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Impaired replication stress response in cells from immunodeficiency patients carrying Cernunnos/XLF mutations.

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العنوان: Impaired replication stress response in cells from immunodeficiency patients carrying Cernunnos/XLF mutations.
المؤلفون: Michal Schwartz, Yifat S Oren, Assaf C Bester, Ayelet Rahat, Ruthy Sfez, Shlomo Yitzchaik, Jean-Pierre de Villartay, Batsheva Kerem
المصدر: PLoS ONE, Vol 4, Iss 2, p e4516 (2009)
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2009.
سنة النشر: 2009
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: Non-Homologous End Joining (NHEJ) is one of the two major pathways of DNA Double Strand Breaks (DSBs) repair. Mutations in human NHEJ genes can lead to immunodeficiency due to its role in V(D)J recombination in the immune system. In addition, most patients carrying mutations in NHEJ genes display developmental anomalies which are likely the result of a general defect in repair of endogenously induced DSBs such as those arising during normal DNA replication. Cernunnos/XLF is a recently identified NHEJ gene which is mutated in immunodeficiency with microcephaly patients. Here we aimed to investigate whether Cernunnos/XLF mutations disrupt the ability of patient cells to respond to replication stress conditions. Our results demonstrate that Cernunnos/XLF mutated cells and cells downregulated for Cernunnos/XLF have increased sensitivity to conditions which perturb DNA replication. In addition, under replication stress, these cells exhibit impaired DSB repair and increased accumulation of cells in G2/M. Moreover Cernunnos/XLF mutated and down regulated cells display greater chromosomal instability, particularly at fragile sites, under replication stress conditions. These results provide evidence for the role of Cernunnos/XLF in repair of DSBs and maintenance of genomic stability under replication stress conditions. This is the first study of a NHEJ syndrome showing association with impaired cellular response to replication stress conditions. These findings may be related to the clinical features in these patients which are not due to the V(D)J recombination defect. Additionally, in light of the emerging important role of replication stress in the early stages of cancer development, our findings may provide a mechanism for the role of NHEJ in preventing tumorigenesis.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2637976?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004516
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/749e8821f1254b9485d6d117a2c6daaf
رقم الانضمام: edsdoj.749e8821f1254b9485d6d117a2c6daaf
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0004516