The DNA damage response and inflammation in cancer

V Klapp, B Álvarez-Abril, G Leuzzi, G Kroemer, A Ciccia… - Cancer discovery, 2023 - AACR
Genomic stability in normal cells is crucial to avoid oncogenesis. Accordingly, multiple
components of the DNA damage response (DDR) operate as bona fide tumor suppressor …

The synthetic lethality of targeting cell cycle checkpoints and PARPs in cancer treatment

S Li, L Wang, Y Wang, C Zhang, Z Hong… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2022 - Springer
Continuous cell division is a hallmark of cancer, and the underlying mechanism is tumor
genomics instability. Cell cycle checkpoints are critical for enabling an orderly cell cycle and …

ATM orchestrates ferritinophagy and ferroptosis by phosphorylating NCOA4

H Wu, Q Liu, X Shan, W Gao, Q Chen - Autophagy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Ferroptosis is a newly characterized form of programmed cell death, which is driven by the
lethal accumulation of lipid peroxides catalyzed by the intracellular bioactive iron. Targeted …

[HTML][HTML] Cryo-EM structure of the Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 complex reveals the molecular mechanism of scaffolding functions

M Rotheneder, K Stakyte, E van de Logt, JD Bartho… - Molecular cell, 2023 - cell.com
The DNA double-strand break repair complex Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 (MRN) detects and
nucleolytically processes DNA ends, activates the ATM kinase, and tethers DNA at break …

Chromosomal fragile site breakage by EBV-encoded EBNA1 at clustered repeats

JSZ Li, A Abbasi, DH Kim, SM Lippman, LB Alexandrov… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) is an oncogenic herpesvirus associated with several cancers of
lymphocytic and epithelial origin,–. EBV encodes EBNA1, which binds to a cluster of 20 …

Small molecule inhibitors targeting the cancers

GH Liu, T Chen, X Zhang, XL Ma, HS Shi - MedComm, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Compared with traditional therapies, targeted therapy has merits in selectivity, efficacy, and
tolerability. Small molecule inhibitors are one of the primary targeted therapies for cancer …

Structural insights into the activation of ataxia-telangiectasia mutated by oxidative stress

AC Howes, O Perisic, RL Williams - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
Ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) is a master kinase regulating DNA damage response
that is activated by DNA double-strand breaks. However, ATM is also directly activated by …

Selective activator of human ClpP triggers cell cycle arrest to inhibit lung squamous cell carcinoma

LL Zhou, T Zhang, Y Xue, C Yue, Y Pan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Chemo-activation of mitochondrial ClpP exhibits promising anticancer properties. However,
we are currently unaware of any studies using selective and potent ClpP activators in lung …

DNA polymerase ε harmonizes topological states and R-loops formation to maintain genome integrity in Arabidopsis

Q Li, J Zhou, S Li, W Zhang, Y Du, K Li, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Genome topology is tied to R-loop formation and genome stability. However, the regulatory
mechanism remains to be elucidated. By establishing a system to sense the connections …

Mitochondrial DNA damage as driver of cellular outcomes

CA Nadalutti, S Ayala-Peña… - American Journal of …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Mitochondria are primarily involved in energy production through the process of oxidative
phosphorylation (OXPHOS). Increasing evidence has shown that mitochondrial function …