Journal
CELL CYCLE
Volume 8, Issue 9, Pages 1380-1385Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.4161/cc.8.9.8305
Keywords
cancer; chemoresistance; cytochalasin D; dihydrocytochalasin B; mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization; mitoxantrone; nocodazole
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- Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer (Equipe labellisee)
- European Commission (Active p53, Apo-Sys, RIGHT, TransDeath, ChemoRes, ApopTrain)
- Canceropole Ile-de- France
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Tetraploidy may constitute a metastable state leading to numeric and structural chromosome abnormalities that are associated with cancer. Here, we show that cultured primary p53(-/-) (but not wild type, WT) mouse mammary epithelial cells (MMECs) accumulate a tetraploid sub-population in vitro. This occurs spontaneously, yet can be exacerbated by the addition of microtubule inhibitors as well as of inhibitors of cytokinesis. As compared to WT cells, tetraploid p53-/- MMECs contain supernumerary centrosomes and exhibit a reduced propensity to initiate the mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis. Moreover, tetraploid p53-/- MMECs are more resistant against anthracyclin-induced cell killing than their diploid counterparts. Altogether, these data indicate that p53 normally suppresses the generation of tetraploid cells, presumably by activating the intrinsic pathway of apoptosis. In the absence of p53, tetraploid cells accumulate as a result of inhibited apoptosis, which contributes to the acquisition of chemotherapy resistance.
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