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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

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