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SMC5/6 is required for replication fork stability and faithful chromosome segregation during neurogenesis.


ABSTRACT: Mutations of SMC5/6 components cause developmental defects, including primary microcephaly. To model neurodevelopmental defects, we engineered a mouse wherein Smc5 is conditionally knocked out (cKO) in the developing neocortex. Smc5 cKO mice exhibited neurodevelopmental defects due to neural progenitor cell (NPC) apoptosis, which led to reduction in cortical layer neurons. Smc5 cKO NPCs formed DNA bridges during mitosis and underwent chromosome missegregation. SMC5/6 depletion triggers a CHEK2-p53 DNA damage response, as concomitant deletion of the Trp53 tumor suppressor or Chek2 DNA damage checkpoint kinase rescued Smc5 cKO neurodevelopmental defects. Further assessment using Smc5 cKO and auxin-inducible degron systems demonstrated that absence of SMC5/6 leads to DNA replication stress at late-replicating regions such as pericentromeric heterochromatin. In summary, SMC5/6 is important for completion of DNA replication prior to entering mitosis, which ensures accurate chromosome segregation. Thus, SMC5/6 functions are critical in highly proliferative stem cells during organism development.

SUBMITTER: Atkins A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7723410 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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SMC5/6 is required for replication fork stability and faithful chromosome segregation during neurogenesis.

Atkins Alisa A   Xu Michelle J MJ   Li Maggie M   Rogers Nathaniel P NP   Pryzhkova Marina V MV   Jordan Philip W PW  

eLife 20201117


Mutations of SMC5/6 components cause developmental defects, including primary microcephaly. To model neurodevelopmental defects, we engineered a mouse wherein <i>Smc5</i> is conditionally knocked out (cKO) in the developing neocortex. <i>Smc5</i> cKO mice exhibited neurodevelopmental defects due to neural progenitor cell (NPC) apoptosis, which led to reduction in cortical layer neurons. <i>Smc5</i> cKO NPCs formed DNA bridges during mitosis and underwent chromosome missegregation. SMC5/6 depleti  ...[more]

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