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Ta-Yuan Chang


Ta-Yuan
Chang

 

Mailing Address:

Department of Biochemistry

Dartmouth Medical School

Hanover, NH 03755

Tel. 603-650-1622

Fax. 603-650-1128

e-mail: [email protected]

Chang Laboratory Website: http://www.Dartmouth.edu/~tychang

 

Date of Birth: April 8, 1945

 

Education:

B.S. in Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taiwan, 1967

Ph.D. in Biochemistry (with Mary Ellen Jones), University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1968-1973

Postdoctoral Fellow (with Roy Vagelos), Department of Biological
Chemistry, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri,
1973-1975

Postdoctoral Fellow (with Roy Vagelos), Merck, Sharp & Dohme
Research Laboratories, Rahway, New Jersey, 1975-1976

 

Professional Experience:

2000-present Professor and Chair,
Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School

1988-2000 Professor, Department of
Biochemistry,
Dartmouth Medical School

1982-1988 Associate Professor, Department
of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School

1976-1982 Assistant Professor, Department
of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School

 

Membership:

American Society of Biological Chemists and Molecular Biologists,
1981-present

American Society of Cell Biologists, 1999-present

 

Extramural Activities:

Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Chemistry
(1995-2000)

Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Biological Chemistry
(2001-2006)

Visiting Professor, Kumamoto University Medical School, Kumamoto,
Japan (1995-1997; 1999-2000)

Member, American Heart Association National Review Committee on
Lipids and Lipoproteins (1998-2002)

Visiting Professor, University of Hong Kong (2003)

 

Honors:

NIH Research Career Development Award (1982-1987)

NIH MERIT Award (1994-2004)

 

Current Research Support:

1. NIH R37 HL36709 (1994-2004) Cell
Mutants Defective in Cholesterol Ester Formation

2. NIH RO1 HL60306 (2003-2007)
Structure-Function Analyses of ACAT

 

Invited Speaker at Selected National and
International Meetings, 1987-2003
:

  1. American Society of Biological
    Chemists Satellite Symposium on Cellular Cholesterol Metabolism (1987),
    Chair: Dr. Michael Sinensky

  2. Aspen Cholesterol Conference (1987),
    Chair: Dr. Roger Davis

  3. Gordon Research Conference on
    Atherosclerosis (1989), Chairs: Drs. Thomas Innerarity and Alan Fogelman

  4. International Symposium on Drugs
    Affecting Lipid Metabolism, Houston, Texas (1989), Chair: Dr. Antonio
    Gotto

  5. Aspen Cholesterol Conference (1991),
    Chairs: Drs. Daniel Steinberg and Donald Small

  6. Japanese Research Conference on
    Cholesterol, Shirahama, Japan (1991), Chair: Dr. Seikoh Horiuchi

  7. International Conference on
    Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, Tokyo, Japan (1992), Chair: Dr. Akira
    Yamamoto

  8. Aspen Cholesterol Conference (1993),
    Chair: Dr. Larry Rudel

  9. Xth International Symposium on
    Atherosclerosis, Montreal, Canada (1994), Chair: Dr. Jean Davignon

  10. Aspen Cholesterol Conference (1995),
    Chair: Dr. John Dietschy

  11. American Heart Association National
    Meeting (1996), State of the Art Speaker in Lipid Metabolism Session

  12. FASEB Summer Research Conference on
    Intestinal Lipid Digestion (1997), Chair: Dr. David Hui

  13. International Satellite Conference on
    Cellular Cholesterol Metabolism, San Francisco, California (1997), Chair:
    Dr. Sandra Erickson

  14. Gordon Research Conference on Lipid
    Metabolism (1998), Chair: Dr. David Williams

  15. International Symposium on
    Lipoprotein Metabolism and Atherogenesis, Kyoto, Japan (1998), Chair: Dr.
    Toru Kita

  16. International Conference on the NPC
    Lesion and the Role of Intracellular Cholesterol Trafficking in Human
    Disease, Washington DC (1999), Chair: Dr. Peter Pentchev

  17. FASEB Summer Research Conference on
    Intestinal Lipid Digestion (2000), Chair: Dr. Jeff Field

  18. ZMBH Forum (2001), “Genes,
    Proteins, and Brain Disease”, Heidelberg, Germany. Organizer: Tobias
    Hartmann

  19. Gordon Research Conference on
    Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids (2001), Chair: Charles Rock

  20. Gordon Research Conference on
    Lipoprotein Metabolism (2002), Session Chair and Speaker, Chair: Mike
    Phillips.

