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Jared P. Rutter

Jared P. Rutter, PhD

Languages spoken: English

Academic Information

Departments , Primary - Biochemistry

Academic Office Information

rutter@biochem.utah.edu

Research Interests

  • Metabolism
  • Metabolism Regulation
  • Cell Signaling
  • Cell Communication

Jared Rutter, PhD, is a professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Utah and a member of the Nuclear Control of Cell Growth and Differentiation Program at Huntsman Cancer Institute.

Rutter studies how cells sense and detect energy needs for growth. Understanding the energy-sensing pathways in cells is important in cancer research because these pathways are often overactive in cancer and a good target for new chemotherapy treatments.

Rutter received a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University, Utah, and a PhD from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

Education History

Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Steven L. McKnight, advisor
PhD
Undergraduate Brigham Young University
BS

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Li J, Richmond B, Cluntun AA, Bia R, Walsh MA, Shaw K, Symons JD, Franklin S, Rutter J, Funai K, Shaw RM, Hong T (2023). Cardiac gene therapy treats diabetic cardiomyopathy and lowers blood glucose. JCI Insight, 8(18). (Read full article)
  2. Li Y, Chaurasia B, Rahman MM, Kaddai V, Maschek JA, Berg JA, Wilkerson JL, Mahmassani ZS, Cox J, Wei P, Meikle PJ, Atkinson D, Wang L, Poss AM, Playdon MC, Tippetts TS, Mousa EM, Nittayaboon K, Anandh Babu PV, Drummond MJ, Clevers H, Shayman JA, Hirabayashi Y, Holland WL, Rutter J, Edgar BA, Summers SA (2023). Ceramides Increase Fatty Acid Utilization in Intestinal Progenitors to Enhance Stemness and Increase Tumor Risk. Gastroenterology. (Read full article)
  3. Mocholi E, Russo L, Gopal K, Ramstead AG, Hochrein SM, Vos HR, Geeven G, Adegoke AO, Hoekstra A, van Es RM, Pittol JR, Vastert S, Rutter J, Radstake T, van Loosdregt J, Berkers C, Mokry M, Anderson CC, OConnell RM, Vaeth M, Ussher J, Burgering BMT, Coffer PJ (2023). Pyruvate metabolism controls chromatin remodeling during CD4(+) T cell activation. Cell Rep, 42(6), 112583. (Read full article)
  4. Cluntun AA, Rutter J (2023). The secret life of lactate: A novel cell-cycle regulatory mechanism. Cell Metab, 35(5), 730-732. (Read full article)
  5. Granath-Panelo M, Krook A, Rutter J, Kajimura S (2023). On the cutting edge: perspectives in bioenergetics. Nat Rev Endocrinol, 19(5), 250-251. (Read full article)
  6. Berg JA, Zhou Y, Ouyang Y, Cluntun AA, Waller TC, Conway ME, Nowinski SM, Van Ry T, George I, Cox JE, Wang B, Rutter J (2023). Metaboverse enables automated discovery and visualization of diverse metabolic regulatory patterns. Nat Cell Biol, 25(4), 616-625. (Read full article)
  7. Hicks KG, Cluntun AA, Schubert HL, Hackett SR, Berg JA, Leonard PG, Ajalla Aleixo MA, Zhou Y, Bott AJ, Salvatore SR, Chang F, Blevins A, Barta P, Tilley S, Leifer A, Guzman A, Arok A, Fogarty S, Winter JM, Ahn HC, Allen KN, Block S, Cardoso IA, Ding J, Dreveny I, Gasper WC, Ho Q, Matsuura A, Palladino MJ, Prajapati S, Sun P, Tittmann K, Tolan DR, Unterlass J, VanDemark AP, Vander Heiden MG, Webb BA, Yun CH, Zhao P, Wang B, Schopfer FJ, Hill CP, Nonato MC, Muller FL, Cox JE, Rutter J (2023). Protein-metabolite interactomics of carbohydrate metabolism reveal regulation of lactate dehydrogenase. Science, 379(6636), 996-1003. (Read full article)
