Nuclear actin filaments in DNA repair dynamics

CP Caridi, M Plessner, R Grosse, I Chiolo - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Recent development of innovative tools for live imaging of actin filaments (F-actin) enabled
the detection of surprising nuclear structures responding to various stimuli, challenging …

Biomolecular condensates as arbiters of biochemical reactions inside the nucleus

G Laflamme, K Mekhail - Communications Biology, 2020 - nature.com
Liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) has emerged as a central player in the assembly of
membraneless compartments termed biomolecular condensates. These compartments are …

DNA repair by Rad52 liquid droplets

R Oshidari, R Huang, M Medghalchi, EYW Tse… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Cellular processes are influenced by liquid phase separation, but its role in DNA repair is
unclear. Here, we show that in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, liquid droplets made up of DNA …

Nuclear actin polymerization rapidly mediates replication fork remodeling upon stress by limiting PrimPol activity

MD Palumbieri, C Merigliano… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cells rapidly respond to replication stress actively slowing fork progression and inducing
fork reversal. How replication fork plasticity is achieved in the context of nuclear organization …

Chromatin mobility and relocation in DNA repair

N Lamm, S Rogers, AJ Cesare - Trends in cell biology, 2021 - cell.com
The nucleus is a dynamic environment containing chromatin, membraneless organelles,
and specialized molecular structures at the nuclear membrane. Within the spectrum of DNA …

A cohesin/HUSH-and LINC-dependent pathway controls ribosomal DNA double-strand break repair

A Marnef, AL Finoux, C Arnould, E Guillou… - Genes & …, 2019 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The ribosomal DNA (rDNA) represents a particularly unstable locus undergoing frequent
breakage. DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) within rDNA induce both rDNA transcriptional …

[HTML][HTML] Efficient embryonic homozygous gene conversion via RAD51-enhanced interhomolog repair

JJ Wilde, T Aida, RCH Del Rosario, T Kaiser, P Qi… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Searching for factors to improve knockin efficiency for therapeutic applications,
biotechnology, and generation of non-human primate models of disease, we found that the …

Biomolecular condensates in neurodegeneration and cancer

S Spannl, M Tereshchenko, GJ Mastromarco, SJ Ihn… - Traffic, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The intracellular environment is partitioned into functionally distinct compartments
containing specific sets of molecules and reactions. Biomolecular condensates, also …

A snapshot on the cis chromatin response to DNA double-strand breaks

T Clouaire, G Legube - Trends in Genetics, 2019 - cell.com
In eukaryotes, detection and repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) operate within
chromatin, an incredibly complex structure that tightly packages and regulates DNA …

Failure of DNA double-strand break repair by tau mediates Alzheimer's disease pathology in vitro

M Asada-Utsugi, K Uemura, T Ayaki… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
DNA double-strand break (DSB) is the most severe form of DNA damage and accumulates
with age, in which cytoskeletal proteins are polymerized to repair DSB in dividing cells …