Key elements of cellular senescence involve transcriptional repression of mitotic and DNA repair genes through the p53-p16/RB-E2F-DREAM complex

Cellular senescence is a dynamic stress response process that contributes to aging. From initiation to maintenance, senescent cells continuously undergo complex molecular changes and develop an altered transcriptome. Understanding how the molecular architecture of these cells evolve to sustain their non-proliferative state will open new therapeutic avenues to alleviate or delay the consequences of aging. Seeking to understand these molecular changes, we studied the transcriptomic profiles of endothelial replication-induced senescence and senescence induced by the inflammatory cytokine, TNF-α. We previously reported gene expressional pattern, pathways, and the mechanisms associated with upregulated genes during TNF-α induced senescence. Here, we extend our work and find downregulated gene signatures of both replicative and TNF-α senescence were highly overlapped, involving the decreased expression of several genes associated with cell cycle regulation, DNA replication, recombination, repair, chromatin structure, cellular assembly, and organization. We identified multiple targets of p53/p16-RB-E2F-DREAM that are essential for proliferation, mitotic progression, resolving DNA damage, maintaining chromatin integrity, and DNA synthesis that were repressed in senescent cells. We show that repression of multiple target genes in the p53/p16-RB-E2F-DREAM pathway collectively contributes to the stability of the senescent arrest. Our findings show that the regulatory connection between DREAM and cellular senescence may play a potential role in the aging process.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:15

Enthalten in:

Aging - 15(2023), 10 vom: 22. Mai, Seite 4012-4034

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kandhaya-Pillai, Renuka [VerfasserIn]
Miro-Mur, Francesc [VerfasserIn]
Alijotas-Reig, Jaume [VerfasserIn]
Tchkonia, Tamar [VerfasserIn]
Schwartz, Simo [VerfasserIn]
Kirkland, James L [VerfasserIn]
Oshima, Junko [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cell cycle
Cellular senescence
Chromatin
DNA repair
DREAM complex
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

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Date Completed 07.06.2023

Date Revised 07.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.18632/aging.204743

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357218620