  21. American Heart Association National
    Meeting (2002), Session Chair and Speaker

 

Publications in Peer-Reviewed Journals:

  1. Chang, T.Y. and Jones, M.E. Aspartate
    Transcarbamylase from Streptococcus faecalis. Purification,
    Properties and Nature of an Allosteric Activator Site. Biochemistry
    13, 629 (1974)

  2. Chang, T.Y. and Jones, M.E. Aspartate
    Transcarbamylase from Streptococcus faecalis. Steady-State Kinetic
    Analysis. Biochemistry 13, 637 (1974)

  3. Chang, T.Y. and Jones, M.E. Aspartate
    Transcarbamylase from Streptococcus faecalis. Reverse Reaction and
    Binding Studies. Biochemistry 13, 646 (1974)

  4. Chang, T.Y. and Vagelos, P.R. Isolation and
    Characterization of an Unsaturated Fatty Acid Requiring Mutant of Cultured
    Mammalian Cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 73, 24 (1976)

  5. Chang, T.Y., Telakowski, C., Vanden Heuvel, W.,
    Alberts, A.W., and Vagelos, P.R. Isolation and Partial Characterization of
    a Cholesterol-Requiring Mutant of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells. Proc.
    Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.
    74, 833 (1977)

  6. Nelson, J.A., Czarny, M.R., Spencer,
    T.A., Limanek, J.S., McCrae, K.R., and Chang, T.Y. A Novel
    Inhibitor of Steroid Biosynthesis. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 100,
    4900 (1978)

  7. Limanek, J.S., Chin, J., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    A Mammalian Cell Mutant Requiring Cholesterol and Unsaturated
    Fatty Acid for Growth. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 75,
    5452 (1978)

  8. Chang, T.Y., Schiavoni, E.S., Jr., McCrae, K.R.,
    Nelson, J.A., and Spencer, T.A. Inhibition of Cholesterol Biosynthesis in
    Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells by 4,4,10-Trimethyltransdecal-3
    b -o1. A Specific 2,3-Oxidosqualene
    Cyclase Inhibitor. J. Biol. Chem. 254, 11258 (1979)

  9. Chang, T.Y. and Limanek, J.S. Regulation of
    Cytosolic Acetoacetyl CoA Thiolase, 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl CoA
    Synthase, 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl CoA Reductase, and Mevalonate Kinase
    by Low Density Lipoprotein and by 25-Hydroxycholesterol in Chinese Hamster
    Ovary Cells. J. Biol. Chem. 255, 7787 (1980)

  10. Chang, T.Y., Limanek, J.S., and Chang, C.C.Y.
    Evidence Indicating that Inactivation of 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl
    Coenzyme A Reductase by Low Density Lipoprotein or by
    25-Hydroxycholesterol Requires Mediator Protein(s) with Rapid Turnover
    Rate. J. Biol. Chem. 256, 6174 (1981)

  11. Chin, J. and Chang, T.Y.
    Evidence for Coordinate Expression of 3-Hydroxy-3-Methylglutaryl Coenzyme
    A. Reductase and Low Density Lipoprotein Binding Activity. J. Biol.
    Chem.
    256, 6304 (1981)

  12. Chang, T.Y., Limanek, J.S., and Chang, C.C.Y. A
    Simple and Efficient Procedure for the Rapid Homogenization of Cultured
    Animal Cells Grown in Monolayer. Anal. Biochem. 116, 298
    (1981)

  13. Berry, D.J. and Chang, T.Y.
    Further Characterization of a Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Mutant Defective
    in Lanosterol Demethylation. Biochemistry 21, 573 (1982)

  14. Doolittle, G.M. and Chang, T.Y. Solubilization,
    Partial Purification and Reconstitution in Phosphatidylcholine-Cholesterol
    Liposomes of Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase. Biochemistry 21,
    674 (1982)

