BRCA2 fine-tunes the spindle assembly checkpoint through reinforcement of BubR1 acetylation - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative Study

. 2012 Feb 14;22(2):295-308.

doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2012.01.009.

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BRCA2 fine-tunes the spindle assembly checkpoint through reinforcement of BubR1 acetylation

Eunhee Choi et al. Dev Cell. 2012.

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Abstract

Germline mutations that inactivate BRCA2 promote early-onset cancer with chromosome instability. Here, we report that BRCA2 regulates the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC). Previously, we reported that BubR1 acetylation is essential for SAC activity. In this study we show that BRCA2 recruits the PCAF acetyltransferase and aids in BubR1 acetylation during mitosis. In the absence of BRCA2, BubR1 acetylation is abolished, and the level of BubR1 decreases during mitosis. Similarly, Brca2-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts exhibited weak SAC activity. Transgenic mice that were engineered to have interruptions in the BRCA2-BubR1 association exhibited marked decrease of BubR1 acetylation, weakened SAC activity, and aneuploidy. These transgenic mice developed spontaneous tumors at 40% penetrance. Moreover, immunohistochemical analyses of human breast cancer specimens suggested that BRCA2 mutation and BubR1 status is closely linked. Our results provide an explanation for how mutation of BRCA2 can lead to chromosome instability without apparent mutations in SAC components.

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