Research Article

Noncoding Centromeric RNA Expression Impairs Chromosome Stability in Human and Murine Stem Cells

Table 1

The effects of noncoding centromeric RNAs on anaphase abnormalities.

Expression vectors and
cell types
Anaphase abnormalities (%);
number of error/total events
Significant levelStandard deviation and
standard error

HT 1080 cells
Control pIneo29.7 (136/1400)NA3.36/0.93
pI-17α21.3 (170/800)<0.00017.11/2.51
pI-21α21.3 (128/600)<0.00015.17/2.11
pI-Yα25.3 (76/300)<0.00011.15/0.66
pI-DYZ17.5 (90/1200)Not significant2.90/0.83
pI-Major10.6 (74/700)Not significant3.34/1.26
pI-Minor13.6 (95/700)Not significant3.47/1.37
HUES-10 cells
Control pIneo25.0 (15/300)NA4.58/2.65
pI-17α18.7 (56/300)<0.026.51/3.76
pI-21α19.7 (59/300)<0.0298.5/4.91
pI-Yα16.3 (49/300)<0.0141.15/0.67
pI-DYZ16.7 (20/300)Not significant3.79/2.19
pI-Major6.3 (19/300)Not significant4.93/2.85
pI-Minor5.7 (17/300)Not significant7.23/4.18
mES cells
Control pIneo24.7 (14/300)NA2.52/1.45
pI-17α6.0 (18/300)Not significant2.00/1.15
pI-21α6.0 (18/300)Not significant2.00/1.15
pI-Yα7.3 (22/300)Not significant0.58/0.33
pI-DYZ16.0 (18/300)Not significant3.61/2.08
pI-Major7.3 (22/300)Not significant2.89/1.67
pI-Minor14.3 (43/300)<0.0255.51/3.18