Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Genetic alterations of the SUMO isopeptidase SENP6 drive lymphomagenesis and genetic instability in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma

  • Markus Schick,
  • Le Zhang,
  • Sabine Maurer,
  • Hans Carlo Maurer,
  • Konstandina Isaakaidis,
  • Lara Schneider,
  • Upayan Patra,
  • Kathrin Schunck,
  • Elena Rohleder,
  • Julia Hofstetter,
  • Apoorva Baluapuri,
  • Anna Katharina Scherger,
  • Julia Slotta-Huspenina,
  • Franziska Hettler,
  • Julia Weber,
  • Thomas Engleitner,
  • Roman Maresch,
  • Jolanta Slawska,
  • Richard Lewis,
  • Rouzanna Istvanffy,
  • Stefan Habringer,
  • Katja Steiger,
  • Armin Baiker,
  • Robert A. J. Oostendorp,
  • Cornelius Miething,
  • Hans-Peter Lenhof,
  • Florian Bassermann,
  • Björn Chapuy,
  • Matthias Wirth,
  • Elmar Wolf,
  • Roland Rad,
  • Stefan Müller,
  • Ulrich Keller

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27704-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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SUMOylation is a post-translational modification that has been shown to be altered in cancer. Here, the authors show that loss of the SUMO isopeptidase SENP6 leads to unrestricted SUMOylation and genomic instability promoting lymphomagenesis and generating vulnerability to PARP inhibition.