{"title":"Research facing the challenge of Homo bureaucraticus","authors":"","doi":"10.5802/crbiol.108-en","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crbiol.108-en","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55231,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Biologies","volume":"5 33","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136228678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Impact des R-loops sur le stress réplicatif induit par les oncogènes dans les cellules cancéreuses","authors":"","doi":"10.5802/crbiol.123-fr","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crbiol.123-fr","url":null,"abstract":"Replication stress is an alteration in the progression of replication forks caused by a variety of events of endogenous or exogenous origin. In precancerous lesions, this stress is exacerbated by the deregulation of oncogenic pathways, which notably disrupts the coordination between replication and transcription, and leads to genetic instability and cancer development. It is now well established that transcription can interfere with genome replication in different ways, such as head-on collisions between polymerases, accumulation of positive DNA supercoils or formation of R-loops. These structures form during transcription when nascent RNA reanneals with DNA behind the RNA polymerase, forming a stable DNA:RNA hybrid. In this review, we discuss how these different cotranscriptional processes disrupt the progression of replication forks and how they contribute to genetic instability in cancer cells. Le stress réplicatif correspond à une altération de la progression des fourches de réplication causé par une variété d’événements d’origine endogène ou exogène. Dans les lésions précancéreuses, ce stress est aggravé par la dérégulation de voies oncogéniques, qui perturbe notamment la coordination entre la réplication et la transcription du génome et entraine une instabilité génétique contribuant au développement du cancer. Il est maintenant bien établi que la transcription peut interférer avec la réplication du génome de différentes façons, telles que des collisions frontales entre polymérases, l’accumulation de supertours positifs de l’ADN ou la formation de R-loops. Ces structures se forment au cours de la transcription lorsque l’ARN naissant se réassocie avec l’ADN derrière l’ARN polymérase, formant un hybride ADN :ARN stable. Dans cette revue, nous discutons comment ces différents processus cotranscriptionnels perturbent la progression des fourches de réplication et comment ils contribuent à l’instabilité génétique des cellules cancéreuses.","PeriodicalId":55231,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Biologies","volume":"43 9","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136347166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jonathan Heuzé, Yea-Lih Lin, Armelle Lengronne, Jérôme Poli, Philippe Pasero
{"title":"Impact of R-loops on oncogene-induced replication stress in cancer cells.","authors":"Jonathan Heuzé, Yea-Lih Lin, Armelle Lengronne, Jérôme Poli, Philippe Pasero","doi":"10.5802/crbiol.123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crbiol.123","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Replication stress is an alteration in the progression of replication forks caused by a variety of events of endogenous or exogenous origin. In precancerous lesions, this stress is exacerbated by the deregulation of oncogenic pathways, which notably disrupts the coordination between replication and transcription, and leads to genetic instability and cancer development. It is now well established that transcription can interfere with genome replication in different ways, such as head-on collisions between polymerases, accumulation of positive DNA supercoils or formation of R-loops. These structures form during transcription when nascent RNA reanneals with DNA behind the RNA polymerase, forming a stable DNA:RNA hybrid. In this review, we discuss how these different cotranscriptional processes disrupt the progression of replication forks and how they contribute to genetic instability in cancer cells.</p>","PeriodicalId":55231,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Biologies","volume":"346 ","pages":"95-105"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41153923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guilherme Pedreira de Freitas Nader, Juan Manuel García-Arcos
{"title":"Cell migration in dense microenvironments.","authors":"Guilherme Pedreira de Freitas Nader, Juan Manuel García-Arcos","doi":"10.5802/crbiol.124","DOIUrl":"10.5802/crbiol.124","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The nucleus has been viewed as a passenger during cell migration that functions merely to protect the genome. However, increasing evidence shows that the nucleus is an active organelle, constantly sensing the surrounding environment and translating extracellular mechanical inputs into intracellular signaling. The nuclear envelope has a large membrane reservoir which serves as a buffer for mechanical inputs as it unfolds without increasing its tension. In contrast, when cells cope with mechanical strain, such as migration through solid tumors or dense interstitial spaces, the nuclear envelope folds stretch, increasing nuclear envelope tension and sometimes causing rupture. Different degrees of nuclear envelope tension regulate cellular behaviors and functions, especially in cells that move and grow within dense matrices. The crosstalk between extracellular mechanical inputs and the cell nucleus is a critical component in the modulation of cell function of cells that navigate within packed microenvironments. Moreover, there is a link between regimes of nuclear envelope unfolding and different cellular behaviors, from orchestrated signaling cascades to cellular perturbations and damage.