dr gihan e-h gawish, msc, phd molecular biology and clinical biochemistry ksu cytogenetics...
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Dr Gihan E-H Gawish, MSc, PhDMolecular Biology and Clinical Biochemistry
KSU
Cytogenetics Understanding the Disease Progression Process, Classical
and Molecular Cytogenetic Methods, Chromosome Segregation, the Abnormalities in Clinical Syndromes and
Cancer
6th Module
Dr M.Alanazi
What if mutations happen in the DNA repair genes?
Genomic instability=Accelerated mutations
Does genomic instability explain the high rate of mutations in cancer?
Is genomic instability the driving force for carcinogenesis?
Is it a late or an early phenomenon in carcinogenesis?
Genomic instability in cancerMicrosatellite instability-Caused by mutations in mismatch repair genes
-increased rate of point mutations
Chromosomal instability-Increased rate of loss or gain of whole or fraction of chromosomes
-cell to cell variability
Is genomic instability necessary for carcinogenesis?
- Only limited number of repair mutations found in tumors.
- Mismatch repair mutations in colon cancer (hMLH1 epigenetic silencing and mutations)does not generally occur before APC changes.
- Tumor suppressive mutations are not really recessive in tumors.
- Not all cancer have chromosomal instablity.
- Chromosomal instability is not frequently found in adenomas.
Genomic instability is not necessary to explain the number of mutations in cancer
Zygote to adulthood (15 yr)5x1013 cells ( 45 cell divisions)Mutation rate 5x109/nucleotide/generation5x109 bp/ genome= 25 mutations/generation= 1000 mutations in the stem cell in colonic crypt
Mutations in cell of origin before tumorigenesis (using colonic crypt as an example)
Between 15 and 65 yrs, colonic stem cells would have multiplied 5000 times= 125,000 mutations.
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Chromosomal Instability in Cancer: Causes and Consequences
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• Many human malignant tumours exhibit abnormal chromosomal segregation at cell division.
• these anomalies play a role in tumorigenesis by increasing the rate of chromosome mutations,
including deletion and amplification of genes involved in cellular proliferation and/or survival.
• In vitro experiments have also shown that mitotic instability may be a mechanism for
developing resistance to cytotoxic drugs.
• Abnormal mitotic mechanisms may result in numerical or structural aberrations in the daughter
cells. Numerical aberrations can be caused either by the loss of chromosomes at
metaphase/anaphase or by multipolar divisions associated with abnormal number or structure
of centrosomes.
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What is chromosomal instability?
Dr Gihan Gawish
Chromosomal instability may be defined as a state of continuous formation of novel chromosome mutations, at a rate higher than in normal cells.
In practice, instability may be assessed by following the evolution of cytogenetic abnormalities in a tumour cell population over time and by comparing the rate of chromosome mutations with that in a normal cell population (Lengauer et al., 1997).
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1- Structural chromosome instability
Mechanisms of chromosomal instability
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2-Numerical instability
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Many epithelial tumours exhibit an asymmetrical segregation of
chromosomes at the metaphase-anaphase transition, resulting in an
aberrant distribution of the genetic material to the daughter cells
(Steinbeck, 1998).
Also, abnormalities in the number and structure of centrosomes have
been observed in malignancies with aneuploid chromosome numbers,
including cancers of the breast (Lingle and Salisbury, 1999), colon
(Ghadimi et al., 2000), and the head and neck region (Saunders et al.,
2000).
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Numerical instability
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changes in centrosomal configuration have been correlated with a number of molecular genetic abnormalities, including amplification of STK15 (Zhou et al., 1998), mutations in TP53 (Carroll et al., 1999), and inactivation of BRCA1 (Xu et al., 1999), BRCA2 (Tutt et al., 1999).
Abnormal centrosomal function may also be induced in vitro by expression of the papilloma virus genes E6 and E7, inhibiting normal TP53 and RB1 activity, respectively (Duensing et al., 2000).
It has also been suggested that inactivation of genes that control the timing of mitotic chromosome segregation may contribute to numerical instability. However, only rare examples of such aberrations have so far been identified (Cahill et al., 1998).
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A number of in vitro systems have shown that amplification of genes conferring resistance to cytotoxic drugs may occur through BFB events (Smith et al., 1992; Ma et al., 1993; Coquelle et al., 1997).
This suggests that a state of chromosomal instability may not only be crucial for tumour development, but may also play a role in resistance to chemotherapy.
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Mitotic-spindle checkpoints: a barrier to CIN
Cancers Usually Result from a Series of Mutations in a Single Cell
oncogene Tumor suppressorsoncogene
Genomic instability: Colon Cancer
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Genomic instability: Colon Cancer
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Searching for the molecular mechanism of CIN
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Three degree of sister-chromatid separation
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The link between mitotic gene and CIN
30 Dr Gihan GawishTherapeutic strategies targeting CIN