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En A, Takemoto K, Yamakami Y, Nakabayashi K, Fujii M. Upregulated expression of lamin B receptor increases cell proliferation and suppresses genomic instability: implications for cellular immortalization. FEBS J 2024. [PMID: 38462947 DOI: 10.1111/febs.17113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2023] [Revised: 01/04/2024] [Accepted: 02/28/2024] [Indexed: 03/12/2024]
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Mammalian somatic cells undergo terminal proliferation arrest after a limited number of cell divisions, a phenomenon termed cellular senescence. However, cells acquire the ability to proliferate infinitely (cellular immortalization) through multiple genetic alterations. Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes such as p53, RB and p16 is important for cellular immortalization, although additional molecular alterations are required for cellular immortalization to occur. Here, we aimed to gain insights into these molecular alterations. Given that cellular immortalization is the escape of cells from cellular senescence, genes that regulate cellular senescence are likely to be involved in cellular immortalization. Because senescent cells show altered heterochromatin organization, we investigated the implications of lamin A/C, lamin B1 and lamin B receptor (LBR), which regulate heterochromatin organization, in cellular immortalization. We employed human immortalized cell lines, KMST-6 and SUSM-1, and found that expression of LBR was upregulated upon cellular immortalization and downregulated upon cellular senescence. In addition, knockdown of LBR induced cellular senescence with altered chromatin configuration. Additionally, enforced expression of LBR increased cell proliferation likely through suppression of genome instability in human primary fibroblasts that expressed the simian virus 40 large T antigen (TAg), which inactivates p53 and RB. Furthermore, expression of TAg or knockdown of p53 led to upregulated LBR expression. These observations suggested that expression of LBR might be upregulated to suppress genome instability in TAg-expressing cells, and, consequently, its upregulated expression assisted the proliferation of TAg-expressing cells (i.e. p53/RB-defective cells). Our findings suggest a crucial role for LBR in the process of cellular immortalization.
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- Atsuki En
- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Japan
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- Department of Maternal-Fetal Biology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Nanobioscience, Yokohama City University, Japan
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Evangelou K, Belogiannis K, Papaspyropoulos A, Petty R, Gorgoulis VG. Escape from senescence: molecular basis and therapeutic ramifications. J Pathol 2023; 260:649-665. [PMID: 37550877 DOI: 10.1002/path.6164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2023] [Revised: 06/16/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 08/09/2023]
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Cellular senescence constitutes a stress response mechanism in reaction to a plethora of stimuli. Senescent cells exhibit cell-cycle arrest and altered function. While cell-cycle withdrawal has been perceived as permanent, recent evidence in cancer research introduced the so-called escape-from-senescence concept. In particular, under certain conditions, senescent cells may resume proliferation, acquiring highly aggressive features. As such, they have been associated with tumour relapse, rendering senescence less effective in inhibiting cancer progression. Thus, conventional cancer treatments, incapable of eliminating senescence, may benefit if revisited to include senolytic agents. To this end, it is anticipated that the assessment of the senescence burden in everyday clinical material by pathologists will play a crucial role in the near future, laying the foundation for more personalised approaches. Here, we provide an overview of the investigations that introduced the escape-from-senescence phenomenon, the identified mechanisms, as well as the major implications for pathology and therapy. © 2023 The Authors. The Journal of Pathology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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- Konstantinos Evangelou
- Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
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- Molecular Carcinogenesis Group, Department of Histology and Embryology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK
- Faculty Institute for Cancer Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
- Center for New Biotechnologies and Precision Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
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Copley KE, Shorter J. Repetitive elements in aging and neurodegeneration. Trends Genet 2023; 39:381-400. [PMID: 36935218 PMCID: PMC10121923 DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2023.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 02/12/2023] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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Repetitive elements (REs), such as transposable elements (TEs) and satellites, comprise much of the genome. Here, we review how TEs and (peri)centromeric satellite DNA may contribute to aging and neurodegenerative disorders, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Alterations in RE expression, retrotransposition, and chromatin microenvironment may shorten lifespan, elicit neurodegeneration, and impair memory and movement. REs may cause these phenotypes via DNA damage, protein sequestration, insertional mutagenesis, and inflammation. We discuss several TE families, including gypsy, HERV-K, and HERV-W, and how TEs interact with various factors, including transactive response (TAR) DNA-binding protein 43 kDa (TDP-43) and the siRNA and piwi-interacting (pi)RNA systems. Studies of TEs in neurodegeneration have focused on Drosophila and, thus, further examination in mammals is needed. We suggest that therapeutic silencing of REs could help mitigate neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Katie E Copley
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; Neuroscience Graduate Group, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
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Yushkova E, Moskalev A. Transposable elements and their role in aging. Ageing Res Rev 2023; 86:101881. [PMID: 36773759 DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2023.101881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2022] [Revised: 01/16/2023] [Accepted: 02/07/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
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Transposable elements (TEs) are an important part of eukaryotic genomes. The role of somatic transposition in aging, carcinogenesis, and other age-related diseases has been determined. This review discusses the fundamental properties of TEs and their complex interactions with cellular processes, which are crucial for understanding the diverse effects of their activity on the genetics and epigenetics of the organism. The interactions of TEs with recombination, replication, repair, and chromosomal regulation; the ability of TEs to maintain a balance between their own activity and repression, the involvement of TEs in the creation of new or alternative genes, the expression of coding/non-coding RNA, and the role in DNA damage and modification of regulatory networks are reviewed. The contribution of the derepressed TEs to age-dependent effects in individual cells/tissues in different organisms was assessed. Conflicting information about TE activity under stress as well as theories of aging mechanisms related to TEs is discussed. On the one hand, transposition activity in response to stressors can lead to organisms acquiring adaptive innovations of great importance for evolution at the population level. On the other hand, the TE expression can cause decreased longevity and stress tolerance at the individual level. The specific features of TE effects on aging processes in germline and soma and the ways of their regulation in cells are highlighted. Recent results considering somatic mutations in normal human and animal tissues are indicated, with the emphasis on their possible functional consequences. In the context of aging, the correlation between somatic TE activation and age-related changes in the number of proteins required for heterochromatin maintenance and longevity regulation was analyzed. One of the original features of this review is a discussion of not only effects based on the TEs insertions and the associated consequences for the germline cell dynamics and somatic genome, but also the differences between transposon- and retrotransposon-mediated structural genome changes and possible phenotypic characteristics associated with aging and various age-related pathologies. Based on the analysis of published data, a hypothesis about the influence of the species-specific features of number, composition, and distribution of TEs on aging dynamics of different animal genomes was formulated.
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- Elena Yushkova
- Laboratory of Geroprotective and Radioprotective Technologies, Institute of Biology, Komi Science Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 28 Kommunisticheskaya st., 167982 Syktyvkar, Russian Federation
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- Laboratory of Geroprotective and Radioprotective Technologies, Institute of Biology, Komi Science Center, Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 28 Kommunisticheskaya st., 167982 Syktyvkar, Russian Federation; Laboratory of Genetics and Epigenetics of Aging, Russian Clinical Research Center for Gerontology, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow 129226, Russian Federation; Longaevus Technologies, London, UK.
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Ji N, Wu CG, Wang XD, Song ZX, Wu PY, Liu X, Feng X, Zhang XM, Wang XF, Lv ZJ. Anti-aging Effects of Alu Antisense RNA on Human Fibroblast Senescence Through the MEK-ERK Pathway Mediated by KIF15. Curr Med Sci 2023; 43:35-47. [PMID: 36808398 PMCID: PMC9939868 DOI: 10.1007/s11596-022-2688-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 02/23/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate whether human short interspersed nuclear element antisense RNA (Alu antisense RNA; Alu asRNA) could delay human fibroblast senescence and explore the underlying mechanisms. METHODS We transfected Alu asRNA into senescent human fibroblasts and used cell counting kit-8 (CCK-8), reactive oxygen species (ROS), and senescence-associated beta-galactosidase (SA-β-gal) staining methods to analyze the anti-aging effects of Alu asRNA on the fibroblasts. We also used an RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) method to investigate the Alu asRNA-specific mechanisms of anti-aging. We examined the effects of KIF15 on the anti-aging role induced by Alu asRNA. We also investigated the mechanisms underlying a KIF15-induced proliferation of senescent human fibroblasts. RESULTS The CCK-8, ROS and SA-β-gal results showed that Alu asRNA could delay fibroblast aging. RNA-seq showed 183 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) in Alu asRNA transfected fibroblasts compared with fibroblasts transfected with the calcium phosphate transfection (CPT) reagent. The KEGG analysis showed that the cell cycle pathway was significantly enriched in the DEGs in fibroblasts transfected with Alu asRNA compared with fibroblasts transfected with the CPT reagent. Notably, Alu asRNA promoted the KIF15 expression and activated the MEK-ERK signaling pathway. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that Alu asRNA could promote senescent fibroblast proliferation via activation of the KIF15-mediated MEK-ERK signaling pathway.
