Tieing together loose ends: telomere instability in cancer and aging

G Borges, M Criqui, L Harrington - Molecular oncology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Telomere maintenance is essential for maintaining genome integrity in both normal and
cancer cells. Without functional telomeres, chromosomes lose their protective structure and …

[HTML][HTML] The bridge between cell survival and cell death: reactive oxygen species-mediated cellular stress

NV Acar, RK Özgül - EXCLI journal, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As a requirement of aerobic metabolism, regulation of redox homeostasis is indispensable
for the continuity of living homeostasis and life. Since the stability of the redox state is …

HAPSTR1 localizes HUWE1 to the nucleus to limit stress signaling pathways

JK Monda, X Ge, M Hunkeler, KA Donovan, MW Ma… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
HUWE1 is a large, enigmatic HECT-domain ubiquitin ligase implicated in the regulation of
diverse pathways, including DNA repair, apoptosis, and differentiation. How HUWE1 …

A ubiquitination cascade regulating the integrated stress response and survival in carcinomas

LD Cervia, T Shibue, AA Borah, B Gaeta, L He… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Systematic identification of signaling pathways required for the fitness of cancer cells will
facilitate the development of new cancer therapies. We used gene essentiality …

C16orf72/HAPSTR1/TAPR1 functions with BRCA1/Senataxin to modulate replication-associated R-loops and confer resistance to PARP disruption

AB Sharma, MK Ramlee, J Kosmin, MR Higgs… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
While the toxicity of PARP inhibitors to cells with defects in homologous recombination (HR)
is well established, other synthetic lethal interactions with PARP1/PARP2 disruption are …

The HAPSTR2 retrogene buffers stress signaling and resilience in mammals

DR Amici, H Cingoz, MJ Alasady, S Alhayek… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
We recently identified HAPSTR1 (C16orf72) as a key component in a novel pathway which
regulates the cellular response to molecular stressors, such as DNA damage, nutrient …

[HTML][HTML] Stress biology: Complexity and multifariousness in health and disease

MP Mayer, L Blair, GL Blatch, TJ Borges… - Cell Stress and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Preserving and regulating cellular homeostasis in the light of changing environmental
conditions or developmental processes is of pivotal importance for single cellular and …

Tight regulation of a nuclear HAPSTR1-HUWE1 pathway essential for mammalian life

DR Amici, S Alhayek, AT Klein, YZ Wang… - Life science …, 2024 - life-science-alliance.org
The recently discovered HAPSTR1 protein broadly oversees cellular stress responses. This
function requires HUWE1, a ubiquitin ligase that paradoxically marks HAPSTR1 for …

Novel functions of a retroposed gene

I Makałowska, MR Kubiak - Trends in Genetics, 2023 - cell.com
Retroposed protein-coding genes are commonly considered to be nonfunctional duplicates.
However, they often gain transcriptional capability and have important roles. Amici et al …

Genome-wide CRISPR screens identify novel regulators of wild-type and mutant p53 stability

YQ Lü, T Cho, S Mukherjee, CF Suarez… - Molecular Systems …, 2024 - embopress.org
Abstract Tumor suppressor p53 (TP53) is frequently mutated in cancer, often resulting not
only in loss of its tumor-suppressive function but also acquisition of dominant-negative and …