Circular RNA in cancer

VM Conn, AM Chinnaiyan, SJ Conn - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Over the past decade, circular RNA (circRNA) research has evolved into a bona fide
research field shedding light on the functional consequence of this unique family of RNA …

Transcription regulation by biomolecular condensates

G Pei, H Lyons, P Li, BR Sabari - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
Biomolecular condensates regulate transcription by dynamically compartmentalizing the
transcription machinery. Classic models of transcription regulation focus on the recruitment …

Defining the condensate landscape of fusion oncoproteins

S Tripathi, HK Shirnekhi, SD Gorman… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Fusion oncoproteins (FOs) arise from chromosomal translocations in~ 17% of cancers and
are often oncogenic drivers. Although some FOs can promote oncogenesis by undergoing …

Energy-driven genome regulation by ATP-dependent chromatin remodellers

S Eustermann, AB Patel, KP Hopfner, Y He… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2024 - nature.com
The packaging of DNA into chromatin in eukaryotes regulates gene transcription, DNA
replication and DNA repair. ATP-dependent chromatin remodelling enzymes (re) arrange …

Fixation can change the appearance of phase separation in living cells

S Irgen-Gioro, S Yoshida, V Walling, S Chong - elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Fixing cells with paraformaldehyde (PFA) is an essential step in numerous biological
techniques as it is thought to preserve a snapshot of biomolecular transactions in living cells …

Biomolecular condensates: new opportunities for drug discovery and RNA therapeutics

BA Conti, M Oppikofer - Trends in Pharmacological Sciences, 2022 - cell.com
Biomolecular condensates organize cellular functions in the absence of membranes. These
membraneless organelles can form through liquid–liquid phase separation coalescing RNA …

The role of phase-separated condensates in fusion oncoprotein–driven cancers

HK Shirnekhi, B Chandra… - Annual Review of Cancer …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Fusion oncoproteins (FOs) resulting from in-frame chromosomal translocations are
associated with many aggressive cancers with poor patient outcomes. Several FOs are now …

Emerging implications of phase separation in cancer

J Ren, Z Zhang, Z Zong, L Zhang, F Zhou - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In eukaryotic cells, biological activities are executed in distinct cellular compartments or
organelles. Canonical organelles with membrane‐bound structures are well understood …

Heterotypic interactions can drive selective co-condensation of prion-like low-complexity domains of FET proteins and mammalian SWI/SNF complex

RB Davis, A Supakar, AK Ranganath… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Prion-like domains (PLDs) are low-complexity protein sequences enriched within nucleic
acid-binding proteins including those involved in transcription and RNA processing. PLDs of …

FUS oncofusion protein condensates recruit mSWI/SNF chromatin remodeler via heterotypic interactions between prion‐like domains

RB Davis, T Kaur, MM Moosa, PR Banerjee - Protein Science, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Fusion transcription factors generated by genomic translocations are common drivers of
several types of cancers including sarcomas and leukemias. Oncofusions of the FET (FUS …