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- Ning Ji
- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017 China
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017 China
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017 China
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017 China
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017 China
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017 China
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017 China
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- Research Center, Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050011 China
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017 China
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017 China
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Angileri KM, Bagia NA, Feschotte C. Transposon control as a checkpoint for tissue regeneration. Development 2022; 149:dev191957. [PMID: 36440631 PMCID: PMC10655923 DOI: 10.1242/dev.191957] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Tissue regeneration requires precise temporal control of cellular processes such as inflammatory signaling, chromatin remodeling and proliferation. The combination of these processes forms a unique microenvironment permissive to the expression, and potential mobilization of, transposable elements (TEs). Here, we develop the hypothesis that TE activation creates a barrier to tissue repair that must be overcome to achieve successful regeneration. We discuss how uncontrolled TE activity may impede tissue restoration and review mechanisms by which TE activity may be controlled during regeneration. We posit that the diversification and co-evolution of TEs and host control mechanisms may contribute to the wide variation in regenerative competency across tissues and species.
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- Krista M. Angileri
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, 526 Campus Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, 526 Campus Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, 526 Campus Rd, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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Almalki SG. Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells and wound healing: Potential clinical applications in wound repair. Saudi Med J 2022; 43:1075-1086. [PMID: 36261194 PMCID: PMC9994497 DOI: 10.15537/smj.2022.43.10.20220522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 09/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023] Open
Abstract
Delayed and chronic wounds result from the dysregulation of molecular and cellular events associated with wound healing, including migration, inflammation, angiogenesis, extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling, and re-epithelialization. Adipose tissue is an abundant, easily accessible, and rich source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) with high therapeutic potential. In addition to their capability to differentiate into various lineages with specialized functions, adipose-derived MSCs (AMSCs) can mediate to the wound repair process through the secretion of different growth factors and mediators rather than making structural contribution alone. Adipose-derived MSCs mediate the formation of blood vessels, recruit progenitor cells, stimulate cell differentiation and ECM formation, and promote wound healing by releasing immune mediators and exosomes. Herein, we discuss and review the therapeutic potential of AMSCs for wound repair via acceleration of wound closure, re-epithelialization, enhancement of angiogenesis and immunomodulation of prolonged inflammatory responses, as well as the current challenges in clinical implementation.
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- Sami G. Almalki
- From the Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mustafin RN. Interrelation of MicroRNAs and Transposons in Aging and Carcinogenesis. Adv Gerontol 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s2079057022030092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Meqbel BRM, Gomes M, Omer A, Gallouzi IE, Horn HF. LINCing Senescence and Nuclear Envelope Changes. Cells 2022; 11:1787. [PMID: 35681483 DOI: 10.3390/cells11111787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2022] [Revised: 05/23/2022] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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The nuclear envelope (NE) has emerged as a nexus for cellular organization, signaling, and survival. Beyond its role as a barrier to separate the nucleoplasm from the cytoplasm, the NE's role in supporting and maintaining a myriad of other functions has made it a target of study in many cellular processes, including senescence. The nucleus undergoes dramatic changes in senescence, many of which are driven by changes in the NE. Indeed, Lamin B1, a key NE protein that is consistently downregulated in senescence, has become a marker for senescence. Other NE proteins have also been shown to play a role in senescence, including LINC (linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton) complex proteins. LINC complexes span the NE, forming physical connections between the cytoplasm to the nucleoplasm. In this way, they integrate nuclear and cytoplasmic mechanical signals and are essential not only for a variety of cellular functions but are needed for cell survival. However, LINC complex proteins have been shown to have a myriad of functions in addition to forming a LINC complex, often existing as nucleoplasmic or cytoplasmic soluble proteins in a variety of isoforms. Some of these proteins have now been shown to play important roles in DNA repair, cell signaling, and nuclear shape regulation, all of which are important in senescence. This review will focus on some of these roles and highlight the importance of LINC complex proteins in senescence.
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Song Z, Shah S, Lv B, Ji N, Liu X, Yan L, Khan M, Zhao Y, Wu P, Liu S, Zheng L, Su L, Wang X, Lv Z. Anti-aging and anti-oxidant activities of murine short interspersed nuclear element antisense RNA. Eur J Pharmacol 2021; 912:174577. [PMID: 34688636 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2021.174577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 10/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/18/2021] [Indexed: 12/09/2022]
Abstract
Short interspersed nuclear elements (SINEs) play a key role in regulating gene expression, and SINE RNAs are involved in age-related diseases. We investigated the anti-aging effects of a genetically engineered murine SINE B1 antisense RNA (B1as RNA) and explored its mechanism of action in naturally senescent BALB/c (≥14 months) and moderately senscent C57BL/6N (≥9 months) mice. After tail vein injection, B1as RNA was available in the blood of mice for approximately 30 min, persisted for approximately 2-4 h in most detected tissues and persisted approximately 48 h in lungs. We found that treatment with B1as RNA improved stamina and promoted hair re-growth in aged mice. Treatment with B1as RNA also partially rescued the increase in mitochondrial DNA copy number in liver and spleen tissues observed in aged and moderately senescent mice. Finally, treatment with B1as RNA increased the activities of superoxide dismutase and glutathione peroxidase in aged and moderately senescent mice, reduced these animals' malondialdehyde and reactive oxygen species levels, and modulated the expression of several aging-associated genes, including Sirtuin 1, p21, p16Ink4a, p15Ink4b and p19Arf, and anti-oxidant genes (Sesn1 and Sesn 2). These data suggest that B1as RNA inhibits the aging process by enhancing antioxidant activity, promoting the scavenging of free radicals, and modulating the expression of aging-associated genes. This is the first report describing the anti-aging activity of SINE antisense RNA, which may serve as an effective nucleic acid drug for the treatment of age-related diseases.
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- Zhixue Song
- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Ultrasound, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, PR China; Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, Wuhan, 430022, Hubei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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- Department of Genetics, Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Lab of Laboratory Animal, Shijiazhuang, 050017, Hebei Province, PR China.
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Andrews SH, Klinker MW, Bauer SR, Marklein RA. Morphological landscapes from high content imaging reveal cytokine priming strategies that enhance mesenchymal stromal cell immunosuppression. Biotechnol Bioeng 2021; 119:361-375. [PMID: 34716713 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2021] [Revised: 09/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Successful clinical translation of mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) products has not been achieved in the United States and may be in large part due to MSC functional heterogeneity. Efforts have been made to identify "priming" conditions that produce MSCs with consistent immunomodulatory function; however, challenges remain with predicting and understanding how priming impacts MSC behavior. The purpose of this study was to develop a high throughput, image-based approach to assess MSC morphology in response to combinatorial priming treatments and establish morphological profiling as an effective approach to screen the effect of manufacturing changes (i.e., priming) on MSC immunomodulation. We characterized the morphological response of multiple MSC lines/passages to an array of Interferon-gamma (IFN-γ) and tumor necrosis factor-⍺ (TNF-⍺) priming conditions, as well as the effects of priming on MSC modulation of activated T cells and MSC secretome. Although considerable functional heterogeneity, in terms of T-cell suppression, was observed between different MSC lines and at different passages, this heterogeneity was significantly reduced with combined IFN-γ/TNF-⍺ priming. The magnitude of this change correlated strongly with multiple morphological features and was also reflected by MSC secretion of immunomodulatory factors, for example, PGE2, ICAM-1, and CXCL16. Overall, this study further demonstrates the ability of priming to enhance MSC function, as well as the ability of morphology to better understand MSC heterogeneity and predict changes in function due to manufacturing.
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- Seth H Andrews
- School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.,Regenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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- Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- Division of Cellular and Gene Therapies, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland, USA
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- School of Chemical, Materials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.,Regenerative Bioscience Center, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Gazquez-Gutierrez A, Witteveldt J, R Heras S, Macias S. Sensing of transposable elements by the antiviral innate immune system. RNA 2021; 27:rna.078721.121. [PMID: 33888553 PMCID: PMC8208052 DOI: 10.1261/rna.078721.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Accepted: 04/17/2021] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Around half of the genome in mammals is composed of transposable elements (TEs) such as DNA transposons and retrotransposons. Several mechanisms have evolved to prevent their activity and the detrimental impact of their insertional mutagenesis. Despite these potentially negative effects, TEs are essential drivers of evolution, and in certain settings, beneficial to their hosts. For instance, TEs have rewired the antiviral gene regulatory network and are required for early embryonic development. However, due to structural similarities between TE-derived and viral nucleic acids, cells can misidentify TEs as invading viruses and trigger the major antiviral innate immune pathway, the type I interferon (IFN) response. This review will focus on the different settings in which the role of TE-mediated IFN activation has been documented, including cancer and senescence. Importantly, TEs may also play a causative role in the development of complex autoimmune diseases characterised by constitutive type I IFN activation. All these observations suggest the presence of strong but opposing forces driving the coevolution of TEs and antiviral defence. A better biological understanding of the TE replicative cycle as well as of the antiviral nucleic acid sensing mechanisms will provide insights into how these two biological processes interact and will help to design better strategies to treat human diseases characterised by aberrant TE expression and/or type I IFN activation.
