期刊
EMBO REPORTS
卷 7, 期 2, 页码 225-230出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400600
关键词
telomere; 30 G-overhang; Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1; DNA double-strand break repair; telomere end processing
资金
- NIA NIH HHS [AG01228, R01 AG001228] Funding Source: Medline
A central function of telomeres is to prevent chromosome ends from being recognized as DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Several proteins involved in processing DSBs associate with telomeres, but the roles of these factors at telomeres are largely unknown. To investigate whether the Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 (MRN) complex is involved in the generation of proper 3' G-overhangs at human telomere ends, we used RNA interference to decrease expression of MRN and analysed their effects. Reduction of MRN resulted in a transient shortening of G- overhang length in telomerase- positive cells. The terminal nucleotides of both C- and G- rich strands remain unaltered in Mre11- diminished cells, indicating that MRN is not responsible for specifying the final end- processing event. The reduction in overhang length was not seen in telomerase- negative cells, but was observed after the expression of exogenous telomerase, which suggested that the MRN complex might be involved in the recruitment or action of telomerase.
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