Unknown

Dataset Information

0

High incidence of epithelial cancers in mice deficient for DNA polymerase delta proofreading.


ABSTRACT: Mutations are a hallmark of cancer. Normal cells minimize spontaneous mutations through the combined actions of polymerase base selectivity, 3' --> 5' exonucleolytic proofreading, mismatch correction, and DNA damage repair. To determine the consequences of defective proofreading in mammals, we created mice with a point mutation (D400A) in the proofreading domain of DNA polymerase delta (poldelta, encoded by the Pold1 gene). We show that this mutation inactivates the 3' --> 5' exonuclease of poldelta and causes a mutator and cancer phenotype in a recessive manner. By 18 months of age, 94% of homozygous Pold1(D400A/D400A) mice developed cancer and died (median survival = 10 months). In contrast, only 3-4% of Pold1(+/D400A) and Pold1(+/+) mice developed cancer in this time frame. Of the 66 tumors arising in 49 Pold1(D400A/D400A) mice, 40 were epithelial in origin (carcinomas), 24 were mesenchymal (lymphomas and sarcomas), and two were composite (teratomas); one-third of these animals developed tumors in more than one tissue. Skin squamous cell carcinoma was the most common tumor type, occurring in 60% of all Pold1(D400A/D400A) mice and in 90% of those surviving beyond 8 months of age. These data show that poldelta proofreading suppresses spontaneous tumor development and strongly suggest that unrepaired DNA polymerase errors contribute to carcinogenesis. Mice deficient in poldelta proofreading provide a tractable model to study mechanisms of epithelial tumorigenesis initiated by a mutator phenotype.

SUBMITTER: Goldsby RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC137756 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

altmetric image

Publications

High incidence of epithelial cancers in mice deficient for DNA polymerase delta proofreading.

Goldsby Robert E RE   Hays Laura E LE   Chen Xin X   Olmsted Elise A EA   Slayton William B WB   Spangrude Gerry J GJ   Preston Bradley D BD  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20021112 24


Mutations are a hallmark of cancer. Normal cells minimize spontaneous mutations through the combined actions of polymerase base selectivity, 3' --> 5' exonucleolytic proofreading, mismatch correction, and DNA damage repair. To determine the consequences of defective proofreading in mammals, we created mice with a point mutation (D400A) in the proofreading domain of DNA polymerase delta (poldelta, encoded by the Pold1 gene). We show that this mutation inactivates the 3' --> 5' exonuclease of pold  ...[more]

Similar Datasets

| S-EPMC2761330 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC5109483 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3364565 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2685094 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC1636855 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC2750014 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC1460598 | biostudies-other
| S-EPMC7498342 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3407341 | biostudies-literature
| S-EPMC3055789 | biostudies-literature