Boveri and beyond: Chromothripsis and genomic instability from mitotic errors

A Mazzagatti, JL Engel, P Ly - Molecular cell, 2024 - cell.com
Mitotic cell division is tightly monitored by checkpoints that safeguard the genome from
instability. Failures in accurate chromosome segregation during mitosis can cause …

Chromothripsis in cancer

M Simovic-Lorenz, A Ernst - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Chromothripsis is a mutational phenomenon in which a single catastrophic event generates
extensive rearrangements of one or a few chromosomes. This extreme form of genome …

Cytosolic nucleic acid sensors and interferon beta-1 activation drive radiation-induced anti-tumour immune effects in human pancreatic cancer cells

S Kerschbaum-Gruber, A Kleinwächter… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains a leading cause of cancer-
related deaths worldwide with limited treatment options due to extensive radiation and …

RNA sensing induced by chromosome missegregation augments anti-tumor immunity

N Sasaki, M Homme, T Murayama, T Osaki, T Tenma… - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Viral mimicry driven by endogenous double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) stimulates innate and
adaptive immune responses. However, the mechanisms that regulate dsRNA-forming …

[HTML][HTML] Micronuclei induced by radiation, replication stress, or chromosome segregation errors do not activate cGAS-STING

T Takaki, R Millar, CT Hiley, SJ Boulton - Molecular Cell, 2024 - cell.com
The cyclic guanosine monophosphate (GMP)-AMP synthase (cGAS)-stimulator of interferon
genes (STING) pathway plays a pivotal role in innate immune responses to viral infection …

Mitotic lethality prevents inflammation

C Zierhut, A Villunger - Nature Cell Biology, 2025 - nature.com
A study now finds that, after DNA damage, DNA repair by homologous recombination drives
non-immunogenic cell death during mitosis. Loss of homologous recombination allows cells …

[HTML][HTML] Oncogenic RAS in Cancers from the DNA Replication Stress and Senescence Perspective

H Técher, S Kemiha, X Aobuli, AM Kolinjivadi - Cancers, 2024 - mdpi.com
Rat Sarcoma (RAS)-driven cancers have been one of the main foci in the field of cancer
science for over four decades. Despite significant improvement in understanding the biology …

The Senescence-Associated-Secretory Phenotype constituting HIF-1α activation is independent of micronuclei induction and associated cGAS-mediated interferon …

L Deng, C Ho, R Picone, F Abderazzaq, N Flanagan… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype (SASP), characterized by the
upregulation of inflammatory cytokines, is triggered during senescence by anti-proliferation …

Neutrophils secrete exosome-associated DNA to resolve sterile acute inflammation

SB Arya, SP Collie, Y Xu, M Fernandez, JZ Sexton… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Acute inflammation, characterized by a rapid influx of neutrophils, is a protective response
that can lead to chronic inflammatory diseases when left unresolved. Secretion of LTB4 …

Image-based identification and isolation of micronucleated cells to dissect cellular consequences

L DiPeso, S Pendyala, HZ Huang, DM Fowler… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Recent advances in isolating cells based on visual phenotypes have transformed our ability
to identify the mechanisms and consequences of complex traits. Micronucleus (MN) …