Replication stress caused by low MCM expression limits fetal erythropoiesis and hematopoietic stem cell functionality.
Replication stress caused by low MCM expression limits fetal erythropoiesis and hematopoietic stem cell functionality.
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DOI:
10.1038/ncomms9548
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发表时间:
2015-10-12
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Méndez J
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作者:
Alvarez S;Díaz M;Flach J;Rodriguez-Acebes S;López-Contreras AJ;Martínez D;Cañamero M;Fernández-Capetillo O;Isern J;Passegué E;Méndez J
Replicative stress during embryonic development influences ageing and predisposition to disease in adults. A protective mechanism against replicative stress is provided by the licensing of thousands of origins in G1 that are not necessarily activated in the subsequent S-phase. These ‘dormant' origins provide a backup in the presence of stalled forks and may confer flexibility to the replication program in specific cell types during differentiation, a role that has remained unexplored. Here we show, using a mouse strain with hypomorphic expression of the origin licensing factor mini-chromosome maintenance (MCM)3 that limiting origin licensing in vivo affects the functionality of hematopoietic stem cells and the differentiation of rapidly-dividing erythrocyte precursors. Mcm3-deficient erythroblasts display aberrant DNA replication patterns and fail to complete maturation, causing lethal anemia. Our results indicate that hematopoietic progenitors are particularly sensitive to replication stress, and full origin licensing ensures their correct differentiation and functionality. What causes hematopoietic stem cell loss of functionality? Here, Alvarez et al. show that loss of origin licensing factor MCM3 induces replicative stress (RS), causing aberrant erythrocyte maturation, but mice strains with higher tolerance to RS can overcome this defect.