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 structuresLaminsTRF2Ku80DNAHomeostasisHomology directed telomere clustering, ultrabright telomere formation and nuclear envelope rupture in cells lacking TRF2B and RAP1
Rai R, Biju K, Sun W, Sodeinde T, Al-Hiyasat A, Morgan J, Ye X, Li X, Chen Y, Chang S. Homology directed telomere clustering, ultrabright telomere formation and nuclear envelope rupture in cells lacking TRF2B and RAP1. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 2144. PMID: 37059728, PMCID: PMC10104862, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37761-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDouble-strand breaksNuclear envelopeDistinct DNA repair mechanismsNuclear envelope ruptureKu70/Ku80DNA repair mechanismsDNA-RNA hybridsBRCT domainGenome stabilityPhosphomimetic mutantTelomere formationGenotoxic stressEnvelope ruptureDysfunctional telomeresBasic domainRap1Aberrant laminTelomeresRepair mechanismsLaminsTRF2HomologyProteinShelterinADAR1p110