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Chromosome mis-segregation and cytokinesis failure in trisomic human cells

  1. Joshua M Nicholson
  2. Joana C Macedo
  3. Aaron J Mattingly
  4. Darawalee Wangsa
  5. Jordi Camps
  6. Vera Lima
  7. Ana M Gomes
  8. Sofia Dória
  9. Thomas Ried
  10. Elsa Logarinho
  11. Daniela Cimini  Is a corresponding author
  1. Virginia Tech, United States
  2. Universidade do Porto, Portugal
  3. University of California, San Francisco, United States
  4. National Institutes of Health, United States
  5. Institut D'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Spain
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Cite this article as: eLife 2015;4:e05068 doi: 10.7554/eLife.05068

Abstract

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 both required and 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.

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  1. Joshua M Nicholson

    Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, United States
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  2. Joana C Macedo

    Aging and Aneuploidy Laboratory, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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  3. Aaron J Mattingly

    Cell and Tissue Biology, School of Dentistry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
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  4. Darawalee Wangsa

    Genetics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  5. Jordi Camps

    Gastrointestinal and Pancreatic Oncology Group, Hospital Clínic, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, Institut D'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Barcelona, Spain
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  6. Vera Lima

    Department of Genetics, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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  7. Ana M Gomes

    Aging and Aneuploidy Laboratory, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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  8. Sofia Dória

    Department of Genetics, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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  9. Thomas Ried

    Genetics Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, United States
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  10. Elsa Logarinho

    Aging and Aneuploidy Laboratory, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal
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  11. Daniela Cimini

    Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, United States
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    cimini@vt.edu
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Ethics

Human subjects: The study acknowledged the ethics guidelines under national rules and accordingly to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, and was approved by the Ethics Committee of Hospital de S. Jo�o-Porto (dispatch 14 Nov 2012) (approval number 237/2012). Informed consent forms with detailed information were provided to all patients. The study did not imply collection of extra material from the healthy donor females (only surplus cells/tissues were used); the study didn't bring any direct benefits to the volunteers; there were no risks or costs for the volunteers; there was no access to patient clinical data (samples were obtained in anonymous form from the Hospital Genetics Department); participation was volunteer and free to be interrupted at any moment; there are no ethical impacts predicted; there will be no commercial interests.

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  1. Jon Pines, The Gurdon Institute, United Kingdom

Publication history

  1. Received: October 7, 2014
  2. Accepted: May 1, 2015
  3. Accepted Manuscript published: May 5, 2015 (version 1)
  4. Version of Record published: May 27, 2015 (version 2)

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