Deletion of Ku86 causes early onset of senescence in mice
AUTOR(ES)
Vogel, Hannes
FONTE
The National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
DNA double-strand breaks formed during the assembly of antigen receptors or after exposure to ionizing radiation are repaired by proteins important for nonhomologous end joining that include Ku86, Ku70, DNA-PKCS, Xrcc4, and DNA ligase IV. Here we show that ku86-mutant mice, compared with control littermates, prematurely exhibited age-specific changes characteristic of senescence that include osteopenia, atrophic skin, hepatocellular degeneration, hepatocellular inclusions, hepatic hyperplastic foci, and age-specific mortality. Cancer and likely sepsis (indicated by reactive immune responses) partly contributed to age-specific mortality for both cohorts, and both conditions occurred earlier in ku86−/− mice. These data indicate that Ku86-dependent chromosomal metabolism is important for determining the onset of age-specific changes characteristic of senescence in mice.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=17958Documentos Relacionados
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