RETRACTED: The inner centromere-shugoshin network prevents chromosomal instability

Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a major trait of cancer cells and a potent driver of tumor progression. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying CIN still remain elusive. We found that a number of CIN(+) cell lines have impairments in the integrity of the conserved inner centromere-shugoshin (I...

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Published inScience (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Vol. 349; no. 6253; pp. 1237 - 1240
Main Authors Tanno, Yuji, Susumu, Hiroaki, Kawamura, Miyuki, Sugimura, Haruhiko, Honda, Takashi, Watanabe, Yoshinori
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 11.09.2015
Subjects
BRCA1 Protein - genetics
Carcinogenesis - genetics
Carcinogenesis - metabolism
Cell Cycle Proteins - genetics
Cell Cycle Proteins - metabolism
Centromere - genetics
Centromere - metabolism
Chromatids - metabolism
Chromatin - metabolism
Chromosomal Instability
Chromosomal Proteins, Non-Histone - metabolism
Chromosome Segregation
Cohesins
HeLa Cells
Histones - metabolism
Humans
Kinetochores - metabolism
Lysine - metabolism
Methylation
Microtubules - metabolism
Retinoblastoma Protein - genetics
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Summary:Chromosomal instability (CIN) is a major trait of cancer cells and a potent driver of tumor progression. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying CIN still remain elusive. We found that a number of CIN(+) cell lines have impairments in the integrity of the conserved inner centromere-shugoshin (ICS) network, which coordinates sister chromatid cohesion and kinetochore-microtubule attachment. These defects are caused mostly by the loss of histone H3 lysine 9 trimethylation at centromeres and sometimes by a reduction in chromatin-associated cohesin; both pathways separately sustain centromeric shugoshin stability. Artificial restoration of the ICS network suppresses chromosome segregation errors in a wide range of CIN(+) cells, including RB- and BRCA1-deficient cells. Thus, dysfunction of the ICS network might be a key mechanism underlying CIN in human tumorigenesis.
ISSN:0036-8075
1095-9203
DOI:10.1126/science.aaa2655