  15. Chin, J. and Chang, T.Y.
    Further Characterization of a Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Mutant Requiring
    Cholesterol and Unsaturated Fatty Acid for Growth. Biochemistry 21,
    3196 (1982)

  16. Chang, T.Y. and Chang, C.C.Y. Revertants of
    Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Mutant Resistant to Suppression by Analog of
    Cholesterol-Isolation and Partial Characterization. Biochemistry 21,
    5316 (1982)

  17. Doolittle, G.M. and Chang, T.Y.
    Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells:
    Enzyme Activity Determined after Reconstitution in
    Phospholipid-Cholesterol Liposomes. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 713,
    529 (1982)

  18. Chang, C.C.Y., Doolittle, G.M., and Chang,
    T.Y
    . Cycloheximide-Sensitivity in Regulation of Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol
    Acyltransferase in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells. I. Effect of Exogenous
    Sterols. Biochemistry 25, 1693 (1986)

  19. Chang, C.C.Y. and Chang, T.Y.
    Cycloheximide-Sensitivity in Regulation of Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol
    Acyltransferase in Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells. II. Effect of Endogenous
    Sterol Synthesis. Biochemistry 25, 1700 (1986)

  20. Ventimiglia, J., Levesque, M.C, and Chang,
    T.Y.
    Preparation and Characterization of Unilamellar Vesicles from
    Cholate-Phospholipid Micelle Treated with Cholestyramine. Anal.
    Biochem.
    157, 323 (1986)

  21. Cadigan, K., Heider, J., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    Isolation and Characterization of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell
    Mutants Deficient in Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase Activity.
    J. Biol. Chem. 263, 274 (1988)

  22. Cadigan, K.M. and Chang, T.Y. A
    Simple Method for Reconstituting Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase in
    Cholesterol Containing Liposome. J. Lipid Research 29, 1683
    (1988)

  23. Cadigan, K.M., Chang, C.C.Y., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    Isolation of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Lines Expressing Human
    Acyl- Coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase Activity. J. Cell Biol.
    108, 2201 (1989)

  24. Shi, S.P., Chang, C.C.Y., Gould,
    G.W., and Chang, T.Y. Comparing the Unilamellar
    Phosphatidylethanolamine Vesicles with the Unilamellar Phosphatidylcholine
    Vesicles Produced by Treating Cholate-phospholipid Micelle with
    Cholestyramine. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 982, 187 (1989)

  25. Cadigan, K.M., Spillane, D.M., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    Isolation and Characterization of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell
    Mutants Defective in Intracellular Low Density Lipoprotein-Cholesterol
    Trafficking. J. Cell Biol. 110, 295 (1990)

  26. Hasan, M.T., Subbaroyan, R., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    High-efficiency Stable Gene Transfection using
    Chloroquine-treated CHO cells. Somatic Cell & Mol. Genetics 17,
    513 (1991)

  27. Chang, C.C.Y., Huh, H.Y., Cadigan,
    K.M., and Chang, T.Y. Molecular Cloning and Functional Expression
    of Human Acyl- CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase cDNA in Mutant Chinese
    Hamster Ovary Cells. J. Biol. Chem. 268, 20747 (1993)

  28. Hasan, M.T., Chang, C.C.Y., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    Somatic Cell Genetic and Biochemical Characterization of Cell
    Lines Resulting from Human Genomic DNA Transfection of Chinese Hamster
    Ovary Cell Mutants Defective in Sterol-Dependent Activation of Sterol
    Synthesis and LDL Receptor Expression. Somatic Cell & Mol. Genetics
    20, 183 (1994)

  29. Chang, C.C.Y., Nutile-McMenemy, N.,
    Noll, W., Lindsay, E.A., Baldini, A., Chang, W., and Chang, T.Y.
    Localization of Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase Gene to Human
    Chromosome 1q-25. Somatic Cell & Mol. Genetics 20, 71
    (1994)

  30. Hasan, M.T. and Chang, T.Y.
    Somatic Cell Genetic Analysis of Two Classes of CHO Cell Mutants
    Expressing Opposite Phenotypes in Sterol-Dependent Regulation of
    Cholesterol Metabolism. Somatic Cell & Mol. Genetics 20,
    481 (1994)

