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Article: Microtubule breakage is not a major mechanism for resolving end-to-end chromosome fusions generated by telomere dysfunction during the early process of immortalization
Title | Microtubule breakage is not a major mechanism for resolving end-to-end chromosome fusions generated by telomere dysfunction during the early process of immortalization |
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Issue Date | 2007 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,10735,5-40109-70-1066702-0,00.html |
Citation | Chromosoma, 2007, v. 116 n. 6, p. 557-568 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Telomeres, the terminal chromosomal structure crucial for maintaining genomic integrity, shorten with deoxyribonucleic acid replications in most human somatic cells. Chromosomes carrying critically short telomeres tend to form end-to-end fusions, which are subject to breakage during cell division. However, it remains obscure how such telomere-mediated fusions are resolved during the process of immortalization, which is an early and indispensable step toward cancer. It has been hypothesized that the breakage could occur at either the microtubule or chromatid, causing numerical or structural chromosome instability, respectively. In this paper, we show that although the distributions of chromosomal segment losses or gains involved in structural aberrations were significantly correlated with the profiles of critically short telomeres in human epithelial cells undergoing immortalization, no such association was detected for whole-chromosome losses or gains in either metaphase or interphase cells. By distinguishing between homologues, we further showed that the specific homologues with critically short telomeres and frequent end-to-end fusions were not preferentially involved in respective whole-chromosome losses or gains. Our data therefore demonstrate that microtubule breakage is not a major mechanism for resolving chromosomal end-to-end fusions in human cells undergoing immortalization. An important implication of this finding is that microtubule-kinetochore attachment is stronger than the chromosome structure. © Springer-Verlag 2007. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/67557 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.824 |
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dc.contributor.author | Deng, W | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Tsao, SW | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Guan, XY | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Cheung, ALM | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-06T05:56:12Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-06T05:56:12Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2007 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Chromosoma, 2007, v. 116 n. 6, p. 557-568 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0009-5915 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/67557 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Telomeres, the terminal chromosomal structure crucial for maintaining genomic integrity, shorten with deoxyribonucleic acid replications in most human somatic cells. Chromosomes carrying critically short telomeres tend to form end-to-end fusions, which are subject to breakage during cell division. However, it remains obscure how such telomere-mediated fusions are resolved during the process of immortalization, which is an early and indispensable step toward cancer. It has been hypothesized that the breakage could occur at either the microtubule or chromatid, causing numerical or structural chromosome instability, respectively. In this paper, we show that although the distributions of chromosomal segment losses or gains involved in structural aberrations were significantly correlated with the profiles of critically short telomeres in human epithelial cells undergoing immortalization, no such association was detected for whole-chromosome losses or gains in either metaphase or interphase cells. By distinguishing between homologues, we further showed that the specific homologues with critically short telomeres and frequent end-to-end fusions were not preferentially involved in respective whole-chromosome losses or gains. Our data therefore demonstrate that microtubule breakage is not a major mechanism for resolving chromosomal end-to-end fusions in human cells undergoing immortalization. An important implication of this finding is that microtubule-kinetochore attachment is stronger than the chromosome structure. © Springer-Verlag 2007. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Springer Verlag. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,10735,5-40109-70-1066702-0,00.html | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Chromosoma | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Cell Line, Transformed | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Cell Transformation, Viral - genetics | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Chromosomal Instability - genetics | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Chromosome Aberrations | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Chromosomes, Human - genetics | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Microtubules - genetics - pathology | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Models, Genetic | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Telomere - genetics - pathology | en_HK |
dc.title | Microtubule breakage is not a major mechanism for resolving end-to-end chromosome fusions generated by telomere dysfunction during the early process of immortalization | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0009-5915&volume=116&spage=557&epage=568&date=2007&atitle=Microtubule+breakage+is+not+a+major+mechanism+for+resolving+end-to-end+chromosome+fusions+generated+by+telomere+dysfunction+during+the+early+process+of+immortalization | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Deng, W: wdeng@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Tsao, SW: gswtsao@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Guan, XY: xyguan@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Cheung, ALM: lmcheung@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Deng, W=rp01640 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Tsao, SW=rp00399 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Guan, XY=rp00454 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Cheung, ALM=rp00332 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s00412-007-0120-x | en_HK |
dc.identifier.pmid | 17726612 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-36248963247 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 138884 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-36248963247&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 116 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 6 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 557 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 568 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000250880100007 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Germany | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Deng, W=7202223673 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Tsao, SW=7102813116 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Guan, XY=7201463221 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Cheung, ALM=7401806497 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0009-5915 | - |