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- University of Edinburgh - Institute of Immunology and Infection Research
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- GENYO. Centre for Genomics and Oncological Research, Pfizer University of Granada
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- Institute of Immunology and Infection Research
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Rocha A, Dalgarno A, Neretti N. The functional impact of nuclear reorganization in cellular senescence. Brief Funct Genomics 2021; 21:24-34. [PMID: 33755107 PMCID: PMC8789270 DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elab012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2020] [Revised: 02/12/2021] [Accepted: 02/17/2021] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Cellular senescence is the irreversible cell cycle arrest in response to DNA damage. Because senescent cells accumulate with age and contribute to chronic inflammation, they are promising therapeutic targets for healthspan extension. The senescent phenotype can vary depending on cell type and on the specific insults that induce senescence. This variability is also reflected in the extensive remodeling of the genome organization within the nucleus of senescent cells. Here, we give an overview of the nuclear changes that occur in different forms of senescence, including changes to chromatin state and composition and to the three-dimensional organization of the genome, as well as alterations to the nuclear envelope and to the accessibility of repetitive genomic regions. Many of these changes are shared across all forms of senescence, implicating nuclear organization as a fundamental driver of the senescent state and of how senescent cells interact with the surrounding tissue.
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- Azucena Rocha
- Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry program at Brown University
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- Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry program at Brown University
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- Associate Professor in the Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry at Brown University
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Mullani N, Porozhan Y, Mangelinck A, Rachez C, Costallat M, Batsché E, Goodhardt M, Cenci G, Mann C, Muchardt C. Reduced RNA turnover as a driver of cellular senescence. Life Sci Alliance 2021; 4:4/3/e202000809. [PMID: 33446491 PMCID: PMC7812316 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202000809] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2020] [Revised: 12/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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RNAs originating from transcription upstream and downstream of genes accumulate in the cytoplasm of a subset of senescent cells, suggesting an RNA alternative to cytoplasmic DNA in the triggering of senescence. Accumulation of senescent cells is an important contributor to chronic inflammation upon aging. The inflammatory phenotype of senescent cells was previously shown to be driven by cytoplasmic DNA. Here, we propose that cytoplasmic double-stranded RNA has a similar effect. We find that several cell types driven into senescence by different routes share an accumulation of long promoter RNAs and 3′ gene extensions rich in retrotransposon sequences. Accordingly, these cells display increased expression of genes involved in response to double stranded RNA of viral origin downstream of the interferon pathway. The RNA accumulation is associated with evidence of reduced RNA turnover, including in some cases, reduced expression of RNA exosome subunits. Reciprocally, depletion of RNA exosome subunit EXOSC3 accelerated expression of multiple senescence markers. A senescence-like RNA accumulation was also observed in cells exposed to oxidative stress, an important trigger of cellular senescence. Altogether, we propose that in a subset of senescent cells, repeat-containing transcripts stabilized by oxidative stress or reduced RNA exosome activity participate in driving and maintaining the permanent inflammatory state characterizing cellular senescence.
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- Nowsheen Mullani
- Institut Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR3738, Dpt Biologie du Développement et Cellules Souches, Unité de Régulation Epigénétique, Paris, France.,Sorbonne Université, Ecole Doctorale "Complexité du Vivant" (ED515), Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR3738, Dpt Biologie du Développement et Cellules Souches, Unité de Régulation Epigénétique, Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR3738, Dpt Biologie du Développement et Cellules Souches, Unité de Régulation Epigénétique, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR3738, Dpt Biologie du Développement et Cellules Souches, Unité de Régulation Epigénétique, Paris, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR3738, Dpt Biologie du Développement et Cellules Souches, Unité de Régulation Epigénétique, Paris, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U976, Institut de Recherche Saint Louis, Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Dipartimento Biologia e Biotecnologie "C. Darwin," SAPIENZA Università di Roma, Rome, Italy.,Istituto Pasteur Italia-Fondazione Cenci Bolognetti, Rome, Italy
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives (CEA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institute for Integrative Biology of the Cell (I2BC), Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Institut Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR3738, Dpt Biologie du Développement et Cellules Souches, Unité de Régulation Epigénétique, Paris, France
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There are two kinds of condensins in human cells, known as condensin I and condensin II. The canonical roles of condensins are participated in chromosome dynamics, including chromosome condensation and segregation during cell division. Recently, a novel function of human condensins has been found with increasing evidences that they play important roles in cellular senescence. This paper reviewed the research progress of human condensins involved in different types of cellular senescence, mainly oncogene-induced senescence (OIS) and replicative senescence (RS). The future perspectives of human condensins involved in cellular senescence are also discussed.
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- Hongzhen Wang
- School of Life Sciences, Jilin Normal University, 136000, Siping, People's Republic of China. .,Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, People's Republic of China.
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- School of Life Sciences, Jilin Normal University, 136000, Siping, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of the Ministry of Education, School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, 130012, Changchun, People's Republic of China
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Frisch SM, MacFawn IP. Type I interferons and related pathways in cell senescence. Aging Cell 2020; 19:e13234. [PMID: 32918364 PMCID: PMC7576263 DOI: 10.1111/acel.13234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2020] [Revised: 07/18/2020] [Accepted: 08/07/2020] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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This review article addresses the largely unanticipated convergence of two landmark discoveries. The first is the discovery of interferons, critical signaling molecules for all aspects of both innate and adaptive immunity, discovered originally by Isaacs and Lindenmann at the National Institute for Medical Research, London, in 1957 (Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences, 1957, 147, 258). The second, formerly unrelated discovery, by Leonard Hayflick and Paul Moorhead (Wistar Institute, Philadelphia) is that cultured cells undergo an irreversible but viable growth arrest, termed senescence, after a finite and predictable number of cell divisions (Experimental Cell Research, 1961, 25, 585). This phenomenon was suspected to relate to organismal aging, which was confirmed subsequently (Nature, 2011, 479, 232). Cell senescence has broad‐ranging implications for normal homeostasis, including immunity, and for diverse disease states, including cancer progression and response to therapy (Nature Medicine, 2015, 21, 1424; Cell, 2019, 179, 813; Cell, 2017, 169, 1000; Trends in Cell Biology, 2018, 28, 436; Journal of Cell Biology, 2018, 217, 65). Here, we critically address the bidirectional interplay between interferons (focusing on type I) and cell senescence, with important implications for health and healthspan.
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- Steven M. Frisch
- Department of Biochemistry and WVU Cancer Institute West Virginia University Morgantown West Virginia USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and WVU Cancer Institute West Virginia University Morgantown West Virginia USA
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Smith CJ, Castanon O, Said K, Volf V, Khoshakhlagh P, Hornick A, Ferreira R, Wu CT, Güell M, Garg S, Ng AHM, Myllykallio H, Church GM. Enabling large-scale genome editing at repetitive elements by reducing DNA nicking. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:5183-5195. [PMID: 32315033 PMCID: PMC7229841 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2019] [Revised: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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To extend the frontier of genome editing and enable editing of repetitive elements of mammalian genomes, we made use of a set of dead-Cas9 base editor (dBE) variants that allow editing at tens of thousands of loci per cell by overcoming the cell death associated with DNA double-strand breaks and single-strand breaks. We used a set of gRNAs targeting repetitive elements-ranging in target copy number from about 32 to 161 000 per cell. dBEs enabled survival after large-scale base editing, allowing targeted mutations at up to ∼13 200 and ∼12 200 loci in 293T and human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), respectively, three orders of magnitude greater than previously recorded. These dBEs can overcome current on-target mutation and toxicity barriers that prevent cell survival after large-scale genome engineering.
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- Cory J Smith
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115 USA.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, 02115 USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115 USA.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, 02115 USA.,LOB, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115 USA.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, 02115 USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115 USA.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, 02115 USA.,John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138 USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115 USA.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, 02115 USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115 USA.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, 02115 USA
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- Department of Biology and Biological Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115 USA.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, 02115 USA
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- Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115 USA
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115 USA.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, 02115 USA
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- LOB, Ecole Polytechnique, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, 91128 Palaiseau, France
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115 USA.,Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Boston, MA, 02115 USA
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Our understanding of the molecular regulation of aging and age-related diseases is still in its infancy, requiring in-depth characterization of the molecular landscape shaping these complex phenotypes. Emerging classes of molecules with promise as aging modulators include transposable elements, circRNAs and the mitochondrial transcriptome. Analytical complexity means that these molecules are often overlooked, even though they exhibit strong associations with aging and, in some cases, may directly contribute to its progress. Here, we review the links between these novel factors and age-related phenotypes, and we suggest tools that can be easily incorporated into existing pipelines to better understand the aging process.
