title: Centrosome hypertrophy in human breast tumors: implications for genomic stability and cell polarity.
abstract: The centrosome plays an important role in maintenance of cell polarity and in progression through the cell cycle by determining the number, polarity, and organization of interphase and mitotic microtubules. By examining a set of 35 high grade human breast tumors, we show that centrosomes of adenocarcinoma cells generally display abnormal structure, aberrant protein phosphorylation, and increased microtubule nucleating capacity in comparison to centrosomes of normal breast epithelial and stromal tissues. These structural and functional centrosome defects have important implications for understanding the mechanisms by which genomic instability and loss of cell polarity develop in solid tumors.
authors.affiliation: Tumor Biology Program, Mayo Clinic Foundation, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: W L
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Lingle
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Lutz
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Ingle
authors.forename: N J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Maihle
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Salisbury
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000782:Aneuploidy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016764:Cell Polarity / Q000235:genetics; D002502:Centrioles / Q000473:pathology; D018385:Centrosome / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D010766:Phosphorylation
chemical_list: D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins