Instability of the fragile X syndrome repeat in mice: the effect of age, diet and mutations in genes that affect DNA replication, recombination and repair proficiency

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Fleming, K [1 ]
Riser, DK [1 ]
Kumari, D [1 ]
Usdin, K [1 ]
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[1] NIDDKD, Sect Genom Struct & Funct, Mol & Cellular Biol Lab, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
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10.1159/000072848
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Q2 [细胞生物学];
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071009 ; 090102 ;
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Repeat expansion diseases such as fragile X syndrome (FXS) result from increases in the size of a specific tandem repeat array. In addition to large expansions, small changes in repeat number and deletions are frequently seen in FXS pedigrees. No mouse model accurately recapitulates all aspects of this instability, particularly the occurrence of large expansions. This may be due to differences between mice and humans in cis and/or trans-acting factors that affect repeat stability. The identification of such factors may help reveal the expansion mechanism and allow the development of suitable animal models for these disorders. We have examined the effect of age, dietary folate, and mutations in the Werner's syndrome helicase (Wrn) and Trp53 genes on FXS repeat instability in mice. WRN facilitates replication of the FXS repeat and enhances Okazaki fragment processing, thereby reducing the incidence of processes that have been suggested to lead to expansion. p53 is a protein involved in DNA damage surveillance and repair. We find two types of repeat instability in these mice, small changes in repeat number that are seen at frequencies approaching 100%, and large deletions which occur at a frequency of about 10%. The frequency of these events was independent of WRN, p53, parental age, or folate levels. The large deletions occur at the same frequency in mice homozygous and heterozygous for the repeat suggesting that they are not the result of an interallelic recombination event. In addition, no evidence of large expansions was seen. Our data thus show that the absence of repeat expansions in mice is not due to a more efficient WRN protein or p53-mediated error correction mechanism, and suggest that these proteins, or the pathways in which they are active, may not be involved in expansion in humans either. Moreover, the fact that contractions occur in the absence of expansions suggests that these processes occur by different mechanisms. Copyright (C) 2002 S. KargerAG, Basel.
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