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An RNA polymerase II- and AGO4-associated protein acts in RNA-directed DNA methylation [PDF]

Nature, 2010
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mark in many eukaryotes. In plants, 24-nucleotide small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) bound to the effector protein, Argonaute 4 (AGO4), can direct de novo DNA methylation by the methyltransferase DRM2 (refs 2, 4-6). Here we report a new regulator of RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) in Arabidopsis: RDM1.
Gao, Zhihuan, Liu, Hai-Liang, Daxinger, Lucia, Pontes, Olga, He, Xinjian, Qian, Weiqiang, Lin, Huixin, Xie, Mingtang, Lorkovic, Zdravko J, Zhang, Shoudong, Miki, Daisuke, Zhan, Xiangqiang, Pontier, Dominique, Lagrange, Thierry, Jin, Hailing, Matzke, Antonius J M, Matzke, Marjori, Pikaard, Craig S, Zhu, Jian-Kang   +18 more
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Developmental programmes drive cellular plasticity, disease progression and therapy resistance in lung adenocarcinoma

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
This study shows that lung adenocarcinomas exploit developmental branching morphogenesis to acquire a therapy resistant basal‐like tumour cell state. This process was found to be regulated by combined TP53 loss‐of‐function and type‐I interferon signalling, identifying a novel axis for biomarker and therapeutic target discovery.
Kamila J Bienkowska, Stephany Gallardo, Nur S. Zainal, Leena Arora, Matthew Ellis, Maria‐Antoinette Lopez, Judith Austine, Sai Pittla, Serena J Chee, Aiman Alzetani, Emily C Shaw, Christian H Ottensmeier, Gareth J Thomas, Christopher J Hanley   +13 more
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Stimulator of interferon genes agonist augmented antitumor immunity of osimertinib in Egfr‐mutated lung cancer

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Combining osimertinib with the STING agonist ADU‐S100 activates innate and adaptive immunity to overcome the non‐inflamed microenvironment of Egfr‐mutant lung cancer. This combination increases NK and CD8+ T‐cell infiltration, associated with activation of the STING‐IRF3 pathway and local immunogenic cell death.
Jun Nishimura, Tadahiro Kuribayashi, Johannes Brägelmann, Sachi Okawa, Masataka Taoka, Shunta Mori, Tomoka Nishimura, Takaaki Tanaka, Go Makimoto, Kiichiro Ninomiya, Kammei Rai, Eiki Ichihara, Ryohei Katayama, Katsuyuki Hotta, Masahiro Tabata, Yosuke Togashi, Yoshinobu Maeda, Martin L. Sos, Katsuyuki Kiura, Kadoaki Ohashi   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

Proteomic analysis of meropenem-induced outer membrane vesicles released by carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae

Microbiology Spectrum
Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae (CRKP) is an important multidrug resistance (MDR) pathogen that threatens human health and is the main source of hospital-acquired infection.
Fangfang Fan, Guangzhang Chen, Siqian Deng, Li Wei   +3 more
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Loss of IGF‐1R impairs DNA‐PKcs recruitment to chromatin leading to defective end‐joining

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
IGF‐1R promotes radioresistance by facilitating DNA‐PKcs recruitment to chromatin, enabling non‐homologous end‐joining (NHEJ) repair of double‐strand breaks. Inhibition or loss of IGF‐1R disrupts this recruitment to damage sites, driving compensatory reliance on microhomology‐mediated end‐joining (MMEJ) repair.
Matthew O. Ellis, Jack V. Mills, Wojciech Niedzwiedz, Valentine M. Macaulay   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

RNA-directed DNA methylation prevents rapid and heritable reversal of transposon silencing under heat stress in Zea mays.

PLoS Genetics, 2021
In large complex plant genomes, RNA-directed DNA methylation (RdDM) ensures that epigenetic silencing is maintained at the boundary between genes and flanking transposable elements.
Wei Guo, Dafang Wang, Damon Lisch
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tRNATrp as primer for RNA-directed DNA polymerase: structural determinants of function.

Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1979
The specific interactions between the RNA-directed DNA polymerase of avian oncornavirus and the tRNATrp primer required for initiation of viral DNA synthesis in vitro were examined. Two distinct interactions, stable binding of the tRNATrp to the enzyme and initiation of viral DNA synthesis by the enzyme with tRNATrp as primer, were characterized as to ...
B, Cordell, R, Swanstrom, H M, Goodman, J M, Bishop   +3 more
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MITF maintains genome stability in nonmelanocyte lineages

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
MITF is essential for melanocyte survival and acts as an oncogene in 10%–20% of melanomas. We show that MITF depletion causes genome instability in nonmelanocytic cells, leading to LATS2‐mediated P53 activation, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. This study highlights the role of MITF as a genome maintenance factor beyond the melanocyte lineage. Created
Drifa H. Gudmundsdottir, Adrián López García de Lomana, Thejus B. Venkatesh, Kritika Kirty, Snaevar Sigurdsson, Linda Vidarsdottir, Ramile Dilshat, Erla Sveinbjornsdottir, Snaedis Ragnarsdottir, Daniel H Magnusson, Maria R. Bustos, Eirikur Steingrimsson, Thorkell Gudjonsson, Stefan Sigurdsson   +13 more
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Locus-specific paramutation in Zea mays is maintained by a PICKLE-like chromodomain helicase DNA-binding 3 protein controlling development and male gametophyte function.

PLoS Genetics, 2020
Paramutations represent directed and meiotically-heritable changes in gene regulation leading to apparent violations of Mendelian inheritance. Although the mechanism and evolutionary importance of paramutation behaviors remain largely unknown, genetic ...
Natalie C Deans, Brian J Giacopelli, Jay B Hollick   +2 more
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Oncogenic DMTF1β promotes cancer cell motility by regulating autophagy through ULK1 stabilization

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
In the current study, we demonstrate that the oncogene DMTF1β regulates ULK1 stability by reducing its proteasomal degradation in cancer cells. This stabilization enables ULK1 to induce autophagy, which in turn facilitates cancer cell migration. Consequently, reduced DMTF1β levels lead to decreased autophagy and impaired cancer cell migration.
Jun Xu, Nicolas J. Niklaus, Anna M. Schläfli, Igor Tokarchuk, Magali Humbert, Federico La Manna, Bich Vu, David Maul, Ramin Radpour, Marianna Kruithof‐de Julio, Inti Zlobec, Jörn Dengjel, Bruce E. Torbett, Mario P. Tschan   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source