Nature Communications (May 2019)

Ribosome biogenesis during cell cycle arrest fuels EMT in development and disease

  • Varsha Prakash,
  • Brittany B. Carson,
  • Jennifer M. Feenstra,
  • Randall A. Dass,
  • Petra Sekyrova,
  • Ayuko Hoshino,
  • Julian Petersen,
  • Yuan Guo,
  • Matthew M. Parks,
  • Chad M. Kurylo,
  • Jake E. Batchelder,
  • Kristian Haller,
  • Ayako Hashimoto,
  • Helene Rundqivst,
  • John S. Condeelis,
  • C. David Allis,
  • Denis Drygin,
  • M. Angela Nieto,
  • Michael Andäng,
  • Piergiorgio Percipalle,
  • Jonas Bergh,
  • Igor Adameyko,
  • Ann-Kristin Östlund Farrants,
  • Johan Hartman,
  • David Lyden,
  • Kristian Pietras,
  • Scott C. Blanchard,
  • C. Theresa Vincent

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10100-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 16

Abstract

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Ribosomal DNA transcription is essential for cell growth and division. Here, the authors show that EMT is accompanied by Snail binding to rDNA operons and Rictor association with nucleoli to fuel an induction of ribosome biogenesis during G1/S cell cycle arrest and inhibition of ribosome biogenesis hampers EMT, differentiates primary tumors and reduces metastasis.