DNA damage repair: historical perspectives, mechanistic pathways and clinical translation for targeted cancer therapy

R Huang, PK Zhou - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Genomic instability is the hallmark of various cancers with the increasing accumulation of
DNA damage. The application of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in cancer treatment is …

RAD52: paradigm of synthetic lethality and new developments

MJ Rossi, SF DiDomenico, M Patel, AV Mazin - Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
DNA double-strand breaks and inter-strand cross-links are the most harmful types of DNA
damage that cause genomic instability that lead to cancer development. The highest fidelity …

Metabolic regulation of homologous recombination repair by MRE11 lactylation

Y Chen, J Wu, L Zhai, T Zhang, H Yin, H Gao, F Zhao… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Lactylation is a lactate-induced post-translational modification best known for its roles in
epigenetic regulation. Herein, we demonstrate that MRE11, a crucial homologous …

METTL16 antagonizes MRE11-mediated DNA end resection and confers synthetic lethality to PARP inhibition in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

X Zeng, F Zhao, G Cui, Y Zhang, RA Deshpande… - Nature Cancer, 2022 - nature.com
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal cancers.
Characterization of genetic alterations will improve our understanding and therapies for this …

DNA repair as a shared hallmark in cancer and ageing

TL Clarke, R Mostoslavsky - Molecular oncology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Increasing evidence demonstrates that DNA damage and genome instability play a crucial
role in ageing. Mammalian cells have developed a wide range of complex and well …

Senescence and impaired DNA damage responses in alpha-synucleinopathy models

YS Yoon, JS You, TK Kim, WJ Ahn, MJ Kim… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract α-Synuclein is a crucial element in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD)
and related neurological diseases. Although numerous studies have presented potential …

MRNIP condensates promote DNA double-strand break sensing and end resection

YL Wang, WW Zhao, SM Bai, LL Feng, SY Bie… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The rapid recognition of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) by the MRE11/RAD50/NBS1
(MRN) complex is critical for the initiation of DNA damage response and DSB end resection …

Structure, activity, and function of PRMT1

C Thiebaut, L Eve, C Poulard, M Le Romancer - Life, 2021 - mdpi.com
PRMT1, the major protein arginine methyltransferase in mammals, catalyzes
monomethylation and asymmetric dimethylation of arginine side chains in proteins. Initially …

For better or worse: modulation of the host DNA damage response by human papillomavirus

CJ Studstill, CA Moody - Annual review of virology, 2023 - annualreviews.org
High-risk human papillomaviruses (HPVs) are associated with several human cancers.
HPVs are small, DNA viruses that rely on host cell machinery for viral replication. The HPV …

Advances in PARP inhibitors for prostate cancer

S Tisseverasinghe, B Bahoric, M Anidjar, S Probst… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Recent practice-changing trials have highlighted the importance of
polyadenosine diphosphate-ribose polymerase inhibitors (PARPi) in metastatic castrate …