Xrcc2 is Required for Genetic Stability, Embryonic Neurogenesis and Viability in Mice

Overview

Journal EMBO J

Specialties Biotechnology
Molecular Biology

Date 2000 Dec 16

PMID 11118202

Citations 92

Authors

B Deans

C S Griffin

M Maconochie

J Thacker

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Abstract

Repair of DNA damage by homologous recombination has only recently been established as an important mechanism in maintaining genetic stability in mammalian cells. The recently cloned Xrcc2 gene is a member of the mammalian Rad51 gene family, thought to be central to homologous recombination repair. To understand its function in mammals, we have disrupted Xrcc2 in mice. No Xrcc2(-/-) animals were found alive, with embryonic lethality occurring from mid-gestation. Xrcc2(-/-) embryos surviving until later stages of embryogenesis commonly showed developmental abnormalities and died at birth. Neonatal lethality, apparently due to respiratory failure, was associated with a high frequency of apoptotic death of post- mitotic neurons in the developing brain, leading to abnormal cortical structure. Embryonic cells showed genetic instability, revealed by a high level of chromosomal aberrations, and were sensitive to gamma-rays. Our findings demonstrate that homologous recombination has an important role in endogenous damage repair in the developing embryo. Xrcc2 disruption identifies a range of defects that arise from malfunction of this repair pathway, and establishes a previously unidentified role for homologous recombination repair in correct neuronal development.

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