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- Juan I Bravo
- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Graduate Program in the Biology of Aging, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Magistère européen de Génétique, Université Paris Diderot-Paris 7, Paris 75014, France
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
- USC Stem Cell Initiative, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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Teefy BB, Siebert S, Cazet JF, Lin H, Juliano CE. PIWI-piRNA pathway-mediated transposable element repression in Hydra somatic stem cells. RNA 2020; 26:550-563. [PMID: 32075940 PMCID: PMC7161359 DOI: 10.1261/rna.072835.119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2019] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
Abstract
Transposable elements (TEs) can damage genomes, thus organisms use a variety of mechanisms to repress TE expression. The PIWI-piRNA pathway is a small RNA pathway that represses TE expression in the germline of animals. Here we explore the function of the pathway in the somatic stem cells of Hydra, a long-lived freshwater cnidarian. Hydra have three stem cell populations, all of which express PIWI proteins; endodermal and ectodermal epithelial stem cells (ESCs) are somatic, whereas the interstitial stem cells have germline competence. To study somatic function of the pathway, we isolated piRNAs from Hydra that lack the interstitial lineage and found that these somatic piRNAs map predominantly to TE transcripts and display the conserved sequence signatures typical of germline piRNAs. Three lines of evidence suggest that the PIWI-piRNA pathway represses TEs in Hydra ESCs. First, epithelial knockdown of the Hydra piwi gene hywi resulted in up-regulation of TE expression. Second, degradome sequencing revealed evidence of PIWI-mediated cleavage of TE RNAs in epithelial cells using the ping-pong mechanism. Finally, we demonstrated a direct association between Hywi protein and TE transcripts in epithelial cells using RNA immunoprecipitation. Altogether, our data reveal that the PIWI-piRNA pathway represses TE expression in the somatic cell lineages of Hydra, which we propose contributes to the extreme longevity of the organism. Furthermore, our results, in combination with others, suggest that somatic TE repression is an ancestral function of the PIWI-piRNA pathway.
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- Bryan B Teefy
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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- Department of Cell Biology, Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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García-Sánchez D, Fernández D, Rodríguez-Rey JC, Pérez-Campo FM. Enhancing survival, engraftment, and osteogenic potential of mesenchymal stem cells. World J Stem Cells 2019; 11:748-763. [PMID: 31692976 PMCID: PMC6828596 DOI: 10.4252/wjsc.v11.i10.748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Revised: 07/15/2019] [Accepted: 07/29/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are promising candidates for bone regeneration therapies due to their plasticity and easiness of sourcing. MSC-based treatments are generally considered a safe procedure, however, the long-term results obtained up to now are far from satisfactory. The main causes of these therapeutic limitations are inefficient homing, engraftment, and osteogenic differentiation. Many studies have proposed modifications to improve MSC engraftment and osteogenic differentiation of the transplanted cells. Several strategies are aimed to improve cell resistance to the hostile microenvironment found in the recipient tissue and increase cell survival after transplantation. These strategies could range from a simple modification of the culture conditions, known as cell-preconditioning, to the genetic modification of the cells to avoid cellular senescence. Many efforts have also been done in order to enhance the osteogenic potential of the transplanted cells and induce bone formation, mainly by the use of bioactive or biomimetic scaffolds, although alternative approaches will also be discussed. This review aims to summarize several of the most recent approaches, providing an up-to-date view of the main developments in MSC-based regenerative techniques.
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- Daniel García-Sánchez
- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Cantabria 39011, Spain
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- Laboratorio de Biología Celular y Molecular, Facultad de Odontología, Universidad Nacional del Nordeste, Corrientes W3400, Argentina
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Cantabria 39011, Spain
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- Department of Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Cantabria 39011, Spain.
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Peifer AC, Maxwell PH. Preferential Ty1 retromobility in mother cells and nonquiescent stationary phase cells is associated with increased concentrations of total Gag or processed Gag and is inhibited by exposure to a high concentration of calcium. Aging (Albany NY) 2019; 10:402-424. [PMID: 29562219 PMCID: PMC5892695 DOI: 10.18632/aging.101402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2017] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
Abstract
Retrotransposons are abundant mobile DNA elements in eukaryotic genomes that are more active with age in diverse species. Details of the regulation and consequences of retrotransposon activity during aging remain to be determined. Ty1 retromobility in Saccharomyces cerevisiae is more frequent in mother cells compared to daughter cells, and we found that Ty1 was more mobile in nonquiescent compared to quiescent subpopulations of stationary phase cells. This retromobility asymmetry was absent in mutant strains lacking BRP1 that have reduced expression of the essential Pma1p plasma membrane proton pump, lacking the mRNA decay gene LSM1, and in cells exposed to a high concentration of calcium. Mother cells had higher levels of Ty1 Gag protein than daughters. The proportion of protease-processed Gag decreased as cells transitioned to stationary phase, processed Gag was the dominant form in nonquiescent cells, but was virtually absent from quiescent cells. Treatment with calcium reduced total Gag levels and the proportion of processed Gag, particularly in mother cells. We also found that Ty1 reduced the fitness of proliferating but not stationary phase cells. These findings may be relevant to understanding regulation and consequences of retrotransposons during aging in other organisms, due to conserved impacts and regulation of retrotransposons.
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- Andrew C Peifer
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180, USA.,Wadsworth Center, Division of Genetics, Albany, NY 12208, USA
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Musavi M, Kohram F, Abasi M, Bolandi Z, Ajoudanian M, Mohammadi-Yeganeh S, Hashemi SM, Sharifi K, Fathi HR, Ghanbarian H. Rn7SK small nuclear RNA is involved in cellular senescence. J Cell Physiol 2019; 234:14234-14245. [PMID: 30637716 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.28119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Rn7SK is a conserved small nuclear noncoding RNA which its function in aging has not been studied. Recently, we have demonstrated that Rn7SK overexpression reduces cell viability and is significantly downregulated in stem cells, human tumor tissues, and cell lines. In this study, we analyzed the role of Rn7SK on senescence in adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AD-MSCs). For this purpose, Rn7SK expression was downregulated and upregulated via transfection and transduction, respectively, in AD-MSCs and subsequently, various distinct characteristics of senescence including cell viability, proliferation, colony formation, senescence-associated β galactosidase activity, and differentiation potency was analyzed. Our results demonstrated the transient knockdown of Rn7SK in MSCs leads to delayed senescence, while its overexpressions shows opposite effects. When osteogenic differentiation was started, however, they exhibited a greater differentiation potential than the original MSCs, suggesting a potential tool for stem cell-based regenerative medicine.
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- Maryam Musavi
- Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Departments of Cell, Molecular, and Structural Biology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Tehran University of Medical Science, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran
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- Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Cellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Tissue Engineering and Applied Cell Sciences, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Puvvula PK. LncRNAs Regulatory Networks in Cellular Senescence. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E2615. [PMID: 31141943 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20112615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are a class of transcripts longer than 200 nucleotides with no open reading frame. They play a key role in the regulation of cellular processes such as genome integrity, chromatin organization, gene expression, translation regulation, and signal transduction. Recent studies indicated that lncRNAs are not only dysregulated in different types of diseases but also function as direct effectors or mediators for many pathological symptoms. This review focuses on the current findings of the lncRNAs and their dysregulated signaling pathways in senescence. Different functional mechanisms of lncRNAs and their downstream signaling pathways are integrated to provide a bird’s-eye view of lncRNA networks in senescence. This review not only highlights the role of lncRNAs in cell fate decision but also discusses how several feedback loops are interconnected to execute persistent senescence response. Finally, the significance of lncRNAs in senescence-associated diseases and their therapeutic and diagnostic potentials are highlighted.
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In multi-cellular organisms, the control of gene expression is key not only for development, but also for adult cellular homeostasis, and gene expression has been observed to be deregulated with aging. In this review, we discuss the current knowledge on the transcriptional alterations that have been described to occur with age in metazoans. First, we discuss age-related transcriptional changes in protein-coding genes, the expected functional impact of such changes, and how known pro-longevity interventions impact these changes. Second, we discuss the changes and impact of emerging aspects of transcription in aging, including age-related changes in splicing, lncRNAs and circRNAs. Third, we discuss the changes and potential impact of transcription of transposable elements with aging. Fourth, we highlight small ncRNAs and their potential impact on the regulation of aging phenotypes. Understanding the aging transcriptome will be key to identify important regulatory targets, and ultimately slow-down or reverse aging and extend healthy lifespan in humans.
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- Rochelle W Lai
- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089; Graduate program in the Biology of Aging, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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- Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089; USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Los Angeles, CA 90089; USC Stem Cell Initiative, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
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Kane AE, Sinclair DA. Epigenetic changes during aging and their reprogramming potential. Crit Rev Biochem Mol Biol 2019; 54:61-83. [PMID: 30822165 PMCID: PMC6424622 DOI: 10.1080/10409238.2019.1570075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 27.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2018] [Revised: 01/09/2019] [Accepted: 01/11/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The aging process results in significant epigenetic changes at all levels of chromatin and DNA organization. These include reduced global heterochromatin, nucleosome remodeling and loss, changes in histone marks, global DNA hypomethylation with CpG island hypermethylation, and the relocalization of chromatin modifying factors. Exactly how and why these changes occur is not fully understood, but evidence that these epigenetic changes affect longevity and may cause aging, is growing. Excitingly, new studies show that age-related epigenetic changes can be reversed with interventions such as cyclic expression of the Yamanaka reprogramming factors. This review presents a summary of epigenetic changes that occur in aging, highlights studies indicating that epigenetic changes may contribute to the aging process and outlines the current state of research into interventions to reprogram age-related epigenetic changes.
