干皮病 pigmentosum (XP ) 是联系 XP 的基因的变化引起的一组基因混乱,导致 DNA 修理的缺陷。XP 病人经常展出神经病学的退化,而是内在的机制是未知的,部分地由于合适的疾病模型的缺乏。这里,我们产生了包括 XPA, XPB, XPC, XPG,和 XPV 在五不同 XP 基因怀有变化的病人特定的导致的 pluripotent 干细胞(iPSCs ) 。这些 iPSCs 进一步被区分到神经房间,并且他们到 DNA 损坏应力的危险性被调查。在神经干细胞(NSC ) 或神经原的 XPA 的变化导致了严重 DNA 损坏修理缺点,并且有变异的 XPA 的这些神经房间对 DNA 导致损坏的 apoptosis 过分敏感。因此, XP 变异的神经房间代表珍贵工具在 XP 病人澄清神经病学的畸形的分子的机制。
Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a group of genetic disorders caused by mutations of XP-associated genes, resulting in impairment of DNA repair. XP patients frequently exhibit neurological degeneration, but the underlying mechanism is unknown, in part due to lack of proper disease models. Here, we generated patientspecific induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) harboring mutations in five different XP genes including XPA, XPB, XPC, XPG, and XPV. These iPSCs were further differentiated to neural cells, and their susceptibility to DNA damage stress was investigated. Mutation of XPA in either neural stem cells (NSCs) or neurons resulted in severe DNA damage repair defects, and these neural cells with mutant XPA were hyper-sensitive to DNA damage-induced apoptosis. Thus, XP-mutant neural cells represent valuable tools to clari the molecular mechanisms of neurological abnormalities in the XP patients.