Grupo de División Celular y Cáncer

Marcos Malumbres Jefe de Grupo
T +34 917328000 (Ext 3450)
mmm@cnio.es

Investigador Clínico I

Rodrigo Sánchez

Becarios Post-doctorales

Begoña Hurtado
Miguel Ruiz
Diana Vara
Carolina Villarroya

Becarios Pre-Doctorales

Gloria Cristina Bonel
Mariona Cubells
Alejandro García
José González
Fátima Guerra
Luis Rodrigo López
Enrique Nogueira
Borja Pitarch
Agustín Sánchez

Técnicos de Laboratorio

Cristina Aguirre
Irene Díaz
Sandra Díez
Aicha El Bakkali

The Cell Division and Cancer Group is interested in deciphering the mechanisms by which cell division and cell proliferation are regulated in mammalian cells. Our scientific interests are:

To understand the basic control mechanisms that regulate the cell division cycle.
To characterise the physiological and therapeutic consequences of cell cycle deregulation.
Understanding self-renewal and pluripotency in stem cell biology and tumour development.
Improving the use of old and new targets for cancer therapy.

As a final goal, we aim to generate information that will be useful for understanding basic mechanisms of cell function and to improve therapeutic strategies against cancer cell proliferation.

Publicaciones

González-Martínez J, Cwetsch AW, Gilabert-Juan J, Gómez J, Garaulet G, Schneider P, de Cárcer G, Mulero F, Caleiras E, Megías D, Porlan E, Malumbres M. (2022). Genetic interaction between PLK1 and downstream MCPH proteins in the control of centrosome asymmetry and cell fate during neural progenitor division. Cell Death Differ 29, 1474-1485. Publicación CNIO.
Villarroya-Beltri C, Osorio A, Torres-Ruiz R, Gómez-Sánchez D, Trakala M, Sánchez-Belmonte A, Mercadillo F, Hurtado B, Pitarch B, Hernández-Núñez A, Gómez-Caturla A, Rueda D, Perea J, Rodríguez-Perales S, Malumbres M, Urioste M. (2022). Biallelic germline mutations in MAD1L1 induce a syndrome of aneuploidy with high tumor susceptibility. Sci Adv 8, eabq5914. Publicación CNIO.
Villarroya-Beltri C, Malumbres M (2022). Mitotic Checkpoint Imbalances in Familial Cancer. Cancer Res 82, 3432-3434. Publicación CNIO.
Sanz-Castillo B, Hurtado B, Vara-Ciruelos D, El Bakkali A, Hermida D, Salvador-Barbero B, Martínez-Alonso D, González-Martínez J, Santiveri C, Campos-Olivas R, Ximénez-Embún P, Muñoz J, Álvarez-Fernández M, Malumbres M (2022). The MASTL/PP2A cell cycle kinase-phosphatase module restrains PI3K-Akt activity in an mTORC1-dependent manner. EMBO J (in press). Publicación CNIO.
Villarroya-Beltri C, Martins AFB, García A, Giménez D, Zarzuela E, Novo M, Del Álamo C, González-Martínez J, Bonel-Pérez GC, Díaz I, Guillamot M, Chiesa M, Losada A, Graña-Castro O, Rovira M, Muñoz J, Salazar-Roa M, Malumbres M. (2022). Mammalian CDC14 phosphatases control exit from stemness in pluripotent cells.. EMBO J (in press). Publicación CNIO.
Berenguer I, López-Jiménez P, Mena I, Viera A, Page J, González-Martínez J, Maestre C, Malumbres M, Suja JA, Gómez R. (2022). Haspin participates in AURKB recruitment to centromeres and contributes to chromosome congression in male mouse meiosis. J Cell Sci 135, jcs259546. Publicación CNIO.
Frontiñán-Rubio J, Llanos-González E, García-Carpintero S, Peinado JR, Ballesteros-Yáñez I, Rayo MV, de la Fuente J, Pérez-García VM, Perez-Romasanta LA, Malumbres M, Alcaín FJ, Durán-Prado M. (2022). CoQ10 reduces glioblastoma growth and infiltration through proteome remodeling and inhibition of angiogenesis and inflammation. Cell Oncol (in press). Publicación CNIO.
