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ArticleMolecular and cellular biology2008

Sumo-1 function is dispensable in normal mouse development.

Fu-Ping Zhang, Laura Mikkonen, Jorma Toppari, Jorma J Palvimo, Irma Thesleff, Olli A Jänne

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Article in Molecular and cellular biology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.

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93 citing papers in PubMed, 169 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Immune regulation by the SUMO family.Nature reviews. Immunology · 2025
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  6. Production and Purification of SUMO-UBC9 and SUMO-RANGAP1Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  7. The SUMO Pathway.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  10. SUMO modifies GβL and mediates mTOR signaling.The Journal of biological chemistry · 2024
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  17. Signalling mechanisms and cellular functions of SUMO.Nature reviews. Molecular cell biology · 2022
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  20. Natural Products Against Renal FibrosisFrontiers in pharmacology · 2022
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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fu-Ping ZhangUniversity of Helsinki, Institute of Biomedicine (Physiology), Biomedicum Helsinki, P.O. Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.
Laura Mikkonen
Jorma Toppari
Jorma J Palvimo
Irma Thesleff
Olli A Jänne
University of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Eastern Finland · FIUniversity of Turku · FI

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To elucidate SUMO-1 functions in vivo, we targeted by homologous recombination the last three exons of the murine Sumo-1 gene. Sumo-1 mRNA abundance was reduced to one-half in heterozygotes and was undetectable in Sumo-1(-/-) mice, and SUMO-1-conjugated RanGAP1 was detectable in wild-type mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) but not in Sumo-1(-/-) MEFs, indicating that gene targeting yielded Sumo-1-null mice. Sumo-1 mRNA is expressed in all tissues of wild-type mice, and its abundance is highest in the testis, brain, lungs, and spleen. Sumo-2 and Sumo-3 mRNAs are also expressed in all tissues, but their abundance was not upregulated in Sumo-1-null mice. The development and function of testis are normal in the absence of Sumo-1, and Sumo-1(-)(/)(-) mice of both sexes are viable and fertile. In contrast to a previous report (F. S. Alkuraya et al., Science 313:1751, 2006), we did not observe embryonic or early postnatal demise of Sumo-1-targeted mice; genotypes of embryos and 21-day-old mice were of predicted Mendelian ratios, and there was no defect in lip and palate development in Sumo-1(+/-) or Sumo-1(-/-) embryos. The ability of Sumo-1(-/-) MEFs to differentiate into adipocyte was not different from that of wild-type MEFs. Collectively, our results support the notion that most, if not all, SUMO-1 functions are compensated for in vivo by SUMO-2 and SUMO-3.

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AdipogenesisAnimalsAnimals, NewbornFemaleFibroblastsGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalGene TargetingMaleMiceMice, Inbred ICRMice, KnockoutPalatePhenotypeReproductionRNA, MessengerRNA, MessengerSmall Ubiquitin-Related Modifier ProteinsSUMO-1 ProteinSUMO2 protein, mouseSumo3 protein, mouseUbiquitins

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PMID18573887
PMCPMC2519746
OpenAlexW2163056216

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