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Wnt10b signaling regulates replication stress-induced chromosomal instability in human cancer.

Alexander Haas, Friederike Wenz, Janina Hattemer, Janine Wesslowski, Gary Davidson, Oksana Voloshanenko, Michael Boutros, Sergio P Acebron, Holger Bastians

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Alexander HaasDepartment of Molecular Oncology, Section for Cellular Oncology, Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany.
Friederike WenzDepartment of Molecular Oncology, Section for Cellular Oncology, Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany.ORCID 0009-0003-0114-2772
Janina HattemerCentre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Janine WesslowskiKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems-Functional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-3674-1372
Gary DavidsonKarlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Institute of Biological and Chemical Systems-Functional Molecular Systems (IBCS-FMS), Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2264-5518
Oksana VoloshanenkoGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics, and Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Institute of Human Genetics, Department of Molecular Human Genetics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Michael BoutrosGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Division of Signaling and Functional Genomics, and Medical Faculty Heidelberg, Institute of Human Genetics, Department of Molecular Human Genetics, Heidelberg, Germany.
Sergio P AcebronCentre for Organismal Studies (COS), Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
Holger BastiansDepartment of Molecular Oncology, Section for Cellular Oncology, Göttingen Center for Molecular Biosciences (GZMB), University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG), Göttingen, Germany holger.bastians@uni-goettingen.de.ORCID 0000-0001-7915-3648

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wnt signaling pathways are involved in various developmental and tissue maintenance functions, whereas deregulated Wnt signaling is closely linked to human cancer. Recent work revealed that loss of Wnt signaling impairs mitosis and causes abnormal microtubule growth at the mitotic spindle resulting in chromosome missegregation and aneuploidy, both of which are hallmarks of cancer cells exhibiting chromosomal instability (CIN). Here, we show that upon DNA replication stress, a condition typically associated with CIN, Wnt10b acts to prevent increased microtubule dynamics from the S phase until mitosis, thereby ensuring faithful chromosome segregation. Interestingly, replication stress-induced chromosomal breaks are also efficiently suppressed by Wnt10b. Thus, our results show that Wnt10b signaling regulates replication stress-induced chromosome missegregation and breakage, and hence is a determinant for broad genome instability in cancer cells.

Indexed as

Chromosomal InstabilityDNA ReplicationNeoplasmsWnt ProteinsCell Line, TumorChromosome SegregationGenomic InstabilityHumansMicrotubulesMitosisProto-Oncogene ProteinsSignal TransductionWnt Signaling PathwayProto-Oncogene ProteinsWNT10B protein, humanWnt Proteins

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PMID40846632
PMCPMC12373720

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