  31. Spillane, D.M., Reagan, J.W.,
    Kennedy, N.J., Schneider, D.L., and Chang, T.Y. Translocation of
    Both Lysosomal LDL-derived Cholesterol and Plasma Membrane Cholesterol to
    the Endoplasmic Reticulum for Esterification May Require Common Cellular
    Factors Present in the Acidic Compartment(s). Biochim. Biophys. Acta
    1254, 283 (1995)

  32. Cheng, D., Chang, C.C.Y., Qu, X-M.,
    and Chang, T.Y. Activation of Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol
    Acyltransferase (ACAT) by Cholesterol or by Oxysterol in a Cell-Free
    System. J. Biol. Chem. 270, 685 (1995)

  33. Uelmen, P.J., Oka, K., Sullivan, M.,
    Chang, C.C.Y., Chang, T.Y., and Chan, L. Tissue-Specific Expression
    and Cholesterol Regulation of Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase
    (ACAT) in Mice: Molecular Cloning of Mouse ACAT cDNA, Chromosomal
    Localization, and Regulation of ACAT In Vivo and In Vitro. J.
    Biol. Chem.
    270, 26192 (1995)

  34. Chang, C.C.Y., Chen, J., Thomas, M.,
    Cheng, D., Del Priore, V.A., Newton, R.S., Pape, M.E., and Chang, T.Y.
    Regulation and Immunolocalization of Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol
    Acyltransferase in Mammalian Cells as Studied with Specific Antibodies. J.
    Biol. Chem.
    270, 29532 (1995)

  35. Matsuda, H., Hakamata, H., Miyazaki,
    A., Sakai, M., Chang, C.C.Y., Chang, T.Y., Kobori, S., Shichiri,
    M., and Horiuchi, S. Activation of Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol
    Acyltransferase Activity by Cholesterol is Not Due to Altered mRNA Levels
    in HepG2 Cells. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1301, 76 (1996)

  36. Carstea, E.D., Morris, J.A., Coleman,
    K.G., Loftus, S.K., Zhang, D., Cummings, C., Gu, J., Rosenfeld, M.A.,
    Pavan, W.J., Krizman, D.B., Nagle, J., Polymeropoulos, M.H., Sturley,
    S.L., Ioannou, Y.A., Higgins, M.E., Comly, M., Cooney, A., Brown, A.,
    Kaneski, C.R., Blanchette-Mackie, E.J., Dwyer, N.K., Neufeld, E.B., Chang,
    T.Y.,
    Liscum, L., Strauss, J.F., III, Ohno, K., Zeigler, M., Carmi,
    R., Sokol, J., Markie, D., O’Neill, R.R., Van Diggelen, O.P., Elleder, M.,
    Patterson, M.C., Brady, R.O., Vanier, M.T., Pentchev, P.G., and Tagle,
    D.A. The Niemann-Pick C Gene: Homology to Mediators of Cholesterol
    Homeostasis. Science 277, 228 (1997)

  37. Rawson, R.B., Zelenski, N.G.,
    Nijhawan, D., Ye, J., Sakai, J., Hasan, M.T., Chang, T.Y., Brown,
    M.S., and Goldstein, J.L. Complementation Cloning of S2P, a Gene Encoding
    a Putative Metalloprotease Required for Intramembrane Cleavage of SREBPs. Molecular
    Cell
    1, 47 (1997)

  38. Khelef, N., Buton, X., Beatini, N.,
    Wang, H., Meiner, V., Chang, T.Y., Farese, R.V. Jr, Maxfield, F.R.,
    and Tabas, I. Immunolocalization of Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol
    Acyltransferase in Macrophages. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 11218
    (1998)

  39. Li, O., Chang, C., Lee, W., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    Immunodepletion Experiments suggest that Acyl-Coenzyme
    A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase 1 Protein is the Major Catalytic Component
    in Adult Human Liver, Adrenal Gland, Kidney, and Macrophages, but not in
    Human Intestines. J. Lipid Res. 39, 1722 (1998)

  40. Miyazaki, A., Sakashita, N., Lee, O.,
    Takahashi,S., Hakamata, H., Morganelli, P., Chang, C.C.Y., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    Expression of Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase in
    Human Atherosclerotic Lesions and in Cultured Human Monocyte-Macrophages. Arterio.
    Thromb. and Vas. Biol.
    18, 1568 (1998)

