p53 regulates diverse tissue-specific outcomes to endogenous DNA damage in mice

Ross J. Hill, Nazareno Bona, Job Smink, Hannah K. Webb, Alastair Crisp, Juan I. Garaycoechea () and Gerry P. Crossan ()
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Ross J. Hill: Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue
Nazareno Bona: Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue
Job Smink: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Hannah K. Webb: Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue
Alastair Crisp: Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue
Juan I. Garaycoechea: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
Gerry P. Crossan: Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Francis Crick Avenue

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Abstract DNA repair deficiency can lead to segmental phenotypes in humans and mice, in which certain tissues lose homeostasis while others remain seemingly unaffected. This may be due to different tissues facing varying levels of damage or having different reliance on specific DNA repair pathways. However, we find that the cellular response to DNA damage determines different tissue-specific outcomes. Here, we use a mouse model of the human XPF-ERCC1 progeroid syndrome (XFE) caused by loss of DNA repair. We find that p53, a central regulator of the cellular response to DNA damage, regulates tissue dysfunction in Ercc1-/- mice in different ways. We show that ablation of p53 rescues the loss of hematopoietic stem cells, and has no effect on kidney, germ cell or brain dysfunction, but exacerbates liver pathology and polyploidisation. Mechanistically, we find that p53 ablation led to the loss of cell-cycle regulation in the liver, with reduced p21 expression. Eventually, p16/Cdkn2a expression is induced, serving as a fail-safe brake to proliferation in the absence of the p53-p21 axis. Taken together, our data show that distinct and tissue-specific functions of p53, in response to DNA damage, play a crucial role in regulating tissue-specific phenotypes.

Date: 2024
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