Targeting DNA topoisomerases or checkpoint kinases results in an overload of chaperone systems, triggering aggregation of a metastable subproteome
Wouter Huiting, Suzanne L. Dekker, Joris CJ van der Lienden, Rafaella Mergener, Maiara Kolbe Musskopf, Gabriel Vasata Furtado, Emma Gerrits, David Coit, Mehrnoosh Oghbaie, Luciano H. Di Stefano, Hein Schepers, Maria A.W.H. van Waarde-Verhagen, Suzanne Couzijn, Lara Barazzuol, John LaCava, , Steven Bergink
The paper shows that targeting ATM, ATR, or DNA topoisomerases causes widespread protein aggregation through chaperone system overload, similar to proteotoxic stress and proteinopathies.
eLife · Jan 11, 2022Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology