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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
17
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-9-2
pubmed:abstractText
The multistage process of cancer formation is driven by the progressive acquisition of somatic mutations. Replication stress creates genomic instability in mammals. Using a well-defined multistep leukemia model driven by Spi-1/PU.1 overexpression in the mouse and Spi-1/PU.1-overexpressing human leukemic cells, we investigated the relationship between DNA replication and cancer progression. Here, using DNA molecular combing and flow cytometry methods, we show that Spi-1 increases the speed of replication by acting specifically on elongation rather than enhancing origin firing. This shortens the S-phase duration. Combining data from Spi-1 knockdown in murine cells with Spi-1 overexpression in human cells, we provide evidence that inappropriate Spi-1 expression is directly responsible for the replication alteration observed. Importantly, the acceleration of replication progression coincides with an increase in the frequency of genomic mutations without inducing DNA breakage. Thus, we propose that the hitherto unsuspected role for spi-1 oncogene in promoting replication elongation and genomic mutation promotes blastic progression during leukemic development.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1538-7445
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
6757-66
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Blast Crisis, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-DNA, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-DNA Breaks, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-DNA Replication, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Erythroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Gene Knockdown Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Genomic Instability, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Leukemia, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Preleukemia, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-RNA, Small Interfering, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-S Phase, pubmed-meshheading:20660370-Trans-Activators
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Spi-1/PU.1 oncogene accelerates DNA replication fork elongation and promotes genetic instability in the absence of DNA breakage.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut Curie, INSERM U830, Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't