Prof. Dr. Christoph Handschin

Biozentrum
University of Basel
Klingelbergstrasse 50 / 70
CH - 4056 Basel
Biozentrum, Room 710 Phone: +41 61 267 23 78
Email: christoph.handschin-at-unibas.ch
Curriculum Vitae

Administrative Assistant

Marianne Liechti
Biozentrum, Room 709
Phone: +41 61 267 22 21
Fax: +41 61 267 22 08
Email: marianne.liechti-at-unibas.ch

Research group Christoph Handschin

Articles

2013
Bentzinger, C Florian; Lin, Shuo; Romanino, Klaas; Castets, Perrine; Guridi, Maitea; Summermatter, Serge; Handschin, Christoph; Tintignac, Lionel A; Hall, Michael N; Rüegg, Markus A (2013). Differential response of skeletal muscles to mTORC1 signaling during atrophy and hypertrophy. Skeletal muscle, 3(1), 6.
Eisele, Petra S; Salatino, Silvia; Sobek, Jens; Hottiger, Michael O; Handschin, Christoph (2013). The Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor γ Coactivator 1α/β (PGC-1) Coactivators Repress the Transcriptional Activity of NF-κB in Skeletal Muscle Cells. The Journal of biological chemistry, 288(4), 2246-60.
Stölting, Meline Nogueira Lucena; Ferrari, Stefano; Handschin, Christoph; Becskei, Attila; Provenzano, Maurizio; Sulser, Tullio; Eberli, Daniel (2013). Myoblasts Inhibit Prostate Cancer Growth by Paracrine Secretion of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α. The Journal of urology, 189(5), 1952-1959.
Summermatter, Serge; Shui, Guanghou; Maag, Daniela; Santos, Gesa; Wenk, Markus R; Handschin, Christoph (2013). PGC-1α Improves Glucose Homeostasis in Skeletal Muscle in an Activity-Dependent Manner. Diabetes, 62(1), 85-95.
2012
Pérez-Schindler, Joaquín; Summermatter, Serge; Salatino, Silvia; Zorzato, Francesco; Beer, Markus; Balwierz, Piotr J; van Nimwegen, Erik; Feige, Jérôme N; Auwerx, Johan; Handschin, Christoph (2012). The Corepressor NCoR1 Antagonizes PGC-1α and Estrogen-Related Receptor α in the Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Function and Oxidative Metabolism. Molecular and cellular biology, 32(24), 4913-24.
Handschin, Christoph; Meyer, Urs A. (2012). Warum reagiert mein Patient anders auf dieses Medikament? Pharmakogenomik und Personalisierte Medizin in der Praxis. Swiss Medical Forum, 12(22), 425-433.
Arnold, Anne-Sophie; Christe, Martine; Handschin, Christoph (2012). A Functional Motor Unit in the Culture Dish: Co-culture of Spinal Cord Explants and Muscle Cells. Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE, (62), e3616.
Egger, Anna; Samardzija, Marijana; Sothilingam, Vithiyanjali; Tanimoto, Naoyuki; Lange, Christina; Salatino, Silvia; Fang, Lei; Garcia-Garrido, Marina; Beck, Susanne; Okoniewski, Michal J; Neutzner, Albert; Seeliger, Mathias W; Grimm, Christian; Handschin, Christoph (2012). PGC-1alpha Determines Light Damage Susceptibility of the Murine Retina. PloS one, 7(2), e31272.
Summermatter, S; Handschin, C (2012). PGC-1alpha and exercise in the control of body weight. International journal of obesity, 36(11), 1428-35.
Summermatter, Serge; Thurnheer, Raphael; Santos, Gesa; Mosca, Barbara; Baum, Oliver; Treves, Susan; Hoppeler, Hans; Zorzato, Francesco; Handschin, Christoph (2012). Remodeling of calcium handling in skeletal muscle through PGC-1alpha: impact on force, fatigability, and fiber type. American journal of physiology. Cell physiology, 302(1), C88-99.
