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Münch lab
We are a international, multidisciplinary team focusing on the molecular mechanisms of life. Applying a combination of systems biology, biochemistry and molecular biology, we examine how stress responses shape cellular behavior and pathology. Our team consists of biochemists, physicians, pharmacists, bioinformaticians and biologists. Based in the collaborative environment of Frankfurt we strive to discover the big picture of biology.
Our Research
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Selected Publications
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Publications from PubMed: 50
Fischer T, Hartmann O, Reissland M, Prieto-Garcia C, Klann K, Pahor N, Schülein-Völk C, Baluapuri A, Polat B, Abazari A, Gerhard-Hartmann E, Kopp HG, Essmann F, Rosenfeldt M, Münch C, Flentje M, Diefenbacher ME PTEN mutant non-small cell lung cancer require ATM to suppress pro-apoptotic signalling and evade radiotherapy. Cell Biosci 2022. 12 (1) 50 Link
Prieto-Garcia C, Hartmann O, Reissland M, Braun F, Bozkurt S, Pahor N, Fuss C, Schirbel A, Schülein-Völk C, Buchberger A, Calzado Canale MA, Rosenfeldt M, Dikic I, Münch C, Diefenbacher ME USP28 enables oncogenic transformation of respiratory cells, and its inhibition potentiates molecular therapy targeting mutant EGFR, BRAF and PI3K. Mol Oncol 2022. Link
Klann K, Münch C Quantitative Translation Proteomics Using mePROD. Methods Mol Biol 2022. 2428 75-87 Link
Klann K, Münch C PBLMM: Peptide-based linear mixed models for differential expression analysis of shotgun proteomics data. J Cell Biochem 2022. 123 (3) 691-696 Link
Kohli A, Sauerhering L, Fehling SK, Klann K, Geiger H, Becker S, Koch B, Baer PC, Strecker T, Münch C Proteomic landscape of SARS-CoV-2- and MERS-CoV-infected primary human renal epithelial cells. Life Sci Alliance 2022. 5 (5) Link
Li X, Straub J, Medeiros TC, Mehra C, den Brave F, Peker E, Atanassov I, Stillger K, Michaelis JB, Burbridge E, Adrain C, Münch C, Riemer J, Becker T, Pernas LF Mitochondria shed their outer membrane in response to infection-induced stress. Science 2022. 375 (6577) eabi4343 Link
Schäfer JA, Bozkurt S, Michaelis JB, Klann K, Münch C Global mitochondrial protein import proteomics reveal distinct regulation by translation and translocation machinery. Mol Cell 2022. 82 (2) 435-446.e7 Link
Prieto-Garcia C, Hartmann O, Reissland M, Fischer T, Maier CR, Rosenfeldt M, Schülein-Völk C, Klann K, Kalb R, Dikic I, Münch C, Diefenbacher ME Inhibition of USP28 overcomes Cisplatin-resistance of squamous tumors by suppression of the Fanconi anemia pathway. Cell Death Differ 2022. 29 (3) 568-584 Link
Gama-Brambila RA, Chen J, Dabiri Y, Tascher G, Němec V, Münch C, Song G, Knapp S, Cheng X A Chemical Toolbox for Labeling and Degrading Engineered Cas Proteins. JACS Au 2021. 1 (6) 777-785 Link
Engel AL, Lorenz NI, Klann K, Münch C, Depner C, Steinbach JP, Ronellenfitsch MW, Luger AL Correction: Serine-dependent redox homeostasis regulates glioblastoma cell survival. Br J Cancer 2021. 125 (7) 1030 Link
Gerstmeier J, Possmayer AL, Bozkurt S, Hoffmann ME, Dikic I, Herold-Mende C, Burger MC, Münch C, Kögel D, Linder B Calcitriol Promotes Differentiation of Glioma Stem-Like Cells and Increases Their Susceptibility to Temozolomide. Cancers (Basel) 2021. 13 (14) Link
Lorenz NI, Sittig ACM, Urban H, Luger AL, Engel AL, Münch C, Steinbach JP, Ronellenfitsch MW Activating transcription factor 4 mediates adaptation of human glioblastoma cells to hypoxia and temozolomide. Sci Rep 2021. 11 (1) 14161 Link
Gama-Brambila RA, Chen J, Zhou J, Tascher G, Münch C, Cheng X A PROTAC targets splicing factor 3B1. Cell Chem Biol 2021. 28 (11) 1616-1627.e8 Link
Hahn M, Covarrubias-Pinto A, Herhaus L, Satpathy S, Klann K, Boyle KB, Münch C, Rajalingam K, Randow F, Choudhary C, Dikic I SIK2 orchestrates actin-dependent host response upon infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2021. 118 (19) Link
