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Citation

Lu, H, Huang, YY, Mehrotra, S, Droz-Rosario, R, Liu, J, Bhaumik, M, White, E and Shen, Z (2011) Essential roles of BCCIP in mouse embryonic development and structural stability of chromosomes. PLoS Genet. 7:e1002291

Abstract

BCCIP is a BRCA2- and CDKN1A(p21)-interacting protein that has been implicated in the maintenance of genomic integrity. To understand the in vivo functions of BCCIP, we generated a conditional BCCIP knockdown transgenic mouse model using Cre-LoxP mediated RNA interference. The BCCIP knockdown embryos displayed impaired cellular proliferation and apoptosis at day E7.5. Consistent with these results, the in vitro proliferation of blastocysts and mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) of BCCIP knockdown mice were impaired considerably. The BCCIP deficient mouse embryos die before E11.5 day. Deletion of the p53 gene could not rescue the embryonic lethality due to BCCIP deficiency, but partially rescues the growth delay of mouse embryonic fibroblasts in vitro. To further understand the cause of development and proliferation defects in BCCIP-deficient mice, MEFs were subjected to chromosome stability analysis. The BCCIP-deficient MEFs displayed significant spontaneous chromosome structural alterations associated with replication stress, including a 3.5-fold induction of chromatid breaks. Remarkably, the BCCIP-deficient MEFs had a ∼20-fold increase in sister chromatid union (SCU), yet the induction of sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) was modestly at 1.5 fold. SCU is a unique type of chromatid aberration that may give rise to chromatin bridges between daughter nuclei in anaphase. In addition, the BCCIP-deficient MEFs have reduced repair of irradiation-induced DNA damage and reductions of Rad51 protein and nuclear foci. Our data suggest a unique function of BCCIP, not only in repair of DNA damage, but also in resolving stalled replication forks and prevention of replication stress. In addition, BCCIP deficiency causes excessive spontaneous chromatin bridges via the formation of SCU, which can subsequently impair chromosome segregations in mitosis and cell division.

Links

PubMed PMC3178617 Online version:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002291

Keywords

Animals; BRCA2 Protein/genetics; BRCA2 Protein/metabolism; Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics; Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism; Chromosomal Instability/genetics; Chromosome Segregation; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21/genetics; Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21/metabolism; DNA Damage/genetics; DNA Repair/genetics; DNA Replication/genetics; Embryonic Development/genetics; Fibroblasts/cytology; Fibroblasts/metabolism; Mice; Mice, Transgenic; Rad51 Recombinase/genetics; Rad51 Recombinase/metabolism; Recombination, Genetic; Sister Chromatid Exchange

Significance

Annotations

Gene product Qualifier GO Term Evidence Code with/from Aspect Extension Notes Status

MOUSE:BCCIP

GO:0006974: cellular response to DNA damage stimulus

ECO:0000315:

P

Figure 7. BCCIP Knockdown cells exhibit greater growth inhibition by irradiation compared to control.

complete
CACAO 3994

MOUSE:BCCIP

involved_in

GO:0006974: cellular response to DNA damage stimulus

ECO:0000315: mutant phenotype evidence used in manual assertion

P

Seeded From UniProt

complete


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