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Doctoral Thesis
DOI
https://doi.org/10.11606/T.41.2006.tde-19092007-173841
Document
Author
Full name
Elly Kayoko Nakagawa
Institute/School/College
Knowledge Area
Date of Defense
Published
São Paulo, 2006
Supervisor
Committee
Santelli, Glaucia Maria Machado (President)
Gama, Patricia
Toledo, Lurdes Foresti de Almeida
Villavicencio, Anna Lucia Casañas Haasis
Wajntal, Anita
Title in Portuguese
Estudo do significado biológico da multinucleação induzida por vincristina em células em cultura
Keywords in Portuguese
Aneuploidia
Apoptose
Citoesqueleto
Cultura celular
Multinucleação
Vincristina
Abstract in Portuguese
O estudo de agentes que interferem no funcionamento das proteínas relacionadas com o ciclo celular é importante para a compreensão dos processos de transformação e de morte celular. Alterações de ploidia, embora presentes na maioria dos tumores humanos, não têm ainda seu papel conhecido no processo de oncogênese. A alteração do número cromossômico é conseqüência primária de erros que envolvem o fuso mitótico e o cinetócoro. Dessa maneira, drogas que agem sobre os microtúbulos são consideradas aneugênicas potenciais. O presente trabalho enfocou o estudo do mecanismo pelo qual drogas que atuam sobre microtúbulos levam ao aparecimento de células multinucleadas e o significado biológico destas. Os resultados mostraram que a vincristina induziu bloqueio em mitose das células BBnt e MDCK, com conseqüente entrada em interfase no estado multinucleado. As células multinucleadas não apresentaram sinais de morte celular por apoptose, entretanto, quando em prófase apresentaram vários centrossomos, que poderiam originar divisões celulares com fusos multipolares. Estes resultados indicam que essas linhagens celulares possuem pontos de checagem mitótico funcionais e células multinucleadas são viáveis e capazes de prosseguir no ciclo celular. A presença de mitoses com fusos multipolares é indício de que as células multinucleadas passam por divisões anormais, que progrediriam para apoptose resultando na eliminação desta população.
Title in English
The study of biological meaning of multinucleation induced by vincristine in cultured cells
Keywords in English
Aneuploidy
Apoptosis
Cell culture
Cytoskeleton
Multinucleation
Vincristine
Abstract in English
The study of agents that interfere in the functionality of proteins related to cell cycle is important for the understanding of the transformation and cell death processes. Although ploidy alterations are presented in the majority of human tumors, their role in oncogenic process is not understood yet. The alteration on chromosomal number is the primary consequence of errors involving the mitotic spindle and kinetocore. Thus, drugs acting on the microtubules are considered as potentially aneugenic agents. The present work aimed to study the mechanism of multinucleated cells induction by action of antimicrotubule drug and biological meaning of these cells. The results showed that vincristine induced mitotic arrest of both BBnt and MDCK cells, with consequent entrance into interphasic-multinucleated status. Multinucleated cells did not present features of cell death by apoptosis; they were still viable and able to go further in cell-cycle progression. The presence of many structures suggested microtubule enucleation, centrosomes-like were detected on treated cells and could be responsible for the multi-spindle assembling that leads the multinucleated cells to abnormal divisions. Later on, when the multinucleated cells accumulated more abnormalities they were eliminated from the cell population by apoptosis.
 
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2007-09-25
 
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