Liquid–liquid phase separation in chromatin

K Rippe - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2022 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
In eukaryotic cells, protein and RNA factors involved in genome activities like transcription,
RNA processing, DNA replication, and repair accumulate in self-organizing membraneless …

The ribosome biogenesis—cancer connection

M Penzo, L Montanaro, D Treré, M Derenzini - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
Multifaceted relations link ribosome biogenesis to cancer. Ribosome biogenesis takes place
in the nucleolus. Clarifying the mechanisms involved in this nucleolar function and its …

Coexisting liquid phases underlie nucleolar subcompartments

M Feric, N Vaidya, TS Harmon, DM Mitrea, L Zhu… - Cell, 2016 - cell.com
The nucleolus and other ribonucleoprotein (RNP) bodies are membrane-less organelles
that appear to assemble through phase separation of their molecular components. However …

CX-5461 is a DNA G-quadruplex stabilizer with selective lethality in BRCA1/2 deficient tumours

H Xu, M Di Antonio, S McKinney, V Mathew… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
G-quadruplex DNAs form four-stranded helical structures and are proposed to play key roles
in different cellular processes. Targeting G-quadruplex DNAs for cancer treatment is a very …

Active liquid-like behavior of nucleoli determines their size and shape in Xenopus laevis oocytes

CP Brangwynne, TJ Mitchison… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
For most intracellular structures with larger than molecular dimensions, little is known about
the connection between underlying molecular activities and higher order organization such …

Nuclear compartments: an incomplete primer to nuclear compartments, bodies, and genome organization relative to nuclear architecture

AS Belmont - Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in biology, 2022 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
This work reviews nuclear compartments, defined broadly to include distinct nuclear
structures, bodies, and chromosome domains. It first summarizes original cytological …

Targeting RNA polymerase I with an oral small molecule CX-5461 inhibits ribosomal RNA synthesis and solid tumor growth

D Drygin, A Lin, J Bliesath, CB Ho, SE O'Brien, C Proffitt… - Cancer research, 2011 - AACR
Deregulated ribosomal RNA synthesis is associated with uncontrolled cancer cell
proliferation. RNA polymerase (Pol) I, the multiprotein complex that synthesizes rRNA, is …

First-in-human RNA polymerase I transcription inhibitor CX-5461 in patients with advanced hematologic cancers: results of a phase I dose-escalation study

A Khot, N Brajanovski, DP Cameron, N Hein… - Cancer discovery, 2019 - AACR
Abstract RNA polymerase I (Pol I) transcription of ribosomal RNA genes (rDNA) is tightly
regulated downstream of oncogenic pathways, and its dysregulation is a common feature in …

Nuclear structure in cancer cells

D Zink, AH Fischer, JA Nickerson - Nature reviews cancer, 2004 - nature.com
Nuclear architecture—the spatial arrangement of chromosomes and other nuclear
components—provides a framework for organizing and regulating the diverse functional …

Anticancer activity of CX-3543: a direct inhibitor of rRNA biogenesis

D Drygin, A Siddiqui-Jain, S O'Brien, M Schwaebe… - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
Hallmark deregulated signaling in cancer cells drives excessive ribosome biogenesis within
the nucleolus, which elicits unbridled cell growth and proliferation. The rate-limiting step of …