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ArticleCell reports2018

Distinct Mechanisms of Nuclease-Directed DNA-Structure-Induced Genetic Instability in Cancer Genomes.

Junhua Zhao, Guliang Wang, Imee M Del Mundo, Jennifer A McKinney, Xiuli Lu, Albino Bacolla, Stephen B Boulware, Changsheng Zhang, Haihua Zhang, Pengyu Ren and 2 more

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Article in Cell reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 51 papers.

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51citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Junhua ZhaoDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, 1400 Barbara Jordan Boulevard, Austin, TX 78723, USA.
Guliang WangDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, 1400 Barbara Jordan Boulevard, Austin, TX 78723, USA.
Imee M Del MundoDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, 1400 Barbara Jordan Boulevard, Austin, TX 78723, USA.
Jennifer A McKinneyDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, 1400 Barbara Jordan Boulevard, Austin, TX 78723, USA.
Xiuli LuDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, 1400 Barbara Jordan Boulevard, Austin, TX 78723, USA.
Albino BacollaDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, 1400 Barbara Jordan Boulevard, Austin, TX 78723, USA.
Stephen B BoulwareDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, 1400 Barbara Jordan Boulevard, Austin, TX 78723, USA.
Changsheng ZhangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 107 W Dean Keeton Street, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Haihua ZhangDepartment of Biology, Tufts University, 200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4700, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Pengyu RenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, 107 W Dean Keeton Street, Austin, TX 78712, USA.
Catherine H FreudenreichDepartment of Biology, Tufts University, 200 Boston Avenue, Suite 4700, Medford, MA 02155, USA.
Karen M VasquezDivision of Pharmacology and Toxicology, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Dell Pediatric Research Institute, 1400 Barbara Jordan Boulevard, Austin, TX 78723, USA. Electronic address: karen.vasquez@austin.utexas.edu.
The University of Texas at Austin · USTufts University · US

Funding

REPAIR OF GENOME DESTABILIZING DNA STRUCTURESR01CA093729 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI Karen M Vasquez · 2002 to 2026
$8.2M
Fork Restart at Replication Barriers and Effects on Genome StabilityR01GM122880 · NIGMS · TUFTS UNIVERSITY MEDFORD · PI FREUDENREICH, CATHERINE H · 2017 to 2020
$1.4M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA093729NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM122880
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sequences with the capacity to adopt alternative DNA structures have been implicated in cancer etiology; however, the mechanisms are unclear. For example, H-DNA-forming sequences within oncogenes have been shown to stimulate genetic instability in mammals. Here, we report that H-DNA-forming sequences are enriched at translocation breakpoints in human cancer genomes, further implicating them in cancer etiology. H-DNA-induced mutations were suppressed in human cells deficient in the nucleotide excision repair nucleases, ERCC1-XPF and XPG, but were stimulated in cells deficient in FEN1, a replication-related endonuclease. Further, we found that these nucleases cleaved H-DNA conformations, and the interactions of modeled H-DNA with ERCC1-XPF, XPG, and FEN1 proteins were explored at the sub-molecular level. The results suggest mechanisms of genetic instability triggered by H-DNA through distinct structure-specific, cleavage-based replication-independent and replication-dependent pathways, providing critical evidence for a role of the DNA structure itself in the etiology of cancer and other human diseases.

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Chromosome BreakpointsDNADNA ReplicationDNA Sequence, UnstableGenomic InstabilityHumansMutationNeoplasmsDNAchromosome translocationDNA repairDNA structureH-DNAmutation hotspotnucleasestructural simulation

Identifiers

PMID29386108
PMCPMC6011834
OpenAlexW2786870538

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