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ArticleNucleic acids research2015

High levels of TopBP1 induce ATR-dependent shut-down of rRNA transcription and nucleolar segregation.

Miiko Sokka, Kirsi Rilla, Ilkka Miinalainen, Helmut Pospiech, Juhani E Syväoja

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Pre-rRNA Facilitates TopBP1-Mediated DNA Double-Strand Break Response.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023
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  13. Treacle Sticks the Nucleolar Responses to DNA Damage Together.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Miiko SokkaDepartment of Biology, University of Eastern Finland, FI-80101 Joensuu, Finland Institute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland miiko.sokka@uef.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3091-3754
Kirsi RillaInstitute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
Ilkka MiinalainenBiocenter Oulu, University of Oulu, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland.
Helmut PospiechLeibniz Institute for Age Research-Fritz Lipmann Institute, D-07745 Jena, Germany Faculty of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Oulu, FI-90014 Oulu, Finland.
Juhani E SyväojaInstitute of Biomedicine, University of Eastern Finland, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland.
University of Eastern Finland · FILeibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) · DEUniversity of Oulu · FI

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nucleoli are not only organelles that produce ribosomal subunits. They are also overarching sensors of different stress conditions and they control specific nucleolar stress pathways leading to stabilization of p53. During DNA replication, ATR and its activator TopBP1 initiate DNA damage response upon DNA damage and replication stress. We found that a basal level of TopBP1 protein associates with ribosomal DNA repeat. When upregulated, TopBP1 concentrates at the ribosomal chromatin and initiates segregation of nucleolar components--the hallmark of nucleolar stress response. TopBP1-induced nucleolar segregation is coupled to shut-down of ribosomal RNA transcription in an ATR-dependent manner. Nucleolar segregation induced by TopBP1 leads to a moderate elevation of p53 protein levels and to localization of activated p53 to nucleolar caps containing TopBP1, UBF and RNA polymerase I. Our findings demonstrate that TopBP1 and ATR are able to inhibit the synthesis of rRNA and to activate nucleolar stress pathway; yet the p53-mediated cell cycle arrest is thwarted in cells expressing high levels of TopBP1. We suggest that inhibition of rRNA transcription by different stress regulators is a general mechanism for cells to initiate nucleolar stress pathway.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsCarrier ProteinsCell Cycle CheckpointsCell LineCell NucleolusDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, RibosomalHumansNuclear ProteinsProtein Structure, TertiaryRepetitive Sequences, Nucleic AcidRNA, RibosomalAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsATR protein, humanCarrier ProteinsDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, RibosomalNuclear ProteinsRNA, RibosomalTOPBP1 protein, human

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PMID25916852
PMCPMC4446431
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