2011
Romanino, Klaas; Mazelin, Laetitia; Albert, Verena; Conjard-Duplany, Agnès; Lin, Shuo; Bentzinger, C Florian; Handschin, Christoph; Puigserver, Pere; Zorzato, Francesco; Schaeffer, Laurent; Gangloff, Yann-Gaël; Rüegg, Markus A (2011). Myopathy caused by mammalian target of rapamycin complex 1 (mTORC1) inactivation is not reversed by restoring mitochondrial function. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108(51), 20808-13.
Summermatter, S.; Troxler, H.; Santos, G.; Handschin, C. (2011). Coordinated balancing of muscle oxidative metabolism through PGC-1alpha increases metabolic flexibility and preserves insulin sensitivity. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 408(1), 180-185.
Handschin, Christoph; Spiegelman, Bruce M: PGC-1 coactivators and the regulation of skeletal muscle fiber-type determination, in: Cell metabolism 13, 2011, H. 4, S. 351; author reply 352.
Handschin, C. (2011). Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1beta (PGC-1beta) improves skeletal muscle mitochondrial function and insulin sensitivity. Diabetologia, 54(6), 1270-1272.
Arnold, A.-S.; Egger, A.; Handschin, C. (2011). PGC-1alpha and Myokines in the Aging Muscle - A Mini-Review. Gerontology, 57(1), 37-43.
2010
Stein, S.; Lohmann, C.; Handschin, C.; Stenfeldt, E.; Boren, J.; Luscher, T.F.; Matter, C.M. (2010). ApoE-/- PGC-1alpha-/- Mice Display Reduced IL-18 Levels and Do Not Develop Enhanced Atherosclerosis. PloS one, 5(10), e13539.
Summermatter, S.; Baum, O.; Santos, G.; Hoppeler, H.; Handschin, C. (2010). Peroxisome Proliferator-activated Receptor gamma Coactivator 1alpha (PGC-1alpha) Promotes Skeletal Muscle Lipid Refueling in Vivo by Activating de Novo Lipogenesis and the Pentose Phosphate Pathway. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 285(43), 32793-32800.
Stein, S.; Schafer, N.; Breitenstein, A.; Besler, C.; Winnik, S.; Lohmann, C.; Heinrich, K.; Brokopp, C.E.; Handschin, C.; Landmesser, U.; Tanner, F.C.; Luscher, T.F.; Matter, C.M. (2010). SIRT1 reduces endothelial activation without affecting vascular function in ApoE-/- mice. Aging, 2(6), 353-360.
Burch, N.; Arnold, A.S.; Item, F.; Summermatter, S.; Brochmann Santana Santos, G.; Christe, M.; Boutellier, U.; Toigo, M.; Handschin, C. (2010). Electric Pulse Stimulation of Cultured Murine Muscle Cells Reproduces Gene Expression Changes of Trained Mouse Muscle. PloS one, 5(6), e10970.
Handschin, C. (2010). Regulation of skeletal muscle cell plasticity by the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1alpha. Journal of Receptor and Signal Transduction Research, 30(6), 376-384.
2009
Handschin, C. (2009). PGC-1alpha in muscle links metabolism to inflammation. Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology & Physiology, 36, 1139-1143.
Handschin, C. (2009). The biology of PGC-1alpha and its therapeutic potential. Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 30(6), 322-329.
Zenhaeusern, G.; Gubser, P.; Eisele, P.; Gasser, O.; Steinhuber, A.; Trampuz, A.; Handschin, C.; Luster, A.D.; Hess, C. (2009). A high-mobility, low-cost phenotype defines human effector-memory CD8+ T cells. Blood, 113(1), 95-99.
