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ArticleNature communications2018

Chromatin conformation regulates the coordination between DNA replication and transcription.

Ricardo Almeida, José Miguel Fernández-Justel, Cristina Santa-María, Jean-Charles Cadoret, Laura Cano-Aroca, Rodrigo Lombraña, Gonzalo Herranz, Alessandra Agresti, María Gómez

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Article in Nature communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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56 citing papers in PubMed, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Ricardo AlmeidaFunctional Organization of the Genome Group, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa CBMSO (CSIC/UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
José Miguel Fernández-JustelFunctional Organization of the Genome Group, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa CBMSO (CSIC/UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Cristina Santa-MaríaFunctional Organization of the Genome Group, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa CBMSO (CSIC/UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Jean-Charles CadoretInstitut Jacques Monod, CNRS-Université Paris Diderot, 75205, Paris, France.
Laura Cano-ArocaFunctional Organization of the Genome Group, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa CBMSO (CSIC/UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Rodrigo LombrañaFunctional Organization of the Genome Group, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa CBMSO (CSIC/UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Gonzalo HerranzFunctional Organization of the Genome Group, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa CBMSO (CSIC/UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain.
Alessandra AgrestiSan Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132, Milano, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5006-9506
María GómezFunctional Organization of the Genome Group, Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa CBMSO (CSIC/UAM), Nicolás Cabrera 1, 28049, Madrid, Spain. mgomez@cbm.csic.es.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3266-7999
Centro de Biología Molecular Severo Ochoa · ESCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRSan Raffaele University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromatin is the template for the basic processes of replication and transcription, making the maintenance of chromosomal integrity critical for cell viability. To elucidate how dividing cells respond to alterations in chromatin structure, here we analyse the replication programme of primary cells with altered chromatin configuration caused by the genetic ablation of the HMGB1 gene, or three histone H1 genes. We find that loss of chromatin compaction in H1-depleted cells triggers the accumulation of stalled forks and DNA damage as a consequence of transcription-replication conflicts. In contrast, reductions in nucleosome occupancy due to the lack of HMGB1 cause faster fork progression without impacting the initiation landscape or fork stability. Thus, perturbations in chromatin integrity elicit a range of responses in the dynamics of DNA replication and transcription, with different consequences on replicative stress. These findings have broad implications for our understanding of how defects in chromatin structure contribute to genomic instability.

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Molecular ConformationAnimalsChromatinDNA DamageDNA RepairDNA ReplicationFibroblastsGenomic InstabilityHCT116 CellsHistonesHMGB1 ProteinHumansMiceMouse Embryonic Stem CellsNucleosomesPrimary Cell CultureChromatinHistonesHMGB1 ProteinNucleosomes

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PMID29686321
PMCPMC5913246
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