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- Title
Unbalanced deoxynucleotide pools cause mitochondrial DNA instability in thymidine phosphorylase-deficient mice.
- Authors
López, Luis C; Akman, Hasan O; García-Cazorla, Angeles; Dorado, Beatriz; Martí, Ramón; Nishino, Ichizo; Tadesse, Saba; Pizzorno, Giuseppe; Shungu, Dikoma; Bonilla, Eduardo; Tanji, Kurenai; Hirano, Michio
- Abstract
Replication and repair of DNA require equilibrated pools of deoxynucleoside triphosphate precursors. This concept has been proven by in vitro studies over many years, but in vivo models are required to demonstrate its relevance to multicellular organisms and to human diseases. Accordingly, we have generated thymidine phosphorylase (TP) and uridine phosphorylase (UP) double knockout (TP(-/-)UP(-/-)) mice, which show severe TP deficiency, increased thymidine and deoxyuridine in tissues and elevated mitochondrial deoxythymidine triphosphate. As consequences of the nucleotide pool imbalances, brains of mutant mice developed partial depletion of mtDNA, deficiencies of respiratory chain complexes and encephalopathy. These findings largely account for the pathogenesis of mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy (MNGIE), the first inherited human disorder of nucleoside metabolism associated with somatic DNA instability.
- Publication
Human molecular genetics, 2009, Vol 18, Issue 4, p714
- ISSN
1460-2083
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1093/hmg/ddn401