  8. Webb BD, Nowinski SM, Solmonson A, Ganesh J, Rodenburg RJ, Leandro J, Evans A, Vu HS, Naidich TP, Gelb BD, DeBerardinis RJ, Rutter J, Houten SM (2023). Recessive pathogenic variants in MCAT cause combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency. Elife, 12. (Read full article)
  9. Kidwell CU, Casalini JR, Pradeep S, Scherer SD, Greiner D, Bayik D, Watson DC, Olson GS, Lathia JD, Johnson JS, Rutter J, Welm AL, Zangle TA, Roh-Johnson M (2023). Transferred mitochondria accumulate reactive oxygen species, promoting proliferation. Elife, 12. (Read full article)
  10. Johnson JM, Peterlin AD, Balderas E, Sustarsic EG, Maschek JA, Lang MJ, Jara-Ramos A, Panic V, Morgan JT, Villanueva CJ, Sanchez A, Rutter J, Lodhi IJ, Cox JE, Fisher-Wellman KH, Chaudhuri D, Gerhart-Hines Z, Funai K (2023). Mitochondrial phosphatidylethanolamine modulates UCP1 to promote brown adipose thermogenesis. Sci Adv, 9(8), eade7864. (Read full article)
  11. Bebarta VS, Shi X, Zheng S, Hendry-Hofer TB, Severance CC, Behymer MM, Boss GR, Mahon S, Brenner M, Knipp GT, Davisson VJ, Peterson RT, MacRae CA, Rutter J, Gerszten RE, Nath AK (2022). Intramuscular administration of glyoxylate rescues swine from lethal cyanide poisoning and ameliorates the biochemical sequalae of cyanide intoxication. Toxicol Sci, 191(1), 90-105. (Read full article)
  12. Winter JM, Fresenius HL, Cunningham CN, Wei P, Keys HR, Berg J, Bott A, Yadav T, Ryan J, Sirohi D, Tripp SR, Barta P, Agarwal N, Letai A, Sabatini DM, Wohlever ML, Rutter J (2022). Collateral deletion of the mitochondrial AAA+ ATPase ATAD1 sensitizes cancer cells to proteasome dysfunction. Elife, 11. (Read full article)
  13. Wei P, Bott AJ, Cluntun AA, Morgan JT, Cunningham CN, Schell JC, Ouyang Y, Ficarro SB, Marto JA, Danial NN, DeBerardinis RJ, Rutter J (2022). Mitochondrial pyruvate supports lymphoma proliferation by fueling a glutamate pyruvate transaminase 2-dependent glutaminolysis pathway. Sci Adv, 8(39), eabq0117. (Read full article)
  14. Nielson JR, Nath AK, Doane KP, Shi X, Lee J, Tippetts EG, Saha K, Morningstar J, Hicks KG, Chan A, Zhao Y, Kelly A, Hendry-Hofer TB, Witeof A, Sips PY, Mahon S, Bebarta VS, Davisson VJ, Boss GR, Rutter J, MacRae CA, Brenner M, Gerszten RE, Peterson RT (2022). Glyoxylate protects against cyanide toxicity through metabolic modulation. Sci Rep, 12(1), 4982. (Read full article)
  15. De La Rossa A, Laporte MH, Astori S, Marissal T, Montessuit S, Sheshadri P, Ramos-Fernndez E, Mendez P, Khani A, Quairiaux C, Taylor EB, Rutter J, Nunes JM, Carleton A, Duchen MR, Sandi C, Martinou JC (2022). Paradoxical neuronal hyperexcitability in a mouse model of mitochondrial pyruvate import deficiency. Elife, 11. (Read full article)
  16. Nuebel E, Morgan JT, Fogarty S, Winter JM, Lettlova S, Berg JA, Chen YC, Kidwell CU, Maschek JA, Clowers KJ, Argyriou C, Chen L, Wittig I, Cox JE, Roh-Johnson M, Braverman N, Bonkowsky J, Gygi SP, Rutter J (2021). The biochemical basis of mitochondrial dysfunction in Zellweger Spectrum Disorder. EMBO Rep, 22(10), e51991. (Read full article)
  17. Shimura D, Nuebel E, Baum R, Valdez SE, Xiao S, Warren JS, Palatinus JA, Hong T, Rutter J, Shaw RM (2021). Protective mitochondrial fission induced by stress-responsive protein GJA1-20k. Elife, 10. (Read full article)
  18. Hao Q, Heo JM, Nocek BP, Hicks KG, Stoll VS, Remarcik C, Hackett S, LeBon L, Jain R, Eaton D, Rutter J, Wong YL, Sidrauski C (2021). Sugar phosphate activation of the stress sensor eIF2B. Nat Commun, 12(1), 3440. (Read full article)