</p>","PeriodicalId":55231,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Biologies","volume":"346 ","pages":"89-93"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41140299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Henri Décamps, an ecology open to societal concerns].","authors":"Jean-Dominique Lebreton","doi":"10.5802/crbiol.121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crbiol.121","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":55231,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Biologies","volume":"346 ","pages":"85-87"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9691627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eugenio Azpeitia, François Parcy, Christophe Godin
{"title":"Cauliflowers or how the perseverance of a plant to make flowers produces an amazing fractal structure.","authors":"Eugenio Azpeitia, François Parcy, Christophe Godin","doi":"10.5802/crbiol.120","DOIUrl":"10.5802/crbiol.120","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Biological organisms have an immense diversity of forms. Some of them exhibit conspicuous and fascinating fractal structures that present self-similar patterns at all scales. How such structures are produced by biological processes is intriguing. In a recent publication, we used a multi-scale modelling approach to understand how gene activity can produce macroscopic cauliflower curds. Our work provides a plausible explanation for the appearance of fractal-like structures in plants, linking gene activity with development.</p>","PeriodicalId":55231,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Biologies","volume":"346 ","pages":"75-83"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10059523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicolas Max Doll, Jekaterina Truskina, Gwyneth Ingram
{"title":"Functional and developmental convergence in the reproductive \"nurse cells\" of flowering plants.","authors":"Nicolas Max Doll, Jekaterina Truskina, Gwyneth Ingram","doi":"10.5802/crbiol.119","DOIUrl":"10.5802/crbiol.119","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The successful sexual reproduction of flowering plants depends upon double fertilisation, during which pollen grains, produced within the male floral organ (the anther) deliver two sperm cells to the ovule, buried deep within the ovary, triggering the development of the embryo and the surrounding tissues of the seed. Although much attention has been given to pollen and embryo development, less has been focused on the supporting tissues surrounding these organisms as they develop, the tapetum and the endosperm. Intriguingly, despite their very different origins, these tissues appear to have converged functionally and developmentally. Here we will discuss this apparent convergence and its molecular and physiological basis.</p>","PeriodicalId":55231,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Biologies","volume":"346 ","pages":"45-54"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9550954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The symbiotic origin of the eukaryotic cell.","authors":"Purificación López-García, David Moreira","doi":"10.5802/crbiol.118","DOIUrl":"10.5802/crbiol.118","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Eukaryogenesis represented a major evolutionary transition that led to the emergence of complex cells from simpler ancestors. For several decades, the most accepted scenario involved the evolution of an independent lineage of proto-eukaryotes endowed with an endomembrane system, including a nuclear compartment, a developed cytoskeleton and phagocytosis, which engulfed the alphaproteobacterial ancestor of mitochondria. However, the recent discovery by metagenomic and cultural approaches of Asgard archaea, which harbour many genes in common with eukaryotes and are their closest relatives in phylogenomic trees, rather supports scenarios based on the symbiosis of one Asgard-like archaeon and one or more bacteria at the origin of the eukaryotic cell. Here, we review the recent discoveries that led to this conceptual shift, briefly evoking current models of eukaryogenesis and the challenges ahead to discriminate between them and to establish a detailed, plausible scenario that accounts for the evolution of eukaryotic traits from those of their prokaryotic ancestors.</p>","PeriodicalId":55231,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Biologies","volume":"346 ","pages":"55-73"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9550956","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Deadliest flu].","authors":"Laura Spinney","doi":"10.5802/crbiol.112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5802/crbiol.112","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Many questions remain unanswered regarding the so-called \"Spanish\" influenza pandemic of 1918. This article addresses three of them and describes the state of knowledge for each of them: Where did the pandemic start? How many people died? And why was it so deadly?</p>","PeriodicalId":55231,"journal":{"name":"Comptes Rendus Biologies","volume":"346 ","pages":"35-38"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9556790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}