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Conference Paper: MAD2 expression and its significance in mitotic checkpoint control in testicular germ cell tumour

TitleMAD2 expression and its significance in mitotic checkpoint control in testicular germ cell tumour
Authors
Issue Date2007
PublisherAmerican Association for Cancer Research. The Journal's web site is located at http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/
Citation
The 98th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR 2007), Los Angeles, CA., 14-18 April 2007. In Cancer Research, 2007, v. 67 n. 9S, p. 5211 How to Cite?
AbstractChromosomal instability (CIN) is a common characteristic in testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT). A functional mitotic checkpoint control is important for accurate chromosome segregation during mitosis. Mitotic arrest deficient 2 (MAD2) is a key component of this checkpoint and inactivation of MAD2 is correlated with checkpoint impairment. The aim of this study was to investigate the function of mitotic checkpoint control in TGCT cells and to study its association with MAD2 expression using 8 TGCT cell lines and 23 TGCT tissue samples. We found that in response to microtubule disruption, 6 of 8 TGCT cell lines (75%) failed to arrest in mitosis demonstrated by the decreased mitotic index and aberrant expression of mitosis regulators, indicating that mitotic checkpoint defect is a common event in TGCT cell lines. This loss of mitotic checkpoint control was correlated with reduced MAD2 protein expression level in TGCT cell lines implicating that downregulation of MAD2 may play a critical role in an impaired mitotic checkpoint control in these cells. In addition, immunohistochemistry studies on 23 seminomas and 12 normal testis tissues demonstrated that nuclear expression of MAD2 was much lower in seminomas (p<0.0001) but cytoplasmic MAD2 expression was higher in seminomas (p=0.01) compared to the normal samples. Our results suggest that aberrant MAD2 expression may play an essential role in a defective mitotic checkpoint in TGCT cells, which may contribute to CIN commonly observed in TGCT tumors.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/95120
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2023 Impact Factor: 12.5
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 3.468

 

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dc.contributor.authorFung, KLen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWong, YCen_HK
dc.contributor.authorCheung, Aen_HK
dc.contributor.authorWang, Xen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-25T15:52:16Z-
dc.date.available2010-09-25T15:52:16Z-
dc.date.issued2007en_HK
dc.identifier.citationThe 98th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR 2007), Los Angeles, CA., 14-18 April 2007. In Cancer Research, 2007, v. 67 n. 9S, p. 5211-
dc.identifier.issn0008-5472-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/95120-
dc.description.abstractChromosomal instability (CIN) is a common characteristic in testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT). A functional mitotic checkpoint control is important for accurate chromosome segregation during mitosis. Mitotic arrest deficient 2 (MAD2) is a key component of this checkpoint and inactivation of MAD2 is correlated with checkpoint impairment. The aim of this study was to investigate the function of mitotic checkpoint control in TGCT cells and to study its association with MAD2 expression using 8 TGCT cell lines and 23 TGCT tissue samples. We found that in response to microtubule disruption, 6 of 8 TGCT cell lines (75%) failed to arrest in mitosis demonstrated by the decreased mitotic index and aberrant expression of mitosis regulators, indicating that mitotic checkpoint defect is a common event in TGCT cell lines. This loss of mitotic checkpoint control was correlated with reduced MAD2 protein expression level in TGCT cell lines implicating that downregulation of MAD2 may play a critical role in an impaired mitotic checkpoint control in these cells. In addition, immunohistochemistry studies on 23 seminomas and 12 normal testis tissues demonstrated that nuclear expression of MAD2 was much lower in seminomas (p<0.0001) but cytoplasmic MAD2 expression was higher in seminomas (p=0.01) compared to the normal samples. Our results suggest that aberrant MAD2 expression may play an essential role in a defective mitotic checkpoint in TGCT cells, which may contribute to CIN commonly observed in TGCT tumors.-
dc.languageengen_HK
dc.publisherAmerican Association for Cancer Research. The Journal's web site is located at http://cancerres.aacrjournals.org/-
dc.relation.ispartofCancer Researchen_HK
dc.titleMAD2 expression and its significance in mitotic checkpoint control in testicular germ cell tumouren_HK
dc.typeConference_Paperen_HK
dc.identifier.emailWong, YC: ycwong@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.emailCheung, A: lmcheung@hkucc.hku.hken_HK
dc.identifier.authorityWong, YC=rp00316en_HK
dc.identifier.authorityCheung, A=rp00332en_HK
dc.identifier.hkuros147354en_HK
dc.identifier.volume67-
dc.identifier.issue9 suppl.-
dc.identifier.spage5211en_HK
dc.identifier.epage5211-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-
dc.identifier.issnl0008-5472-

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