Walking a tightrope: the complex balancing act of R-loops in genome stability

JR Brickner, JL Garzon, KA Cimprich - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Although transcription is an essential cellular process, it is paradoxically also a well-
recognized cause of genomic instability. R-loops, non-B DNA structures formed when …

RNA biogenesis and RNA metabolism factors as R-loop suppressors: a hidden role in genome integrity

R Luna, B Gómez-González… - Genes & …, 2024 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Genome integrity relies on the accuracy of DNA metabolism, but as appreciated for more
than four decades, transcription enhances mutation and recombination frequencies. More …

[HTML][HTML] A simple and robust serum-free media for the proliferation of muscle cells

S Skrivergaard, JF Young, N Sahebekhtiari… - Food Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cultivated meat production requires an efficient, robust and highly optimized serum-free cell
culture media for the needed upscaling of muscle cell expansion. Existing formulations of …

SUMO protease and proteasome recruitment at the nuclear periphery differently affect replication dynamics at arrested forks

K Schirmeisen, K Naiman, K Fréon, L Besse… - Nucleic acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) have emerged as genome organizers, defining a particular
nuclear compartment enriched for SUMO protease and proteasome activities, and act as …

XPO1 enables adaptive regulation of mRNA export required for genotoxic stress tolerance in cancer cells

R Marullo, SC Rutherford, MV Revuelta, N Zamponi… - Cancer Research, 2024 - AACR
Abstract Exportin-1 (XPO1), the main soluble nuclear export receptor in eukaryotic cells, is
frequently overexpressed in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). A selective XPO1 …

[HTML][HTML] Cell stretching activates an ATM mechano-transduction pathway that remodels cytoskeleton and chromatin

G Bastianello, G Porcella, GV Beznoussenko… - Cell Reports, 2023 - cell.com
Ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) and ataxia telangiectasia and Rad3-related (ATR) DNA
damage response (DDR) kinases contain elastic domains. ATM also responds to reactive …

Changes in the architecture and abundance of replication intermediates delineate the chronology of DNA damage tolerance pathways at UV-stalled replication forks …

Y Benureau, C Pouvelle, P Dupaigne… - Nucleic Acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
DNA lesions in S phase threaten genome stability. The DNA damage tolerance (DDT)
pathways overcome these obstacles and allow completion of DNA synthesis by the use of …

Albumin-bound paclitaxel augment temozolomide treatment sensitivity of glioblastoma cells by disrupting DNA damage repair and promoting ferroptosis

S Qu, S Qi, H Zhang, Z Li, K Wang, T Zhu, R Ye… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Background Temozolomide (TMZ) treatment efficacy in glioblastoma (GBM) patients has
been limited by resistance in the clinic. Currently, there are no clinically proven therapeutic …

Metazoan nuclear pore complexes in gene regulation and genome stability

P Nobari, V Doye, C Boumendil - DNA repair, 2023 - Elsevier
The nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), one of the hallmarks of eukaryotic nuclei, allow
selective transport of macromolecules between the cytoplasm and the nucleus. Besides this …

Actionable cancer vulnerability due to translational arrest, p53 aggregation and ribosome biogenesis stress evoked by the disulfiram metabolite CuET

DC Kanellis, A Zisi, Z Skrott, B Lemmens… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
Drug repurposing is a versatile strategy to improve current therapies. Disulfiram has long
been used in the treatment of alcohol dependency and multiple clinical trials to evaluate its …