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ArticleCell death & disease2022

Identification of Nanog as a novel inhibitor of Rad51.

Ying Xin, Juanjuan Wang, Yahong Wu, Qianqian Li, Mingyang Dong, Chang Liu, Qijia He, Ruifeng Wang, Dian Wang, Sen Jiang and 3 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ying Xin *College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Juanjuan Wang *College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Yahong Wu *College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Qianqian LiCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Mingyang DongCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Chang LiuCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Qijia HeCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Ruifeng WangCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Dian WangCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Sen JiangDepartment of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Wei XiaoCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China.
Yang TianDepartment of Chemistry, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China. tianyang@cnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9293-5852
Weiwei ZhangCollege of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing, China. zhangww@cnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2994-9629
Capital Normal University · CN

Funding

National Science Foundation of China | National Natural Science Foundation of China-Yunnan Joint Fund (NSFC-Yunnan Joint Fund) 81872003
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To develop inhibitors targeting DNA damage repair pathways is important to improve the effectiveness of chemo- and radiotherapy for cancer patients. Rad51 mediates homologous recombination (HR) repair of DNA damages. It is widely overexpressed in human cancers and overwhelms chemo- and radiotherapy-generated DNA damages through enhancing HR repair signaling, preventing damage-caused cancer cell death. Therefore, to identify inhibitors of Rad51 is important to achieve effective treatment of cancers. Transcription factor Nanog is a core regulator of embryonic stem (ES) cells for its indispensable role in stemness maintenance. In this study, we identified Nanog as a novel inhibitor of Rad51. It interacts with Rad51 and inhibits Rad51-mediated HR repair of DNA damage through its C/CD2 domain. Moreover, Rad51 inhibition can be achieved by nanoscale material- or cell-penetrating peptide (CPP)-mediated direct delivery of Nanog-C/CD2 peptides into somatic cancer cells. Furthermore, we revealed that Nanog suppresses the binding of Rad51 to single-stranded DNAs to stall the HR repair signaling. This study provides explanation for the high γH2AX level in unperturbed ES cells and early embryos, and suggests Nanog-C/CD2 as a promising drug candidate applied to Rad51-related basic research and therapeutic application studies.

Indexed as

Nanog Homeobox ProteinNeoplasmsRad51 RecombinaseDNA DamageDNA RepairHomologous RecombinationHumansRecombinational DNA RepairNanog Homeobox ProteinNANOG protein, humanRAD51 protein, humanRad51 Recombinase

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PMCPMC8882189
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