Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Oncogenic PIK3CA induces centrosome amplification and tolerance to genome doubling

  • Inma M. Berenjeno,
  • Roberto Piñeiro,
  • Sandra D. Castillo,
  • Wayne Pearce,
  • Nicholas McGranahan,
  • Sally M. Dewhurst,
  • Valerie Meniel,
  • Nicolai J. Birkbak,
  • Evelyn Lau,
  • Laurent Sansregret,
  • Daniele Morelli,
  • Nnennaya Kanu,
  • Shankar Srinivas,
  • Mariona Graupera,
  • Victoria E. R. Parker,
  • Karen G. Montgomery,
  • Larissa S. Moniz,
  • Cheryl L. Scudamore,
  • Wayne A. Phillips,
  • Robert K. Semple,
  • Alan Clarke,
  • Charles Swanton,
  • Bart Vanhaesebroeck

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02002-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Activated PI3K causes cancer, but the role of active PI3K mutations in early stages of malignancy are unclear. Here, the authors show in a mouse model that active PI3K induces centrosome amplification via AKT, ROCK, CDK2/Cyclin E and nucleophosmin, and increased tolerance of genome doubling.