About
Dave received his bachelor’s degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Princeton University in 1997 and his Ph.D. in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2006, studying under Al Baldwin. After a postdoctoral fellowship with Chris Counter at Duke University, he moved to UVA in 2012. Dave’s lab is interested in the role of mitochondrial dynamics in tumorigenesis.
Research Summary
Mitochondria are often pictured in biology texts as static, individual organelles, when in reality they form highly dynamic and mobile networks constantly undergoing fusion and fission. Research in the last decade has revealed that mitochondrial fusion and fission impact nearly every aspect of mitochondrial function, from cellular metabolism, to calcium homeostasis, to the control of cell survival through apoptosis and autophagy. In addition, failure to properly maintain this dynamic mitochondrial network has been shown to play a role in a number of diseases, including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes and cancer. The goals of our research are: (1) to uncover the molecular mechanisms that directly control mitochondrial dynamics, (2) to identify and characterize signaling pathways that interact with the mitochondrial dynamics machinery and (3) to determine how these interactions impact the pathology of diseases such as cancer.
Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Genetics and Molecular BiologyPhD
2000 / 08 - 2006 / 06

Princeton University
Ecology and Evolutionary BiologyBachelors
1992 / 09 - 1997 / 06
Publications
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RalA and PLD1 promote lipid droplet growth in response to nutrient withdrawal
10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109451
Syed S. Hussain; Tuyet-Minh Tran; Timothy B. Ware; Melissa A. Luse; Christopher T. Prevost; Ashley N. Ferguson; Jennifer A. Kashatus; Ku-Lung Hsu; David F. Kashatus
RalA and RalB relocalization to depolarized mitochondria depends on clathrin-mediated endocytosis and facilitates TBK1 activation
10.1371/journal.pone.0214764
Sarah R. Pollock, Austin R. Schinlever, Ali Rohani, Jennifer A. Kashatus, David F. Kashatus
MDVs: Spare the SOD and Spoil the Bug
10.1016/j.chom.2018.10.013
Syed Saad Hussain; David F. Kashatus
PIM kinases alter mitochondrial dynamics and chemosensitivity in lung cancer
10.1038/s41388-020-1168-9
Shailender S. Chauhan; Rachel K. Toth; Corbin C. Jensen; Andrea L. Casillas; David F. Kashatus; Noel A. Warfel
Oncogene
The regulation of tumor cell physiology by mitochondrial dynamics
10.1016/j.bbrc.2017.06.192
David F. Kashatus
Dynamin-Related Protein 1 Deficiency Promotes Recovery from AKI
10.1681/ASN.2017060659
Mitochondrial dynamics in cancer stem cells
10.1007/s00018-021-03773-2
Dane T. Sessions; David F. Kashatus
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
Segmented cell analyses to measure redox states of autofluorescent NAD(P)H, FAD & Trp in cancer cells by FLIM
10.1038/s41598-017-18634-x
Horst Wallrabe; Zdenek Svindrych; Shagufta R. Alam; Karsten H. Siller; Tianxiong Wang; David Kashatus; Song Hu; Ammasi Periasamy
Scientific Reports
Mitochondrial protein S-nitrosation protects against ischemia reperfusion-induced denervation at neuromuscular junction in skeletal muscle
10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2018.02.006
Rebecca J. Wilson; Joshua C. Drake; Di Cui; Bevan M. Lewellen; Carleigh C. Fisher; Mei Zhang; David F. Kashatus; Lisa A. Palmer; Michael P. Murphy; Zhen Yan
Conditional MitoTimer reporter mice for assessment of mitochondrial structure, oxidative stress, and mitophagy
10.1016/j.mito.2017.12.008
Rebecca J. Wilson; Joshua C. Drake; Di Cui; Mei Zhang; Heather M. Perry; Jennifer A. Kashatus; Christine M. Kusminski; Philipp E. Scherer; David F. Kashatus; Mark D. Okusa; Zhen Yan
Mito Hacker: a set of tools to enable high-throughput analysis of mitochondrial network morphology
10.1038/s41598-020-75899-5
Ali Rohani; Jennifer A. Kashatus; Dane T. Sessions; Salma Sharmin; David F. Kashatus
Scientific Reports
(2020)
Drp1 Promotes KRas-Driven Metabolic Changes to Drive Pancreatic Tumor Growth.
10.1016/j.celrep.2019.07.031
Sarbajeet Nagdas; Jennifer A. Kashatus; Aldo Nascimento; Syed S. Hussain; Riley E. Trainor; Sarah R. Pollock; Sara J. Adair; Alex D. Michaels; Hiromi Sesaki; Edward B. Stelow; Todd W. Bauer; David F. Kashatus
(2019-08-13)
Label-free quantification of intracellular mitochondrial dynamics using dielectrophoresis
Rohani, Ali; Moore, John H; Kashatus, Jennifer A; Sesaki, Hiromi; Kashatus, David F; Swami, Nathan S
Analytical chemistry
(2017)
The interplay between oncogenic signaling networks and mitochondrial dynamics
Nagdas, Sarbajeet; Kashatus, David F
Antioxidants
(2017)
High‐throughput detection and quantification of mitochondrial fusion through imaging flow cytometry
Nascimento, Aldo; Lannigan, Joanne; Kashatus, David
Cytometry Part A
(2016)
Restraining the divider: a Drp1-phospholipid interaction inhibits Drp1 activity and shifts the balance from mitochondrial fission to fusion
Kashatus, David F
Molecular cell
(2016)
Erk2 Phosphorylation of Drp1 Promotes Mitochondrial Fission and MAPK-Driven Tumor Growth.
