Hydroxyurea—the good, the bad and the ugly

MW Musiałek, D Rybaczek - Genes, 2021 - mdpi.com
Hydroxyurea (HU) is mostly referred to as an inhibitor of ribonucleotide reductase (RNR)
and as the agent that is commonly used to arrest cells in the S-phase of the cycle by …

Hallmarks of DNA replication stress

S Saxena, L Zou - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Faithful DNA replication is critical for the maintenance of genomic integrity. Although DNA
replication machinery is highly accurate, the process of DNA replication is constantly …

Nucleotide imbalance decouples cell growth from cell proliferation

FF Diehl, TP Miettinen, R Elbashir, CS Nabel… - Nature cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Nucleotide metabolism supports RNA synthesis and DNA replication to enable cell growth
and division. Nucleotide depletion can inhibit cell growth and proliferation, but how cells …

DNA replication stress and chromosomal instability: dangerous liaisons

T Wilhelm, M Said, V Naim - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Chromosomal instability (CIN) is associated with many human diseases, including
neurodevelopmental or neurodegenerative conditions, age-related disorders and cancer …

Protein degradation: expanding the toolbox to restrain cancer drug resistance

H Ming, B Li, J Jiang, S Qin, EC Nice, W He… - Journal of hematology & …, 2023 - Springer
Despite significant progress in clinical management, drug resistance remains a major
obstacle. Recent research based on protein degradation to restrain drug resistance has …

[HTML][HTML] The hammer and the dance of cell cycle control

A Panagopoulos, M Altmeyer - Trends in biochemical sciences, 2021 - cell.com
Cell cycle checkpoints secure ordered progression from one cell cycle phase to the next.
They are important to signal cell stress and DNA lesions and to stop cell cycle progression …

Cyclers' kinases in cell division: from molecules to cancer therapy

G Milletti, V Colicchia, F Cecconi - Cell Death & Differentiation, 2023 - nature.com
Faithful eucaryotic cell division requires spatio-temporal orchestration of multiple sequential
events. To ensure the dynamic nature of these molecular and morphological transitions, a …

Targeting DNA repair in cancer: current state and novel approaches

A Klinakis, D Karagiannis, T Rampias - Cellular and Molecular Life …, 2020 - Springer
DNA damage response, DNA repair and genomic instability have been under study for their
role in tumor initiation and progression for many years now. More recently, next-generation …

CHK1 phosphorylates PRIMPOL to promote replication stress tolerance

KPM Mehta, V Thada, R Zhao, A Krishnamoorthy… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Replication-coupled DNA repair and damage tolerance mechanisms overcome replication
stress challenges and complete DNA synthesis. These pathways include fork reversal …

SLFN11 promotes CDT1 degradation by CUL4 in response to replicative DNA damage, while its absence leads to synthetic lethality with ATR/CHK1 inhibitors

U Jo, Y Murai, S Chakka, L Chen… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Schlafen-11 (SLFN11) inactivation in∼ 50% of cancer cells confers broad chemoresistance.
To identify therapeutic targets and underlying molecular mechanisms for overcoming …