| PubMed ID |
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23135524 |
Publish Date |
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2012 Nov |
| Journal |
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Nat Med |
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| Disease Type |
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Technology |
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| Title |
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Chromoanagenesis and cancer: mechanisms and consequences of localized, complex chromosomal rearrangements. |
| Authors |
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Holland AJ, Cleveland DW |
| Affiliation |
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Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research and Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA |
| Chromothripsis Definition |
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Close-by breakpoints: NA
Copy number states: NA
Fragments random joining: NA |
| Abstract |
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Next-generation sequencing of DNA from human tumors or individuals with developmental abnormalities has led to the discovery of a process we term chromoanagenesis, in which large numbers of complex rearrangements occur at one or a few chromosomal loci in a single catastrophic event. Two mechanisms underlie these rearrangements, both of which can be facilitated by a mitotic chromosome segregation error to produce a micronucleus containing the chromosome to undergo rearrangement. In the first, chromosome shattering (chromothripsis) is produced by mitotic entry before completion of DNA replication within the micronucleus, with a failure to disassemble the micronuclear envelope encapsulating the chromosomal fragments for random reassembly in the subsequent interphase. Alternatively, locally defective DNA replication initiates serial, microhomology-mediated template switching (chromoanasynthesis) that produces local rearrangements with altered gene copy numbers. Complex rearrangements are present in a broad spectrum of tumors and in individuals with congenital or developmental defects, highlighting the impact of chromoanagenesis on human disease. |
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