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Chromatin reorganization during senescence of proliferating cells.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1722025     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
It was previously proposed (Macieira-Coelho, 1979) that aging of proliferating cells is the result of genome reorganization taking place during the division cycle. This hypothesis was investigated and a reorganization could indeed be ascertained in the different hierarchical orders of DNA structure; a correlation was found between changes in chromatin organization and the impairment of cell cycle-related events. Indeed, like the latter, the reorganization of chromatin structure is characterized by a succession of subtle changes through the cell population life span, and a final short stage with abrupt events. The final events seem to concern mainly the organization of heterochromatin. The reorganization in the genome is accompanied by structural changes in the cellular scaffold and an evolution of cell morphology. The remodeling occurring in the cell through serial divisions seems to take place in such a way as to decrease the probability of further reorganizations, tending to a limit. The decline of the proliferative activity seems to be the result of the tendency to reach this limit.
Authors:
A Macieira-Coelho
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Mutation research     Volume:  256     ISSN:  0027-5107     ISO Abbreviation:  Mutat. Res.     Publication Date:    1991 Mar-Nov
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1992-02-06     Completed Date:  1992-02-06     Revised Date:  2005-11-16    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0400763     Medline TA:  Mutat Res     Country:  NETHERLANDS    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  81-104     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Immunology, Medical Faculty, Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cell Aging / physiology*
Cell Division*
Chromatin*
DNA / ultrastructure
DNA, Circular / ultrastructure
Fibroblasts / cytology,  metabolism
Humans
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Chromatin; 0/DNA, Circular; 9007-49-2/DNA

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