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Kinetic Control of Condensate Function: How the Formation Dynamics of APBs Influence ALT Cancer Telomere Length Heterogeneity.

Huaiying Zhang

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Huaiying ZhangDepartment of Biological Sciences, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Funding

Multi-faceted Regulation of Dynamic SUMOylation at ALT Cancer TelomeresR01CA308360 · NCI · CARNEGIE-MELLON UNIVERSITY · PI Huaiying Zhang · 2026 to 2026
$522k
National Science Foundation MCB-2145083NCI NIH HHS R01 CA308360NIH HHS R01CA308360
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Telomerase-free cancer cells use a recombination-based alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) pathway to maintain telomere length. ALT cancer cells exhibit extreme heterogeneity in telomere length, which requires the formation of a specialized nuclear condensate, the ALT telomere-associated PML bodies (APBs). Recent findings on APB assembly reveal that APBs form through two mechanistically and kinetically distinct pathways. These pathways modulate the strength of ALT activity. In this essay, I discuss how APB formation dynamics may contribute to telomere-length variability in ALT cells and consider the broader implications of these findings for other chromatin-associated nuclear condensates.

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Biomolecular CondensatesNeoplasmsTelomereTelomere HomeostasisAnimalsHumansKineticsTelomeraseTelomerasecancercell biologycondensaterecombinationtelomerasetelomere

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PMID42814034
PMCPMC13625942

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