Alfaro E, López-Jiménez P, González-Martínez J, Malumbres M, Suja JA, Gómez R (2021). PLK1 regulates centrosome migration and spindle dynamics in male mouse meiosis. EMBO Rep 22, e51030. Publicación CNIO.
González-Martínez J, Cwetsch AW, Martínez-Alonso D, López-Sainz LR, Almagro J, Melati A, Gómez J, Pérez-Martínez M, Megías D, Boskovic J, Gilabert-Juan J, Graña-Castro O, Pierani A, Behrens A, Ortega S, Malumbres M. (2021). Deficient adaptation to centrosome duplication defects in neural progenitors causes microcephaly and subcortical heterotopias. JCI Insight 6, 146364. Publicación CNIO.
González-Martínez J, Malumbres M (2021). Expanding the Differentiation Potential of Already-Established Pluripotent Stem Cells. Methods Mol Biol (in press). Publicación CNIO.
Álvarez-Fernández M, Malumbres M (2020). Mechanisms of Sensitivity and Resistance to CDK4/6 Inhibition.. Cancer Cell 37, 514-529. Publicación CNIO.
Salvador-Barbero B, Álvarez-Fernández M, Zapatero-Solana E, El Bakkali A, Menéndez MDC, López-Casas PP, Di Domenico T, Xie T, VanArsdale T, Shields DJ, Hidalgo M, Malumbres M. (2020). CDK4/6 inhibitors impair recovery from cytotoxic chemotherapy in pancreatic adenocarcinoma.. Cancer Cell 37, 340-353. Publicación CNIO.
Sanz-Gómez N, de Pedro I, Ortigosa B, Santamaría D, Malumbres M, de Cárcer G, Gandarillas A. (2020). Squamous differentiation requires G2/mitosis slippage to avoid apoptosis. Cell Death Differ 27, 2451-2467. Publicación CNIO.
Salazar-Roa M, Trakala M, Álvarez-Fernández M, Valdés-Mora F, Zhong C, Muñoz J, Yu Y, Peters TJ, Graña-Castro O, Serrano R, Zapatero-Solana E, Abad M, Bueno MJ, de Cedrón MG, Fernández-Piqueras J, Serrano M, Blasco MA, Wang DZ, Clark SJ, Izpisua-Belmonte JC, Ortega S, Malumbres M (2020). Transient Exposure to miR-203 Enhances the Differentiation Capacity of Established Pluripotent Stem Cells. EMBO J 39, e104324. Publicación CNIO.
Martínez-Alonso D, Malumbres M (2020). Mammalian cell cycle cyclins.. Semin Cell Dev Biol 107, 28-35. Publicación CNIO.
Hermida D, Mortuza GB, Pedersen AK, Pozdnyakova I, Nguyen TTTN, Maroto M, Williamson M, Ebersole T, Cazzamali G, Rand KD, Olsen JV, Malumbres M, Montoya G (2020). Molecular Basis of the Mechanisms controlling MASTL.. Mol Cell Proteomics 19, 326-343. Publicación CNIO.
González-Martínez J, Cwetsch AW, Martínez-Alonso D, López-Sainz LR, Almagro J, Megías D, Boskovic J, Gilabert-Juan J, Graña-Castro O, Pierani A, Behrens A, Ortega S, Malumbres M (2020). Lack of adaptation to centriolar defects leads to p53-independent microcephaly in the absence of Cep135. bioRxiv (in press). Publicación CNIO.
Yubero ML, Kosaka PM, San Paulo Á, Malumbres M, Calleja M, Tamayo J (2020). Effects of energy metabolism on the mechanical properties of breast cancer cells. Commun Biol 3, 590. Publicación CNIO.
Garcia-Carpizo V, Ruiz-Llorente S, Sarmentero J, González-Corpas A, Barrero MJ (2019). CREBBP/EP300 Bromodomain Inhibition Affects the Proliferation of AR-Positive Breast Cancer Cell Lines. Mol Cancer Res 13, 720-730. Publicación CNIO.
