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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-2-6
pubmed:abstractText
In mammalian cells, DNA polymerase beta (Polbeta) and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) have been implicated in base excision repair (BER) and single-strand break repair. Polbeta knockout mice exhibit extensive neuronal apoptosis during neurogenesis and die immediately after birth, while PARP-1 knockout mice are viable and display hypersensitivity to genotoxic agents and genomic instability. Although accumulating biochemical data show functional interactions between Polbeta and PARP-1, such interactions in the whole animal have not yet been explored. To study this, we generate Polbeta(-/-)PARP-1(-/-) double mutant mice. Here, we show that the double mutant mice exhibit a profound developmental delay and embryonic lethality at mid-gestation. Importantly, the degree of the neuronal apoptosis was dramatically reduced in PARP-1 heterozygous mice in a Polbeta null background. The reduction was well correlated with decreased levels of p53 phosphorylation at serine-18, suggesting that the apoptosis depends on the p53-mediated apoptosis pathway that is positively regulated by PARP-1. These results indicate that functional interactions between Polbeta and PARP-1 play important roles in embryonic development and neurogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
354
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
656-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Decreased PARP-1 levels accelerate embryonic lethality but attenuate neuronal apoptosis in DNA polymerase beta-deficient mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Kihara Institute for Biological Research and Graduate School of Integrated Science, Yokohama City University, 641-12 Maioka-cho, Totsuka-ku, Yokohama 244-0813, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't