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ArticleAging cell2020

FOXO3a acts to suppress DNA double-strand break-induced mutations.

Ryan R White, Alexander Y Maslov, Moonsook Lee, Samantha E Wilner, Matthew Levy, Jan Vijg

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Article in Aging cell, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. DAF-16/FOXO maintains genome integrity following genotoxic stress.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Ryan R WhiteDepartment of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8344-2549
Alexander Y MaslovDepartment of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Moonsook LeeDepartment of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Samantha E WilnerDepartment of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Matthew LevyDepartment of Biochemistry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Jan VijgDepartment of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · 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
The role of hyaluronan in longevity and cancer resistance of longest-lived rodentP01AG047200 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI Andrei Seluanov · 2014 to 2026
$36.9M
Validation and characterization of the identified variants associated with human longevity in mouse modelsU19AG056278 · NIA · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI NIR J BARZILAI, Paul D. Robbins · 2017 to 2026
$24.5M
Integrative, age-related changes in genome and epigenome in human lung in relation to smokingU01HL145560 · NHLBI · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI SPIVACK, SIMON D, VIJG, JAN · 2019 to 2022
$2.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL145560NIA NIH HHS P01 AG017242NIA NIH HHS P01 AG047200NIA NIH HHS U19 AG056278NIH HHS AG17242
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genomic instability is one of the hallmarks of aging, and both DNA damage and mutations have been found to accumulate with age in different species. Certain gene families, such as sirtuins and the FoxO family of transcription factors, have been shown to play a role in lifespan extension. However, the mechanism(s) underlying the increased longevity associated with these genes remains largely unknown and may involve the regulation of responses to cellular stressors, such as DNA damage. Here, we report that FOXO3a reduces genomic instability in cultured mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) treated with agents that induce DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), that is, clastogens. We show that DSB treatment of both primary human and mouse fibroblasts upregulates FOXO3a expression. FOXO3a ablation in MEFs harboring the mutational reporter gene lacZ resulted in an increase in genome rearrangements after bleomycin treatment; conversely, overexpression of human FOXO3a was found to suppress mutation accumulation in response to bleomycin. We also show that overexpression of FOXO3a in human primary fibroblasts decreases DSB-induced γH2AX foci. Knocking out FOXO3a in mES cells increased the frequency of homologous recombination and non-homologous end-joining events. These results provide the first direct evidence that FOXO3a plays a role in suppressing genome instability, possibly by suppressing genome rearrangements.

Indexed as

DNA Breaks, Double-StrandedAge FactorsDNA DamageForkhead Box Protein O3HumansMutationForkhead Box Protein O3FOXO3 protein, humanagingbleomycinDNA damageDSB repairFOXO3amutations

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PMID32720744
PMCPMC7511859
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