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"Fancm-deficient mice reveal unique features of Fanconi anemia complementation group M." |
Bakker ST, van de Vrugt HJ, Rooimans MA, Oostra AB, Steltenpool J, Delzenne-Goette E, van der Wal A, van der Valk M, Joenje H, te Riele H, de Winter JP |
Published Sept. 15, 2009 in Hum Mol Genet volume 18 .
Pubmed ID: 19561169
Abstract:
| The Fanconi anemia (FA) core complex member FANCM remodels synthetic replication forks and recombination intermediates. Thus far, only one FA patient with FANCM mutations has been described, but the relevance of these mutations for the FA phenotype is uncertain. To provide further experimental access to the FA-M complementation group we have generated Fancm-deficient mice by deleting exon 2. FANCM deficiency caused hypogonadism in mice and hypersensitivity to cross-linking agents in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), thus phenocopying other FA mouse models. However, Fancm(Delta2/Delta2) mice also showed unique features atypical for FA mice, including underrepresentation of female Fancm(Delta2/Delta2) mice and decreased overall and tumor-free survival. This increased cancer incidence may be correlated to the role of FANCM in the suppression of spontaneous sister chromatid exchanges as observed in MEFs. In addition, FANCM appeared to have a stimulatory rather than essential role in FANCD2 monoubiquitination. The FA-M mouse model presented here suggests that FANCM functions both inside and outside the FA core complex to maintain genome stability and to prevent tumorigenesis. |
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Last modification of this entry: Oct. 6, 2010
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