CEP63 is a centrosomal protein that facilitates centriole duplication and is regulated by the DNA damage response. Mutations in CEP63 cause Seckel syndrome, a human disease characterized by microcephaly and dwarfism. Here we demonstrate that Cep63-deficient mice recapitulate Seckel syndrome pathology. The attrition of neural progenitor cells involves p53-dependent cell death, and brain size is rescued by the deletion of p53. Cell death is not the result of an aberrant DNA damage response but is triggered by centrosome-based mitotic errors. In addition, Cep63 loss severely impairs meiotic recombination, leading to profound male infertility. Cep63-deficient spermatocytes display numerical and structural centrosome aberrations, chromosome entanglements and defective telomere clustering, suggesting that a reduction in centrosome-mediated chromosome movements underlies recombination failure. Our results provide novel insight into the molecular pathology of microcephaly and establish a role for the centrosome in meiotic recombination.
CEP63 deficiency promotes p53-dependent microcephaly and reveals a role for the centrosome in meiotic recombination / M. Marjanović, C. Sánchez-Huertas, B. Terré, R. Gómez, J.F. Scheel, S. Pacheco, P.A. Knobel, A. Martínez-Marchal, S. Aivio, L. Palenzuela, U. Wolfrum, P.J. Mckinnon, J.A. Suja, I. Roig, V. Costanzo, J. Lüders, T.H. Stracker. - In: NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. - ISSN 2041-1723. - 6(2015 Jul 09), pp. 7676.1-7676.14.
CEP63 deficiency promotes p53-dependent microcephaly and reveals a role for the centrosome in meiotic recombination
V. Costanzo
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2015
Abstract
CEP63 is a centrosomal protein that facilitates centriole duplication and is regulated by the DNA damage response. Mutations in CEP63 cause Seckel syndrome, a human disease characterized by microcephaly and dwarfism. Here we demonstrate that Cep63-deficient mice recapitulate Seckel syndrome pathology. The attrition of neural progenitor cells involves p53-dependent cell death, and brain size is rescued by the deletion of p53. Cell death is not the result of an aberrant DNA damage response but is triggered by centrosome-based mitotic errors. In addition, Cep63 loss severely impairs meiotic recombination, leading to profound male infertility. Cep63-deficient spermatocytes display numerical and structural centrosome aberrations, chromosome entanglements and defective telomere clustering, suggesting that a reduction in centrosome-mediated chromosome movements underlies recombination failure. Our results provide novel insight into the molecular pathology of microcephaly and establish a role for the centrosome in meiotic recombination.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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