  19. Ouyang Y, Bott AJ, Rutter J (2021). Maestro of the SereNADe: SLC25A51 Orchestrates Mitochondrial NAD(). Trends Biochem Sci, 46(5), 348-350. (Read full article)
  20. Bezerra GA, Holenstein A, Foster WR, Xie B, Hicks KG, Brer C, Lutz S, Mukherjee A, Sarkar D, Bhattacharya D, Rutter J, Talukdar A, Brown PJ, Luo M, Shi L, Froese DS, Yue WW (2021). Identification of small molecule allosteric modulators of 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) by targeting its unique regulatory domain. Biochimie, 183, 100-107. (Read full article)
  21. Cluntun AA, Badolia R, Lettlova S, Parnell KM, Shankar TS, Diakos NA, Olson KA, Taleb I, Tatum SM, Berg JA, Cunningham CN, Van Ry T, Bott AJ, Krokidi AT, Fogarty S, Skedros S, Swiatek WI, Yu X, Luo B, Merx S, Navankasattusas S, Cox JE, Ducker GS, Holland WL, McKellar SH, Rutter J, Drakos SG (2020). The pyruvate-lactate axis modulates cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. Cell Metab, 33(3), 629-648.e10. (Read full article)
  22. McKean WB, Toshniwal AG, Rutter J (2021). A time to build and a time to burn: glucose metabolism for every season. Mol Cell, 81(4), 642-644. (Read full article)
  23. Fogarty S, Ouyang Y, Li L, Chen YC, Rane H, Manoni F, Parra KJ, Rutter J, Harran PG (2020). Callyspongiolide Is a Potent Inhibitor of the Vacuolar ATPase. J Nat Prod, 83(11), 3381-3386. (Read full article)
  24. Wang Z, Ning T, Song A, Rutter J, Wang QA, Jiang L (2020). Chronic cold exposure enhances glucose oxidation in brown adipose tissue. EMBO Rep, 21(11), e50085. (Read full article)
  25. Zhang Y, Taufalele PV, Cochran JD, Robillard-Frayne I, Marx JM, Soto J, Rauckhorst AJ, Tayyari F, Pewa AD, Gray LR, Teesch LM, Puchalska P, Funari TR, McGlauflin R, Zimmerman K, Kutschke WJ, Cassier T, Hitchcock S, Lin K, Kato KM, Stueve JL, Haff L, Weiss RM, Cox JE, Rutter J, Taylor EB, Crawford PA, Lewandowski ED, Des Rosiers C, Abel ED (2020). Mitochondrial pyruvate carriers are required for myocardial stress adaptation. Nat Metab, 2(11), 1248-1264. (Read full article)
  26. Nowinski SM, Solmonson A, Rusin SF, Maschek JA, Bensard CL, Fogarty S, Jeong MY, Lettlova S, Berg JA, Morgan JT, Ouyang Y, Naylor BC, Paulo JA, Funai K, Cox JE, Gygi SP, Winge DR, DeBerardinis RJ, Rutter J (2020). Mitochondrial fatty acid synthesis coordinates oxidative metabolism in mammalian mitochondria. Elife, 9. (Read full article)
  27. Panic V, Pearson S, Banks J, Tippetts TS, Velasco-Silva JN, Lee S, Simcox J, Geoghegan G, Bensard CL, van Ry T, Holland WL, Summers SA, Cox J, Ducker GS, Rutter J, Villanueva CJ (2020). Mitochondrial pyruvate carrier is required for optimal brown fat thermogenesis. Elife, 9. (Read full article)
  28. Badolia R, Ramadurai DKA, Abel ED, Ferrin P, Taleb I, Shankar TS, Krokidi AT, Navankasattusas S, McKellar SH, Yin M, Kfoury AG, Wever-Pinzon O, Fang JC, Selzman CH, Chaudhuri D, Rutter J, Drakos SG (2020). The Role of Nonglycolytic Glucose Metabolism in Myocardial Recovery Upon Mechanical Unloading and Circulatory Support in Chronic Heart Failure. Circulation, 142(3), 259-274. (Read full article)
  29. Bezerra GA, Foster WR, Bailey HJ, Hicks KG, Sauer SW, Dimitrov B, McCorvie TJ, Okun JG, Rutter J, Klker S, Yue WW (2020). Crystal structure and interaction studies of human DHTKD1 provide insight into a mitochondrial megacomplex in lysine catabolism. IUCrJ, 7(Pt 4), 693-706. (Read full article)