Tomás-Loba A, Manieri E, González-Terán B, Mora A, Leiva-Vega L, Santamans AM, Romero-Becerra R, Rodríguez E, Pintor-Chocano A, Feixas F, López JA, Caballero B, Trakala M, Blanco Ó, Torres JL, Hernández-Cosido L, Montalvo-Romeral V, Matesanz N, Roche-Molina M, Bernal JA, Mischo H, León M, Caballero A, Miranda-Saavedra D, Ruiz-Cabello J, Nevzorova YA, Cubero FJ, Bravo J, Vázquez J, Malumbres M, Marcos M, Osuna S, Sabio G (2019). p38? is essential for cell cycle progression and liver tumorigenesis. Nature 568, 557-560. Publicación CNIO.
Malumbres M (2019). CDK4/6 inhibitors: what is the best cocktail?. Clin Cancer Res 25, 6-8. Publicación CNIO.
Olbrich T, Vega-Sendino M, Murga M, de Carcer G, Malumbres M, Ortega S, Ruiz S, Fernandez-Capetillo O (2019). A Chemical Screen Identifies Compounds Capable of Selecting for Haploidy in Mammalian Cells.. Cell Reports 28, 597-604. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Vázquez-Domínguez I, González-Sánchez L, López-Nieva P, Fernández-Navarro P, Villa-Morales M, Cobos-Fernández MÁ, Sastre I, F Fraga M, F Fernández A, Malumbres M, Salazar-Roa M, Graña-Castro O, Santos J, Llamas P, López-Lorenzo JL, Fernández-Piqueras J (2019). Downregulation of specific FBXW7 isoforms with differential effects in T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. Oncogene 38, 4620-4636. Publicación CNIO.
Bustos-Morán E, Blas-Rus N, Alcaraz-Serna A, Iborra S, González-Martínez J, Malumbres M, Sánchez-Madrid F (2019). Aurora A controls CD8+ T cell cytotoxic activity and antiviral response. Sci Rep 3, 2211. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
López-Nieva P, Fernández-Navarro P, Graña-Castro O, Andrés-León E, Santos J, Villa-Morales M, Cobos-Fernández MÁ, González-Sánchez L, Malumbres M, Salazar-Roa M, Fernández-Piqueras J (2019). Detection of novel fusion-transcripts by RNA-Seq in T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma. Sci Rep 9, 5179. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Bellutti F, Tigan AS, Nebenfuehr S, Dolezal M, Zojer M, Grausenburger R, Hartenberger S, Kollmann S, Doma E, Prchal-Murphy M, Uras IZ, Höllein A, Neuberg DS, Ebert BL, Ringler A, Mueller AC, Loizou JI, Hinds PW, Vogl C, Heller G, Kubicek S, Zuber J, Malumbres M, Farlik M, Villunger A, Kollmann K, Sexl V (2018). CDK6 Antagonizes p53-Induced Responses during Tumorigenesis. Cancer Discovery 8, 884-897. Publicación CNIO.
Hurtado B, Trakala M, Ximénez-Embún P, El-Bakkali A, Partida D, Sanz-Castillo B, Álvarez-Fernández M, Maroto M, Sánchez-Martínez R, Martínez L, Muñoz J, García de Frutos P, Malumbres M (2018). Thrombocytopenia-associated mutations in Ser/Thr kinase MASTL deregulate actin cytoskeleton dynamics in platelets. J Clin Invest 128, 5351-5367. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
de Cárcer G, Venkateswaran SV, Salgueiro L, El Bakkali A, Somogyi K, Rowald K, Montañés P, Sanclemente M, Escobar B, de Martino A, McGranahan N, Malumbres M, Sotillo R (2018). Plk1 overexpression induces chromosomal instability and suppresses tumor development. Nat Commun 9, 3012. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Mitxelena J, Apraiz A, Vallejo-Rodríguez J, García-Santisteban I, Fullaondo A, Alvarez-Fernández M, Malumbres M, Zubiaga AM (2018). An E2F7-dependent transcriptional program modulates DNA damage repair and genomic stability. Nucleic Acids Res 46, 4546-4559. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Nguyen AL, Drutovic D, Vazquez BN, El Yakoubi W, Gentilello AS, Malumbres M, Solc P, Schindler K (2018). Genetic Interactions between the Aurora Kinases Reveal New Requirements for AURKB and AURKC during Oocyte Meiosis. Curr Biol 28, 3458-3468. Publicación CNIO.
