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ArticleMethods in cell biology2024

Induction of chromosome-specific micronuclei and chromothripsis by centromere inactivation.

Yu-Fen Lin, Qing Hu, Alison Guyer, Daniele Fachinetti, Peter Ly

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Article in Methods in cell biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. ECHOS enables spatial epigenome profiling at subcellular resolution.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  3. Origin and Fate of Micronuclei on the Road to Chromoanagenesis.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yu-Fen LinDepartment of Pathology, Department of Cell Biology, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
Qing HuDepartment of Pathology, Department of Cell Biology, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
Alison GuyerDepartment of Pathology, Department of Cell Biology, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States.
Daniele FachinettiInstitut Curie, PSL Research University, CNRS, UMR 144, Paris, France.
Peter LyDepartment of Pathology, Department of Cell Biology, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States. Electronic address: peter.ly@utsouthwestern.edu.
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FRSouthwestern Medical Center · US

Funding

Genomic Instability from Fragmented Chromosomes in MicronucleiR35GM146610 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI Peter Ly · 2022 to 2026
$2.3M
Cell Division Errors as a Mechanism Driving Massive Genomic RearrangementsR00CA218871 · NCI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI LY, PETER · 2019 to 2021
$676k
NCI NIH HHS R00 CA218871NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM146610
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chromothripsis describes the catastrophic fragmentation of individual chromosomes followed by its haphazard reassembly into a derivative chromosome harboring complex rearrangements. This process can be initiated by mitotic cell division errors when one or more chromosomes aberrantly mis-segregate into micronuclei and acquire extensive DNA damage. Approaches to induce the formation of micronuclei encapsulating random chromosomes have been used; however, the eventual reincorporation of the micronucleated chromosome into daughter cell nuclei poses a challenge in tracking the chromosome for multiple cell cycles. Here we outline an approach to genetically engineer stable human cell lines capable of efficient chromosome-specific micronuclei induction. This strategy, which targets the CENP-B-deficient Y chromosome centromere for inactivation, allows the stepwise process of chromothripsis to be experimentally recapitulated, including the mechanisms and timing of chromosome fragmentation. Lastly, we describe the integration of a selection marker onto the micronucleated Y chromosome that enables the diverse genomic rearrangement landscape arising from micronuclei formation to be interrogated.

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ChromothripsisCell DivisionCell LineCell NucleusCentromereHumansCentromereChromosome segregationChromothripsisMicronuclei

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PMID38359973
PMCPMC11008423
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