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An Immunosurveillance Mechanism Controls Cancer Cell Ploidy

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Senovilla, Laura, Vitale, Ilio, Martins, Isabelle, Tailler, Maximilien, Pailleret, Claire, Michaud, Mickaël, Galluzzi, Lorenzo, Adjemian, Sandy +37 more·2012·Science

Abstract

Keeping Cancer Cells At Bay: Cancer cells are often aneuploid; that is, they have an abnormal number of chromosomes. But to what extent this contributes to the tumorigenic phenotype is not clear. Senovilla et al. (p. 1678 ; see the Perspective by Zanetti and Mahadevan ) found that tetraploidization of cancer cells can cause them to become immunogenic and thus aid in their clearance from the body by the immune system. Cells with excess chromosomes put stress on the endoplasmic reticulum, which leads to movement of the protein calreticulin to the cell surface. Calreticulin exposure in turn caused recognition of cancer cells in mice by the host immune system. Thus, the immune system appears to serve a protective role in eliminating hyperploid cells that must be overcome to allow unrestricted growth of cancer cells.

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Senovilla, L., Vitale, I., Martins, I., Tailler, M., Pailleret, C., Michaud, M., Galluzzi, L., Adjemian, S., Kepp, O., Niso-Santano, M., Shen, S., Mariño, G., Criollo, A., Boilève, A., Job, B., Ladoire, S., Ghiringhelli, F., Sistigu, A., Yamazaki, T., Rello-Varona, S., Locher, C., Poirier-Colame, V., Talbot, M., Valent, A., Berardinelli, F., Antoccia, A., Ciccosanti, F., Fimia, G. M., Piacentini, M., Fueyo, A., Messina, N. L., Li, M., Chan, C. J., Sigl, V., Pourcher, G., Ruckenstuhl, C., Carmona-Gutierrez, D., Lazar, V., Penninger, J. M., Madeo, F., López-Otín, C., Smyth, M. J., Zitvogel, L., Castedo, M., & Kroemer, G.
Affiliations
  • Université Paris-Sud (FR)
  • INSERM, U848, Villejuif, France.
  • Institut Gustave Roussy (FR)
  • Inserm (FR)
  • Pathologie Moléculaire, Departement De Biologie et Pathologie Médicales, Villejuif, France.
  • Roma Tre University (IT)
  • Istituto Nazionale per le Malattie Infettive Lazzaro Spallanzani (IT)
  • National Institute for Infectious Diseases L. Spallanzani, Rome, Italy.
  • University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
  • Universidad de Oviedo (ES)
  • The University of Melbourne (AU)
  • Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (AU)
  • Institute of Molecular Biotechnology (AT)
  • Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Graz, Austria.
  • Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Medicina, IUOPA, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.
Corresponding author
  • Zitvogel, Laurence
  • Castedo, Maria
  • Kroemer, Guido
Venue
Science
Published
2012-09-28
Volume
337
Issue
6102
Pages
1678-1684
ISSN
  • 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
  • 1095-9203
OpenAlex
W2085234652
Cited by
436
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19.47
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journal article
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en
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Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
Keywords
tumor surveillance, hyperploidy, tetraploidization, calreticulin exposure, endoplasmic reticulum stress response, immunogenicity, tumor immunogenicity, DNA content, immunoselection, carcinogenesis
MeSH terms
Animals, DNA, Neoplasm, Humans, Immunocompetence, Immunologic Surveillance, Mice, Inbred BALB C, Neoplasms, Phosphorylation, Ploidies, Eukaryotic Initiation Factor-2, Common Variable Immunodeficiency, Calreticulin, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress

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