First Author | Morales JC | Year | 2006 |
Journal | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A | Volume | 103 |
Issue | 9 | Pages | 3310-5 |
PubMed ID | 16492765 | Mgi Jnum | J:107173 |
Mgi Id | MGI:3620375 | Doi | 10.1073/pnas.0511259103 |
Citation | Morales JC, et al. (2006) 53BP1 and p53 synergize to suppress genomic instability and lymphomagenesis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103(9):3310-5 |
abstractText | p53-binding protein 1 (53BP1) participates in the cellular response to DNA double-stranded breaks where it associates with various DNA repair/cell cycle factors including the H2AX histone variant. Mice deficient for 53BP1 (53BP1(-/-)) are sensitive to ionizing radiation and immunodeficient because of impaired Ig heavy chain class switch recombination. Here we show that, as compared with p53(-/-) mice, 53BP1(-/-)/p53(-/-) animals more rapidly develop tumors, including T cell lymphomas and, at lower frequency, B lineage lymphomas, sarcomas, and teratomas. In addition, T cells from animals deficient for both 53BP1 and p53 (53BP1(-/-)/p53(-/-)) display elevated levels of genomic instability relative to T cells deficient for either 53BP1 or p53 alone. In contrast to p53(-/-) T cell lymphomas, which routinely display aneuploidy but not translocations, 53BP1(-/-)/p53(-/-) thymic lymphomas fall into two distinct cytogenetic categories, with many harboring clonal translocations (40%) and the remainder showing aneuploidy (60%). We propose that 53BP1, in the context of p53 deficiency, suppresses T cell lymphomagenesis through its roles in both cell-cycle checkpoints and double-stranded break repair. |