Ckap2 Regulates Aneuploidy, Cell Cycling, and Cell Death in a p53-Dependent Manner

Autor: Annick Itie-Youten, Marees Harris-Brandts, Valentina Lapin, Katsuya Tsuchihara, Masami Hirota-Tsuchihara, Kathrin Zaugg, Lauren E. Brown, Tak W. Mak, Samuel Benchimol, Alexandra Ho, Hitoshi Okada, Chris Bakal, Robert Rottapel, Christopher D. Richardson
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Cancer Research. 65:6685-6691
ISSN: 1538-7445
0008-5472
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-4223
Popis: We used DNA microarray screening to identify Ckap2 (cytoskeleton associated protein 2) as a novel p53 target gene in a mouse erythroleukemia cell line. DNA damage induces human and mouse CKAP2 expression in a p53-dependent manner and p53 activates the Ckap2 promoter. Overexpressed Ckap2 colocalizes with and stabilizes microtubules. In p53-null cells, overexpression of Ckap2 induces tetraploidy with aberrant centrosome numbers, suggesting disturbed mitosis and cytokinesis. In p53-competent cells, Ckap2 does not induce tetraploidy but activates p53-mediated cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. Our data suggest the existence of a functional positive feedback loop in which Ckap2 activates the G1 tetraploidy checkpoint and prevents aneuploidy.
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