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Haploinsufficiency of mTR results in defects in telomere elongation.

ABSTRACT: Telomeres are usually maintained about an equilibrium length, and the set point for this equilibrium differs between species and between strains of a given species. To examine the requirement for telomerase in mediating establishment of a new telomere length equilibrium, we generated interspecies crosses with telomerase mTR knockout mice. In crosses between C57BL/6J (B6) and either of two unrelated mouse species, CAST/Ei and SPRET/Ei, telomerase mediated establishment of a new telomere length equilibrium in wild-type mTR(+/+) mice. This new equilibrium was characterized by elongation of the short telomeres of CAST/Ei or SPRET/Ei origin. In contrast, mTR(-/-) offspring of interspecies crosses failed to elongate telomeres. Unexpectedly, haploinsufficiency was observed in mTR(+/-) heterozygous interspecies mice, which had an impaired ability to elongate short SPRET/Ei or CAST/Ei telomeres to the new equilibrium set point that was achieved in wild-type mTR(+/+) mice. These results demonstrate that elongation of telomeres to a new telomere set point requires telomerase and indicate that telomerase RNA may be limiting in vivo.

SUBMITTER: Hathcock KS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC122568 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Haploinsufficiency of mTR results in defects in telomere elongation.

Hathcock Karen S KS Hemann Michael T MT Opperman Kay Keyer KK Strong Margaret A MA Greider Carol W CW Hodes Richard J RJ

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20020301 6

Telomeres are usually maintained about an equilibrium length, and the set point for this equilibrium differs between species and between strains of a given species. To examine the requirement for telomerase in mediating establishment of a new telomere length equilibrium, we generated interspecies crosses with telomerase mTR knockout mice. In crosses between C57BL/6J (B6) and either of two unrelated mouse species, CAST/Ei and SPRET/Ei, telomerase mediated establishment of a new telomere length eq ...[more]

PMID: 11904421

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Haploinsufficiency of mTR results in defects in telomere elongation.

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Haploinsufficiency of mTR results in defects in telomere elongation.

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