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ArticleScientific reports2016

Selective advantage of trisomic human cells cultured in non-standard conditions.

Samuel D Rutledge, Temple A Douglas, Joshua M Nicholson, Maria Vila-Casadesús, Courtney L Kantzler, Darawalee Wangsa, Monika Barroso-Vilares, Shiv D Kale, Elsa Logarinho, Daniela Cimini

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 77 papers.

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77 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors.

Samuel D RutledgeDepartment of Biological Sciences, Blacksburg, VA 24061 - USA.
Temple A DouglasBiocomplexity Institute, Virginia Tech, 1015 Life Sciences Circle, Blacksburg, VA 24061 - USA.
Joshua M NicholsonDepartment of Biological Sciences, Blacksburg, VA 24061 - USA.
Maria Vila-CasadesúsBioinformatics Platform, CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain.
Courtney L KantzlerDepartment of Biological Sciences, Blacksburg, VA 24061 - USA.
Darawalee WangsaGenetics Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, 20892 - USA.
Monika Barroso-VilaresAging and Aneuploidy Laboratory, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde - i3S, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto - Portugal.
Shiv D KaleBiocomplexity Institute, Virginia Tech, 1015 Life Sciences Circle, Blacksburg, VA 24061 - USA.
Elsa LogarinhoAging and Aneuploidy Laboratory, Instituto de Biologia Molecular e Celular, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde - i3S, Universidade do Porto, Rua Alfredo Allen 208, 4200-135 Porto - Portugal.
Daniela CiminiDepartment of Biological Sciences, Blacksburg, VA 24061 - USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An abnormal chromosome number, a condition known as aneuploidy, is a ubiquitous feature of cancer cells. A number of studies have shown that aneuploidy impairs cellular fitness. However, there is also evidence that aneuploidy can arise in response to specific challenges and can confer a selective advantage under certain environmental stresses. Cancer cells are likely exposed to a number of challenging conditions arising within the tumor microenvironment. To investigate whether aneuploidy may confer a selective advantage to cancer cells, we employed a controlled experimental system. We used the diploid, colorectal cancer cell line DLD1 and two DLD1-derived cell lines carrying single-chromosome aneuploidies to assess a number of cancer cell properties. Such properties, which included rates of proliferation and apoptosis, anchorage-independent growth, and invasiveness, were assessed both under standard culture conditions and under conditions of stress (i.e., serum starvation, drug treatment, hypoxia). Similar experiments were performed in diploid vs. aneuploid non-transformed human primary cells. Overall, our data show that aneuploidy can confer selective advantage to human cells cultured under non-standard conditions. These findings indicate that aneuploidy can increase the adaptability of cells, even those, such as cancer cells, that are already characterized by increased proliferative capacity and aggressive tumorigenic phenotypes.

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Cell ProliferationTrisomyCells, CulturedEpithelial CellsHumans

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PMID26956415
PMCPMC4783771

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