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ArticleGastroenterology2011

The nuclear pore complex protein Elys is required for genome stability in mouse intestinal epithelial progenitor cells.

Nan Gao, Gangarao Davuluri, Weilong Gong, Christoph Seiler, Kristin Lorent, Emma E Furth, Klaus H Kaestner, Michael Pack

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Article in Gastroenterology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nan GaoDepartment of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Gangarao Davuluri
Weilong Gong
Christoph Seiler
Kristin Lorent
Emma E Furth
Klaus H Kaestner
Michael Pack
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

TRANSGENIC AND CHIMERIC MOUSE COREP30DK050306 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI REBECCA G WELLS · 1997 to 2026
$32.5M
REGULATORY CASCADES IN GASTROINTESTINAL PROLIFERATIONR01DK053839 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI KAESTNER, KLAUS H · 1998 to 2011
$4.5M
MOLECULAR ANALYSIS OF ZEBRAFISH DIGESTIVE MUTANTSR01DK054942 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PACK, MICHAEL A · 1999 to 2010
$2.6M
Exocrine Pancreas &Intestinal Epithelial DevelopmentR01DK061142 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PACK, MICHAEL A · 2001 to 2005
$2.0M
Regulation of Apical-Basal Cell polarity during Intestinal Epithelial MorphogenesK01DK085194 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI GAO, NAN · 2010 to 2014
$728k
A mouse model of the zebrafish meltdown mutantR21CA120491 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PACK, MICHAEL A · 2007 to 2008
$347k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND &

aimsElys is a conserved protein that directs nuclear pore complex (NPC) assembly in mammalian cell lines and developing worms and zebrafish. Related studies in these systems indicate a role for Elys in DNA replication and repair. Intestinal epithelial progenitors of zebrafish elys mutants undergo apoptosis early in development. However, it is not known whether loss of Elys has a similar effect in the mammalian intestine or whether the NPC and DNA repair defects each contribute to the overall phenotype.

methodsWe developed mice in which a conditional Elys allele was inactivated in the developing intestinal epithelium and during preimplantation development. Phenotypes of conditional mutant mice were determined using immunohistochemical analysis for nuclear pore proteins, electron microscopy, and immunoblot analysis of DNA replication and repair proteins.

resultsConditional inactivation of the Elys locus in the developing mouse intestinal epithelium led to a reversible delay in growth in juvenile mice that was associated with epithelial architecture distortion and crypt cell apoptosis. The phenotype was reduced in adult mutant mice, which were otherwise indistinguishable from wild-type mice. All mice had activated DNA damage responses but no evidence of NPC assembly defects.

conclusionsIn mice, Elys maintains genome stability in intestinal epithelial progenitor cells, independent of its role in NPC assembly in zebrafish.

Indexed as

Gene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalAllelesAnimalsApoptosisBlotting, SouthernBlotting, WesternCell LineDisease Models, AnimalDNA RepairGenomic InstabilityImmunohistochemistryIntestinal MucosaMiceMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionNuclear PorePhenotypeELYS protein, mouseRNATranscription Factors

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PMID21315719
PMCPMC3282118
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