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Loss of Slug Compromises DNA Damage Repair and Accelerates Stem Cell Aging in Mammary Epithelium

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Gross, Kayla M., Zhou, Wenhui, Breindel, Jerrica L., Ouyang, Jian, Jin, Dexter X., Sokol, Ethan S., Gupta, Piyush B., Huber, Kathryn +2 more·2019·Cell Reports

Abstract

DNA damage activates checkpoints that limit the replicative potential of stem cells, including differentiation. These checkpoints protect against cancer development but also promote tissue aging. Because mice lacking Slug/Snai2 exhibit limited stem cell activity, including luminobasal differentiation, and are protected from mammary cancer, we reasoned that Slug might regulate DNA damage checkpoints in mammary epithelial cells. Here, we show that Slug facilitates efficient execution of RPA32-mediated DNA damage response (DDR) signaling. Slug deficiency leads to delayed phosphorylation of ataxia telangiectasia mutated and Rad3-related protein (ATR) and its effectors RPA32 and CHK1. This leads to impaired RAD51 recruitment to DNA damage sites and persistence of unresolved DNA damage. In vivo, Slug/Snai2 loss leads to increased DNA damage and premature aging of mammary epithelium. Collectively, our work demonstrates that the mammary stem cell regulator Slug controls DDR checkpoints by dually inhibiting differentiation and facilitating DDR repair, and its loss causes unresolved DNA damage and accelerated aging.

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Gross, K. M., Zhou, W., Breindel, J. L., Ouyang, J., Jin, D. X., Sokol, E. S., Gupta, P. B., Huber, K., Zou, L., & Kuperwasser, C.
Affiliations
  • Tufts University (US)
  • Quinnipiac University (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
  • Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research (US)
  • Tufts Medical Center (US)
Corresponding author
Kuperwasser, Charlotte
Venue
Cell Reports
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2019-07
Volume
28
Issue
2
Pages
394-407.e6
ISSN
2211-1247 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2958605953
Cited by
58
References
69
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 9 · 2021: 10 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2
FWCI
2.07
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cell Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Funders
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Research Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
Keywords
Slug, SNAI2, mammary stem cells, DNA damage response, DNA repair, ATR signaling, RPA32, Chk1, RAD51, stem cell aging, tissue aging, mammary epithelium, stem cell differentiation
MeSH terms
Snail Family Transcription Factors, Animals, Cell Differentiation, Cell Line, DNA Damage, DNA Repair, Humans, Mammary Glands, Animal, Mice, SCID, Mice, Inbred NOD, Cellular Senescence, Mammary Glands, Human, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, HEK293 Cells

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