Rata S, Suarez Peredo Rodriguez MF, Joseph S, Peter N, Echegaray Iturra F, Yang F, Madzvamuse A, Ruppert JG, Samejima K, Platani M, Alvarez-Fernandez M, Malumbres M, Earnshaw WC, Novak B, Hochegger H (2018). Two Interlinked Bistable Switches Govern Mitotic Control in Mammalian Cells. Curr Biol 28, 3824-3832. Publicación CNIO.
Álvarez-Fernández M, Sanz-Flores M, Sanz-Castillo B, Salazar-Roa M, Partida D, Zapatero-Solana E, Ali HR, Manchado E, Lowe S, VanArsdale T, Shields D, Caldas C, Quintela-Fandino M, Malumbres M (2018). Therapeutic relevance of the PP2A-B55 inhibitory kinase MASTL/Greatwall in breast cancer. Cell Death Differ 25, 828-840. Publicación CNIO.
Ovejero S, Ayala P, Malumbres M, Pimentel-Muiños FX, Bueno A, Sacristán MP (2018). Biochemical analyses reveal amino acid residues critical for cell cycle-dependent phosphorylation of human Cdc14A phosphatase by cyclin-dependent kinase 1. Sci Rep 8, 11871. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
López-Nieva P, Fernández-Navarro P, Vaquero-Lorenzo C, Villa-Morales M, Graña-Castro O, Cobos-Fernández MÁ, López-Lorenzo JL, Llamas P, González-Sanchez L, Sastre I, Pollan M, Malumbres M, Santos J, Fernández-Piqueras J (2018). RNA-Seq reveals the existence of a CDKN1C-E2F1-TP53 axis that is altered in human T-cell lymphoblastic lymphomas. Bmc Cancer 18, 430. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
de Cárcer G, Wachowicz P, Martínez-Martínez S, Oller J, Méndez-Barbero N, Escobar B, González-Loyola A, Takaki T, El Bakkali A, Cámara JA, Jiménez-Borreguero LJ, Bustelo XR, Cañamero M, Mulero F, de Los Ángeles Sevilla M, Montero MJ, Redondo JM, Malumbres M (2017). Plk1 regulates contraction of postmitotic smooth muscle cells and is required for vascular homeostasis. Nat Med 23, 964-974. Publicación CNIO.
Burgess A, Vuong J, Rogers S, Malumbres M, O'Donoghue SI (2017). SnapShot: phosphoregulation of mitosis. Cell 169, 1358-1358e1. Publicación CNIO.
Salazar-Roa M, Malumbres M (2017). Fueling the Cell Division Cycle. Trends Cell Biol 27, 69-81. Publicación CNIO.
Esteban-Martínez L, Sierra-Filardi E, McGreal RS, Salazar-Roa M, Mariño G, Seco E, Durand S, Enot D, Graña O, Malumbres M, Cvekl A, Cuervo AM, Kroemer G, Boya P (2017). Programmed mitophagy is essential for the glycolytic switch during cell differentiation. EMBO J 36, 1688-1706. Publicación CNIO.
Ha K, Ma C, Lin H, Tang L, Lian Z, Zhao F, Li J-M, Zhen B, Pei H, Han S, Malumbres M, Jin J, Chen H, Zhao Y, Zhu Q, Zhang P (2017). The anaphase promoting complex impacts repair choice by protecting ubiquitin signaling at DNA damage sites. Nat Commun 8, 15751. Publicación CNIO. Open Access
Rattani A, Ballesteros Mejia R, Roberts K, Roig MB, Godwin J, Hopkins M, Eguren M, Sanchez-Pulido L, Okaz E, Ogushi S, Wolna M, Metson J, Pendás AM, Malumbres M, Novák B, Herbert M, Nasmyth K (2017). APC/CCdh1 enables removal of shugoshin-2 from the arms of bivalent chromosomes by moderating cyclin-dependent kinase activity. Curr Biol 27, 1462-1476. Publicación CNIO.
Therapeutic relevance of the PP2A-B55 inhibitory kinase MASTL/Greatwall in breast cancer (2017). Álvarez-Fernández M, Sanz-Flores M, Sanz-Castillo B, Salazar-Roa M, Partida D, Zapatero-Solana E, Ali HR, Manchado E, Lowe S, VanArsdale T, Shields D, Caldas C, Quintela-Fandino M, Malumbres M. Cell Death Differ 25, 828-840. Publicación CNIO.