Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

The ATM and ATR kinases regulate centrosome clustering and tumor recurrence by targeting KIFC1 phosphorylation

  • Guangjian Fan,
  • Lianhui Sun,
  • Ling Meng,
  • Chen Hu,
  • Xing Wang,
  • Zhan Shi,
  • Congli Hu,
  • Yang Han,
  • Qingqing Yang,
  • Liu Cao,
  • Xiaohong Zhang,
  • Yan Zhang,
  • Xianmin Song,
  • Shujie Xia,
  • Baokun He,
  • Shengping Zhang,
  • Chuangui Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20208-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Centrosome clustering is a promising therapeutic target in cancer but how it is regulated remains unclear. Here, the authors show that in response to DNA damage, ATM/ATR stabilize the centrosome clustering regulator KIFC1 leading to increased clustering efficiency and tumour recurrence.