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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry

Chromosomal localization of Ewing sarcoma EWSR1/FLI1 protein promotes the induction of aneuploidy.

Hyewon Park, Haeyoung Kim, Victoria Hassebroek, Yoshiaki Azuma, Chad Slawson, Mizuki Azuma

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hyewon ParkDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Haeyoung KimDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Victoria HassebroekDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Yoshiaki AzumaDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.
Chad SlawsonDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City Kansas, USA.
Mizuki AzumaDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA. Electronic address: azumam@ku.edu.
University of Kansas · USUniversity of Kansas Medical Center · US

Funding

Transgenic & Gene-Targeting Shared ResourceP30CA168524 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER · PI ROY A. JENSEN · 2012 to 2026
$40.1M
O-GlcNAcylation of Ewing sarcoma proteins in chromosomal maintenanceR03CA223949 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS LAWRENCE · PI AZUMA, MIZUKI, SLAWSON, CHAD ERIC · 2018 to 2019
$165k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA168524NCI NIH HHS R03 CA223949
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ewing sarcoma is a pediatric bone cancer that expresses the chimeric protein EWSR1/FLI1. We previously demonstrated that EWSR1/FLI1 impairs the localization of Aurora B kinase to the midzone (the midline structure located between segregating chromosomes) during anaphase. While localization of Aurora B is essential for faithful cell division, it is unknown whether interference with midzone organization by EWSR1/FLI1 induces aneuploidy. To address this, we generated stable Tet-on inducible cell lines with EWSR1/FLI1, using CRISPR/Cas9 technology to integrate the transgene at the safe-harbor AAVS1 locus in DLD-1 cells. Induced cells expressing EWSR1/FLI1 displayed an increased incidence of aberrant localization of Aurora B, and greater levels of aneuploidy, compared with noninduced cells. Furthermore, the expression of EWSR1/FLI1-T79A, containing a threonine (Thr) to alanine (Ala) substitution at amino acid 79, failed to induce these phenotypes, indicating that Thr 79 is critical for EWSR1/FLI1 interference with mitosis. In contrast, the phosphomimetic mutant EWSR1/FLI1-T79D (Thr to aspartic acid (Asp)) retained the high activity as wild-type EWSR1/FLI1. Together, these findings suggest that phosphorylation of EWSR1/FLI1 at Thr 79 promotes the colocalization of EWSR1/FLI1 and Aurora B on the chromosomes during prophase and metaphase and, in addition, impairs the localization of Aurora B during anaphase, leading to induction of aneuploidy. This is the first demonstration of the mechanism for EWSR1/FLI1-dependent induction of aneuploidy associated with mitotic dysfunction and the identification of the phosphorylation of the Thr 79 of EWSR1/FLI1 as a critical residue required for this induction.

Indexed as

AneuploidyGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalAlanineAmino Acid SubstitutionAnaphaseAspartic AcidAurora Kinase BBone NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorChromosome SegregationCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene EditingHumansMetaphaseModels, BiologicalAlanineAspartic AcidAURKB protein, humanAurora Kinase BEWSR1-FLI1 fusion protein, humanOncogene Proteins, FusionRecombinant ProteinsThreonineaneuploidyAurora BEwing sarcomaEWSR1/FLI1mitosis

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PMID33293370
PMCPMC7857440
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