Depleting the methyltransferase Suv39h1 improves DNA repair and extends lifespan in a progeria mouse model
Liu B, Wang Z, Zhang L, Ghosh S, Zheng H, Zhou Z. Depleting the methyltransferase Suv39h1 improves DNA repair and extends lifespan in a progeria mouse model. Nature Communications 2013, 4: 1868. PMID: 23695662, PMCID: PMC3674265, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2885.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalDNA DamageDNA RepairEnzyme StabilityFibroblastsHEK293 CellsHeterochromatinHistonesHumansLamin Type ALongevityLysineMethylationMethyltransferasesMiceNuclear ProteinsProgeriaProtein BindingProtein PrecursorsProtein Processing, Post-TranslationalRepressor ProteinsConceptsHutchinson-Gilford progeria syndromeBody weight lossBone mineral densityProgeria syndromeDNA repair capacityMineral densityMouse modelProgeria mouse modelG608G mutationSyndromeWeight lossProgeroid featuresRepair capacityH3K9me3 levelsPremature agingG mutationPotential strategyEpigenetic alterations