10.1016/j.molcel.2015.01.002
Jennifer A. Kashatus; Aldo Nascimento; Lindsey J. Myers; Annie Sher; Frances L. Byrne; Kyle L. Hoehn; Christopher M. Counter; David F. Kashatus
Molecular Cell
(2015-02-05)
Erk2 phosphorylation of Drp1 promotes mitochondrial fission and MAPK-driven tumor growth
Kashatus, Jennifer A; Nascimento, Aldo; Myers, Lindsey J; Sher, Annie; Byrne, Frances L; Hoehn, Kyle L; Counter, Christopher M; Kashatus, David F
Molecular cell
(2015)
Mitochondrial control by DRP1 in brain tumor initiating cells
Xie, Qi; Wu, Qiulian; Horbinski, Craig M; Flavahan, William A; Yang, Kailin; Zhou, Wenchao; Dombrowski, Stephen M; Huang, Zhi; Fang, Xiaoguang; Shi, Yu
Nature neuroscience
(2015)
Ral GTPases in tumorigenesis: emerging from the shadows
Kashatus, David F
Experimental cell research
(2013)
Targeting eNOS in pancreatic cancer
Lampson, Benjamin L; Kendall, S DiSean; Ancrile, Brooke B; Morrison, Meghan M; Shealy, Michael J; Barrientos, Katharine S; Crowe, Matthew S; Kashatus, David F; White, Rebekah R; Gurley, Susan B
Cancer research
(2012)
RALA and RALBP1 regulate mitochondrial fission at mitosis.
10.1038/ncb2310
David F. Kashatus; Kian-Huat Lim; Donita C. Brady; Nicole L. K. Pershing; Adrienne D. Cox; Christopher M. Counter
Nature Cell Biology
(2011-09)
RALA and RALBP1 regulate mitochondrial fission at mitosis
Kashatus, David F; Lim, Kian-Huat; Brady, Donita C; Pershing, Nicole LK; Cox, Adrienne D; Counter, Christopher M
Nature cell biology
(2011)
Breaking up is hard to do: RalA, mitochondrial fission and cancer
Kashatus, David F; Counter, Christopher M
Small GTPases
(2011)
Aurora-A phosphorylates, activates, and relocalizes the small GTPase RalA
Lim, Kian-Huat; Brady, Donita C; Kashatus, David F; Ancrile, Brooke B; Der, Channing J; Cox, Adrienne D; Counter, Christopher M
Molecular and cellular biology
(2010)
cPLA2 regulates the expression of type I interferons and intracellular immunity to Chlamydia trachomatis
Vignola, Mark J; Kashatus, David F; Taylor, Gregory A; Counter, Christopher M; Valdivia, Raphael H
Journal of Biological Chemistry
(2010)
Ral activation promotes melanomagenesis
Zipfel, Patty A; Brady, Donita C; Kashatus, David F; Ancrile, Brooke D; Tyler, Douglas S; Counter, Christopher M
Oncogene
(2010)
A role for eNOS in oncogenic Ras-driven cancer
Kashatus, David F; Counter, Christopher M
(2010)
Tumour maintenance is mediated by eNOS
Lim, Kian-Huat; Ancrile, Brooke B; Kashatus, David F; Counter, Christopher M
Nature
(2008)
Expression of nuclear factor-kappaB family proteins in hepatocellular carcinomas
O’Neil, Bert H; Bůžková, Petra; Farrah, Hillary; Kashatus, David; Sanoff, Hanna; Goldberg, Richard M; Baldwin, Albert S; Funkhouser, William K
Oncology
(2007)
Expression of the Bcl-3 proto-oncogene suppresses p53 activation
Kashatus, David; Cogswell, Patricia; Baldwin, Albert S
Genes & development
(2006)
The nuclear factor κB subunits RelA/p65 and c-Rel potentiate but are not required for Ras-induced cellular transformation
Hanson, Julie L; Hawke, Noel A; Kashatus, David; Baldwin, Albert S
Cancer research
(2004)
NF-κB and IκBα are found in the mitochondria: evidence for regulation of mitochondrial gene expression by NF-κB
Cogswell, Patricia C; Kashatus, David F; Keifer, Jayne A; Guttridge, Denis C; Reuther, Julie Y; Bristow, Cindy; Roy, Sophie; Nicholson, Donald W; Baldwin Jr, Albert S
Journal of Biological Chemistry
(2003)
The p65/RelA subunit of NF-κB suppresses the sustained, antiapoptotic activity of Jun kinase induced by tumor necrosis factor
Reuther-Madrid, Julie Y; Kashatus, David; Chen, Shaoqiong; Li, Xiong; Westwick, John; Davis, Roger J; Earp, H Shelton; Wang, Cun-Yu; Baldwin Jr, Albert S
Molecular and cellular biology
(2002)
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