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ArticleNature communications2026

FANCD2 restrains fork progression and prevents fragility at early origins upon re-replication.

Nibal Badra-Fajardo, Elena Karydi, Aleix Bayona-Feliu, Belén Gómez-González, Ourania Preza, Marina Arbi, Argyro Kalogeropoulou, Juha K Rantala, Stavros Taraviras, Andrés Aguilera and 1 more

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Nibal Badra-FajardoDepartment of General Biology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1577-1812
Elena KarydiDepartment of General Biology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.ORCID 0009-0007-9765-8771
Aleix Bayona-FeliuDepartment of Genetics, Microbiology and Statistics, Faculty of Biology, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-7412-1652
Belén Gómez-GonzálezAndalusian Center of Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER), Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1655-8407
Ourania PrezaDepartment of General Biology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Marina ArbiDepartment of General Biology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-1586-1383
Argyro KalogeropoulouDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
Juha K RantalaMisvik Biology Oy, Turku, Finland.ORCID 0000-0002-4999-5585
Stavros TaravirasDepartment of Physiology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-7455-647X
Andrés AguileraAndalusian Center of Molecular Biology and Regenerative Medicine (CABIMER), Universidad de Sevilla, Seville, Spain.
Zoi LygerouDepartment of General Biology, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece. lygerou@upatras.gr.ORCID 0000-0001-5683-0220

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 722729Marie Sklodowska-CurieSpanish Agencia Estatal de Investigación
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

DNA replication is tightly regulated to ensure a single round of chromosome duplication per cell division. DNA licensing restricts origin firing to once-per-cell-cycle while aberrant licensing promotes re-replication and genome instability. Here, we investigate the mechanisms that protect genome integrity following re-replication induced by depletion of the licensing inhibitor Geminin. We find that re-replicating cells require FANCD2 to prevent genome instability. FANCD2 is rapidly recruited to chromatin upon Geminin loss, where it limits unrestrained fork progression and prevents single strand DNA gap accumulation and fork breakage. Genome-wide analyses reveal that upon re-replication, FANCD2 localizes to early origins within highly transcribed regions prone to accumulate R-loops and enriched in early replicating fragile sites. Importantly, reducing transcription and R-loops alleviates re-replication-induced genome fragility, whereas PARP inhibition exacerbates it. Our study uncovers a role for FANCD2 in safeguarding genome integrity during re-replication, offering avenues for selective targeting of cancer cells.

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DNA ReplicationFanconi Anemia Complementation Group D2 ProteinGenomic InstabilityReplication OriginChromatinChromosome Fragile SitesGemininHeLa CellsHumansR-Loop StructuresChromatinFANCD2 protein, humanFanconi Anemia Complementation Group D2 ProteinGeminin

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PMCPMC12992822

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