Journal
ONCOGENE
Volume 22, Issue 55, Pages 8956-8960Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1207078
Keywords
Chfr; hypermethylation; chromosome instability; breast cancer; colon cancer
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Numerous observations suggest that chromosome instability is caused by mitotic abnormalities such as errors in the partitioning of chromosomes. Chfr was recently defined as a central component of a new mitotic checkpoint that delays chromosome condensation in response to mitotic stress. Chfr was shown to be frequently inactivated in several human neoplasms, including colon, lung and esophageal cancers. To test whether Chfr inactivation may lead or participate to chromosomal instability (CIN), we analysed the genetic and epigenetic status of the gene in a large panel of primary colon and breast cancers, as well as in colon and breast cancer cell lines displaying either a microsatellite instability or a CIN. Our results confirm that Chfr is frequently inactivated in colon cancers, through a mechanism of hypermethylation of the promoter sequences. In contrast, the loss of Chfr expression appears to be a rare event in breast cancers. Furthermore, our data demonstrate that Chfr inactivation is not associated with CIN in these frequent types of human cancers.
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