

Cancer cells display aneuploid karyotypes and typically mis-segregate chromosomes at high rates, a phenotype referred to as chromosomal instability (CIN). To test the effects of aneuploidy on chromosome segregation and other mitotic phenotypes we used the colorectal cancer cell line DLD1 (2n = 46) and two variants with trisomy 7 or 13 (DLD1+7 and DLD1+13), as well as euploid and trisomy 13 amniocytes (AF and AF+13). We found that trisomic cells displayed higher rates of chromosome mis-segregation compared to their euploid counterparts. Furthermore, cells with trisomy 13 displayed a distinctive cytokinesis failure phenotype. We showed that up-regulation of SPG20 expression, brought about by trisomy 13 in DLD1+13 and AF+13 cells, is sufficient for the cytokinesis failure phenotype. Overall, our study shows that aneuploidy can induce chromosome mis-segregation. Moreover, we identified a trisomy 13-specific mitotic phenotype that is driven by up-regulation of a gene encoded on the aneuploid chromosome. © 2015, eLife Sciences Publications Ltd. All rights reserved.
| EMTREE drug terms: | peptides and proteinsspastinproteinSPG20 protein, human |
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| EMTREE medical terms: | aneuploidyArticlechromosome 13chromosome 7chromosome segregationcolorectal cancerconfocal microscopycontrolled studycopy number variationcytokinesisfluorescence imagingfluorescence in situ hybridizationgene expressionhumanhuman cellimmunohistochemistrymetaphasephenotypeprotein localizationtime-lapse video microscopytrisomyupregulationWestern blottingamnion fluidchemistrychromosomal instabilitychromosome disorderchromosome segregationcoloncytokinesiscytologyepithelium cellfemalefetusgene expression regulationgeneticskaryotypingmetabolismpathologypregnancyprimary cell culturetrisomytumor cell line |
| MeSH: | Amniotic FluidCell Line, TumorChromosomal InstabilityChromosome DisordersChromosome SegregationChromosomes, Human, Pair 13Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7ColonCytokinesisEpithelial CellsFemaleFetusGene Expression RegulationHumansKaryotypingPhenotypePregnancyPrimary Cell CultureProteinsTrisomy |
spastin, 252912-06-4; protein, 67254-75-5;
Proteins; SPG20 protein, human
| Funding sponsor | Funding number | Acronym |
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| National Institutes of Health See opportunities by NIH | ZIABC010833 | NIH |
| National Institutes of Health See opportunities by NIH | ZIABC010835 | NIH |
Cimini, D.; Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, United States
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