DNA repair decline during mouse spermiogenesis results in the accumulation of heritable DNA damage
DNA repair decline during mouse spermiogenesis results in the accumulation of heritable DNA damage
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DOI:
10.1016/j.dnarep.2007.12.011
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发表时间:
2008-04-02
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影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Wyrobek, Andrew J.
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作者:
Marchetti, Francesco;Wyrobek, Andrew J.
The postmeiotic phase of mouse spermatogenesis (spermiogenesis) is very sensitive to the genomic effects of environmental mutagens because as male germ cells form mature sperm they progressively lose the ability to repair DNA damage. We hypothesized that repeated exposures to mutagens during this repair-deficient phase result in the accumulation of heritable genomic damage in mouse sperm that leads to chromosomal aberrations in zygotes after fertilization. We used a combination of single or fractionated exposures to diepoxybutane (DEB), a component of tobacco smoke, to investigate how differential DNA repair efficiencies during the 3 weeks of spermiogenesis affected the accumulation of DEB-induced heritable damage in early spermatids (21-15 days before fertilization (dbf)), late spermatids (14-8 dbf) and sperm (7-1 dbf). Analysis of chromosomal aberrations in zygotic metaphases using PAINT/DAPI showed that late spermatids and sperm are unable to repair DEB-induced DNA damage as demonstrated by significant increases (P