Shenzhen University General Hospital-Dehua Hospital Joint Research Center on Precision Medicine (sgh-dhhCPM), Dehua Hospital, Dehua, Quanzhou 362500, China.
Guangdong Key Laboratory for Genome Stability and Disease Prevention, Carson International Cancer Center, Marshall Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Shenzhen University Medical School, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518060, China.
Biosci Rep. 2023 Oct 31;43(10). doi: 10.1042/BSR20222591.
DNA replication forks are subject to intricate surveillance and strict regulation by sophisticated cellular machinery. Such close regulation is necessary to ensure the accurate duplication of genetic information and to tackle the diverse endogenous and exogenous stresses that impede this process. Stalled replication forks are vulnerable to collapse, which is a major cause of genomic instability and carcinogenesis. Replication stress responses, which are organized via a series of coordinated molecular events, stabilize stalled replication forks and carry out fork reversal and restoration. DNA damage tolerance and repair pathways such as homologous recombination and Fanconi anemia also contribute to replication fork stabilization. The signaling network that mediates the transduction and interplay of these pathways is regulated by a series of post-translational modifications, including ubiquitination, which affects the activity, stability, and interactome of substrates. In particular, the ubiquitination of replication protein A and proliferating cell nuclear antigen at stalled replication forks promotes the recruitment of downstream regulators. In this review, we describe the ubiquitination-mediated signaling cascades that regulate replication fork progression and stabilization. In addition, we discuss the targeting of replication fork stability and ubiquitination system components as a potential therapeutic approach for the treatment of cancer.
DNA 复制叉受到精密的监控和复杂的细胞机制的严格调控。这种紧密的调控对于确保遗传信息的准确复制以及应对阻碍这一过程的各种内源性和外源性压力是必要的。停滞的复制叉容易崩溃,这是基因组不稳定和致癌的主要原因。通过一系列协调的分子事件组织的复制压力反应稳定停滞的复制叉,并进行叉反转和恢复。DNA 损伤容忍和修复途径,如同源重组和范可尼贫血,也有助于复制叉的稳定。介导这些途径转导和相互作用的信号网络受到一系列翻译后修饰的调节,包括泛素化,它影响底物的活性、稳定性和互作组。特别是,在停滞的复制叉上复制蛋白 A 和增殖细胞核抗原的泛素化促进了下游调节剂的招募。在这篇综述中,我们描述了调节复制叉进展和稳定的泛素化介导的信号级联。此外,我们还讨论了作为治疗癌症的潜在治疗方法,靶向复制叉稳定性和泛素化系统组件。