Mocanu, Camelia and Chan, Kok-Lung (2021) Mind the replication gap. Royal Society Open Science, 8 (6). a201932 1-19. ISSN 2054-5703

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Abstract

Unlike bacteria, mammalian cells need to complete DNA replication before segregating their chromosomes for the maintenance of genome integrity. Thus, cells have evolved efficient pathways to restore stalled and/or collapsed replication forks during S-phase, and when necessary, also to delay cell cycle progression to ensure replication completion. However, strong evidence shows that cells can proceed to mitosis with incompletely replicated DNA when under mild replication stress (RS) conditions. Consequently, the incompletely replicated genomic gaps form, predominantly at common fragile site regions, where the converging fork-like DNA structures accumulate. These branched structures pose a severe threat to the faithful disjunction of chromosomes as they physically interlink the partially duplicated sister chromatids. In this review, we provide an overview discussing how cells respond and deal with the under-replicated DNA structures that escape from the S/G2 surveillance system. We also focus on recent research of a mitotic break-induced replication pathway (also known as mitotic DNA repair synthesis), which has been proposed to operate during prophase in an attempt to finish DNA synthesis at the under-replicated genomic regions. Finally, we discuss recent data on how mild RS may cause chromosome instability and mutations that accelerate cancer genome evolution.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	break-induced replication, chromosome instability, common fragile sites, mitotic DNA repair synthesis, replication stress, ultrafine DNA bridges
Schools and Departments:	School of Life Sciences > Sussex Centre for Genome Damage and Stability
SWORD Depositor:	Mx Elements Account
Depositing User:	Mx Elements Account
Date Deposited:	10 Sep 2021 12:56
Last Modified:	26 Nov 2021 13:39
URI:	http://sro.sussex.ac.uk/id/eprint/101627

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