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ONCOGENE
卷 32, 期 5, 页码 610-620出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.80
关键词
RecQ helicases; replication fork arrest; genome instability; Werner syndrome
资金
- Association for International Cancer Research [07-497]
- Associazione ltaliana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC) [IG 9294, IG 4400]
Oncogene-induced replication stress is recognized as the primary cause of accumulation of DNA damage and genome instability in precancerous cells. Although the molecular mechanisms responding to such type of replication perturbation are not fully characterized, it has been speculated that their dysfunction may enhance genonne instability and accelerate tumor progression. Here, we show that the WRN protein, a member of the human RecQ helicases, is necessary to sustain replication fork progression in response to oncogene-induced replication stress. Loss of WRN affects cell cycle progression and results in enhanced accumulation of double-strand breaks and instability at common fragile sites in cells experiencing oncogene-induced replication stress. Moreover, we demonstrate that double-strand breaks, observed upon oncogene over-expression, depend on the MUS81 endonuclease, which represents a parallel pathway collaborating with WRN to prevent cell death. Overall, our findings give insights into the mechanisms protecting replication forks in cells experiencing oncogene-induced replication stress, and identify factor\s that, when mutated or dysfunctional, may enhance genome instability in precancerous cells. In addition, because concomitant depletion of WRN and MUS81 causes synthetic sickness in cells growing under oncogene-induced replication stress, our results support the possibility of targeting cancer cells with an impaired replication fork recovery pathway by a specific inactivation of the other parallel pathway. Oncogene (2013) 32, 610-620; doi:10.1038/onc.2012.80; published online 12 March 2012
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