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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
37
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-9-6
pubmed:abstractText
Mutations in the Drg1/RTP/Rit42 gene are commonly identified in hereditary neuropathies of the motor and sensory systems. This gene was also identified as a p53 target gene and a differentiation-related, putative metastatic suppressor gene in human colon and prostate cancer. In this study, we show that the Rit42 protein is a microtubule-associated protein that localizes to the centrosomes and participates in the spindle checkpoint in a p53-dependent manner. When ectopically expressed and exposed to spindle inhibitors, Rit42 inhibited polyploidy in several p53-deficient tumor cell lines and increased the population of cells in mitotic arrest. Blocking endogenous Rit42 expression by small interfering RNA in normal human mammary epithelial cells resulted in the disappearance of astral microtubules, and dividing spindle fiber formation was rarely detected. Moreover, these cells underwent microtubule inhibitor-induced reduplication, leading to a polyploidy state. Our findings imply that Rit42 plays a role in the regulation of microtubule dynamics and the maintenance of euploidy.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
38597-602
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Antineoplastic Agents, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Cell Cycle, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Cell Cycle Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Centrosome, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Microtubules, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Mitosis, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Mitotic Spindle Apparatus, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Nocodazole, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Ploidies, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Polyploidy, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:15247272-Tumor Suppressor Protein p53
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Function of Drg1/Rit42 in p53-dependent mitotic spindle checkpoint.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer Biology Program, Hematology and Oncology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.