Nuclear Cathepsin L Remodels the Replication Machinery to Create a Therapeutic Vulnerability in Ovarian Cancer
Prabhu Thirusangu, Ling Jin, Shruti Rao, Karthik Balakrishnan, Xiaonan Hou, Jamison L. VanBlaricom, Sun-Hee Lee, Ann L. Oberg, John Weroha, Scott H. Kaufmann, Jamie Nadine Bakkum-Gamez, Viji Shridhar
This paper identifies nuclear cathepsin L as a regulator of replication stress in ovarian cancer, showing that its activation creates a therapeutic vulnerability through replication machinery remodeling and DNA repair inhibition.
bioRxiv · Sep 3, 2026 · PreprintCancer Biology