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1: Mol Cell Biol. 2008 Sep;28(17):5381-90. Epub 2008 Jun 23.
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Sumo-1 function is dispensable in normal mouse development.

Zhang FP, Mikkonen L, Toppari J, Palvimo JJ, Thesleff I, Jänne OA.

University of Helsinki, Institute of Biomedicine (Physiology), Biomedicum Helsinki, P.O. Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014 Helsinki, Finland.

To elucidate SUMO-1 functions in vivo, we targeted by homologous recombination the last three exons of the murine Sumo-1 gene. Sumo-1 mRNA abundance was reduced to one-half in heterozygotes and was undetectable in Sumo-1(-/-) mice, and SUMO-1-conjugated RanGAP1 was detectable in wild-type mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) but not in Sumo-1(-/-) MEFs, indicating that gene targeting yielded Sumo-1-null mice. Sumo-1 mRNA is expressed in all tissues of wild-type mice, and its abundance is highest in the testis, brain, lungs, and spleen. Sumo-2 and Sumo-3 mRNAs are also expressed in all tissues, but their abundance was not upregulated in Sumo-1-null mice. The development and function of testis are normal in the absence of Sumo-1, and Sumo-1(-)(/)(-) mice of both sexes are viable and fertile. In contrast to a previous report (F. S. Alkuraya et al., Science 313:1751, 2006), we did not observe embryonic or early postnatal demise of Sumo-1-targeted mice; genotypes of embryos and 21-day-old mice were of predicted Mendelian ratios, and there was no defect in lip and palate development in Sumo-1(+/-) or Sumo-1(-/-) embryos. The ability of Sumo-1(-/-) MEFs to differentiate into adipocyte was not different from that of wild-type MEFs. Collectively, our results support the notion that most, if not all, SUMO-1 functions are compensated for in vivo by SUMO-2 and SUMO-3.

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PMID: 18573887 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC2519746 [Available on 2009/01/01]