Fig. 5

Working model: nuclear envelope defect is the main cause of aneuploidy in carcinogenesis. a Depiction of normal cytokinesis: at the start of M phase, the nuclear envelope dissolves, chromatin undergoes condensation, chromosomes pair and then separate, two new nuclear envelopes form, and cytokinesis is completed. b Chromosomal Disjunction: during chromosomal separation, one or more chromosomes are not attached. As a result, the two daughter cells have unequal distribution of chromosomes following cytokinesis. This mechanism is generally thought to be the main cause of aneuploidy. c Nuclear envelope defect causes aneuploidy: We reason that loss of a nuclear envelope structural component such as lamin A/C results in a misshapen nucleus. Additionally, the lamin A/C-deficient cells frequently fail to complete cytokinesis. Thus, tetraploid cells and subsequently aneuploid cells are generated. Formation of micronuclei at G-phases is another mechanism for the loss of individual chromosomes. Thus, we propose that the nuclear envelope defect is the main cause of aneuploidy in ovarian cancer development