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- Alice E. Kane
- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
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- Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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Gaur M, Dobke M, Lunyak VV. Methods and Strategies for Procurement, Isolation, Characterization, and Assessment of Senescence of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Adipose Tissue. Methods Mol Biol 2019; 2045:37-92. [PMID: 30838605 DOI: 10.1007/7651_2018_174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem (stromal) cells (hADSC) represent an attractive source of the cells for numerous therapeutic applications in regenerative medicine. These cells are also an efficient model to study biological pathways of stem cell action, tissue injury and disease. Like any other primary somatic cells in culture, industrial-scale expansion of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) leads to the replicative exhaustion/senescence as defined by the "Hayflick limit." The senescence is not only greatly effecting in vivo potency of the stem cell cultures but also might be the cause and the source of clinical inconsistency arising from infused cell preparations. In this light, the characterization of hADSC replicative and stressor-induced senescence phenotypes is of great interest.This chapter summarizes some of the essential protocols and assays used at our laboratories and clinic for the human fat procurement, isolation, culture, differentiation, and characterization of mesenchymal stem cells from adipose tissue and the stromal vascular fraction. Additionally, we provide manuals for characterization of hADSC senescence in a culture based on stem cells immunophenotype, proliferation rate, migration potential, and numerous other well-accepted markers of cellular senescence. Such methodological framework will be immensely helpful to design standards and surrogate measures for hADSC-based therapeutic applications.
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- Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
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Condensin is a multi-subunit protein complex that belongs to the family of structural maintenance of chromosomes (SMC) complexes. Condensins regulate chromosome structure in a wide range of processes including chromosome segregation, gene regulation, DNA repair and recombination. Recent research defined the structural features and molecular activities of condensins, but it is unclear how these activities are connected to the multitude of phenotypes and functions attributed to condensins. In this review, we briefly discuss the different molecular mechanisms by which condensins may regulate global chromosome compaction, organization of topologically associated domains, clustering of specific loci such as tRNA genes, rDNA segregation, and gene regulation.
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Marinowic DR, Zanirati G, Azevedo PN, De Souza EV, Bruzzo F, Silva SPD, Heuser EB, Machado DC, Da Costa JC. Umbilical Mononuclear Cells and Fibroblast Interaction Downregulate the Expression of Cell Cycle Negative Control Genes. Cell Reprogram 2018; 20:320-327. [PMID: 30204474 DOI: 10.1089/cell.2018.0014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The human umbilical cord blood (HUCB) is an excellent source of adult stem cells, having the benefit of being younger than the bone marrow stem cells. The role of stem cells in the lesion repair mechanism is still being studied. We evaluated the capability of HUCB to interfere into the fibroblast dedifferentiation plasticity through cocultivation. Direct and indirect cocultures were maintained for 24, 48, and 72 hours. Coculture viability was evaluated by MTT assay. The messenger RNA was extracted, and the expression of p16 and p21 genes was estimated by quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). The direct or indirect contact did not interfere with fibroblast cell viability. However, these direct and indirect contacts reduced the expression of p16 and p21 genes. A sigmoidal curve was applied to adjust gene expression against time, and a mathematical function was established for gene expression according to cell culture type. These results suggest that the differentiated cells were influenced by immature cells (HUCB) either by the direct contact or by signaling molecules, which alter their behavior and plasticity. Therefore our data may contribute to paracrine effects other than the commonly known to be responsible for the repair of lesions in stem cell therapy.
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- Daniel Rodrigo Marinowic
- 1 Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns) , Porto Alegre, Brazil .,2 Graduate Program in Medicine and Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- 1 Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns) , Porto Alegre, Brazil .,3 Graduate Program in Medicine, Pediatrics and Child Health, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- 1 Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns) , Porto Alegre, Brazil .,2 Graduate Program in Medicine and Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- 1 Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns) , Porto Alegre, Brazil .,4 School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- 1 Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns) , Porto Alegre, Brazil .,6 Mathematics Course, School of Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- 1 Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns) , Porto Alegre, Brazil .,2 Graduate Program in Medicine and Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Brazil .,4 School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- 1 Brain Institute of Rio Grande do Sul (BraIns) , Porto Alegre, Brazil .,2 Graduate Program in Medicine and Health Sciences, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Brazil .,3 Graduate Program in Medicine, Pediatrics and Child Health, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Brazil .,4 School of Medicine, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul , Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Ciccarone F, Tagliatesta S, Caiafa P, Zampieri M. DNA methylation dynamics in aging: how far are we from understanding the mechanisms? Mech Ageing Dev 2018; 174:3-17. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2017.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2017] [Revised: 12/14/2017] [Accepted: 12/16/2017] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Senescent cells constitutively secrete inflammatory cytokines, known as the senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP). Previous work has implicated SASP in immune-mediated clearance of senescent cells; however, its regulation remains unknown. Our recent transcriptome profiling study has shown that human senescent human stem and progenitors (s-HSPCs) robustly express genomic transposable elements (TEs) and pathways of inflammation. Furthermore, hypomethylating agents have been previously shown to induce expression of TEs and activate the dsRNA recognition pathway and downstream interferon-stimulated genes, leading to immune mediated cell death. Therefore, to examine whether activation of TEs occurred universally, independent of their modality of senescence induction, we performed transcriptomic analysis in artificially-induced senescent cell-lines and observed a robust activation of TEs. Hence we propose that the expression of TEs might play a role in immune mediated clearance of senescent cells.
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- Anthony R Colombo
- a Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology and Center for the Study of Blood Diseases , Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California , Los Angeles , CA , USA
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- b Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology , New York University School of Medicine , New York , NY , USA
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- a Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology and Center for the Study of Blood Diseases , Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California , Los Angeles , CA , USA
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De Cauwer A, Mariotte A, Sibilia J, Bahram S, Georgel P. DICER1: A Key Player in Rheumatoid Arthritis, at the Crossroads of Cellular Stress, Innate Immunity, and Chronic Inflammation in Aging. Front Immunol 2018; 9:1647. [PMID: 30087677 PMCID: PMC6066587 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2018.01647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2018] [Accepted: 07/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Loss-of-function or knockout mouse models have established a fundamental role for the RNAse III enzyme DICER1 in development and tissue morphogenesis and/or homeostasis. These functions are currently assumed to result mainly from the DICER1-dependent biogenesis of microRNAs which exhibit important gene expression regulatory properties. However, non-canonical DICER1 functions have recently emerged. These include interaction with the DNA damage response (DDR) pathway and the processing of cytotoxic non-coding RNAs, suggesting that DICER1 might also participate in the regulation of major cellular processes through miRNA-independent mechanisms. Recent findings indicated that reduced Dicer1 expression, which correlates with worsened symptoms in mouse models of joint inflammation, is also noted in fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) harvested from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, as opposed to FLS cultured from biopsies of osteoarthritic patients. In addition, low DICER1 levels are associated with the establishment of cellular stress and its associated responses, such as cellular senescence. Senescent and/or stressed cells are associated with an inflammatory secretome (cytokines and chemokines), as well as with "find-me" and "eat-me" signals which will attract and activate the innate immune compartment (NK cells, macrophages, and neutrophils) to be eliminated. Failure of this immunosurveillance mechanism and improper restauration of homeostasis could lead to the establishment of a systemic and chronic inflammatory state. In this review, we suggest that reduced DICER1 expression contributes to a vicious cycle during which accumulating inflammation and premature senescence, combined to inadequate innate immunity responses, creates the appropriate conditions for the initiation and/or progression of autoimmune-autoinflammatory diseases, such as RA.
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- Aurore De Cauwer
- Université de Strasbourg, INSERM, ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire UMR_S 1109, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France.,Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire, OMICARE, Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, INSERM, ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire UMR_S 1109, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France.,Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire, OMICARE, Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, INSERM, ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire UMR_S 1109, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France.,Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire, OMICARE, Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, Strasbourg, France.,Centre de Référence des Maladies Autoimmunes Rares, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, INSERM, ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire UMR_S 1109, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France.,Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire, OMICARE, Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, Strasbourg, France
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- Université de Strasbourg, INSERM, ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire UMR_S 1109, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France.,Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire, OMICARE, Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, Strasbourg, France
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Sousa-Victor P, Ayyaz A, Hayashi R, Qi Y, Madden DT, Lunyak VV, Jasper H. Piwi Is Required to Limit Exhaustion of Aging Somatic Stem Cells. Cell Rep 2018; 20:2527-2537. [PMID: 28903034 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.08.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2017] [Revised: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Sophisticated mechanisms that preserve genome integrity are critical to ensure the maintenance of regenerative capacity while preventing transformation of somatic stem cells (SCs), yet little is known about mechanisms regulating genome maintenance in these cells. Here, we show that intestinal stem cells (ISCs) induce the Argonaute family protein Piwi in response to JAK/STAT signaling during acute proliferative episodes. Piwi function is critical to ensure heterochromatin maintenance, suppress retrotransposon activation, and prevent DNA damage in homeostasis and under regenerative pressure. Accordingly, loss of Piwi results in the loss of actively dividing ISCs and their progenies by apoptosis. We further show that Piwi expression is sufficient to allay age-related retrotransposon expression, DNA damage, apoptosis, and mis-differentiation phenotypes in the ISC lineage, improving epithelial homeostasis. Our data identify a role for Piwi in the regulation of somatic SC function, and they highlight the importance of retrotransposon control in somatic SC maintenance.