2008
Choi, C.S.; Befroy, D.E.; Codella, R.; Kim, S.; Reznick, R.M.; Hwang, Y.-J.; Liu, Z.-X.; Lee, H.-Y.; Distefano, A.; Samuel, V.T.; Zhang, D.; Cline, G.W.; Handschin, C.; Lin, J.; Petersen, K.F.; Spiegelman, B.M.; Shulman, G.I. (2008). Paradoxical effects of increased expression of PGC-1alpha on muscle mitochondrial function and insulin-stimulated muscle glucose metabolism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105(50), 19926-19931.
Handschin, C.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2008). The role of exercise and PGC1alpha in inflammation and chronic disease. Nature, 454(7203), 463-469.
Handschin, C.: Nuclear Receptors as Drug Targets, in: Ottow, E. (Ed.). (2008). Methods and Principles in Medicinal Chemistry, Weinheim: Wiley-VCH , S. 453-458.
2007
Handschin, C.; Chin, S.; Li, P.; Liu, F.; Maratos-Flier, E.; Lebrasseur, N.K.; Yan, Z.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2007). Skeletal muscle fiber-type switching, exercise intolerance, and myopathy in PGC-1alpha muscle-specific knock-out animals. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 282(41), 30014-30021.
Handschin, C.; Choi, C.S.; Chin, S.; Kim, S.; Kawamori, D.; Kurpad, A.J.; Neubauer, N.; Hu, J.; Mootha, V.K.; Kim, Y.-B.; Kulkarni, R.N.; Shulman, G.I.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2007). Abnormal glucose homeostasis in skeletal muscle-specific PGC-1alpha knockout mice reveals skeletal muscle-pancreatic beta cell crosstalk. The Journal of Clinical Investigation, 117(11), 3463-3474.
Handschin, C.; Kobayashi, Y.M.; Chin, S.; Seale, P.; Campbell, K.P.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2007). PGC-1alpha regulates the neuromuscular junction program and ameliorates Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Genes & Development, 21(7), 770-783.
Jager, S.; Handschin, C.; St-Pierre, J.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2007). AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) action in skeletal muscle via direct phosphorylation of PGC-1alpha. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(29), 12017-12022.
Matter, C.M.; Handschin, C. (2007). RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted), inflammation, obesity, and the metabolic syndrome. Circulation, 115(8), 946-948.
Rohas, L.M.; St-Pierre, J.; Uldry, M.; Jager, S.; Handschin, C.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2007). A fundamental system of cellular energy homeostasis regulated by PGC-1alpha. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 104(19), 7933-7938.
2006
Handschin, C.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2006). Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 coactivators, energy homeostasis, and metabolism. Endocrine Reviews, 27(7), 728-735.
Rhee, J.; Ge, H.; Yang, W.; Fan, M.; Handschin, C.; Cooper, M.; Lin, J.; Li, C.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2006). Partnership of PGC-1alpha and HNF4alpha in the regulation of lipoprotein metabolism. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 281(21), 14683-14690.
Sandri, M.; Lin, J.; Handschin, C.; Yang, W.; Arany, Z.P.; Lecker, S.H.; Goldberg, A.L.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2006). PGC-1alpha protects skeletal muscle from atrophy by suppressing FoxO3 action and atrophy-specific gene transcription. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(44), 16260-16265.
St-Pierre, J.; Drori, S.; Uldry, M.; Silvaggi, J.M.; Rhee, J.; Jager, S.; Handschin, C.; Zheng, K.; Lin, J.; Yang, W.; Simon, D.K.; Bachoo, R.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2006). Suppression of reactive oxygen species and neurodegeneration by the PGC-1 transcriptional coactivators. Cell, 127(2), 397-408.
Wu, Z.; Huang, X.; Feng, Y.; Handschin, C.; Gullicksen, P.S.; Bare, O.; Labow, M.; Spiegelman, B.; Stevenson, S.C. (2006). Transducer of regulated CREB-binding proteins (TORCs) induce PGC-1alpha transcription and mitochondrial biogenesis in muscle cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 103(39), 14379-14384.