Klann K, Tascher G, Münch C Virus systems biology: Proteomics profiling of dynamic protein networks during infection. Adv Virus Res 2021. 109 1-29 Link
Geßner A, Koch B, Klann K, Fuhrmann DC, Farmand S, Schubert R, Münch C, Geiger H, Baer PC Characterization of Extracellular Vesicles from Preconditioned Human Adipose-Derived Stromal/Stem Cells. Int J Mol Sci 2021. 22 (6) Link
Schwich OD, Blümel N, Keller M, Wegener M, Setty ST, Brunstein ME, Poser I, Mozos IRL, Suess B, Münch C, McNicoll F, Zarnack K, Müller-McNicoll M SRSF3 and SRSF7 modulate 3'UTR length through suppression or activation of proximal polyadenylation sites and regulation of CFIm levels. Genome Biol 2021. 22 (1) 82 Link
Klionsky DJ, Abdel-Aziz AK, Abdelfatah S, Abdellatif M, Abdoli A, Abel S, Abeliovich H, Abildgaard MH, Abudu YP, Acevedo-Arozena A, Adamopoulos IE, Adeli K, Adolph TE, Adornetto A, Aflaki E, Agam G, Agarwal A, Aggarwal BB, Agnello M, Agostinis P, Agrewala JN, Agrotis A, Aguilar PV, Ahmad ST, Ahmed ZM, et al. Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition). Autophagy 2021. 17 (1) 1-382 Link
Klann K, Münch C Biospektrum (Heidelb) 2021. 27 (1) 40-45 Link
Meyer N, Henkel L, Linder B, Zielke S, Tascher G, Trautmann S, Geisslinger G, Münch C, Fulda S, Tegeder I, Kögel D Autophagy activation, lipotoxicity and lysosomal membrane permeabilization synergize to promote pimozide- and loperamide-induced glioma cell death. Autophagy 2021. 17 (11) 3424-3443 Link
Güllülü Ö, Hehlgans S, Mayer BE, Gößner I, Petraki C, Hoffmann M, Dombrowsky MJ, Kunzmann P, Hamacher K, Strebhardt K, Fokas E, Rödel C, Münch C, Rödel F A Spatial and Functional Interaction of a Heterotetramer Survivin-DNA-PKcs Complex in DNA Damage Response. Cancer Res 2021. 81 (9) 2304-2317 Link
Hiebel C, Stürner E, Hoffmeister M, Tascher G, Schwarz M, Nagel H, Behrends C, Münch C, Behl C BAG3 Proteomic Signature under Proteostasis Stress. Cells 2020. 9 (11) Link
Bojkova D, Bechtel M, McLaughlin KM, McGreig JE, Klann K, Bellinghausen C, Rohde G, Jonigk D, Braubach P, Ciesek S, Münch C, Wass MN, Michaelis M, Cinatl J Aprotinin Inhibits SARS-CoV-2 Replication. Cells 2020. 9 (11) Link
Klann K, Münch C Unbiased translation proteomics upon cell stress. Mol Cell Oncol 2020. 7 (4) 1763150 Link
Klann K, Bojkova D, Tascher G, Ciesek S, Münch C, Cinatl J Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Inhibition Prevents SARS-CoV-2 Replication. Mol Cell 2020. 80 (1) 164-174.e4 Link
McLaughlin KM, Bechtel M, Bojkova D, Münch C, Ciesek S, Wass MN, Michaelis M, Cinatl J COVID-19-Related Coagulopathy-Is Transferrin a Missing Link? Diagnostics (Basel) 2020. 10 (8) Link
Osthues T, Zimmer B, Rimola V, Klann K, Schilling K, Mathoor P, Angioni C, Weigert A, Geisslinger G, Münch C, Scholich K, Sisignano M The Lipid Receptor G2A (GPR132) Mediates Macrophage Migration in Nerve Injury-Induced Neuropathic Pain. Cells 2020. 9 (7) Link
Klann K, Münch C Instrument Logic Increases Identifications during Mutliplexed Translatome Measurements. Anal Chem 2020. 92 (12) 8041-8045 Link
Bojkova D, Klann K, Koch B, Widera M, Krause D, Ciesek S, Cinatl J, Münch C Proteomics of SARS-CoV-2-infected host cells reveals therapy targets. Nature 2020. 583 (7816) 469-472 Link
Key J, Maletzko A, Kohli A, Gispert S, Torres-Odio S, Wittig I, Heidler J, Bárcena C, López-Otín C, Lei Y, West AP, Münch C, Auburger G Loss of mitochondrial ClpP, Lonp1, and Tfam triggers transcriptional induction of Rnf213, a susceptibility factor for moyamoya disease. Neurogenetics 2020. 21 (3) 187-203 Link
Engel AL, Lorenz NI, Klann K, Münch C, Depner C, Steinbach JP, Ronellenfitsch MW, Luger AL Serine-dependent redox homeostasis regulates glioblastoma cell survival. Br J Cancer 2020. 122 (9) 1391-1398 Link
Prieto-Garcia C, Hartmann O, Reissland M, Braun F, Fischer T, Walz S, Schülein-Völk C, Eilers U, Ade CP, Calzado MA, Orian A, Maric HM, Münch C, Rosenfeldt M, Eilers M, Diefenbacher ME Maintaining protein stability of ∆Np63 via USP28 is required by squamous cancer cells. EMBO Mol Med 2020. 12 (4) e11101 Link
