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SAMHD1 promotes oncogene-induced replication stress

Zhang, S. M.; Calderon-Montano, J. M.; Rudd, S. G.

2020-07-29 cancer biology
10.1101/2020.07.29.226282 bioRxiv
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Oncogenes induce DNA replication stress in cancer cells. Although this was established more than a decade ago, we are still unravelling the molecular underpinnings of this phenomenon, which will be critical if we are to exploit this knowledge to improve cancer treatment. A key mediator of oncogene-induced replication stress is the availability of DNA precursors, which will limit ongoing DNA synthesis by cellular replicases. In this study, we identify a potential role for nucleotide catabolism in promoting replication stress induced by oncogenes. Specifically, we establish that the dNTPase SAMHD1 slows DNA replication fork speeds in human fibroblasts harbouring an oncogenic RAS allele, elevating levels of endogenous DNA damage, and ultimately limiting cell proliferation. We then show that oncogenic RAS-driven tumours express reduced SAMHD1 levels, suggesting they have overcome this tumour suppressor barrier, and that this correlates with worse overall survival for these patients. O_FIG O_LINKSMALLFIG WIDTH=200 HEIGHT=76 SRC="FIGDIR/small/226282v1_ufig1.gif" ALT="Figure 1"> View larger version (19K): org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@bb425forg.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@2a1b7org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@c70bf3org.highwire.dtl.DTLVardef@1e1b028_HPS_FORMAT_FIGEXP M_FIG C_FIG

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