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A Genetically Engineered Mouse Model of Sporadic Colorectal Cancer
Published on: July 6, 2017
Aneuploidy is associated with TP53 expression but not with BRCA1 or TERT expression in sporadic colorectal cancer
Aasa R Schjølberg1, Ole Petter F Clausen, Espen Burum-Auensen
1The Pathology Clinic, Oslo University Hospital - Rikshospitalet, 0027 Oslo, Norway.
Background:
Defective expression of genes involved in mitotic chromosome segregation (e.g. AURKA, BUB1B), DNA damage response (e.g. TP53, BRCA1), and telomere function (e.g. TERT) may play a role in the development of tumor aneuploidy.
Materials And Methods:
The levels of TP53, BRCA1 and TERT were assessed in 55 sporadic colorectal tumors and 37 normal mucosas using tissue microarrays and immunohistochemical detection, and their associations with DNA aneuploidy, levels of mitotic spindle proteins AURKA, AURKB, MAD2L1 and BUB1B and clinicopathological parameters were investigated.
Results:
DNA aneuploidy was associated only with TP53 alterations. BRCA1 expression in tumors was significantly correlated with individual mitotic spindle protein expressions, and TERT and MAD2L1 expressions were moderately correlated in the tumor group, suggesting a putative role for TERT in MAD2L1 regulation.
Conclusion:
Loss of TP53 function appears to be involved in the development of aneuploidy, but not in the deregulation of mitotic spindle protein function.
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