Targeting DNA damage response pathways in cancer

FJ Groelly, M Fawkes, RA Dagg, AN Blackford… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cells have evolved a complex network of biochemical pathways, collectively known as the
DNA damage response (DDR), to prevent detrimental mutations from being passed on to …

DNA double-strand break repair-pathway choice in somatic mammalian cells

R Scully, A Panday, R Elango, NA Willis - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2019 - nature.com
The major pathways of DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair are crucial for maintaining
genomic stability. However, if deployed in an inappropriate cellular context, these same …

Mechanism, cellular functions and cancer roles of polymerase-theta-mediated DNA end joining

DA Ramsden, J Carvajal-Garcia… - Nature reviews Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Cellular pathways that repair chromosomal double-strand breaks (DSBs) have pivotal roles
in cell growth, development and cancer. These DSB repair pathways have been the target of …

DNA repair pathway choices in CRISPR-Cas9-mediated genome editing

C Xue, EC Greene - Trends in Genetics, 2021 - cell.com
Many clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-CRISPR-
associated protein 9 (Cas9)-based genome editing technologies take advantage of Cas …

POLQ seals post-replicative ssDNA gaps to maintain genome stability in BRCA-deficient cancer cells

O Belan, M Sebald, M Adamowicz, R Anand… - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
POLQ is a key effector of DSB repair by microhomology-mediated end-joining (MMEJ) and is
overexpressed in many cancers. POLQ inhibitors confer synthetic lethality in HR and …

Polθ is phosphorylated by PLK1 to repair double-strand breaks in mitosis

C Gelot, MT Kovacs, S Miron, E Mylne, A Haan… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are deleterious lesions that challenge genome integrity.
To mitigate this threat, human cells rely on the activity of multiple DNA repair machineries …

RHINO directs MMEJ to repair DNA breaks in mitosis

A Brambati, O Sacco, S Porcella, J Heyza, M Kareh… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) and homologous recombination (HR) are the primary
pathways for repairing DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) during interphase, whereas …

CRISPR-based genome editing through the lens of DNA repair

TS Nambiar, L Baudrier, P Billon, A Ciccia - Molecular cell, 2022 - cell.com
Genome editing technologies operate by inducing site-specific DNA perturbations that are
resolved by cellular DNA repair pathways. Products of genome editors include DNA breaks …

Advances in genome editing through control of DNA repair pathways

CD Yeh, CD Richardson, JE Corn - Nature cell biology, 2019 - nature.com
Eukaryotic cells deploy overlapping repair pathways to resolve DNA damage.
Advancements in genome editing take advantage of these pathways to produce permanent …

A first-in-class polymerase theta inhibitor selectively targets homologous-recombination-deficient tumors

J Zhou, C Gelot, C Pantelidou, A Li, H Yücel, RE Davis… - Nature cancer, 2021 - nature.com
DNA polymerase theta (POLθ or POLQ) is synthetic lethal with homologous recombination
(HR) deficiency and is thus a candidate target for HR-deficient cancers. Through high …