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ArticleMechanisms of ageing and development

Deletion of Ku80 causes early aging independent of chronic inflammation and Rag-1-induced DSBs.

Valerie B Holcomb, Hannes Vogel, Paul Hasty

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Article in Mechanisms of ageing and development. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Valerie B HolcombDepartment of Molecular Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78245-3207, USA.
Hannes Vogel
Paul Hasty
Stanford University · USThe University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · US

Funding

THE IMPACT OF CELLULAR DEFENSE ON THE ROLE OF Ku80 IN GENOME MAINTENANCE AND LONGP01AG017242 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANT · PI VIJG, JAN · 1999 to 2023
$46.1M
Models for DNA repair and cell cycle control variantsU01ES011044 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANT · PI VIJG, JAN · 2001 to 2006
$5.1M
XRCC5 MUTANT MICE AND CELL LINESR01CA076317 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR SAN ANT · PI HASTY, EDWARD PAUL · 1997 to 2005
$1.0M
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA076317NCI NIH HHS R01 CA76317-05A1NIA NIH HHS P01 AG017242NIA NIH HHS P01 AG17242NIEHS NIH HHS U01 ES011044NIEHS NIH HHS U01 ES11044
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animal models of premature aging are often defective for DNA repair. Ku80-mutant mice are disabled for nonhomologous end joining; a pathway that repairs both spontaneous DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and induced DNA DSBs generated by the action of a complex composed of Rag-1 and Rag-2 (Rag). Rag is essential for inducing DSBs important for assembling V(D)J segments of antigen receptor genes that are required for lymphocyte development. Thus, deletion of either Rag-1 or Ku80 causes severe combined immunodeficiency (scid) leading to chronic inflammation. In addition, Rag-1 induces breaks at non-B DNA structures. Previously we reported Ku80-mutant mice undergo premature aging, yet we do not know the root cause of this phenotype. Early aging may be caused by either defective repair of spontaneous DNA damage, defective repair of Rag-1-induced breaks or chronic inflammation caused by scid. To address this issue, we analyzed aging in control and Ku80-mutant mice deleted for Rag-1 such that both cohorts are scid and suffer from chronic inflammation. We make two observations: (1) chronic inflammation does not cause premature aging in these mice and (2) Ku80-mutant mice exhibit early aging independent of Rag-1. Therefore, this study supports defective repair of spontaneous DNA damage as the root cause of early aging in Ku80-mutant mice.

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DNA Breaks, Double-StrandedGene DeletionAge FactorsAging, PrematureAnimalsAntigens, NuclearCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCellular SenescenceChronic DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalDNA-Binding ProteinsFibroblastsGenotypeHomeodomain ProteinsInflammationAntigens, NuclearDNA-Binding ProteinsHomeodomain ProteinsKu AutoantigenRAG-1 proteinXrcc6 protein, mouse

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PMID17928034
PMCPMC2692937
OpenAlexW1995974726

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