  30. Ekiz HA, Ramstead AG, Lee SH, Nelson MC, Bauer KM, Wallace JA, Hu R, Round JL, Rutter J, Drummond MJ, Rao DS, OConnell RM (2020). T Cell-Expressed microRNA-155 Reduces Lifespan in a Mouse Model of Age-Related Chronic Inflammation. J Immunol, 204(8), 2064-2075. (Read full article)
  31. Swiatek W, Parnell KM, Nickols GA, Scharschmidt BF, Rutter J (2020). Validation of PAS Kinase, a Regulator of Hepatic Fatty Acid and Triglyceride Synthesis, as a Therapeutic Target for Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Hepatol Commun, 4(5), 696-707. (Read full article)
  32. Ramstead AG, Wallace JA, Lee SH, Bauer KM, Tang WW, Ekiz HA, Lane TE, Cluntun AA, Bettini ML, Round JL, Rutter J, OConnell RM (2018). Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier 1 Promotes Peripheral T Cell Homeostasis through Metabolic Regulation of Thymic Development. Cell Rep, 30(9), 2889-2899.e6. (Read full article)
  33. Bensard CL, Wisidagama DR, Olson KA, Berg JA, Krah NM, Schell JC, Nowinski SM, Fogarty S, Bott AJ, Wei P, Dove KK, Tanner JM, Panic V, Cluntun A, Lettlova S, Earl CS, Namnath DF, Vzquez-Arregun K, Villanueva CJ, Tantin D, Murtaugh LC, Evason KJ, Ducker GS, Thummel CS, Rutter J (2019). Regulation of Tumor Initiation by the Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier. Cell Metab, 31(2), 284-300.e7. (Read full article)
  34. Berg JA, Belyeu JR, Morgan JT, Ouyang Y, Bott AJ, Quinlan AR, Gertz J, Rutter J (2020). XPRESSyourself: Enhancing, standardizing, and automating ribosome profiling computational analyses yields improved insight into data. PLoS Comput Biol, 16(1), e1007625. (Read full article)
  35. Waller TC, Berg JA, Lex A, Chapman BE, Rutter J (2018). Compartment and hub definitions tune metabolic networks for metabolomic interpretations. Gigascience, 9(1). (Read full article)
  36. Heden TD, Johnson JM, Ferrara PJ, Eshima H, Verkerke ARP, Wentzler EJ, Siripoksup P, Narowski TM, Coleman CB, Lin CT, Ryan TE, Reidy PT, de Castro Brs LE, Karner CM, Burant CF, Maschek JA, Cox JE, Mashek DG, Kardon G, Boudina S, Zeczycki TN, Rutter J, Shaikh SR, Vance JE, Drummond MJ, Neufer PD, Funai K (2019). Mitochondrial PE potentiates respiratory enzymes to amplify skeletal muscle aerobic capacity. Sci Adv, 5(9), eaax8352. (Read full article)
  37. Chaurasia B, Tippetts TS, Mayoral Monibas R, Liu J, Li Y, Wang L, Wilkerson JL, Sweeney CR, Pereira RF, Sumida DH, Maschek JA, Cox JE, Kaddai V, Lancaster GI, Siddique MM, Poss A, Pearson M, Satapati S, Zhou H, McLaren DG, Previs SF, Chen Y, Qian Y, Petrov A, Wu M, Shen X, Yao J, Nunes CN, Howard AD, Wang L, Erion MD, Rutter J, Holland WL, Kelley DE, Summers SA (2019). Targeting a ceramide double bond improves insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis. Science, 365(6451), 386-392. (Read full article)
  38. Kikani CK, Wu X, Fogarty S, Kang SAW, Dephoure N, Gygi SP, Sabatini DM, Rutter J (2019). Activation of PASK by mTORC1 is required for the onset of the terminal differentiation program. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 116(21), 10382-10391. (Read full article)
  39. Vzquez-Arregun K, Bensard C, Schell JC, Swanson E, Chen X, Rutter J, Tantin D (2019). Oct1/Pou2f1 is selectively required for colon regeneration and regulates colon malignancy. PLoS Genet, 15(5), e1007687. (Read full article)
  40. Jeong MY, Rutter J, Chou DH (2019). Display of Single-Chain Insulin-like Peptides on a Yeast Surface. Biochemistry, 58(3), 182-188. (Read full article)
