey L. . Codina . Juan . Caron . Marc G. . Lefkowitz . Robert J. . β-Arrestin: a Protein that Regulates β-adrenergic Receptor Function . Science . American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) . 248 . 4962 . 22 June 1990 . 0036-8075 . 10.1126/science.2163110 . 1547–1550. 2163110 . 1990Sci...248.1547L .
  4. Ungerer . M . Böhm . M . Elce . J S . Erdmann . E . Lohse . M J . Altered expression of beta-adrenergic receptor kinase and beta 1-adrenergic receptors in the failing human heart. . Circulation . Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) . 87 . 2 . 1993 . 0009-7322 . 10.1161/01.cir.87.2.454 . 454–463. 8381058 . free .
  5. Engelhardt . S. . Hein . L. . Wiesmann . F. . Lohse . M. J. . Progressive hypertrophy and heart failure in 1-adrenergic receptor transgenic mice . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 96 . 12 . 8 June 1999 . 0027-8424 . 10.1073/pnas.96.12.7059 . 7059–7064. 10359838 . 22055 . free .
  6. Lorenz . Kristina . Schmitt . Joachim P . Schmitteckert . Eva M . Lohse . Martin J . A new type of ERK1/2 autophosphorylation causes cardiac hypertrophy . Nature Medicine . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 15 . 1 . 7 December 2008 . 1078-8956 . 10.1038/nm.1893 . 75–83. 19060905 . 13973823 .
  7. Schmid . Evelyn . Neef . Stefan . Berlin . Christopher . Tomasovic . Angela . Kahlert . Katrin . Nordbeck . Peter . Deiss . Katharina . Denzinger . Sabrina . Herrmann . Sebastian . Wettwer . Erich . Weidendorfer . Markus . Becker . Daniel . Schäfer . Florian . Wagner . Nicole . Ergün . Süleyman . Schmitt . Joachim P . Katus . Hugo A . Weidemann . Frank . Ravens . Ursula . Maack . Christoph . Hein . Lutz . Ertl . Georg . Müller . Oliver J . Maier . Lars S . Lohse . Martin J . Lorenz . Kristina . Cardiac RKIP induces a beneficial β-adrenoceptor–dependent positive inotropy . Nature Medicine . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 21 . 11 . 19 October 2015 . 1078-8956 . 10.1038/nm.3972 . 1298–1306. 26479924 . 11418537 .
  8. Vilardaga . Jean-Pierre . Bünemann . Moritz . Krasel . Cornelius . Castro . Mariàn . Lohse . Martin J . Measurement of the millisecond activation switch of G protein–coupled receptors in living cells . Nature Biotechnology . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 21 . 7 . 15 June 2003 . 1087-0156 . 10.1038/nbt838 . 807–812. 12808462 . 19520338 .
  9. Hoffmann . Carsten . Gaietta . Guido . Bünemann . Moritz . Adams . Stephen R . Oberdorff-Maass . Silke . Behr . Björn . Vilardaga . Jean-Pierre . Tsien . Roger Y . Ellisman . Mark H . Lohse . Martin J . A FlAsH-based FRET approach to determine G protein–coupled receptor activation in living cells . Nature Methods . Springer Science and Business Media LLC . 2 . 3 . 17 February 2005 . 1548-7091 . 10.1038/nmeth742 . 171–176. 15782185 . 6405686 .
  10. Lohse . Martin J. . Nuber . Susanne . Hoffmann . Carsten . Christopoulos . Arthur . Fluorescence/Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer Techniques to Study G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Activation and Signaling . Pharmacological Reviews . American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) . 64 . 2 . 8 March 2012 . 0031-6997 . 10.1124/pr.110.004309 . 299–336. 22407612 . 2042851 .
  11. A. Bock, P. Annibale, C. Konrad, A. Hannawacker, S.E. Anton, I. Maiellaro, U. Zabel, S. Sivaramakrishnan, M. Falcke, M.J. Lohse: "Optical mapping of cAMP signaling at the nanometer scale." In: Cell. 182, 2020, pp. 1519-1530.
  12. S.E. Anton, C. Kayser, I. Maiellaro, K. Nemec, J. Möller, A. Koschinski, M. Zaccolo, P. Annibale, M. Falcke, M.J. Lohse, A. Bock: "Receptor-associated independent cAMP nanodomains mediate spatiotemporal specificity of GPCR signaling." In: Cell. 185, 2022, pp. 1130-1142.
  13. Web site: Martin J. Lohse re-elected as Vice-President of the Leopoldina . Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Leopoldina . 6 October 2021 . 27 November 2021.
  14. Web site: Curriculum Vitae Prof. Dr. Martin J. Lohse . April 23, 2024 . www.leopoldina.org.
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