  41. Chang, C.C.Y., Lee, C.Y.G., Chang,
    E.T., Cruz, J.C., Levesque, M., and Chang, T.Y. Recombinant
    Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase-1 (ACAT-1) Purified to Essential
    Homogeneity Utilizes Cholesterol in Mixed Micelles or in vesicles in a
    Highly Cooperative Manner. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 35132 (1998)

  42. Tomita, T., Chang, T.Y.,
    Kodama, T., and Iwatsubo, T. ß-APP Gamma-Secretase and SREBP Site 2 Protease
    are two Different Enzymes. NeuroReport 9, 911 (1998)

  43. Li, B.L., Li, X.L., Duan, Z., Lee,
    O., Lin, S., Ma, Z.M., Chang, C.C.Y., Yang, X.Y., Mohandas, T.K., Noll,
    W., Chan, L., and Chang, T.Y. Human ACAT-1 Gene
    Organization, and the Evidence that the 4.3 kb mRNA is Produced from two
    Different Chromosomes. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 11060 (1999)

  44. Lin, S., Cheng, D., Liu, M.S., Chen,
    J., and Chang, T.Y. Human Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol Acyltransferase-1
    (ACAT-1) in the Endoplasmic Reticulum Contains Seven Transmembrane
    Domains. J. Biol. Chem. 274, 23276 (1999)

  45. Yu, C., Chen, J., Lin, S., Liu, J.,
    Chang, C.C.Y., and Chang, T.Y. Human Acyl-CoA:Cholesterol
    Acyltransferase-1 (ACAT-1) is a Homotetrameric Enzyme in Intact Cells and In
    Vitro
    . J. Biol. Chem. 274, 36139 (1999)

  46. Sakashita, N., Miyazaki, A., Takeya,
    M., Horiuchi, S., Chang, C.C.Y., Chang, T.Y., and Takahashi, K.
    Localization of Human Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase-1
    (ACAT-1) in Macrophages and in Various Tissues. Amer. J. Pathol. 156,
    227 (2000)

  47. Cruz, J.C., Sugii, S., Yu, C., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    Role of Niemann-Pick type C1 protein in Intracellular Trafficking
    of Low Density Lipoprotein Derived Cholesterol. J. Biol. Chem. 275,
    4013 (2000) (chosen as cover page)

  48. Henderson, L.P., Lin, L., Prasad, A.,
    Paul, C.A., Chang, T.Y., and Maue, R.A. Embryonic Striatal
    Neurons from Niemann-Pick type C Mice Exhibit Defects in Cholesterol
    Metabolism and Growth Factor Responsiveness. J. Biol. Chem. 275,
    20179 (2000) (chosen as Highlight of Recent Literature by Editor of Science,
    289, Number 5477, 14 July 2000)

  49. Chang, C.C.Y., Sakashita, N.,
    Ornvold, K., Lee, O., Chang, E., Dong, R., Lin, S., Lee, C.Y.G., Strom,
    S., Kashyap, R., Fung, J., Farese, R., Patoiseau, J.F., Delhon, A., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    Immunological Quantitation and Localization of ACAT-1 and ACAT-2
    in Human Liver and Small Intestines. J. Biol. Chem. 275,
    28083 (2000)

  50. Cruz, J.C., and Chang, T.Y.
    Fate of Endogenously Synthesized Cholesterol in Niemann-Pick Type C1
    Cells. J. Biol. Chem. 275, 41309 (2000)

  51. Maung, K.K., Miyazaki, A., Nomiyama,
    H., Chang, C.C.Y., Chang, T.Y., and Horiuchi, S. Increase in
    acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase-1 (ACAT-1) mRNAs and protein
    contents by treating undifferentiated human monocytic THP-1 cells with
    1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 or with 9-cis retinoic acid. J. Lipid Res. 42,
    181 (2001)

  52. Yamazaki, T., Chang, T.Y.,
    Haass, C., and Ihara, Y. Accumulation and aggregation of amyloid ß-protein
    in late endosomes of Niemann-Pick type C cells. J. Biol. Chem. 276,
    4454 (2001)