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- Pedro Sousa-Victor
- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945-1400, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945-1400, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945-1400, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945-1400, USA; College of Pharmacy, Touro University California, 1310 Club Drive, Vallejo, CA 94592, USA
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- Aelan Cell Technologies, 665/280 Third Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
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- Buck Institute for Research on Aging, 8001 Redwood Boulevard, Novato, CA 94945-1400, USA; Immunology Discovery, Genentech, Inc., 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
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Pereira Fernandes D, Bitar M, Jacobs FMJ, Barry G. Long Non-Coding RNAs in Neuronal Aging. Noncoding RNA 2018; 4:E12. [PMID: 29670042 DOI: 10.3390/ncrna4020012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2018] [Revised: 04/06/2018] [Accepted: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The expansion of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) in organismal genomes has been associated with the emergence of sophisticated regulatory networks that may have contributed to more complex neuronal processes, such as higher-order cognition. In line with the important roles of lncRNAs in the normal functioning of the human brain, dysregulation of lncRNA expression has been implicated in aging and age-related neurodegenerative disorders. In this paper, we discuss the function and expression of known neuronal-associated lncRNAs, their impact on epigenetic changes, the contribution of transposable elements to lncRNA expression, and the implication of lncRNAs in maintaining the 3D nuclear architecture in neurons. Moreover, we discuss how the complex molecular processes that are orchestrated by lncRNAs in the aged brain may contribute to neuronal pathogenesis by promoting protein aggregation and neurodegeneration. Finally, this review explores the possibility that age-related disturbances of lncRNA expression change the genomic and epigenetic regulatory landscape of neurons, which may affect neuronal processes such as neurogenesis and synaptic plasticity.
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Cardelli M. The epigenetic alterations of endogenous retroelements in aging. Mech Ageing Dev 2018; 174:30-46. [PMID: 29458070 DOI: 10.1016/j.mad.2018.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Revised: 02/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Endogenous retroelements, transposons that mobilize through RNA intermediates, include some of the most abundant repetitive sequences of the human genome, such as Alu and LINE-1 sequences, and human endogenous retroviruses. Recent discoveries demonstrate that these mobile genetic elements not only act as intragenomic parasites, but also exert regulatory roles in living cells. The risk of genomic instability represented by endogenous retroelements is normally counteracted by a series of epigenetic control mechanisms which include, among the most important, CpG DNA methylation. Indeed, most of the genomic CpG sites subjected to DNA methylation in the nuclear DNA are carried by these repetitive elements. As other parts of the genome, endogenous retroelements and other transposable elements are subjected to deep epigenetic alterations during aging, repeatedly observed in the context of organismal and cellular senescence, in human and other species. This review summarizes the current status of knowledge about the epigenetic alterations occurring in this large, non-genic portion of the genome in aging and age-related conditions, with a focus on the causes and the possible functional consequences of these alterations.
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- Maurizio Cardelli
- Advanced Technology Center for Aging Research, Scientific Technological Area, Italian National Research Center on Aging (INRCA), via Birarelli 8, 60121 Ancona, Italy.
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Lunyak VV, Amaro-Ortiz A, Gaur M. Mesenchymal Stem Cells Secretory Responses: Senescence Messaging Secretome and Immunomodulation Perspective. Front Genet 2017; 8:220. [PMID: 29312442 PMCID: PMC5742268 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2017.00220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2017] [Accepted: 12/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSC) have been tested in a significant number of clinical trials, where they exhibit regenerative and repair properties directly through their differentiation into the cells of the mesenchymal origin or by modulation of the tissue/organ microenvironment. Despite various clinical effects upon transplantation, the functional properties of these cells in natural settings and their role in tissue regeneration in vivo is not yet fully understood. The omnipresence of MSC throughout vascularized organs equates to a reservoir of potentially therapeutic regenerative depots throughout the body. However, these reservoirs could be subjected to cellular senescence. In this review, we will discuss current progress and challenges in the understanding of different biological pathways leading to senescence. We set out to highlight the seemingly paradoxical property of cellular senescence: its beneficial role in the development and tissue repair and detrimental impact of this process on tissue homeostasis in aging and disease. Taking into account the lessons from the different cell systems, this review elucidates how autocrine and paracrine properties of senescent MSC might impose an additional layer of complexity on the regulation of the immune system in development and disease. New findings that have emerged in the last few years could shed light on sometimes seemingly controversial results obtained from MSC therapeutic applications.
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- Aelan Cell Technologies, San Francisco, CA, United States
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Colombo AR, Zubair A, Thiagarajan D, Nuzhdin S, Triche TJ, Ramsingh G. Suppression of Transposable Elements in Leukemic Stem Cells. Sci Rep 2017; 7:7029. [PMID: 28765607 PMCID: PMC5539300 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-07356-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 06/23/2017] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Genomic transposable elements (TEs) comprise nearly half of the human genome. The expression of TEs is considered potentially hazardous, as it can lead to insertional mutagenesis and genomic instability. However, recent studies have revealed that TEs are involved in immune-mediated cell clearance. Hypomethylating agents can increase the expression of TEs in cancer cells, inducing ‘viral mimicry’, causing interferon signalling and cancer cell killing. To investigate the role of TEs in the pathogenesis of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), we studied TE expression in several cell fractions of AML while tracking its development (pre-leukemic haematopoietic stem cells, leukemic stem cells [LSCs], and leukemic blasts). LSCs, which are resistant to chemotherapy and serve as reservoirs for relapse, showed significant suppression of TEs and interferon pathways. Similarly, high-risk cases of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) showed far greater suppression of TEs than low-risk cases. We propose TE suppression as a mechanism for immune escape in AML and MDS. Repression of TEs co-occurred with the upregulation of several genes known to modulate TE expression, such as RNA helicases and autophagy genes. Thus, we have identified potential pathways that can be targeted to activate cancer immunogenicity via TEs in AML and MDS.
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- Anthony R Colombo
- Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology and Center for the Study of Blood Diseases, Los Angeles, California, 90033, USA
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- University of Southern California, Department of Molecular and Computational Biology, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-2910, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology and Center for the Study of Blood Diseases, Los Angeles, California, 90033, USA.,Langone Medical Center of New York University School of Medicine, Endocrinology Division for the Study of Diabetes, 550 1st Avenue, New York, NY, 10016, USA
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- University of Southern California, Department of Molecular and Computational Biology, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-2910, USA
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- Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology and Center for the Study of Blood Diseases, Los Angeles, California, 90033, USA.
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- Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Jane Anne Nohl Division of Hematology and Center for the Study of Blood Diseases, Los Angeles, California, 90033, USA.
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CGGBP1 (CGG triplet repeat-binding protein 1) regulates cell proliferation, stress response, cytokinesis, telomeric integrity and transcription. It could affect these processes by modulating target gene expression under different conditions. Identification of CGGBP1-target genes and their regulation could reveal how a transcription regulator affects such diverse cellular processes. Here we describe the mechanisms of differential gene expression regulation by CGGBP1 in quiescent or growing cells. By studying global gene expression patterns and genome-wide DNA-binding patterns of CGGBP1, we show that a possible mechanism through which it affects the expression of RNA Pol II-transcribed genes in trans depends on Alu RNA. We also show that it regulates Alu transcription in cis by binding to Alu promoter. Our results also indicate that potential phosphorylation of CGGBP1 upon growth stimulation facilitates its nuclear retention, Alu-binding and dislodging of RNA Pol III therefrom. These findings provide insights into how Alu transcription is regulated in response to growth signals.
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- Prasoon Agarwal
- a Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory , Uppsala University , Uppsala , Sweden
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- a Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory , Uppsala University , Uppsala , Sweden
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- b University of Bordeaux, IECB , ARNA laboratory, Equipe Labellisée Contre le Cancer , Pessac , France
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- a Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory , Uppsala University , Uppsala , Sweden
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- c Institute for Systems Biology , Seattle , WA , USA
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- a Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory , Uppsala University , Uppsala , Sweden
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- a Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Rudbeck Laboratory , Uppsala University , Uppsala , Sweden
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Lopez MF, Niu P, Wang L, Vogelsang M, Gaur M, Krastins B, Zhao Y, Smagul A, Nussupbekova A, Akanov AA, Jordan IK, Lunyak VV. Opposing activities of oncogenic MIR17HG and tumor suppressive MIR100HG clusters and their gene targets regulate replicative senescence in human adult stem cells. NPJ Aging Mech Dis. 2017;3:7. [PMID: 28649425 PMCID: PMC5460214 DOI: 10.1038/s41514-017-0006-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Growing evidence suggests that many diseases of aging, including diseases associated with robust changes and adipose deports, may be caused by resident adult stem cell exhaustion due to the process called cellular senescence. Understanding how microRNA pathways can regulate cellular senescence is crucial for the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategies to combat these pathologies. Herein, using integrated transcriptomic and semi-quantitative proteomic analysis, we provide a system level view of the regulation of human adipose-derived stem cell senescence by a subset of mature microRNAs (termed senescence-associated-microRNAs) produced by biogenesis of oncogenic MIR17HG and tumor-suppressive MIR100HG clusters. We demonstrate functional significance of these mature senescence-associated-microRNAs in the process of replicative senescence of human adipose-derived stem cells ex-vivo and define a set of senescence-associated-microRNA gene targets that are able to elicit, modulate and, most importantly, balance intimate connections between oncogenic and senescent events.
