The major focus of this project is to understand how cells monitor and repair DNA damage. Defects in either the surveillance or repair of damaged DNA can lead to chromosomal instability and cancer. For example, inherited disorders affecting cellular responses to DNA damage, such as Nijmegen breakage syndrome and ataxia telangiectasia are characterized by increased susceptibility to lymphoid cancer, extreme radiation sensitivity and immunodeficiency. We are generating knockout and transgenic mouse models that have specific defects in DNA double strand break (DSB) repair. Recently, we characterized mice that were defective in non-homologous end joining, the major pathway for repairing DSBs in mammalian cells. We found that these mice displayed premature aging, a defect in cellular proliferation, a complete block in lymphocyte development and extreme radiation sensitivity. Surprisingly, however, the mice were not prone to cancer. However, a further inactivation of the p53 tumor suppressor gene markedly increased cancer susceptibility, such that these double knockout mice invariably succumbed to B-cell lymphomas that resembled human Burkitt's lymphoma. Other mouse models for DNA double strand break repair are being generating including animals that lack the Nijmegen breakage sydrome protein.
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| Yazinski, Stephanie A; Comaills, Valentine; Buisson, Rémi et al. (2017) ATR inhibition disrupts rewired homologous recombination and fork protection pathways in PARP inhibitor-resistant BRCA-deficient cancer cells. Genes Dev 31:318-332 |
| Tubbs, Anthony; Nussenzweig, André (2017) Endogenous DNA Damage as a Source of Genomic Instability in Cancer. Cell 168:644-656 |
| Canela, Andres; Maman, Yaakov; Jung, Seolkyoung et al. (2017) Genome Organization Drives Chromosome Fragility. Cell 170:507-521.e18 |
| Zong, Dali; Chaudhuri, Arnab Ray; Nussenzweig, André (2016) More end resection is not merrier. Nat Struct Mol Biol 23:699-701 |
| Chaudhuri, Arnab Ray; Callen, Elsa; Ding, Xia et al. (2016) Erratum: Replication fork stability confers chemoresistance in BRCA-deficient cells. Nature 539:456 |
| Nieto-Soler, Maria; Morgado-Palacin, Isabel; Lafarga, Vanesa et al. (2016) Efficacy of ATR inhibitors as single agents in Ewing sarcoma. Oncotarget 7:58759-58767 |
| Li, Minxing; Cole, Francesca; Patel, Dharm S et al. (2016) 53BP1 ablation rescues genomic instability in mice expressing 'RING-less' BRCA1. EMBO Rep 17:1532-1541 |
| Canela, Andres; Sridharan, Sriram; Sciascia, Nicholas et al. (2016) DNA Breaks and End Resection Measured Genome-wide by End Sequencing. Mol Cell 63:898-911 |
| Iqbal, Javaid; Nussenzweig, Andre; Lubinski, Jan et al. (2016) The incidence of leukaemia in women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations: an International Prospective Cohort Study. Br J Cancer 114:1160-4 |
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