UV-B Radiation Induces Epithelial Tumors in Mice Lacking DNA Polymerase and Mesenchymal Tumors in Mice Deficient for DNA Polymerase
Molecular and Cellular Biology(2006)
摘要
DNA polymerase eta (Pol eta) is the product of the Polh gene, which is responsible for the group variant of xeroderma pigmentosum, a rare inherited recessive disease which is characterized by susceptibility to sunlight-induced skin cancer. We recently reported in a study of Polh mutant mice that Pol eta is involved in the somatic hypermutation of immunoglobulin genes, but the cancer predisposition of Polh(-/-) mice has not been examined until very recently. Another translesion synthesis polymerase, Poll L, a Pol eta paralog encoded by the Poli gene, is naturally deficient in the 129 mouse strain, and the function of Pol i, is enigmatic. Here, we generated Polh Poli double-deficient mice and compared the tumor susceptibility of them with Polh- or Poli-deficient animals under the same genetic background. While Pol L deficiency does not influence the UV sensitivity of mouse fibroblasts irrespective of Polh genotype, Polh Poli double-deficient mice show slightly earlier onset of skin tumor formation. Intriguingly, histological diagnosis after chronic treatment with UV light reveals that Pol L deficiency leads to the formation of mesenchymal tumors, such as sarcomas, that are not observed in Polh-(/-) mice. These results suggest the involvement of the Pol eta and Pol i proteins in UV-induced skin carcinogenesis.
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ment of the pol and pol proteins in uv-induced skin carcinogenesis.
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