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Animals capable of regenerating multiple tissue types, organs, and0 Y4 b. C: h! @" y
appendages after injury are common yet sporadic and include: O) c' `. W! u7 v; [' d$ d
some sponge, hydra, planarian, and salamander (i.e., newt and0 m: M- l/ E+ A3 I
axolotl) species, but notably such regenerative capacity is rare in
6 s# k$ L$ U8 \) Omammals. The adult MRL mouse strain is a rare exception to the+ z- S4 H% ^+ a/ U, v
rule that mammals do not regenerate appendage tissue. Certain
1 M+ X7 K2 h1 [' v) \# Q; ?3 w4 qcommonalities, such as blastema formation and basement mem-
$ N( A6 v* v+ `* vbrane breakdown at the wound site, suggest that MRL mice may- c; H5 Y% A4 C+ H( q) o5 X' k, f# s
share other features with classical regenerators. As reported here,
3 ]. L- `, ?- v: H: e) m+ \MRL fibroblast-like cells have a distinct cell-cycle (G2/M accumu-" @( B7 B9 G1 X9 f/ F' x. |
lation) phenotype and a heightened basal and wound site DNA8 i% s' D: M8 a* W; Z8 I: i$ Z
damage/repair response that is also common to classical regener-
* ^' {, g) p* l% u% r/ ~* Cators and mammalian embryonic stem cells. Additionally, a neutral6 i3 O3 t0 }; ~% [' B7 d
and alkaline comet assay displayed a persistent level of intrinsic
2 ]2 j+ \, w, EDNA damage in cells derived from the MRL mouse. Similar to9 y3 N, p ?5 c" i
mouse ES cells, the p53-target p21 was not expressed in MRL ear
. p) t# [1 x' o' N2 G2 M o/ Kfibroblasts. Because the p53/p21 axis plays a central role in the
: M9 v. G& s& G1 _* M$ f2 SDNA damage response and cell cycle control, we directly tested
; k2 l" B8 Z5 ^7 W9 F: p, hthe hypothesis that p21 down-regulation could functionally induce" N) J" p; s" D, x
a regenerative response in an appendage of an otherwise non-
: ]% W% E& w) d ^' Jregenerating mouse strain. Using the ear hole closure phenotype,, n0 P' E0 U* d
a genetically mapped and reliable quantitative indicator of
F2 b) c1 g( [3 y) Gregeneration in the MRL mouse, we show that the unrelated
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! H' k8 d+ \4 |" \8 ^/J p21−/− mouse (unlike the B6129SF2/J WT control)
; A1 C- L- Z! u2 `5 Vcloses ear holes similar to MRL mice, providing a firm link between9 \! k) n3 H. H$ b R
cell cycle checkpoint control and tissue regeneration. |
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