2005
Handschin, C.; Meyer, U.A. (2005). Regulatory network of lipid-sensing nuclear receptors: roles for CAR, PXR, LXR, and FXR. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 433(2), 387-396.
Lin, J.; Handschin, C.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2005). Metabolic control through the PGC-1 family of transcription coactivators. Cell Metabolism, 1(6), 361-370.
Lin, J.; Yang, R.; Tarr, P.T.; Wu, P.-H.; Handschin, C.; Li, S.; Yang, W.; Pei, L.; Uldry, M.; Tontonoz, P.; Newgard, C.B.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2005). Hyperlipidemic effects of dietary saturated fats mediated through PGC-1beta coactivation of SREBP. Cell, 120(2), 261-273.
Gnerre, C.; Schuster, G.U.; Roth, A.; Handschin, C.; Johansson, L.; Looser, R.; Parini, P.; Podvinec, M.; Robertsson, K.; Gustafsson, J.-A.; Meyer, U.A. (2005). LXR deficiency and cholesterol feeding affect the expression and phenobarbital-mediated induction of cytochromes P450 in mouse liver. Journal of Lipid Research, 46(8), 1633-1642.
Handschin, C.; Gnerre, C.; Fraser, D.J.; Martinez-Jimenez, C.; Jover, R.; Meyer, U.A. (2005). Species-specific mechanisms for cholesterol 7alpha-hydroxylase (CYP7A1) regulation by drugs and bile acids. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 434(1), 75-85.
Handschin, C.; Mootha, V.K. (2005). Estrogen-related receptor alpha (ERRalpha): a novel target in type 2 diabetes. Drug Discovery Today Therapeutic Strategies, 2(2), 151-156.
Arany, Z.; He, H.; Lin, J.; Hoyer, K.; Handschin, C.; Toka, O.; Ahmad, F.; Matsui, T.; Chin, S.; Wu, P.-H.; Rybkin, I.I.; Shelton, J.M.; Manieri, M.; Cinti, S.; Schoen, F.J.; Bassel-Duby, R.; Rosenzweig, A.; Ingwall, J.S.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2005). Transcriptional coactivator PGC-1 alpha controls the energy state and contractile function of cardiac muscle. Cell Metabolism, 1(4), 259-271.
Handschin, C.; Lin, J.; Rhee, J.; Peyer, A.-K.; Chin, S.; Wu, P.-H.; Meyer, U.A.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2005). Nutritional regulation of hepatic heme biosynthesis and porphyria through PGC-1alpha. Cell, 122(4), 505-515.
Handschin, C.; Meyer, U.A.: PXR and CAR: more than meets the eye, in: Oesch, F. (Ed.). (2005). Proceedings of the 15th Int. Symposium on Microsomes and Drug Oxidation, Bologna: Medimond Int. Poc. Div. Monduzzi Editore , S. 17-21.
2004
Fan, M.; Rhee, J.; St-Pierre, J.; Handschin, C.; Puigserver, P.; Lin, J.; Jaeger, S.; Erdjument-Bromage, H.; Tempst, P.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2004). Suppression of mitochondrial respiration through recruitment of p160 myb binding protein to PGC-1alpha: modulation by p38 MAPK. Genes & Development, 18(3), 278-289.
Handschin, C.; Blattler, S.; Roth, A.; Looser, R.; Oscarson, M.; Kaufmann, M.R.; Podvinec, M.; Gnerre, C.; Meyer, U.A. (2004). The evolution of drug-activated nuclear receptors: one ancestral gene diverged into two xenosensor genes in mammals. Nuclear Receptor, 2(1), 7.
Podvinec, M.; Handschin, C.; Looser, R.; Meyer, U.A. (2004). Identification of the xenosensors regulating human 5-aminolevulinate synthase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101(24), 9127-9132.
