Higher DNA repair activity is related with longer replicative life span in mammalian embryonic fibroblast cells

Seong Hoon Park, Hong Jun Kang, Hyun Seok Kim, Min Ju Kim, Jee In Heo, Jeong Hyeon Kim, Yoon Jung Kho, Sung Chan Kim, Jaebong Kim, Jae Bong Park, Jae Yong Lee

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Abstract

Since the detailed comparison of DNA repair activities among mammalian embryonic fibroblast cells with different replicative life spans has not been investigated, we tested DNA repair activities in embryonic fibroblast cells derived from mammals including human, dog, rat, and mouse. The cell viability after treatment of four DNA damage agents appeared to be decreased in the order of human embryonic fibroblasts (HEFs) > dog embryonic fibroblasts (DEFs) > rat embryonic fibroblasts (REFs) > mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) although statistical significance was lacking. The amounts of strand breaks and AP (apurinic/apyrimidinic) sites also appear to be decreased in the order of HEFs > DEFs > REFs ≥ MEFs after treatment of DNA damage agents. The DNA repair activities and rates including base excision repair (BER), nucleotide excision repair (NER) and double-strand break repair (DSBR) including non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) decreased again in the order of HEFs > DEFs > REFs ≥ MEFs. BER and NHEJ activities in 3% O 2 also decreased in the order of HEFs > DEFs > REFs > MEFs. This order in DNA repair activity appears to be coincident with that of replicative life span of fibroblasts and that of life span of mammals. These results indicate that higher DNA repair activity is related with longer replicative life span in embryonic fibroblast cells.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)565-579
Number of pages15
JournalBiogerontology
Volume12
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2011

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
Acknowledgments This work was supported by Priority Research Centers Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2010-0029642).

Keywords

  • DNA damage
  • DNA repair
  • DNA repair rate
  • Mammalian embryonic fibroblasts
  • Replicative life span

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