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Norway

PMID:29635765  

Mice with reduced expression of the telomere-associated protein Ft1 develop p53-sensitive progeroid traits.

Mattia La Torre | Chiara Merigliano | Romina Burla | Carla Mottini | Giorgia Zanetti | Simona Del Giudice | Mariateresa Carcuro | Ilaria Virdia | Elisabetta Bucciarelli | Isabella Manni | Gianluca Rampioni Vinciguerra | Giulia Piaggio | Mara Riminucci | Ana Cumano | Armando Bartolazzi | Fiammetta Vernì | Silvia Soddu | Maurizio Gatti | Isabella Saggio
Aging cell | 2018

Human AKTIP and mouse Ft1 are orthologous ubiquitin E2 variant proteins involved in telomere maintenance and DNA replication. AKTIP also interacts with A- and B-type lamins. These features suggest that Ft1 may be implicated in aging regulatory pathways. Here, we show that cells derived from hypomorph Ft1 mutant (Ft1kof/kof ) mice exhibit telomeric defects and that Ft1kof/kof animals develop progeroid traits, including impaired growth, skeletal and skin defects, abnormal heart tissue, and sterility. We also demonstrate a genetic interaction between Ft1 and p53. The analysis of mice carrying mutations in both Ft1 and p53 (Ft1kof/kof ; p53ko/ko and Ft1kof/kof ; p53+/ko ) showed that reduction in p53 rescues the progeroid traits of Ft1 mutants, suggesting that they are at least in part caused by a p53-dependent DNA damage response. Conversely, Ft1 reduction alters lymphomagenesis in p53 mutant mice. These results identify Ft1 as a new player in the aging process and open the way to the analysis of its interactions with other progeria genes using the mouse model.

Pubmed ID: 29635765

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Associated grants

  • Agency: Progeria Research Foundation, International
  • Agency: Fondazione Telethon, International
  • Agency: Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro, International
  • Agency: EU FP7 Brainvectors, International
    Id: 286071

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