ArticleNature cell biology2026
RPA exhaustion activates SLFN11 to eliminate cells with heightened replication stress.
Article in Nature cell biology, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Molecular Determinants of Response and Rational Drug Combinations for Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs) with Topoisomerase I (TOP1) Inhibitor Payloads.Journal of molecular biology · 2026Review
- Structural elements required for the efficient loading and activation of HELB on RPA-coated single-stranded DNA.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Distinct ATRX functions cooperate with 9-1-1 and CST complexes to safeguard replication and telomere integrity.Nature structural & molecular biology · 2026Article
- Immunoprotective Effects of Mori Cortex Radicis Water Extract on Major Aquatic Pathogen (Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- SLX4IP limits replication stress globally and at ALT telomeres.The EMBO journal · 2026Article
- Topoisomerase I inhibitor antibody-drug conjugates in breast cancer: the relevance of the DNA damage response to resistance, response, and combination treatment strategies.Breast cancer research and treatment · 2026Review
- Identification of the immunoprotective activity of Mori Cortex Radicis ethanol extract against aquaculture pathogens (Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
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Abstract
SLFN11 is epigenetically silenced and confers chemoresistance in half of all cancers. In response to replication stress, SLFN11 triggers translation shutdown and p53-independent apoptosis, but how DNA damage activates SLFN11 remains unclear. Here through CRISPR-based screens we implicate SLFN11 as the critical determinant of cisplatin sensitivity in cells lacking primase-polymerase (PrimPol)-mediated repriming. SLFN11 and the downstream integrated stress response uniquely promote cisplatin-driven apoptosis in PrimPol-deficient cells. We demonstrate that replication protein A (RPA) exhaustion and single-stranded DNA exposure trigger SLFN11 activation and cell death when PrimPol is inactivated. We further identify the USP1-WDR48 deubiquitinase complex as a positive modulator of SLFN11 activation in PrimPol-deficient cells, revealing an addiction to the Fanconi anaemia pathway to resolve cisplatin lesions. Finally, we demonstrate that rapid RPA exhaustion on chemical inhibition of DNA polymerase α activates SLFN11-dependent cell death. Together, our results implicate RPA exhaustion as a general mechanism to activate SLFN11 in response to heightened replication stress.
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