Sur, Ilknur (2013). Nesprin-1 is required to maintain genomic stability and prevent tumorigenesis. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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Abstract
Nuclear envelope (NE) proteins have fundamental roles in maintaining nuclear structure, cell signaling, chromatin organization and gene regulation, and mutations in genes encoding NE components were identified as primary cause of a number of age associated diseases and cancer. Nesprin-1 belongs to a family of multi-isomeric NE proteins that are characterized by spectrin repeats. Our results imply interactions between spectrin repeats and an interaction of Nesprin-1 with Nesprin-2. Furthermore, we analysed NE components in various tumor cell lines and found that Nesprin-1 levels were strongly reduced associated with alterations in further NE components. By reducing the amounts of Nesprin-1 by RNAi mediated knock down we could reproduce those alterations in mouse and human cell lines pointing towards a key role for Nesprin-1 in the maintenance of nucleus morphology, centrosome positioning, nuclear membrane structure, cytoskeleton organization, and cellular senescence. In a search for novel Nesprin-1 binding proteins we identified MSH2, MSH6, and DDB1 proteins of the DNA damage response pathway as interactors. We found alterations in the mismatch repair pathway in cells with lower Nesprin-1 levels. We also noticed an increased number of γH2AX foci in the absence of exogenous DNA damage as was seen in tumor cells. The levels of phosphorylated kinases Chk1 and 2 were altered in a manner resembling tumor cells and the levels of Ku70 were low and the protein was not recruited to the DNA after HU treatment. Our findings indicate a role for Nesprin-1 in the DNA damage response pathway and propose Nesprin-1 as novel regulator of tumorigenesis and genome instability. Loss of Nesprin-1 might play a significant role in cancer progression.
Item Type: | Thesis (PhD thesis) | ||||||||||||
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-56063 | ||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Nesprin-1 role in DNA damage response | ||||||||||||
Volume: | 5 | ||||||||||||
Number: | 2 | ||||||||||||
Date: | 29 November 2013 | ||||||||||||
Publisher: | Landes Bioscience | ||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1949-1042 | ||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||
Faculty: | Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences | ||||||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Biochemie > Institut I für Biochemie | ||||||||||||
Subjects: | Natural sciences and mathematics Life sciences Medical sciences Medicine |
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Date of oral exam: | 22 January 2014 | ||||||||||||
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Funders: | CECAD | ||||||||||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||||||||||
URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/5606 |
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