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Dual-specificity phosphatase 11 (DUSP11) is a conserved protein tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) in metazoans. The cellular substrates and physiologic activities of DUSP11 remain largely unknown. In nematodes, DUSP11 is required for normal development and RNA interference against endogenous RNAs (endo-RNAi) via molecular mechanisms that are not well understood. However, mammals lack analogous endo-RNAi pathways and consequently, a role for DUSP11 in mammalian RNA silencing was unanticipated. Recent work from our laboratory demonstrated that DUSP11 activity alters the silencing potential of noncanonical viral miRNAs in mammalian cells. Our studies further uncovered direct cellular substrates of DUSP11 and suggest that DUSP11 is part of regulatory pathway that controls the abundance of select triphosphorylated noncoding RNAs. Here, we highlight recent findings and present new data that advance understanding of mammalian DUSP11 during gene silencing and discuss the emerging biological activities of DUSP11 in mammalian cells.
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- James M Burke
- a The University of Texas at Austin , Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Center for Infectious Disease and Department of Molecular Biosciences , Austin , TX , USA
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- a The University of Texas at Austin , Center for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Center for Infectious Disease and Department of Molecular Biosciences , Austin , TX , USA
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SIRT6, a member of the Sirtuin family of NAD+-dependent enzymes, has established roles in chromatin signaling and genome maintenance. Through these functions, SIRT6 protects against aging-associated pathologies including metabolic disease and cancer, and can promote longevity in mice. Research from the past few years revealed that SIRT6 is a complex enzyme with multiple substrates and catalytic activities, and uncovered novel SIRT6 functions in the maintenance of organismal health span. Here, we review these new discoveries and models of SIRT6 biology in four areas: heterochromatin stabilization and silencing; stem cell biology; cancer initiation and progression; and regulation of metabolic homeostasis. We discuss the possible implications of these findings for therapeutic interventions in aging and aging-related disease processes.
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- Luisa Tasselli
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA; Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
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Gaur M, Dobke M, Lunyak VV. Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Adipose Tissue in Clinical Applications for Dermatological Indications and Skin Aging. Int J Mol Sci. 2017;18:208. [PMID: 28117680 PMCID: PMC5297838 DOI: 10.3390/ijms18010208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2016] [Revised: 01/05/2017] [Accepted: 01/05/2017] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Operating at multiple levels of control, mesenchymal stem cells from adipose tissue (ADSCs) communicate with organ systems to adjust immune response, provide signals for differentiation, migration, enzymatic reactions, and to equilibrate the regenerative demands of balanced tissue homeostasis. The identification of the mechanisms by which ADSCs accomplish these functions for dermatological rejuvenation and wound healing has great potential to identify novel targets for the treatment of disorders and combat aging. Herein, we review new insights into the role of adipose-derived stem cells in the maintenance of dermal and epidermal homeostasis, and recent advances in clinical applications of ADSCs related to dermatology.
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Rishishwar L, Wang L, Clayton EA, Mariño-Ramírez L, McDonald JF, Jordan IK. Population and clinical genetics of human transposable elements in the (post) genomic era. Mob Genet Elements 2017; 7:1-20. [PMID: 28228978 PMCID: PMC5305044 DOI: 10.1080/2159256x.2017.1280116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Revised: 01/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2017] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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Recent technological developments-in genomics, bioinformatics and high-throughput experimental techniques-are providing opportunities to study ongoing human transposable element (TE) activity at an unprecedented level of detail. It is now possible to characterize genome-wide collections of TE insertion sites for multiple human individuals, within and between populations, and for a variety of tissue types. Comparison of TE insertion site profiles between individuals captures the germline activity of TEs and reveals insertion site variants that segregate as polymorphisms among human populations, whereas comparison among tissue types ascertains somatic TE activity that generates cellular heterogeneity. In this review, we provide an overview of these new technologies and explore their implications for population and clinical genetic studies of human TEs. We cover both recent published results on human TE insertion activity as well as the prospects for future TE studies related to human evolution and health.
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- Lavanya Rishishwar
- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; PanAmerican Bioinformatics Institute, Cali, Colombia; Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; PanAmerican Bioinformatics Institute, Cali, Colombia
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; Ovarian Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- PanAmerican Bioinformatics Institute, Cali, Colombia; National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; Ovarian Cancer Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA; PanAmerican Bioinformatics Institute, Cali, Colombia; Applied Bioinformatics Laboratory, Atlanta, GA, USA
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Salmina K, Huna A, Inashkina I, Belyayev A, Krigerts J, Pastova L, Vazquez-Martin A, Erenpreisa J. Nucleolar aggresomes mediate release of pericentric heterochromatin and nuclear destruction of genotoxically treated cancer cells. Nucleus 2017; 8:205-221. [PMID: 28068183 DOI: 10.1080/19491034.2017.1279775] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The role of the nucleolus and autophagy in maintenance of nuclear integrity is poorly understood. In addition, the mechanisms of nuclear destruction in cancer cells senesced after conventional chemotherapy are unclear. In an attempt to elucidate these issues, we studied teratocarcinoma PA1 cells treated with Etoposide (ETO), focusing on the nucleolus. Following treatment, most cells enter G2 arrest, display persistent DNA damage and activate p53, senescence, and macroautophagy markers. 2-5 µm sized nucleolar aggresomes (NoA) containing fibrillarin (FIB) and damaged rDNA, colocalized with ubiquitin, pAMPK, and LC3-II emerge, accompanied by heterochromatin fragments, when translocated perinuclearly. Microscopic counts following application of specific inhibitors revealed that formation of FIB-NoA is dependent on deficiency of the ubiquitin proteasome system coupled to functional autophagy. In contrast, the accompanying NoAs release of pericentric heterochromatin, which exceeds their frequency, is favored by debilitation of autophagic flux. Potential survivors release NoA in the cytoplasm during rare mitoses, while exit of pericentric fragments often depleted of H3K9Me3, with or without encompassing by NoA, occurs through the nucleolar protrusions and defects of the nuclear envelope. Foci of LC3-II are accumulated in the nucleoli undergoing cessation of rDNA transcription. As an origin of heterochromatin fragmentation, the unscheduled DNA synthesis and circular DNAs were found in the perinucleolar heterochromatin shell, along with activation and retrotransposition of ALU elements, colocalized with 45S rDNA in NoAs. The data indicate coordination of the basic nucleolar function with autophagy regulation in maintenance of the integrity of the nucleolus associated domains secured by inactivity of retrotransposons.
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- a Latvian Biomedical Research & Study Centre , Riga , Latvia
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- a Latvian Biomedical Research & Study Centre , Riga , Latvia
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- b Botanical Institute AS CR , Czech Academy of Science , Prague, Czech Republic
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- a Latvian Biomedical Research & Study Centre , Riga , Latvia
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- b Botanical Institute AS CR , Czech Academy of Science , Prague, Czech Republic
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Maxwell PH. Growth conditions that increase or decrease lifespan in Saccharomyces cerevisiae lead to corresponding decreases or increases in rates of interstitial deletions and non-reciprocal translocations. BMC Genet 2016; 17:140. [PMID: 27769161 PMCID: PMC5073950 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-016-0447-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Accumulation of DNA damage, mutations, and chromosomal abnormalities is associated with aging in many organisms. How directly various forms of genomic instability contribute to lifespan in different aging contexts is still under active investigation. Testing whether treatments that alter lifespan change mutation rates early during lifespan could provide support for genomic instability being at least partly responsible for changes in the rates of aging. RESULTS Rates of mutations, direct repeat recombination, or retrotransposition were measured in young cell populations from two strain backgrounds of Saccharomyces cerevisiae exposed to several growth conditions that shortened or extended yeast chronological lifespan. In most cases, rates of genomic instability did not consistently increase in young cells exposed to lifespan-shortening conditions or decrease in young cells exposed to lifespan-extending conditions. The mutation rate for a copy of the CAN1 gene integrated onto the right arm of chromosome VIII did show expected increases or decreases in young cells in the lifespan-altering growth conditions. These mutations were determined to frequently result from non-allelic recombination events, including non-reciprocal translocations, and were more strongly stimulated by using hydroxyurea to induce DNA replication stress than by the general DNA-damaging agent methyl methanesulfonate. CONCLUSIONS The results are not consistent with changes in mutation rates in general mediating the influence of alternative growth conditions on yeast lifespan. The strong correlation between non-allelic recombination events and the effects of the alternative growth conditions on lifespan indicates that genomic instability due to changes in recombination rates may directly contribute to the rate of aging or that lifespan-altering treatments may consistently increase or decrease DNA replication stress. These results further support the connection between DNA replication stress and aging observed in multiple organisms. Chromosomal abnormalities that likely arise from recombination events are more prevalent in multiple human tissues with increasing age, and further work in yeast could help to define mechanisms responsible for this observation and the impact of chromosomal abnormalities on aging.
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- Patrick H Maxwell
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, CBIS Room 2123, 110 8th Street, Troy, 12180, NY, USA.
