When phased without water: biophysics of cellular desiccation, from biomolecules to condensates

PS Romero-Perez, Y Dorone, E Flores… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The molecular machinery that enables life has evolved in water, yet many of the organisms
around us are able to survive even extreme desiccation. Especially remarkable are single …

Recent advances in the nucleolar responses to DNA double-strand breaks

LM Korsholm, Z Gál, B Nieto, O Quevedo… - Nucleic acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
DNA damage poses a serious threat to human health and cells therefore continuously
monitor and repair DNA lesions across the genome. Ribosomal DNA is a genomic domain …

CX-5461 activates the DNA damage response and demonstrates therapeutic efficacy in high-grade serous ovarian cancer

E Sanij, KM Hannan, J Xuan, S Yan, JE Ahern… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Acquired resistance to PARP inhibitors (PARPi) is a major challenge for the clinical
management of high grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC). Here, we demonstrate CX …

APE1 assembles biomolecular condensates to promote the ATR–Chk1 DNA damage response in nucleolus

J Li, H Zhao, A McMahon, S Yan - Nucleic Acids Research, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Multifunctional protein APE1/APEX1/HAP1/Ref-1 (designated as APE1) plays
important roles in nuclease-mediated DNA repair and redox regulation in transcription …

Regulation and function of R-loops at repetitive elements

A Gambelli, A Ferrando, C Boncristiani, S Schoeftner - Biochimie, 2023 - Elsevier
R-loops are atypical, three-stranded nucleic acid structures that contain a stretch of RNA:
DNA hybrids and an unpaired, single stranded DNA loop. R-loops are physiological relevant …

Beyond rRNA: nucleolar transcription generates a complex network of RNAs with multiple roles in maintaining cellular homeostasis

S Feng, JL Manley - Genes & Development, 2022 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Nucleoli are the major cellular compartments for the synthesis of rRNA and assembly of
ribosomes, the macromolecular complexes responsible for protein synthesis. Given the …

Replication and ribosomal stress induced by targeting pyrimidine synthesis and cellular checkpoints suppress p53-deficient tumors

S Hubackova, E Davidova, S Boukalova… - Cell Death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract p53-mutated tumors often exhibit increased resistance to standard chemotherapy
and enhanced metastatic potential. Here we demonstrate that inhibition of dihydroorotate …

Manipulation of cellular processes via nucleolus hijaking in the course of viral infection in mammals

OV Iarovaia, ES Ioudinkova, AK Velichko, SV Razin - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
Due to their exceptional simplicity of organization, viruses rely on the resources, molecular
mechanisms, macromolecular complexes, regulatory pathways, and functional …

Hypoxia-induced transcriptional stress is mediated by ROS-induced R-loops

TS Ma, KR Worth, C Maher, N Ng, C Beghè… - Nucleic acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Hypoxia is a common feature of solid tumors and is associated with poor patient prognosis,
therapy resistance and metastasis. Radiobiological hypoxia (< 0.1% O2) is one of the few …

Pre‐rRNA Facilitates TopBP1‐Mediated DNA Double‐Strand Break Response

D Xin, X Gai, Y Ma, Z Li, Q Li, X Yu - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In response to genotoxic stress‐induced DNA damage, TopBP1 mediates ATR activation for
signaling transduction and DNA damage repair. However, the detailed molecular …