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. 2004 Oct 29;306(5697):876-9.
doi: 10.1126/science.1102574. Epub 2004 Sep 16.

Abnormal cytokinesis in cells deficient in the breast cancer susceptibility protein BRCA2

Matthew J Daniels  1 , Yunmei Wang, Miyoung Lee, Ashok R Venkitaraman
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Abnormal cytokinesis in cells deficient in the breast cancer susceptibility protein BRCA2

Matthew J Daniels et al. Science. .
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Abstract

Germ-line mutations inactivating BRCA2 predispose to cancer. BRCA2-deficient cells exhibit alterations in chromosome number (aneuploidy), as well as structurally aberrant chromosomes. Here, we show that BRCA2 deficiency impairs the completion of cell division by cytokinesis. BRCA2 inactivation in murine embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) and HeLa cells by targeted gene disruption or RNA interference delays and prevents cell cleavage. Impeded cell separation is accompanied by abnormalities in myosin II organization during the late stages in cytokinesis. BRCA2 may have a role in regulating these events, as it localizes to the cytokinetic midbody. Our findings thus link cytokinetic abnormalities to a hereditary cancer syndrome characterized by chromosomal instability and may help to explain why BRCA2-deficient tumors are frequently aneuploid.

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