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Proliferation of aneuploid human cells is limited by a p53-dependent mechanism

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Thompson, Sarah L., Compton, Duane A.·2010·Journal of Cell Biology

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Most solid tumors are aneuploid, and it has been proposed that aneuploidy is the consequence of an elevated rate of chromosome missegregation in a process called chromosomal instability (CIN). However, the relationship of aneuploidy and CIN is unclear because the proliferation of cultured diploid cells is compromised by chromosome missegregation. The mechanism for this intolerance of nondiploid genomes is unknown. In this study, we show that in otherwise diploid human cells, chromosome missegregation causes a cell cycle delay with nuclear accumulation of the tumor suppressor p53 and the cyclin kinase inhibitor p21. Deletion of the p53 gene permits the accumulation of nondiploid cells such that CIN generates cells with aneuploid genomes that resemble many human tumors. Thus, the p53 pathway plays an important role in limiting the propagation of aneuploid human cells in culture to preserve the diploid karyotype of the population. These data fit with the concordance of aneuploidy and disruption of the p53 pathway in many tumors, but the presence of aneuploid cells in some normal human and mouse tissues indicates that there are known exceptions to the involvement of p53 in aneuploid cells and that tissue context may be important in how cells respond to aneuploidy.

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Authors
Thompson, S. L., & Compton, D. A.
Affiliations
Dartmouth College (US)
Corresponding author
Compton, Duane A.
Venue
Journal of Cell Biology
Published
2010-02-01
Volume
188
Issue
3
Pages
369-381
ISSN
  • 0021-9525 (ISSN-L)
  • 1540-8140
OpenAlex
W2102502996
Cited by
494
References
61
Citations by year
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FWCI
16.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
cc-by-nc-sa
Locations
  • The Journal of Cell Biology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM51542, R01GM051542, T32GM008704, R37GM051542, GM008704)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
Keywords
aneuploidy, p53, p21, chromosomal instability, chromosome missegregation, cell proliferation, cell cycle delay, tumor suppressor pathways, diploid karyotype, solid tumors
MeSH terms
Aneuploidy, Animals, Chromosomes, Human, Humans, Neoplasms, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Chromosomal Instability, Cell Line, Tumor, Cell Proliferation, Mice

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