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Published on: March 30, 2018
Unbalanced expression of licensing DNA replication factors occurs in a subset of mantle cell lymphomas with genomic
Magda Pinyol1, Itziar Salaverria, Silvia Bea
1Genomics Unit, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Abstract:
DNA licensing is a crucial process for chromosome replication control. Deregulation of the licensing factors Cdt1, Cdc6 and the licensing inhibitor geminin has been associated with DNA replication defects and chromosomal instability. We examined the expression of these factors, in mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) and non-neoplastic lymphoid samples, and analysed the potential role of their deregulation in genomic instability. Geminin, Cdt1 and Cdc6 were coordinately expressed in non-neoplastic tissues and most MCL in relationship to the proliferative activity of the cells. However, 6 (18%) tumours showed an unbalanced "licensing signature" characterized by a higher expression of Cdt1 and Cdc6 than the negative regulator geminin. Tumours with this unbalanced signature and p53/p14(ARF) alterations had significantly higher number of chromosome abnormalities than lymphomas with p53/p14(ARF) alterations but with a normal licensing signature. No aberrations of Cdct1, Cdc6, and geminin genes were detected in cases with unbalanced licensing. However, tumours with p53/ARF inactivation and unbalanced licensing signature had significantly higher cyclin D1 levels than tumours with normal licensing signature. These results suggest that an unbalanced mRNA expression of licensing regulatory genes may play a role in the pathogenesis of the chromosomal instability of a subset of MCL with inactivation of the p53/p14(ARF) pathway.
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