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Caspase-2 deficiency promotes aberrant DNA-damage response and genetic instability

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Dorstyn, L, Puccini, J, Wilson, C H, Shalini, S, Nicola, M, Moore, S, Kumar, S·2012·Cell Death & Differentiation

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Caspase-2 is an initiator caspase, which has been implicated to function in apoptotic and non-apoptotic signalling pathways, including cell-cycle regulation, DNA-damage signalling and tumour suppression. We previously demonstrated that caspase-2 deficiency enhances E1A/Ras oncogene-induced cell transformation and augments lymphomagenesis in the EμMyc mouse model. Caspase-2(-/-) mouse embryonic fibroblasts (casp2(-/-) MEFs) show aberrant cell-cycle checkpoint regulation and a defective apoptotic response following DNA damage. Disruption of cell-cycle checkpoints often leads to genomic instability (GIN), which is a common phenotype of cancer cells and can contribute to cellular transformation. Here we show that caspase-2 deficiency results in increased DNA damage and GIN in proliferating cells. Casp2(-/-) MEFs readily escape senescence in culture and exhibit increased micronuclei formation and sustained DNA damage during cell culture and following γ-irradiation. Metaphase analyses demonstrated that a lack of caspase-2 is associated with increased aneuploidy in both MEFs and in EμMyc lymphoma cells. In addition, casp2(-/-) MEFs and lymphoma cells exhibit significantly decreased telomere length. We also noted that loss of caspase-2 leads to defective p53-mediated signalling and decreased trans-activation of p53 target genes upon DNA damage. Our findings suggest that loss of caspase-2 serves as a key function in maintaining genomic integrity, during cell proliferation and following DNA damage.

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  • Casp2−/− mice accumulate aneuploid bone marrow cells with aging; Casp2−/− malignant cells have increased aneuploidy vs wild-type.

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Authors
Dorstyn, L., Puccini, J., Wilson, C. H., Shalini, S., Nicola, M., Moore, S., & Kumar, S.
Affiliations
South Australia Pathology (AU)
Corresponding author
  • Dorstyn, L
  • Kumar, S
Venue
Cell Death & Differentiation
Published
2012-04-13
Volume
19
Issue
8
Pages
1288-1298
ISSN
  • 1350-9047 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-5403
OpenAlex
W1992486354
Cited by
104
References
41
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FWCI
3.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
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erratum (2012-07-09)
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  • Cell Death and Differentiation (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Adelaide Research & Scholarship (AR&S) (University of Adelaide) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • Medical Research Council
  • National Health and Medical Research Council (626905, 1002863)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Cell death mechanisms and regulation
Keywords
caspase-2, DNA damage response, genomic instability, cell cycle checkpoints, apoptosis, senescence escape, micronuclei, aneuploidy, telomere length, p53 pathway, gamma irradiation, mouse embryonic fibroblasts
MeSH terms
Aneuploidy, Animals, Cells, Cultured, Disease Models, Animal, DNA Damage, Embryo, Mammalian, Fibroblasts, Humans, Transfection, Signal Transduction, Mice, Knockout, Genomic Instability, Cell Growth Processes, Mice, Caspase 2

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