  41. Sips PY, Shi X, Musso G, Nath AK, Zhao Y, Nielson J, Morningstar J, Kelly AE, Mikell B, Buys E, Bebarta V, Rutter J, Davisson VJ, Mahon S, Brenner M, Boss GR, Peterson RT, Gerszten RE, MacRae CA (2018). Identification of specific metabolic pathways as druggable targets regulating the sensitivity to cyanide poisoning. PLoS One, 13(6), e0193889. (Read full article)
  42. X Wu, D Romero, WI Swaitek, I Dorweiler, CK Kikani, H Savic, BS Zweifel, J McKearn, JT Blitzer, GA Nickols, J Rutter (2014). PAS Kinase drives lipogenesis through SREPB-1 maturation. Cell Rep, 8(242).
  43. Na U, Yu W, Cox J, Bricker DK, Brockmann K, Rutter J, Thummel CS, Winge DR (2014). The LYR factors SDHAF1 and SDHAF3 mediate maturation of the iron-sulfur subunit of succinate dehydrogenase. Cell Metab, 20(2), 253-66. (Read full article)
  44. Van Vranken JG, Bricker DK, Dephoure N, Gygi SP, Cox JE, Thummel CS, Rutter J (2014). SDHAF4 promotes mitochondrial succinate dehydrogenase activity and prevents neurodegeneration. Cell Metab, 20(2), 241-52. (Read full article)
  45. Chen YC, Umanah GK, Dephoure N, Andrabi SA, Gygi SP, Dawson TM, Dawson VL, Rutter J (2014). Msp1/ATAD1 maintains mitochondrial function by facilitating the degradation of mislocalized tail-anchored proteins. EMBO J, 33(14), 1548-64. (Read full article)
  46. Wu X, Romero D, Swiatek WI, Dorweiler I, Kikani CK, Sabic H, Zweifel BS, McKearn J, Blitzer JT, Nickols GA, Rutter J (2014). PAS kinase drives lipogenesis through SREBP-1 maturation. Cell Rep, 8(1), 242-55. (Read full article)
  47. Chen YC, Rutter J (2014). Pressing mitochondrial genetics forward. Cell Rep, 7(3), 599-600. (Read full article)
  48. Semache M, Zarrouki B, Fontes G, Fogarty S, Kikani C, Chawki MB, Rutter J, Poitout V (2013). Per-Arnt-Sim kinase regulates pancreatic duodenal homeobox-1 protein stability via phosphorylation of glycogen synthase kinase 3beta in pancreatic beta-cells. J Biol Chem, 288(34), 24825-33. (Read full article)
  49. Heo JM, Nielson JR, Dephoure N, Gygi SP, Rutter J (2013). Intramolecular interactions control Vms1 translocation to damaged mitochondria. Mol Biol Cell, 24(9), 1263-73. (Read full article)
  50. Bricker DK, Taylor EB, Schell JC, Orsak T, Boutron A, Chen YC, Cox JE, Cardon CM, Van Vranken JG, Dephoure N, Redin C, Boudina S, Gygi SP, Brivet M, Thummel CS, Rutter J (2012). A mitochondrial pyruvate carrier required for pyruvate uptake in yeast, Drosophila, and humans. Science, 337(6090), 96-100. (Read full article)
  51. Chen YC, Taylor EB, Dephoure N, Heo JM, Tonhato A, Papandreou I, Nath N, Denko NC, Gygi SP, Rutter J (2012). Identification of a protein mediating respiratory supercomplex stability. Cell Metab, 15(3), 348-60. (Read full article)
  52. Cardon CM, Beck T, Hall MN, Rutter J (2012). PAS kinase promotes cell survival and growth through activation of Rho1. Sci Signal, 5(209), ra9. (Read full article)
  53. Orsak T, Smith TL, Eckert D, Lindsley JE, Borges CR, Rutter J (2012). Revealing the allosterome: systematic identification of metabolite-protein interactions. Biochemistry, 51(1), 225-32. (Read full article)
  54. Semplici F, Vaxillaire M, Fogarty S, Semache M, Bonnefond A, Fonts G, Philippe J, Meur G, Diraison F, Sessions RB, Rutter J, Poitout V, Froguel P, Rutter GA (2011). Human mutation within Per-Arnt-Sim (PAS) domain-containing protein kinase (PASK) causes basal insulin hypersecretion. J Biol Chem, 286(51), 44005-44014. (Read full article)

