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http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jcs.190132 | DOI Listing |
EMBO J
September 2025
Department of Biology, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, Heraklion, 70013, Greece.
In the presence of chromatin bridges in cytokinesis, human cells retain actin-rich structures (actin patches) at the base of the intercellular canal to prevent chromosome breakage. Here, we show that daughter nuclei connected by chromatin bridges are under mechanical tension that requires interaction of the nuclear membrane Sun1/2-Nesprin-2 Linker of Nucleoskeleton and Cytoskeleton (LINC) complex with the actin cytoskeleton, and an intact nuclear lamina. This nuclear tension promotes accumulation of Sun1/2-Nesprin-2 proteins at the base of chromatin bridges and local enrichment of the RhoA-activator PDZ RhoGEF through PDZ-binding to cytoplasmic Nesprin-2 spectrin repeats.
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August 2025
Prenatal Diagnostic Center, Beijing Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital, Beijing, China.
Background: Chromosomal karyotype analysis remains a classical and frontline method in prenatal diagnosis, capable of detecting balanced chromosomal abnormalities and providing insights distinct from high-resolution molecular techniques such as CMA and CNV-Seq. However, large-scale studies on the distribution of structural abnormalities and mosaicism in amniotic fluid karyotypes are scarce, with most previous research focusing on common aneuploidies.
Objective: The study aimed to elucidate the relationship between chromosomal structural abnormalities and specific chromosomes.
Methods Mol Biol
August 2025
Institut de Génétique Humaine, Université de Montpellier, CNRS, Equipe Labellisée Ligue contre le Cancer, Montpellier, France.
Cancers are characterized with altered genomes. Sequencing of thousands of cancer genomes has led to the identification of new types of complex genomic rearrangements that generate new chromosomes, known as chromoanagenesis. Chromothripsis is, to-date, the best characterized phenomenon of complex rearrangements, in which a single chromosome pulverization is followed by reassembly of broken DNA fragments in a random manner.
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August 2025
Unit of Chromosomal Genetics and Research Platform Chromostem, Department of Molecular Genetics and Cytogenomics, Site Unique de Biologie (SUB), Montpellier CHU, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
Chromoplexy is a massive and complex rearrangement mechanism, occurring during a single cell event and characterized by the formation of chain rearrangements affecting multiple chromosomes. This can lead to the formation of fusion genes and the simultaneous disruption of several genes. Chromoplexy was first identified in prostate cancers, but it is now being observed in various cancers where gene fusions take place.
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July 2025
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Structural variations (SVs) represent genomic variations that involve breakage and rejoining of DNA segments. SVs can alter normal gene dosage, lead to rearrangements of genes and regulatory elements within a topologically associated domain, and potentially contribute to physical traits, genomic disorders, or complex traits. Recent advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatics have greatly improved SV detection and interpretation at unprecedented resolution and scale.
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