2023
Human nucleolar protein 7 (NOL7) is required for early pre-rRNA accumulation and pre-18S rRNA processing
McCool M, Bryant C, Huang H, Ogawa L, Farley-Barnes K, Sondalle S, Abriola L, Surovtseva Y, Baserga S. Human nucleolar protein 7 (NOL7) is required for early pre-rRNA accumulation and pre-18S rRNA processing. RNA Biology 2023, 20: 257-271. PMID: 37246770, PMCID: PMC10228412, DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2023.2217392.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPre-rRNA accumulationRibosome biogenesisNonessential roleEukaryotic ribosome biogenesisEssential cellular processesNucleolar stress responsePre-rRNA levelsRRNA processingLikely orthologCellular processesAssociated proteinsTumor suppressorStress responseHuman cellsProtein synthesisProtein 7Human counterpartBiogenesisYeastOrthologsHomologSubcomplexAccumulationRRNATranscription
2019
Fanconi anemia protein FANCI functions in ribosome biogenesis
Sondalle SB, Longerich S, Ogawa LM, Sung P, Baserga SJ. Fanconi anemia protein FANCI functions in ribosome biogenesis. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2019, 116: 2561-2570. PMID: 30692263, PMCID: PMC6377447, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1811557116.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
The Contributions of the Ribosome Biogenesis Protein Utp5/WDR43 to Craniofacial Development
Sondalle SB, Baserga SJ, Yelick PC. The Contributions of the Ribosome Biogenesis Protein Utp5/WDR43 to Craniofacial Development. Journal Of Dental Research 2016, 95: 1214-1220. PMID: 27221611, PMCID: PMC5076753, DOI: 10.1177/0022034516651077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRibosomal proteinsCraniofacial developmentRibosome biogenesis proteinsRibosomal protein functionHuman craniofacial developmentTissue-specific defectsDiverse cell typesHuman ribosomopathiesBiogenesis proteinsTranslational machineryProtein functionDistinct functionsTranslational mechanismsTissue differentiationCell typesWDR43Global defectsProteinExciting researchSurprising similaritiesUnderstanding of rolesRibosomopathiesBiogenesisMachineryMutationsA nucleolar role for the Fanconi anemia pathway protein, FANCI, in rDNA transcription
Sondalle S, Longerich S, Sung P, Baserga S. A nucleolar role for the Fanconi anemia pathway protein, FANCI, in rDNA transcription. The FASEB Journal 2016, 30 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.30.1_supplement.1048.1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRNA polymerase IRibosome biogenesisDNA repairFanconi anemiaNucleolar proteinsNucleolar roleHeLa cell nuclear extractsPre-ribosomal RNANovel regulatory mechanismCell nuclear extractsDNA repair defectsInterstrand DNA crosslinksMature ribosomesRDNA transcriptionRRNA transcriptionLarge subunitNucleolar functionFA proteinsFANCIUbiquitination stateSubcellular fractionationReduced transcriptionPolymerase IBiogenesisRegulatory mechanisms
2015
The Ribosome Biogenesis Factor Nol11 Is Required for Optimal rDNA Transcription and Craniofacial Development in Xenopus
Griffin JN, Sondalle SB, del Viso F, Baserga SJ, Khokha MK. The Ribosome Biogenesis Factor Nol11 Is Required for Optimal rDNA Transcription and Craniofacial Development in Xenopus. PLOS Genetics 2015, 11: e1005018. PMID: 25756904, PMCID: PMC4354908, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1005018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCranial neural crestCraniofacial developmentRibosome biogenesisRibosome biogenesis proteinsRibosome biogenesis defectsProduction of ribosomesPre-rRNA transcriptionHuman tissue culture cellsMulticellular organismsTissue culture cellsBiogenesis proteinsRDNA transcriptionBiogenesis defectsCraniofacial cartilageRRNA transcriptionNucleolar proteinsP53 rescueNeural crestCell survivalTranscriptionSkeletal phenotypeCulture cellsCritical functionsRibosomopathiesBiogenesis
2013
Human diseases of the SSU processome
Sondalle SB, Baserga SJ. Human diseases of the SSU processome. Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta 2013, 1842: 758-764. PMID: 24240090, PMCID: PMC4058823, DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2013.11.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNorth American Indian childhood cirrhosisSSU processome componentsSSU processomeBowen-Conradi syndromeHuman diseasesSmall subunit processomeProduction of ribosomesRibosomal protein assemblyLarge ribonucleoproteinRibosome biogenesisFunctional ribosomesEukaryotic cellsProcessomeProtein assembliesCellular machinesRibosomesRNA cleavageProtein synthesisRibonucleoproteinEukaryotesCirhinAssemblyRRNAsRibosomopathiesBiogenesis