Journal
CELL CYCLE
Volume 6, Issue 10, Pages 1135-1140Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cc.6.10.4250
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chromosome instability; breast cancer; MCM; replication stress; mouse model
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We recently isolated a hypomorphic mutation of Mcm4 in a phenotype - based screen for chromosome instability in mice. This mutation, named Chaos3 ((c) under bar hromosome (c) under bar berrations (o) under bar ccurring (s) under bar pontaneously 3), causes exclusively mammary adenocarcinomas in similar to 80% of homozygous females. Mcm4 encodes a subunit of the MCM2-7 complex, the replication - licensing factor and the replicative helicase. The Mcm4(Chaos3) mutation appears to destabilize the MCM2-7 complex, causing impaired DNA replication. These findings demonstrate, for the first time, the causative role of an Mcm mutation in cancer development. Furthermore, this raises the possibility that hypomorphic mutations in MCM2-7 genes may increase breast cancer risk in humans.
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