Mootha, Vamsi K; Handschin, Christoph; Arlow, Dan; Xie, Xiaohui; St Pierre, Julie; Sihag, Smita; Yang, Wenli; Altshuler, David; Puigserver, Pere; Patterson, Nick; Willy, Patricia J; Schulman, Ira G; Heyman, Richard A; Lander, Eric S; Spiegelman, Bruce M (2004). Erralpha and Gabpa/b specify PGC-1alpha-dependent oxidative phosphorylation gene expression that is altered in diabetic muscle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 101(17), 6570-5.
2003
Handschin, C.; Rhee, J.; Lin, J.; Tarr, P.T.; Spiegelman, B.M. (2003). An autoregulatory loop controls peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1alpha expression in muscle. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 100(12), 7111-7116.
Handschin, C.; Podvinec, M.; Meyer, U.A. (2003). In silico approaches, and in vitro and in vivo experiments to predict induction of drug metabolism. Drug News & Perspectives, 16(7), 423-434.
Sanyal, S.; Handschin, C.; Podvinec, M.; Song, K.-H.; Kim, H.-J.; Kim, J.-Y.; Seo, Y.-W.; Kim, S.-A.; Kwon, H.-B.; Lee, K.; Kim, W.-S.; Meyer, U.A.; Choi, H.-S. (2003). Molecular cloning and characterization of chicken orphan nuclear receptor cTR2. General and Comparative Endocrinology, 132(3), 474-484.
Handschin, C.; Meyer, U.A. (2003). Induction of drug metabolism: the role of nuclear receptors. Pharmacological Reviews, 55(4), 649-673.
Handschin, C.; Meyer, U.A.: The molecular mechanism of induction of cytochromes P450 by drugs and other xenobiotics, in: Döhmer, J. (Ed.). (2003). Nova Acta Leopoldina, Halle: Deutsche Akad. der Naturforscher Leopoldina , S. 205-211.
2002
Handschin, C.; Podvinec, M.; Amherd, R.; Looser, R.; Ourlin, J.-C.; Meyer, U.A. (2002). Cholesterol and bile acids regulate xenosensor signaling in drug-mediated induction of cytochromes P450. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 277(33), 29561-29567.
Podvinec, M.; Kaufmann, M.R.; Handschin, C.; Meyer, U.A. (2002). NUBIScan, an in silico approach for prediction of nuclear receptor response elements. Molecular Endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.), 16(6), 1269-1279.
Ourlin, J.-C.; Handschin, C.; Kaufmann, M.; Meyer, U.A. (2002). A Link between cholesterol levels and phenobarbital induction of cytochromes P450. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 291(2), 378-384.
2001
Handschin, C.; Podvinec, M.; Looser, R.; Amherd, R.; Meyer, U.A. (2001). Multiple enhancer units mediate drug induction of CYP2H1 by xenobiotic-sensing orphan nuclear receptor chicken xenobiotic receptor. Molecular Pharmacology, 60(4), 681-689.
Handschin, C.; Podvinec, M.; Stockli, J.; Hoffmann, K.; Meyer, U.A. (2001). Conservation of signaling pathways of xenobiotic-sensing orphan nuclear receptors, chicken xenobiotic receptor, constitutive androstane receptor, and pregnane X receptor, from birds to humans. Molecular Endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.), 15(9), 1571-1585.
2000
Handschin, C.; Podvinec, M.; Meyer, U.A. (2000). CXR, a chicken xenobiotic-sensing orphan nuclear receptor, is related to both mammalian pregnane X receptor (PXR) and constitutive androstane receptor (CAR). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 97(20), 10769-10774.
Handschin, C.; Meyer, U.A. (2000). A conserved nuclear receptor consensus sequence (DR-4) mediates transcriptional activation of the chicken CYP2H1 gene by phenobarbital in a hepatoma cell line. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 275(18), 13362-13369.

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