Chromosome segregation errors: a double-edged sword - TI Pharma
Chromosome segregation errors: a double-edged sword - TI Pharma
Chromosome segregation errors: a double-edged sword - TI Pharma
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severe mis<strong>segregation</strong>s in either treated or control anaphases (2% and 1%, respectively) (Fig.4B).<br />
<strong>Chromosome</strong> <strong>segregation</strong> <strong>errors</strong> result in aneuploidy and DNA damage 290,389 . To determine whether an<br />
increase in DNA damage could be observed specifically in tumor cells treated with the Mps1 inhibitor, we<br />
imaged the tumor cell lines MCF-7 and SW480 and the untransformed cell line RPE-1 all stably expressing<br />
H2B-RFP and 53BP1-GFP, a marker for DNA damage (Fig.4C). This analysis revealed a clear increase in G1<br />
daughter cells with DNA damage foci after treatment of MCF-7 and SW480 cells with 30 nM compound-5<br />
(18% and 42% respectively with more than 3 foci versus 5% and 21% in controls), whereas RPE-1 cells<br />
hardly showed any DNA damage foci formation following mitotic exit (5% versus 0.5% in controls) (Fig.4C).<br />
Overall, these data suggest that the deleterious effects of selective Mps1 inhibition specifically on<br />
tumor cells are due to the induction of severe chromosome <strong>segregation</strong> defects, eventually resulting<br />
in massive aneuploidy and DNA damage.<br />
A<br />
0<br />
nM compound-5<br />
10 20 30 50<br />
B<br />
RPE-1<br />
C<br />
Figure 4. <strong>Pharma</strong>cological inhibition of Mps1 specifically kills tumor cells<br />
A) Colony formations of indicated cell lines treated with increasing concentrations of compound-5. Cells were harvested 6 days after<br />
addition of compound-5. B) Quantification of chromosome <strong>segregation</strong> performed as in Fig.3A of indicated cell lines expressing<br />
tagged-H2B. N indicates number of cells. C) (left) Representative images of MCF-7 cells stably expressing H2B-RFP (red) and 53BP1-<br />
GFP (green) undergoing division in the absence or presence of missegregating chromosomes. (right) Graph depicts quantification<br />
of percentage of G1 daughter cells having more than three 53BP1 foci within 300 minutes after mitotic exit (3 experiments + SEM,<br />
>50 cells/experiment).<br />
Alterations in mitotic progression sensitize tumor cells to Mps1 inhibition<br />
One explanation for the different effects that Mps1 inhibition has on chromosome <strong>segregation</strong> in<br />
transformed versus non-transformed cells could be that aneuploid tumor cells have more difficulties<br />
aligning their chromosomes when compared to healthy diploid cells 539 and are therefore more<br />
dependent on mitotic checkpoint function to prevent <strong>segregation</strong> <strong>errors</strong>. Inhibition of the mitotic<br />
checkpoint in combination with problems in chromosome alignment, due to partial Mps1 inhibition,<br />
could then lead to a more pronounced defect in the fidelity of chromosome <strong>segregation</strong> in aneuploid<br />
122<br />
BJ-Tert<br />
MCF-7<br />
SW480<br />
U2OS<br />
HeLa<br />
LS174T<br />
HCT116<br />
HCT116<br />
p53-/-<br />
No error<br />
H2B-RFP<br />
53BP1-GFP<br />
Segregation error<br />
percentage of cells<br />
100<br />
80<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
n=134<br />
n=139<br />
- +<br />
0’ 13’ 26’ 39’ 52’ 65’ 170’ 210’<br />
RPE-1<br />
n=203<br />
n=185<br />
n=24<br />
n=54<br />
No <strong>errors</strong><br />
Mild <strong>errors</strong><br />
Severe <strong>errors</strong><br />
- + - + - + - + 30nM Comp.5<br />
MCF-7<br />
SW480<br />
percentage of cells<br />
n=115<br />
60<br />
40<br />
20<br />
0<br />
U2OS<br />
n=138<br />
n=74<br />
- +<br />
RPE<br />
Hela<br />
n=73<br />
>3 53BP1 foci<br />
(within 300 minutes after<br />
Mitosis)<br />
- + - + 30nM Comp.5<br />
MCF-7<br />
SW480