Review

  1. Baker SA, Rutter J (2023). Metabolites as signalling molecules. [Review]. Nat Rev Mol Cell Biol, 24(5), 355-374. (Read full article)
  2. Winter JM, Yadav T, Rutter J (2022). Stressed to death: Mitochondrial stress responses connect respiration and apoptosis in cancer. [Review]. Mol Cell, 82(18), 3321-3332. (Read full article)
  3. Cunningham CN, Rutter J (2020). 20,000 picometers under the OMM: diving into the vastness of mitochondrial metabolite transport. [Review]. EMBO Rep, 21(5), e50071. (Read full article)
  4. Funai K, Summers SA, Rutter J (2020). Reign in the membrane: How common lipids govern mitochondrial function. [Review]. Curr Opin Cell Biol, 63, 162-173. (Read full article)
  5. Pagliarini DJ, Rutter J (2013). Hallmarks of a new era in mitochondrial biochemistry. [Review]. Genes Dev, 27(24), 2615-27. (Read full article)
  6. Cardon CM, Rutter J (2012). PAS kinase: integrating nutrient sensing with nutrient partitioning. [Review]. Semin Cell Dev Biol, 23(6), 626-30. (Read full article)
  7. Tantin D, Rutter J (2012). Proliferation and metabolism: it's as easy as APC. [Review]. Cell Metab, 15(4), 413-4. (Read full article)
  8. Heo JM, Rutter J (2011). Ubiquitin-dependent mitochondrial protein degradation. [Review]. Int J Biochem Cell Biol, 43(10), 1422-6. (Read full article)
  9. Taylor EB, Rutter J (2011). Mitochondrial quality control by the ubiquitin-proteasome system. [Review]. Biochem Soc Trans, 39(5), 1509-13. (Read full article)
  10. Lindsley JE, Rutter J (2004). Nutrient sensing and metabolic decisions. [Review]. Comp Biochem Physiol B Biochem Mol Biol, 139(4), 543-59. (Read full article)

Patent

  1. Rutter J (2012). Compositions and Methods for Modulating Mitochondrial Pyruvate Carrier Activity (Provisional Patent).
  2. Rutter J (2009). Sdh5 in diagnostic applications in paraganglioma and related tumors (Provisional Patent).
  3. Rutter J (2006). Pas kinase regulates energy homeostasis. U.S. Patent No. (Provisional Patent). Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
  4. Rutter J (2002). Isolation, Identification and Characterization of PAS kinase. U.S. Patent No. 6,319,679. Washington, D.C.:U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.