mortality/aging
N |
• mice are obtained in expected Mendelian ratios and survive to adulthood without overt phenotypic defects
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growth/size/body
N |
• mice exhibit normal body weight up to adulthood and remain healthy at least up to 16 months of age
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nervous system
N |
• in culture, primary embryonic spinal motoneurons isolated from E12.5 embryos develop normally without any axonal growth defects or changes in growth cone size relative to wild-type motoneurons; axonal translocation of RN7SK (RNA, 7SK, nuclear), the top RNA interactor of HNRNPR, is unaffected
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cellular
• at 10- and 30 min recovery time after exposure to gamma irradiation (9 Gy), cultured motoneurons show enhanced nuclear gamma-H2AX immunosignals relative to wild-type motoneurons, indicating delayed DNA damage repair; however, gamma-H2AX levels return to basal (pre-irradiation) levels by 24 h in both genotypes
• similarly, motoneurons show enhanced nuclear gamma-H2AX signals at 10 min after treatment with etoposide (10 uM for 14 h); again, near-basal gamma-H2AX levels are observed after 24 h of recovery
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• in culture, motoneurons grown for 6 DIV show increased accumulation of double-strand breaks (DSBs) upon exposure to genotoxic agents
• following exposure to gamma irradiation (9 Gy) or treatment with etoposide (10 uM for 14 h), nuclei of cultured motoneurons exhibit enhanced DNA damage (DSBs) with a significant increase in comet mean tail moment relative to wild-type motoneurons
• however, no overt DNA damage is noted in nuclei of cultured motoneurons under non-irradiated conditions or after DMSO treatment
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homeostasis/metabolism
• at 10- and 30 min recovery time after exposure to gamma irradiation (9 Gy), cultured motoneurons show enhanced nuclear gamma-H2AX immunosignals relative to wild-type motoneurons, indicating delayed DNA damage repair; however, gamma-H2AX levels return to basal (pre-irradiation) levels by 24 h in both genotypes
• similarly, motoneurons show enhanced nuclear gamma-H2AX signals at 10 min after treatment with etoposide (10 uM for 14 h); again, near-basal gamma-H2AX levels are observed after 24 h of recovery
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