  53. Yang, J.B., Duan, Z.J., Yao, W., Lee,
    O., Yang, L., Yang, X.Y., Sun, X., Chang, C.C.Y., Chang, T.Y., and
    Li, B.L. Synergistic Transcriptional Activation of Human ACAT-1 Gene by
    IFN-gamma and ATRA in THP-1 Cells. J. Biol. Chem. 276, 20989
    (2001)

  54. Song, B.L., Qi, W., Yang, X.Y.,
    Chang, C.C.Y., Zhu, J.Q., Chang, T.Y., and Li, B.L. Genomic
    Organization of Human ACAT-2 Gene and Cell Type- Specific Expressions of
    its Promoter. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 282, 580 (2001)

  55. Puglielli, L., Konopka, G.,
    Pack-Chung, E., Ingano, L.A.M., Berezovska, O., Hyman, B.T., Chang,
    T.Y.
    , Tanzi, R.E., and Kovacs, D.M. Acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol
    acyltransferase modulates the generation of the amyloid beta-peptide. Nature
    Cell Biol.
    3, 905 (2001)

  56. Lu, X.H., Lin, S., Chang, C.C.Y., Chang,
    T.Y.
    Mutant Acyl-coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase 1 Devoid of
    Cysteine Residues Remains Catalytically Active. J. Biol. Chem. 277,
    711 (2002)

  57. Yu, C., Zhang, Y., Lu, X., Chen, J.,
    Chang, C.C.Y., and Chang, T.Y. Role of the N-Terminal Hydrophilic
    Domain of Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase 1 on the Enzyme’s
    Quaternary Structure and Catalytic Efficiency. Biochemistry 41,
    3762 (2002)

  58. Cruz, J.C., Thomas, M., Wong, E.,
    Ohgami, N., Sugii, S., Curphey, T., Chang, C.C.Y., and Chang, T.Y.
    Synthesis and Biochemical properties of a New Photoactivatable Cholesterol
    Analog 7,7-azocholestanol and its Linoleate Ester in Chinese Hamster Ovary
    Cell Lines. J. Lipid Res. 43, 1341 (2002)

  59. Buszczak, M., Lu, X., Segraves, W.A.,
    Chang, T.Y., and Cooley, L. Mutations in the midway Gene Disrupt a
    Drosophila Acyl Coenzyme A: Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase. Genetics
    160, 1511 (2002)

  60. Khan, N., Shen, J., Chang, T.Y.,
    Chang, C.C.Y., Fung, P.C.W., Grinberg, O., Demidenko, E., and Swartz, H.
    Plasma Membrane Cholesterol: A Possible Barrier to Intracellular Oxygen in
    Normal and Mutant CHO Cells Defective in Cholesterol Metabolism. Biochemistry
    42(1), 23 (2003)

  61. Zhang, Y., Yu, C., Liu, J., Spencer,
    T.A., Chang, C.C.Y., and Chang, T.Y. Cholesterol is superior to
    7-ketocholesterol or 7alpha-hydroxycholesterol as an allosteric activator
    for acyl-coenzyme A: cholesterol acyltransferase 1. J. Biol. Chem.
    In press/Published online Jan. 17 (2003)

  62. Sugii, S., Reid, P.C., Ohgami, N.,
    Shimada, Y., Maue, R.A., Ninomiya, H., Ohno-Iwashita, Y., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    Biotinylated theta toxin derivative as a probe to examine
    intracellular cholesterol-rich domains in normal and Niemann-pick type C1
    cells. J. Lipid Res. In press/Published online Feb. 1 (2003)

  63. Reid, P.C., Sugii, S., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    Trafficking defects in endogenously synthesized cholesterol in
    fibroblasts, macrophages, hepatocytes, and glial cells from NPC1 mice. J.
    Lipid Res.
    In press/Published online (2003)

  64. Lin, S., Lu, X., Chang, C.C.Y., and Chang,
    T.Y.
    Human Acyl-Coenzyme A: Cholesterol Acyltransferase 2 (hACAT2)
    expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells: membrane topology and active
    site location. Mol. Biol. Cell. In press/Published online (2003)

