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- Title
Nuclear phosphatase PPM1G in cellular survival and neural development.
- Authors
Foster, William H.; Langenbacher, Adam; Gao, Chen; Chen, Jaunian; Wang, Yibin
- Abstract
Background: PPM1G is a nuclear localized serine/threonine phosphatase implicated to be a regulator of chromatin remodeling, mRNA splicing, and DNA damage. However, its in vivo function is unknown. Results: Here we show that ppm1g expression is highly enriched in the central nervous system during mouse and zebrafish development. ppm1g−/− mice were embryonic lethal with incomplete penetrance after E12.5. Rostral defects, including neural tube and craniofacial defects were observed in ppm1g−/− embryos associated with increased cell death in the neural epithelium. In zebrafish, loss of ppm1g also led to neural defects with aberrant neural marker gene expression. Primary fibroblasts from ppm1g−/− embryos failed to grow without immortalization while immortalized ppm1g−/− fibroblasts had increased cell death upon oxidative and genotoxic stress when compared to wild type fibroblasts. Conclusions: Our in vivo and in vitro studies revealed a critical role for PPM1G in normal development and cell survival. Developmental Dynamics 242:1101-1109, 2013. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
- Publication
Developmental Dynamics, 2013, Vol 242, Issue 9, p1101
- ISSN
1058-8388
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/dvdy.23990