Mechanisms for stalled replication fork stabilization: new targets for synthetic lethality strategies in cancer treatments

H Liao, F Ji, T Helleday, S Ying - EMBO reports, 2018 - embopress.org
Timely and faithful duplication of the entire genome depends on completion of replication.
Replication forks frequently encounter obstacles that may cause genotoxic fork stalling …

DNA–protein crosslink proteases in genome stability

A Ruggiano, K Ramadan - Communications Biology, 2021 - nature.com
Proteins covalently attached to DNA, also known as DNA–protein crosslinks (DPCs), are
common and bulky DNA lesions that interfere with DNA replication, repair, transcription and …

Identification of novel drug targets for Alzheimer's disease by integrating genetics and proteomes from brain and blood

YN Ou, YX Yang, YT Deng, C Zhang, H Hu, BS Wu… - Molecular …, 2021 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have discovered numerous risk genes for
Alzheimer's disease (AD), but how these genes confer AD risk is challenging to decipher. To …

Isolation and detection of DNA–protein crosslinks in mammalian cells

I Torrecilla, A Ruggiano, K Kiianitsa… - Nucleic Acids …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
DNA–protein crosslinks (DPCs) are toxic DNA lesions wherein a protein is covalently
attached to DNA. If not rapidly repaired, DPCs create obstacles that disturb DNA replication …

The aspartic protease Ddi1 contributes to DNA-protein crosslink repair in yeast

N Serbyn, A Noireterre, I Bagdiul, M Plank, AH Michel… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
Naturally occurring or drug-induced DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs) interfere with key DNA
transactions if not repaired in a timely manner. The unique family of DPC-specific proteases …

DDI2 is a ubiquitin-directed endoprotease responsible for cleavage of transcription factor NRF1

AB Dirac-Svejstrup, J Walker, P Faull, V Encheva… - Molecular cell, 2020 - cell.com
The Ddi1/DDI2 proteins are ubiquitin shuttling factors, implicated in a variety of cellular
functions. In addition to ubiquitin-binding and ubiquitin-like domains, they contain a …

[HTML][HTML] How to fix DNA-protein crosslinks

U Kühbacher, JP Duxin - DNA repair, 2020 - Elsevier
Proteins that act on DNA, or are in close proximity to it, can become inadvertently
crosslinked to DNA and form highly toxic lesions, known as DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs) …

Improved detection of DNA replication fork-associated proteins

RS Rivard, YC Chang, RL Ragland, YM Thu, M Kassab… - Cell Reports, 2024 - cell.com
Innovative methods to retrieve proteins associated with actively replicating DNA have
provided a glimpse into the molecular dynamics of replication fork stalling. We report that a …

Extended lifespan and improved genome stability in HepaRG-derived cell lines through reprogramming by high-density stress

C Brun, C Allain, PJ Ferron… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The characteristics and fate of cancer cells partly depend on their environmental stiffness, ie,
the local mechanical cues they face. HepaRG progenitors are liver carcinoma cells …

Disabling the protease DDI2 attenuates the transcriptional activity of NRF1 and potentiates proteasome inhibitor cytotoxicity

A Northrop, JR Vangala, A Feygin… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Proteasome inhibition is used therapeutically to induce proteotoxic stress and trigger
apoptosis in cancer cells that are highly dependent on the proteasome. As a mechanism of …