{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["228(3)"],"submitter":["Yao Y"],"funding":["Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología","Open Competition M-2","CONACYT","University of Groningen","Dutch Research Council (NWO)","Abel Tasman Talent Program scholarship","Nanjing Huimou Medi-Tech Co"],"pubmed_abstract":["Multiple pathways are known to suppress the formation of gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs), which can cause human diseases including cancer. In contrast, much less is known about pathways that promote their formation. The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC), which ensures the proper separation of chromosomes during mitosis, has been reported to promote GCR, possibly by delaying mitosis to allow GCR-inducing DNA repair to occur. Here, we show that this conclusion is the result of an experimental artifact arising from the synthetic lethality caused by the disruption of the SAC and loss of the CIN8 gene, which is often lost in the genetic assay used to select for GCRs. After correcting for this artifact, we find no role of the SAC in promoting GCR."],"journal":["Genetics"],"pagination":["iyae150"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11538403"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Revisiting the role of the spindle assembly checkpoint in the formation of gross chromosomal rearrangements in Saccharomyces cerevisiae."],"pmcid":["PMC11538403"],"pubmed_authors":["Boudeman J","Chang M","Yao Y","Rosas Bringas FR","Novarina D","Yin Z"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Revisiting the role of the spindle assembly checkpoint in the formation of gross chromosomal rearrangements in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.","description":"Multiple pathways are known to suppress the formation of gross chromosomal rearrangements (GCRs), which can cause human diseases including cancer. In contrast, much less is known about pathways that promote their formation. The spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC), which ensures the proper separation of chromosomes during mitosis, has been reported to promote GCR, possibly by delaying mitosis to allow GCR-inducing DNA repair to occur. Here, we show that this conclusion is the result of an experimental artifact arising from the synthetic lethality caused by the disruption of the SAC and loss of the CIN8 gene, which is often lost in the genetic assay used to select for GCRs. After correcting for this artifact, we find no role of the SAC in promoting GCR.","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Nov","modification":"2025-04-04T03:04:27.853Z","creation":"2025-04-04T03:04:27.853Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11538403","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39268895"],"doi":["10.1093/genetics/iyae150"]}}