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Wood JG, Jones BC, Jiang N, Chang C, Hosier S, Wickremesinghe P, Garcia M, Hartnett DA, Burhenn L, Neretti N, Helfand SL. Chromatin-modifying genetic interventions suppress age-associated transposable element activation and extend life span in Drosophila. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2016; 113:11277-82. [PMID: 27621458 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1604621113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Transposable elements (TEs) are mobile genetic elements, highly enriched in heterochromatin, that constitute a large percentage of the DNA content of eukaryotic genomes. Aging in Drosophila melanogaster is characterized by loss of repressive heterochromatin structure and loss of silencing of reporter genes in constitutive heterochromatin regions. Using next-generation sequencing, we found that transcripts of many genes native to heterochromatic regions and TEs increased with age in fly heads and fat bodies. A dietary restriction regimen, known to extend life span, repressed the age-related increased expression of genes located in heterochromatin, as well as TEs. We also observed a corresponding age-associated increase in TE transposition in fly fat body cells that was delayed by dietary restriction. Furthermore, we found that manipulating genes known to affect heterochromatin structure, including overexpression of Sir2, Su(var)3-9, and Dicer-2, as well as decreased expression of Adar, mitigated age-related increases in expression of TEs. Increasing expression of either Su(var)3-9 or Dicer-2 also led to an increase in life span. Mutation of Dicer-2 led to an increase in DNA double-strand breaks. Treatment with the reverse transcriptase inhibitor 3TC resulted in decreased TE transposition as well as increased life span in TE-sensitized Dicer-2 mutants. Together, these data support the retrotransposon theory of aging, which hypothesizes that epigenetically silenced TEs become deleteriously activated as cellular defense and surveillance mechanisms break down with age. Furthermore, interventions that maintain repressive heterochromatin and preserve TE silencing may prove key to preventing damage caused by TE activation and extending healthy life span.
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Over the past decade, a growing number of studies have revealed that progressive changes to epigenetic information accompany aging in both dividing and nondividing cells. Functional studies in model organisms and humans indicate that epigenetic changes have a huge influence on the aging process. These epigenetic changes occur at various levels, including reduced bulk levels of the core histones, altered patterns of histone posttranslational modifications and DNA methylation, replacement of canonical histones with histone variants, and altered noncoding RNA expression, during both organismal aging and replicative senescence. The end result of epigenetic changes during aging is altered local accessibility to the genetic material, leading to aberrant gene expression, reactivation of transposable elements, and genomic instability. Strikingly, certain types of epigenetic information can function in a transgenerational manner to influence the life span of the offspring. Several important conclusions emerge from these studies: rather than being genetically predetermined, our life span is largely epigenetically determined; diet and other environmental influences can influence our life span by changing the epigenetic information; and inhibitors of epigenetic enzymes can influence life span of model organisms. These new findings provide better understanding of the mechanisms involved in aging. Given the reversible nature of epigenetic information, these studies highlight exciting avenues for therapeutic intervention in aging and age-associated diseases, including cancer.
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- Sangita Pal
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Genes and Development Graduate Program, University of Texas Graduate School of the Biomedical Sciences at Houston, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA
- Corresponding author.
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Chen H, Zheng X, Xiao D, Zheng Y. Age-associated de-repression of retrotransposons in the Drosophila fat body, its potential cause and consequence. Aging Cell 2016; 15:542-52. [PMID: 27072046 PMCID: PMC4854910 DOI: 10.1111/acel.12465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Eukaryotic genomes contain transposable elements (TE) that can move into new locations upon activation. Since uncontrolled transposition of TEs, including the retrotransposons and DNA transposons, can lead to DNA breaks and genomic instability, multiple mechanisms, including heterochromatin‐mediated repression, have evolved to repress TE activation. Studies in model organisms have shown that TEs become activated upon aging as a result of age‐associated deregulation of heterochromatin. Considering that different organisms or cell types may undergo distinct heterochromatin changes upon aging, it is important to identify pathways that lead to TE activation in specific tissues and cell types. Through deep sequencing of isolated RNAs, we report an increased expression of many retrotransposons in the old Drosophila fat body, an organ equivalent to the mammalian liver and adipose tissue. This de‐repression correlates with an increased number of DNA damage foci and decreased level of Drosophila lamin‐B in the old fat body cells. Depletion of the Drosophila lamin‐B in the young or larval fat body results in a reduction of heterochromatin and a corresponding increase in retrotransposon expression and DNA damage. Further manipulations of lamin‐B and retrotransposon expression suggest a role of the nuclear lamina in maintaining the genome integrity of the Drosophila fat body by repressing retrotransposons.
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- Haiyang Chen
- Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol School of Life Sciences Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
- Department of Embryology Carnegie Institution for Science Baltimore MD 21218 USA
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- Department of Embryology Carnegie Institution for Science Baltimore MD 21218 USA
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- Key Laboratory of Gene Engineering of the Ministry of Education State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol School of Life Sciences Sun Yat‐sen University Guangzhou 510275 China
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- Department of Embryology Carnegie Institution for Science Baltimore MD 21218 USA
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Niu P, Smagul A, Wang L, Sadvakas A, Sha Y, Pérez LM, Nussupbekova A, Amirbekov A, Akanov AA, Gálvez BG, Jordan IK, Lunyak VV. Transcriptional profiling of interleukin-2-primed human adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells revealed dramatic changes in stem cells response imposed by replicative senescence. Oncotarget 2016; 6:17938-57. [PMID: 26255627 PMCID: PMC4627227 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.4852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Accepted: 06/11/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Inflammation is a double-edged sword with both detrimental and beneficial consequences. Understanding of the mechanisms of crosstalk between the inflammatory milieu and human adult mesenchymal stem cells is an important basis for clinical efforts. Here, we investigate changes in the transcriptional response of human adipose-derived stem cells to physiologically relevant levels of IL-2 (IL-2 priming) upon replicative senescence. Our data suggest that replicative senescence might dramatically impede human mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) function via global transcriptional deregulation in response to IL-2. We uncovered a novel senescence-associated transcriptional signature in human adipose-derived MSCs hADSCs after exposure to pro-inflammatory environment: significant enhancement of the expression of the genes encoding potent growth factors and cytokines with anti-inflammatory and migration-promoting properties, as well as genes encoding angiogenic and anti-apoptotic promoting factors, all of which could participate in the establishment of a unique microenvironment. We observed transcriptional up-regulation of critical components of the nitric oxide synthase pathway (iNOS) in hADSCs upon replicative senescence suggesting, that senescent stem cells can acquire metastasis-promoting properties via stem cell-mediated immunosuppression. Our study highlights the importance of age as a factor when designing cell-based or pharmacological therapies for older patients and predicts measurable biomarkers characteristic of an environment that is conducive to cancer cells invasiveness and metastasis.
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- Ping Niu
- Department of Pediatrics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China
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- S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Cardiac Development and Repair Department, National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
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- S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- S.D. Asfendiyarov Kazakh National Medical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
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- Cardiac Development and Repair Department, National Center for Cardiovascular Research (CNIC), Madrid, Spain
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- School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA.,PanAmerican Bioinformatics Institute, Santa Marta, Magdalena, Colombia
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Traditionally considered as a critical intermediate in the toxic and carcinogenic response to dioxin (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, TCDD), the Aryl hydrocarbon/Dioxin receptor (AhR) has proven to be also an important regulator of cell physiology and organ homeostasis. AhR has become an interesting and actual area of research mainly boosted by a significant number of recent studies analyzing its contribution to the proper functioning of the immune, hepatic, cardiovascular, vascular and reproductive systems. At the cellular level, AhR establishes functional interactions with signaling pathways governing cell proliferation and cell cycle, cell morphology, cell adhesion and cell migration. Two exciting new aspects in AhR biology deal with its implication in the control of cell differentiation and its more than likely involvement in cell pluripotency and stemness. In fact, it is possible that AhR could help modulate the balance between differentiation and pluripotency in normal and transformed tumor cells. At the molecular level, AhR regulates an increasingly large array of physiologically relevant genes either by traditional transcription-dependent mechanisms or by unforeseen processes involving genomic insulators, chromatin dynamics and the transcription of mobile genetic elements. AhR is also closely related to epigenetics, not only from the point of view of target gene expression but also with respect to its own regulation by promoter methylation. It is reasonable to consider that deregulation of these many functions could have a causative role, or at least contribute to, human disease. Consequently, several laboratories have proposed that AhR could be a valuable tool as diagnostic marker and/or therapeutic target in human pathologies. An additional point of interest is the possibility of regulating AhR activity by endogenous non-toxic low weight molecules agonist or antagonist molecules that could be present or included in the diet. In this review, we will address these molecular and functional features of AhR biology within physiological and pathological contexts.
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- Sonia Mulero-Navarro
- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura Badajoz, Spain
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- Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular y Genética, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Extremadura Badajoz, Spain
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Retrotransposons are activated as organisms age, based on work from several model systems. Since these mobile DNA elements can promote genome instability, this has raised the possibility that they can contribute to loss of cellular function with age. Many questions remain to be addressed about the relationship between retrotransposons and aging, so it is unclear if changes in their activity will be found to contribute to aging or to be a consequence of aging. A few broad perspectives are presented regarding how continued work on these elements could provide important insights into the aging process, regardless of whether their mobility is ultimately found to significantly contribute to reduced lifespan and healthspan.
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- Patrick H Maxwell
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, CBIS Room 2123, 110 8th Street, Troy, NY, 12180, USA.
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