title: A p53-dependent mouse spindle checkpoint.
abstract: Cell cycle checkpoints enhance genetic fidelity by causing arrest at specific stages of the cell cycle when previous events have not been completed. The tumor suppressor p53 has been implicated in a G1 checkpoint. To investigate whether p53 also participates in a mitotic checkpoint, cultured fibroblasts from p53-deficient mouse embryos were exposed to spindle inhibitors. The fibroblasts underwent multiple rounds of DNA synthesis without completing chromosome segregation, thus forming tetraploid and octaploid cells. Deficiency of p53 was also associated with the development of tetraploidy in vivo. These results suggest that murine p53 is a component of a spindle checkpoint that ensures the maintenance of diploidy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cross
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Schimke
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramel
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Idzerda
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Raskind
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Reid
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003703:Demecolcine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004171:Diploidy; D005260:Female; D016158:Genes, p53; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008938:Mitosis; D015739:Nocodazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D011003:Ploidies; D008941:Spindle Apparatus / Q000502:physiology*; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D004247:DNA; D015739:Nocodazole; D003703:Demecolcine