Targeting transcription cycles in cancer

SJ Vervoort, JR Devlin, N Kwiatkowski, M Teng… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Accurate control of gene expression is essential for normal development and dysregulation
of transcription underpins cancer onset and progression. Similar to cell cycle regulation …

The ins and outs of serine and glycine metabolism in cancer

SL Geeraerts, E Heylen, K De Keersmaecker… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer cells reprogramme their metabolism to support unrestrained proliferation and
survival in nutrient-poor conditions. Whereas non-transformed cells often have lower …

SF3B1 hotspot mutations confer sensitivity to PARP inhibition by eliciting a defective replication stress response

P Bland, H Saville, PT Wai, L Curnow, G Muirhead… - Nature Genetics, 2023 - nature.com
SF3B1 hotspot mutations are associated with a poor prognosis in several tumor types and
lead to global disruption of canonical splicing. Through synthetic lethal drug screens, we …

SHMT2-mediated mitochondrial serine metabolism drives 5-FU resistance by fueling nucleotide biosynthesis

E Pranzini, E Pardella, L Muccillo, A Leo, I Nesi, A Santi… - Cell Reports, 2022 - cell.com
Fluorouracil (5-FU) is a key component of chemotherapy for colorectal cancer (CRC). 5-FU
efficacy is established by intracellular levels of folate cofactors and DNA damage repair …

ASCT2 is a major contributor to serine uptake in cancer cells

KO Conger, C Chidley, ME Ozgurses, H Zhao, Y Kim… - Cell reports, 2024 - cell.com
The non-essential amino acid serine is a critical nutrient for cancer cells due to its diverse
biosynthetic functions. While some tumors can synthesize serine de novo, others are …

Single-cell multi-omics defines the cell-type-specific impact of splicing aberrations in human hematopoietic clonal outgrowths

M Cortés-López, P Chamely, AG Hawkins, RF Stanley… - Cell Stem Cell, 2023 - cell.com
RNA splicing factors are recurrently mutated in clonal blood disorders, but the impact of
dysregulated splicing in hematopoiesis remains unclear. To overcome technical limitations …

ZBTB1 regulates asparagine synthesis and leukemia cell response to L-asparaginase

RT Williams, R Guarecuco, LA Gates, D Barrows… - Cell metabolism, 2020 - cell.com
Summary Activating transcription factor 4 (ATF4) is a master transcriptional regulator of the
integrated stress response (ISR) that enables cell survival under nutrient stress. The …

Accelerated DNA replication fork speed due to loss of R-loops in myelodysplastic syndromes with SF3B1 mutation

D Rombaut, C Lefèvre, T Rached, S Bondu… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) with mutated SF3B1 gene present features including a
favourable outcome distinct from MDS with mutations in other splicing factor genes SRSF2 …

Understanding the continuum between high-risk myelodysplastic syndrome and acute myeloid leukemia

PD Zavras, I Sinanidis, P Tsakiroglou… - International journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a clonal hematopoietic neoplasm characterized by
bone marrow dysplasia, failure of hematopoiesis and variable risk of progression to acute …

Splicing factor SF3B1 promotes endometrial cancer progression via regulating KSR2 RNA maturation

P Popli, MM Richters, SB Chadchan, TH Kim… - Cell death & …, 2020 - nature.com
Although endometrial cancer is the most common cancer of the female reproductive tract, we
have little understanding of what controls endometrial cancer beyond the transcriptional …