Genomic Instability Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid 28029, Spain.
EMBO Rep. 2011 Sep 30;12(10):1032-8. doi: 10.1038/embor.2011.158.
One limitation for the study of chromosomal fragile sites is that they must be studied on metaphase spreads, after the breakage. We show here that bacterial lac operator (lacO) repeats are prone to spontaneous breakage, which when combined with a fluorescent lac repressor (lacR) has allowed us to track a fragile site through the cell cycle. By using this system, we show that Plk1-interacting checkpoint helicase (PICH) is already present at fragile sites during interphase, suggesting roles for this helicase beyond mitosis. In addition, we report that the oncogene Myc promotes the formation of anaphase bridges and micronuclei containing fragile-site sequences.
该研究存在一个局限性,即必须在染色体断裂后通过中期分裂来研究脆性位点。我们在此表明,细菌 lac 操纵子(lacO)重复序列容易自发断裂,而与荧光 lac 阻遏物(lacR)结合后,我们就可以在细胞周期中追踪脆性位点。通过使用该系统,我们表明 Plk1 相互作用的检查点解旋酶(PICH)在有丝分裂间期已经存在于脆性位点,这表明该解旋酶的作用超出了有丝分裂。此外,我们还报告说致癌基因 Myc 促进了含有脆性位点序列的后期桥和微核的形成。