DNA damage repair: historical perspectives, mechanistic pathways and clinical translation for targeted cancer therapy

R Huang, PK Zhou - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Genomic instability is the hallmark of various cancers with the increasing accumulation of
DNA damage. The application of radiotherapy and chemotherapy in cancer treatment is …

Combining single-molecule and structural studies reveals protein and DNA conformations and assemblies that govern DNA mismatch repair

DA Erie, KR Weninger - Current Opinion in Structural Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) requires coordinated sequential actions of multiple proteins
during a window of time after the replication apparatus makes an error and before the newly …

Mispair-bound human MutS–MutL complex triggers DNA incisions and activates mismatch repair

J Ortega, GS Lee, L Gu, W Yang, GM Li - Cell research, 2021 - nature.com
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) relies on MutS and MutL ATPases for mismatch recognition
and strand-specific nuclease recruitment to remove mispaired bases in daughter strands …

MutS functions as a clamp loader by positioning MutL on the DNA during mismatch repair

XW Yang, XP Han, C Han, J London, R Fishel… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Highly conserved MutS and MutL homologs operate as protein dimers in mismatch
repair (MMR). MutS recognizes mismatched nucleotides forming ATP-bound sliding clamps …

Immunotherapy in breast cancer patients: A focus on the use of the currently available biomarkers in oncology

C Criscitiello, E Guerini-Rocco, G Viale… - Anti-Cancer Agents …, 2022 - ingentaconnect.com
Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors (ICIs) have remarkably modified the way solid tumors are
managed, including breast cancer. Unfortunately, only a relatively small number of breast …

Molecular basis of the dual role of the Mlh1-Mlh3 endonuclease in MMR and in meiotic crossover formation

J Dai, A Sanchez, C Adam, L Ranjha… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
In budding yeast, the MutL homolog heterodimer Mlh1-Mlh3 (MutLγ) plays a central role in
the formation of meiotic crossovers. It is also involved in the repair of a subset of mismatches …

Therapeutic validation of MMR-associated genetic modifiers in a human ex vivo model of Huntington disease

R Ferguson, R Goold, L Coupland, M Flower… - The American Journal of …, 2024 - cell.com
The pathological huntingtin (HTT) trinucleotide repeat underlying Huntington disease (HD)
continues to expand throughout life. Repeat length correlates both with earlier age at onset …

The mismatch repair endonuclease MutLα tethers duplex regions of DNA together and relieves DNA torsional tension

SJ Witte, IM Rosa, BW Collingwood… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
In eukaryotic mismatch repair, MutS homologs recognize mismatches and recruit the MutLα
endonuclease which introduces a nick in the newly replicated, error-containing DNA strand …

Recurrent mismatch binding by MutS mobile clamps on DNA localizes repair complexes nearby

P Hao, SJ LeBlanc, BC Case… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
DNA mismatch repair (MMR), the guardian of the genome, commences when MutS identifies
a mismatch and recruits MutL to nick the error-containing strand, allowing excision and DNA …

The dark side of UV-induced DNA lesion repair

W Strzałka, P Zgłobicki, E Kowalska, D Dziga… - Genes, 2020 - mdpi.com
In their life cycle, plants are exposed to various unfavorable environmental factors including
ultraviolet (UV) radiation emitted by the Sun. UV-A and UV-B, which are partially absorbed …