Klann K, Tascher G, Münch C Functional Translatome Proteomics Reveal Converging and Dose-Dependent Regulation by mTORC1 and eIF2α. Mol Cell 2020. 77 (4) 913-925.e4 Link
Pitzius S, Osterburg C, Gebel J, Tascher G, Schäfer B, Zhou H, Münch C, Dötsch V TA*p63 and GTAp63 achieve tighter transcriptional regulation in quality control by converting an inhibitory element into an additional transactivation domain. Cell Death Dis 2019. 10 (10) 686 Link
Poluzzi C, Nastase MV, Zeng-Brouwers J, Roedig H, Hsieh LT, Michaelis JB, Buhl EM, Rezende F, Manavski Y, Bleich A, Boor P, Brandes RP, Pfeilschifter J, Stelzer EHK, Münch C, Dikic I, Brandts C, Iozzo RV, Wygrecka M, Schaefer L Biglycan evokes autophagy in macrophages via a novel CD44/Toll-like receptor 4 signaling axis in ischemia/reperfusion injury. Kidney Int 2019. 95 (3) 540-562 Link
Nguyen TD, Shaid S, Vakhrusheva O, Koschade SE, Klann K, Thölken M, Baker F, Zhang J, Oellerich T, Sürün D, Derlet A, Haberbosch I, Eimer S, Osiewacz HD, Behrends C, Münch C, Dikic I, Brandts CH Loss of the selective autophagy receptor p62 impairs murine myeloid leukemia progression and mitophagy. Blood 2019. 133 (2) 168-179 Link
Münch C The different axes of the mammalian mitochondrial unfolded protein response. BMC Biol 2018. 16 (1) 81 Link
Meyer N, Zielke S, Michaelis JB, Linder B, Warnsmann V, Rakel S, Osiewacz HD, Fulda S, Mittelbronn M, Münch C, Behrends C, Kögel D AT 101 induces early mitochondrial dysfunction and HMOX1 (heme oxygenase 1) to trigger mitophagic cell death in glioma cells. Autophagy 2018. 14 (10) 1693-1709 Link
Münch C, Dikic I Publisher Correction: Hitchhiking on selective autophagy. Nat Cell Biol 2018. 20 (8) 990 Link
Münch C, Dikic I Hitchhiking on selective autophagy. Nat Cell Biol 2018. 20 (2) 122-124 Link
Yamano K, Wang C, Sarraf SA, Münch C, Kikuchi R, Noda NN, Hizukuri Y, Kanemaki MT, Harper W, Tanaka K, Matsuda N, Youle RJ Endosomal Rab cycles regulate Parkin-mediated mitophagy. Elife 2018. 7 Link
Drané P, Brault ME, Cui G, Meghani K, Chaubey S, Detappe A, Parnandi N, He Y, Zheng XF, Botuyan MV, Kalousi A, Yewdell WT, Münch C, Harper JW, Chaudhuri J, Soutoglou E, Mer G, Chowdhury D TIRR regulates 53BP1 by masking its histone methyl-lysine binding function. Nature 2017. 543 (7644) 211-216 Link
Yang W, Nagasawa K, Münch C, Xu Y, Satterstrom K, Jeong S, Hayes SD, Jedrychowski MP, Vyas FS, Zaganjor E, Guarani V, Ringel AE, Gygi SP, Harper JW, Haigis MC Mitochondrial Sirtuin Network Reveals Dynamic SIRT3-Dependent Deacetylation in Response to Membrane Depolarization. Cell 2016. 167 (4) 985-1000.e21 Link
Münch C, Harper JW Mitochondrial unfolded protein response controls matrix pre-RNA processing and translation. Nature 2016. 534 (7609) 710-3 Link
Ordureau A, Münch C, Harper JW Quantifying ubiquitin signaling. Mol Cell 2015. 58 (4) 660-76 Link
Suraweera A, Münch C, Hanssum A, Bertolotti A Failure of amino acid homeostasis causes cell death following proteasome inhibition. Mol Cell 2012. 48 (2) 242-53 Link
Münch C, Bertolotti A Propagation of the prion phenomenon: beyond the seeding principle. J Mol Biol 2012. 421 (4-5) 491-8 Link
Münch C, Bertolotti A Self-propagation and transmission of misfolded mutant SOD1: prion or prion-like phenomenon? Cell Cycle 2011. 10 (11) 1711 Link
Münch C, O'Brien J, Bertolotti A Prion-like propagation of mutant superoxide dismutase-1 misfolding in neuronal cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2011. 108 (9) 3548-53 Link
Münch C, Bertolotti A Exposure of hydrophobic surfaces initiates aggregation of diverse ALS-causing superoxide dismutase-1 mutants. J Mol Biol 2010. 399 (3) 512-25 Link
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Our Funding

European Research Council

Emmy Noether-Programm der DFG

Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Else Kröner Fresenius Stiftung

LOEWE Exzellenzinitative des Landes Hessen

SFB1177 - Autophagy

LOEWE Zentrum für Zell- und Gentherapie Frankfurt

Cardio Pulmonary Institute Frankfurt

ENABLE Frankfurt

Proxidrugs

Aventis Foundation

Johanna Quandt Young Academy

EMBO Young Investigator Programme