Human topoisomerases and their roles in genome stability and organization

Y Pommier, A Nussenzweig, S Takeda… - … Reviews Molecular Cell …, 2022 - nature.com
Human topoisomerases comprise a family of six enzymes: two type IB (TOP1 and
mitochondrial TOP1 (TOP1MT), two type IIA (TOP2A and TOP2B) and two type IA (TOP3A …

Drugging topoisomerases: lessons and challenges

Y Pommier - ACS chemical biology, 2013 - ACS Publications
Topoisomerases are ubiquitous enzymes that control DNA supercoiling and entanglements.
They are essential during transcription and replication, and topoisomerase inhibitors are …

Nuclear RNA-seq of single neurons reveals molecular signatures of activation

B Lacar, SB Linker, BN Jaeger… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Single-cell sequencing methods have emerged as powerful tools for identification of
heterogeneous cell types within defined brain regions. Application of single-cell techniques …

Tyrosyl-DNA-phosphodiesterases (tdp1 and tdp2)

Y Pommier, NH Shar-yin, R Gao, BB Das, J Murai… - DNA repair, 2014 - Elsevier
TDP1 and TDP2 were discovered and named based on the fact they process 3′-and 5′-
DNA ends by excising irreversible protein tyrosyl-DNA complexes involving topoisomerases …

Rationale for poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors in combination therapy with camptothecins or temozolomide based on PARP trapping versus catalytic …

J Murai, Y Zhang, J Morris, J Ji, S Takeda… - … of Pharmacology and …, 2014 - ASPET
We recently showed that poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors exert their
cytotoxicity primarily by trapping PARP-DNA complexes in addition to their NAD+ …

Involvement of the host DNA-repair enzyme TDP2 in formation of the covalently closed circular DNA persistence reservoir of hepatitis B viruses

C Königer, I Wingert, M Marsmann… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
Hepatitis B virus (HBV), the causative agent of chronic hepatitis B and prototypic
hepadnavirus, is a small DNA virus that replicates by protein-primed reverse transcription …

PARP1–TDP1 coupling for the repair of topoisomerase I–induced DNA damage

BB Das, SN Huang, J Murai, I Rehman… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Poly (ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARP) attach poly (ADP-ribose)(PAR) chains to
various proteins including themselves and chromatin. Topoisomerase I (Top1) regulates …

Topoisomerase-mediated chromosomal break repair: an emerging player in many games

ME Ashour, R Atteya, SF El-Khamisy - Nature Reviews Cancer, 2015 - nature.com
The mammalian genome is constantly challenged by exogenous and endogenous threats.
Although much is known about the mechanisms that maintain DNA and RNA integrity, we …

The dynamics and regulation of chromatin remodeling during spermiogenesis

SL Hao, FD Ni, WX Yang - Gene, 2019 - Elsevier
The functional sperm is the key factor for species continuation. The process
spermatogenesis, to produce mature sperm is quite complex. It begins with the proliferation …

Debulking of topoisomerase DNA-protein crosslinks (TOP-DPC) by the proteasome, non-proteasomal and non-proteolytic pathways

Y Sun, LK Saha, S Saha, U Jo, Y Pommier - DNA repair, 2020 - Elsevier
Topoisomerases play a pivotal role in ensuring DNA metabolisms during replication,
transcription and chromosomal segregation. To manage DNA topology, topoisomerases …