2023
Telomeres cooperate with the nuclear envelope to maintain genome stability
Rai R, Sodeinde T, Boston A, Chang S. Telomeres cooperate with the nuclear envelope to maintain genome stability. BioEssays 2023, 46: e2300184. PMID: 38047499, DOI: 10.1002/bies.202300184.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNuclear envelopeGenome stabilityNuclear envelope ruptureKu70/Ku80Homology-directed recombinationMammalian telomeresChromosome stabilityNuclear laminsShelterin componentsProtein TRF2Envelope ruptureRepair proteinsTelomeresRap1Recent findingsProteinFunction resultsRecombinationDNA sensingForm structuresLaminsTRF2Ku80DNAHomeostasis
2011
The RAG2 C terminus suppresses genomic instability and lymphomagenesis
Deriano L, Chaumeil J, Coussens M, Multani A, Chou Y, Alekseyenko AV, Chang S, Skok JA, Roth DB. The RAG2 C terminus suppresses genomic instability and lymphomagenesis. Nature 2011, 471: 119-123. PMID: 21368836, PMCID: PMC3174233, DOI: 10.1038/nature09755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAtaxia Telangiectasia Mutated ProteinsCell Cycle ProteinsChromosome DeletionChromosomes, MammalianDisease ProgressionDNA-Binding ProteinsGene Rearrangement, T-LymphocyteGenes, Immunoglobulin Heavy ChainGenes, p53Genomic InstabilityIn Situ Hybridization, FluorescenceKaplan-Meier EstimateLymphomaMiceProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesReceptors, Antigen, T-CellRecombination, GeneticThymus GlandTranslocation, GeneticTumor Suppressor ProteinsConceptsRAG2 C terminusGenomic instabilityC-terminusTCRα/δDNA double-strand breaksT-cell receptor lociDouble-strand breaksGenomic stabilityComplex chromosomal translocationReceptor locusChromosomal translocationsSimilar defectsLymphomagenesisThymic lymphomasTerminusLociRecombinaseTailRAG2TranslocationDeletionRecombinationRoleLymphoid malignanciesMice
2005
Elevated telomere-telomere recombination in WRN-deficient, telomere dysfunctional cells promotes escape from senescence and engagement of the ALT pathway
Laud PR, Multani AS, Bailey SM, Wu L, Ma J, Kingsley C, Lebel M, Pathak S, DePinho RA, Chang S. Elevated telomere-telomere recombination in WRN-deficient, telomere dysfunctional cells promotes escape from senescence and engagement of the ALT pathway. Genes & Development 2005, 19: 2560-2570. PMID: 16264192, PMCID: PMC1276730, DOI: 10.1101/gad.1321305.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWerner syndromeSister chromatidsT-SCETelomere sister chromatid exchangeElevated recombination ratesActivation of ALTWRN functionAberrant recombinationGenomic instabilityALT pathwayChromosomal aberrationsChromosomal instabilityTelomeresPremature agingDysfunctional cellsTumor formationChromatidsSister chromatid exchangesPathwayChromatid exchangesRecombinationRecombination rateCellsWRNMutants