Abstract
The anticancer effect of paclitaxel is attributable principally to irreversible promotion of microtubule stabilization and is hampered upon development of chemoresistance by tumor cells. Telomere shortening, and eventual telomere erosion, evoke chromosomal instability, resulting in particular cellular responses. Using telomerase-deficient cells derived from mTREC-/-p53-/- mice, here we show that, upon telomere erosion, paclitaxel propagates chromosomal instability by stimulating chromosomal end-to-end fusions and delaying the development of multinucleation. The end-to-end fusions involve both the p- and q-arms in cells in which telomeres are dysfunctional. Paclitaxel-induced chromosomal fusions were accompanied by prolonged G2/M cell cycle arrest, delayed multinucleation, and apoptosis. Telomere dysfunctional cells with mutlinucleation eventually underwent apoptosis. Thus, as telomere erosion proceeds, paclitaxel stimulates chromosomal fusion and instability, and both apoptosis and chemosensitization eventually develop.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 615-621 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Biochemical and biophysical research communications |
Volume | 404 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2011 Jan 14 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by a grant from the National Nuclear R & D Program and BAERI , the Korean Ministry of Science and Technology . MHC was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea ( NRF-2010-0000784 ).
Keywords
- Chromosomal end-to-end fusion
- Multinucleation
- Paclitaxel
- Telomere
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biophysics
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology