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Abstract
DNA double-strand breaks formed during the assembly of antigen receptors or after exposure to ionizing radiation are repaired by proteins important for nonhomologous end joining that include Ku86, Ku70, DNA-PK(CS), Xrcc4, and DNA ligase IV. Here we show that ku86-mutant mice, compared with control littermates, prematurely exhibited age-specific changes characteristic of senescence that include osteopenia, atrophic skin, hepatocellular degeneration, hepatocellular inclusions, hepatic hyperplastic foci, and age-specific mortality. Cancer and likely sepsis (indicated by reactive immune responses) partly contributed to age-specific mortality for both cohorts, and both conditions occurred earlier in ku86(-/-) mice. These data indicate that Ku86-dependent chromosomal metabolism is important for determining the onset of age-specific changes characteristic of senescence in mice.
View details for DOI 10.1073/pnas.96.19.10770
View details for Web of Science ID 000082574100047
View details for PubMedID 10485901
View details for PubMedCentralID PMC17958