  65. Sugii, S., Reid, P.C., Ohgami, N.,
    Du, H., and Chang, T.Y. Distinct endosomal compartments in early
    trafficking of low density lipoprotein-derived cholesterol. J. Biol.
    Chem.
    In revision. (2003)

  66. Sakashita, N., Miyazaki, A., Chang,
    C.C.Y., Chang, T.Y., Kiyota, E., Satoh, M., Komohara, Y.,
    Morganelli, P., Horiuchi, S., and Takeya, M. Acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol
    acyltransferase 2 (ACAT2) is induced in monocyte-derived macrophages: in
    vivo
    and in vitro studies. Lab. Invest. In revision.
    (2003)

 

Invited Reviews in Books, Review Series,
and Journals
:

  1. Chang, T.Y., Prescott, L.M., and Jones, M.E.
    Aspartate Transcarbamylase (Streptococcus faecalis) in Methods
    in Enzymology
    (Hoffee, P.A. and Jones, M.E., Eds), Academic Press, New
    York, vol. II, p. 41 (1978)

  2. Chang, T.Y. in The Enzymes,
    3rd edition, vol. 16 on Lipid Metabolism (P.D. Boyer, Ed.) Chapter 14 on
    “Mammalian HMG-CoA Reductase and Its Regulation”, Academic
    Press, 491-521 (1983)

  3. Chang, T.Y. and Doolittle, G.M. in The
    Enzymes
    , 3rd edition, vol. 16 on Lipid Metabolism (P.D. Boyer, Ed.)
    Chapter 15 on “Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase”,
    Academic Press, 523-539 (1983)

  4. Chang, T.Y., Chang, C.C.Y., and Cadigan, K.M.
    Structure of Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase and its Potential
    Relevance to Atherosclerosis. Trends in Cardiovascular Medicine 4,
    223 (1994)

  5. Chang, T.Y., Chang, C.C.Y., and Cheng, D.
    Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase. Ann. Rev. Biochem. 66,
    613 (1997)

  6. Chang, T.Y., Hasan, M., Chin, J., Chang, C.C.Y.,
    Spillane, D., and Chen, J. Chinese Hamster Ovary Cell Mutants Affecting
    Cholesterol Metabolism. Current Opinions in Lipidology 8, 65
    (1997)

  7. Chang, T.Y. SREBPs, Membrane Lipid Biosynthesis,
    and Fatty Acids. J. Clinical Invest. 100, 1905 (1997)

  8. Chang, T.Y., Chang, C.C.Y., and Lee, O. in Intracellular
    Cholesterol Trafficking
    (Ed. by T.Y. Chang and D. Freeman). Kluwer
    Press. Chapter on “The Sterol-Specific Regulation of ACAT-1 and
    SREBPs in Mammalian Cells and in Liver”, pp.1-14 (1998)

  9. Chang, T.Y., and Chang, C.C.Y. in Encyclopedia
    of Molecular Medicine
    (Edited by T.E.Creighton), Entry on
    “Acyl-Coenzyme A:Cholesterol Acyltransferase”, Wiley & Sons.
    (2001)

  10. Chang, T.Y., Chang, C.C.Y., Lu, X.H., and Lin,
    S. Catalysis of ACAT may be completed within the plane of the membrane: a
    working hypothesis. J. Lipid Research 42, 1933 (2001)

  11. Chang, T.Y., Chang, C.C.Y., Lin, S., Yu, C., Li,
    B.L., and Miyazaki, A. Roles of acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol
    acyltransferase-1 and-2. Current Opin. Lipidol. 12, 289
    (2001)

  12. Chang, T.Y., Chang, C.C.Y. ACAT as a Target for
    Pharmaceutical Intervention of Atherosclerosis. Invited commentary
    published on the International Atherosclerosis Society website
    (www.athero.org), August 2002.

 

Books:

1. Intracellular Cholesterol
Trafficking
(Ed. by T.Y. Chang and D. Freeman). Kluwer Academic
Press. (1998)

 

Patents:

Inventor of three patents issued to
Dartmouth College:

1. U.S. Patent # 5,484,727 (Issued
01/16/96)

2. U.S. Patent # 5,834,283 (Issued
11/10/98)

3. U.S. Patent # 5,968,749 (Issued
10/19/99)