Article
Rb1 haploinsufficiency promotes telomere attrition and radiation-induced genomic instability.
Cancer research - 15 Jul 2013
Gonzalez-Vasconcellos Iria, Anastasov Natasa, Sanli-Bonazzi Bahar, Klymenko Olena, Atkinson Michael J, Rosemann Michael
Abstract excerpt
Germline mutations of the retinoblastoma gene (RB1) predispose to both sporadic and radiation-induced osteosarcoma, tumors characterized by high levels of genomic instability, and activation of alternative lengthening of telomeres. Mice with haploinsufficiency of the Rb1 gene in the osteoblastic lineage reiterate the radiation susceptibility to osteosarcoma seen in patients with germline RB1 mutations. We show...
Topics
- Animals
- Bone Neoplasms
- Cell Cycle Checkpoints
- Cells, Cultured
- Genes, Retinoblastoma
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genomic Instability
- Haploinsufficiency
- Mice
- Osteosarcoma
- Radiation
