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ArticleOncotarget2016

The identification of a novel role for BRCA1 in regulating RNA polymerase I transcription.

Rebecca Johnston, Zenobia D'Costa, Swagat Ray, Julia Gorski, D Paul Harkin, Paul Mullan, Konstantin I Panov

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Article in Oncotarget, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 23% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. The BRCA1 BRCT promotes antisense RNA production and double-stranded RNA formation to suppress ribosomal R-loops.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  14. Emerging Role of Eukaryote Ribosomes in Translational Control.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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  15. Fanconi anemia protein FANCI functions in ribosome biogenesis.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rebecca JohnstonSchool of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
Zenobia D'CostaThe Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
Swagat RaySchool of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
Julia GorskiThe Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
D Paul HarkinThe Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
Paul MullanThe Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
Konstantin I PanovSchool of Biological Sciences, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, BT9 7BL, UK.
Queen's University Belfast · GBUniversity of Oxford · GBUniversity of Sheffield · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council G0801834
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The unrestrained proliferation of cancer cells requires a high level of ribosome biogenesis. The first stage of ribosome biogenesis is the transcription of the large ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs); the structural and functional components of the ribosome. Transcription of rRNA is carried out by RNA polymerase I (Pol-I) and its associated holoenzyme complex.Here we report that BRCA1, a nuclear phosphoprotein, and a known tumour suppressor involved in variety of cellular processes such as DNA damage response, transcriptional regulation, cell cycle control and ubiquitylation, is associated with rDNA repeats, in particular with the regulatory regions of the rRNA gene.We demonstrate that BRCA1 interacts directly with the basal Pol-I transcription factors; upstream binding factor (UBF), selectivity factor-1 (SL1) as well as interacting with RNA Pol-I itself. We show that in response to DNA damage, BRCA1 occupancy at the rDNA repeat is decreased and the observed BRCA1 interactions with the Pol-I transcription machinery are weakened.We propose, therefore, that there is a rDNA associated fraction of BRCA1 involved in DNA damage dependent regulation of Pol-I transcription, regulating the stability and formation of the Pol-I holoenzyme during initiation and/or elongation in response to DNA damage.

Indexed as

Transcription, GeneticBRCA1 ProteinCell LineCell Line, TumorDNA, RibosomalHumansMCF-7 CellsProtein BindingRibosomesRNA InterferenceRNA Polymerase ITranscription FactorsBRCA1 ProteinBRCA1 protein, humanDNA, RibosomalRNA Polymerase ITranscription FactorsBRCA1cancerribosomal RNAribosome biogenesisRNA polymerase I

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PMID27589844
PMCPMC5356541
OpenAlexW2509014022

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