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Reduced hematopoietic reserves in DNA interstrand crosslink repair-deficient ercc1(-/-) mice

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authors

  • Prasher, J. M.
  • Lalai, A. S.
  • Heijmans-Antonissen, C.
  • Ploemacher, R. E.
  • Hoeijmakers, J. H.
  • Touw, I. P.
  • Niedernhofer, Laura

publication date

  • February 2005

journal

  • EMBO Journal  Journal

abstract

  • The ERCC1-XPF heterodimer is a structure-specific endonuclease involved in both nucleotide excision repair and interstrand crosslink repair. Mice carrying a genetic defect in Ercc1 display symptoms suggestive of a progressive, segmental progeria, indicating that disruption of one or both of these DNA damage repair pathways accelerates aging. In the hematopoietic system, there are defined age-associated changes for which the cause is unknown. To determine if DNA repair is critical to prolonged hematopoietic function, hematopoiesis in Ercc1-/- mice was compared to that in young and old wild-type mice. Ercc1-/- mice (3-week-old) exhibited multilineage cytopenia and fatty replacement of bone marrow, similar to old wild-type mice. In addition, the proliferative reserves of hematopoietic progenitors and stress erythropoiesis were significantly reduced in Ercc1-/- mice compared to age-matched controls. These features were not seen in nucleotide excision repair-deficient Xpa-/- mice, but are characteristic of Fanconi anemia, a human cancer syndrome caused by defects in interstrand crosslink repair. These data support the hypothesis that spontaneous interstrand crosslink damage contributes to the functional decline of the hematopoietic system associated with aging.

subject areas

  • Animals
  • Blood Cell Count
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Cell Lineage
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Cells, Cultured
  • DNA Repair
  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Endonucleases
  • Erythropoiesis
  • Gene Deletion
  • Hematopoiesis
  • Hematopoietic Stem Cells
  • Liver
  • Mice
  • Mice, Knockout
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Research

keywords

  • Fanconi anemia
  • hematopoietic progenitors
  • nucleotide excision repair
  • progeria
  • senescence
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Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC549615

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 0261-4189

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1038/sj.emboj.7600542

PubMed ID

  • 15692571
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Additional Document Info

start page

  • 861

end page

  • 871

volume

  • 24

issue

  • 4

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