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Growth stimulation leads to cellular senescence when the cell cycle is blocked.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18948731     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
We tested a hypothesis that activation of growth-promoting pathways is required for cellular senescence. In the presence of serum, induction of p21 caused senescence, characterized by beta-Galactosidase staining, cell hypertrophy, increased levels of cyclin D1 and active TOR (target of rapamycin, also known as mTOR). Serum starvation and rapamycin inhibited TOR and prevented the expression of some senescent markers, despite high levels of p21 and cell cycle arrest. In the presence of serum, p21-arrested cells irreversibly lost proliferative potential. In contrast, when cells were arrested by p21 in the absence of serum, they retained the capacity to resume proliferation upon termination of p21 induction. In normal human cells such as WI38 fibroblasts and retinal pigment epithelial (RPE) cells, serum starvation caused quiescence, which was associated with low levels of cyclin D1, inactive TOR and slim-cell morphology. In contrast, cellular senescence with high levels of TOR activity was induced by doxorubicin (DOX), a DNA damaging agent, in the presence of serum. Inhibition of TOR partially prevented senescent phenotype caused by DOX. Thus growth stimulation coupled with cell cycle arrest leads to senescence, whereas quiescence (a condition with inactive TOR) prevents senescence.
Authors:
Zoya N Demidenko; Mikhail V Blagosklonny
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2008-11-12
Journal Detail:
Title:  Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)     Volume:  7     ISSN:  1551-4005     ISO Abbreviation:  Cell Cycle     Publication Date:  2008 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-12-23     Completed Date:  2009-02-10     Revised Date:  2009-11-19    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101137841     Medline TA:  Cell Cycle     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  3355-61     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Oncotarget, Albany, New York, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Cell Aging* / drug effects
Cell Cycle* / drug effects
Cell Line
Cell Proliferation / drug effects
Cell Shape / drug effects
Colony-Forming Units Assay
Cyclin D1 / metabolism
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 / metabolism
Doxorubicin / pharmacology
Fibroblasts / cytology,  drug effects
Humans
Isopropyl Thiogalactoside / pharmacology
Models, Biological
Phenotype
Protein Kinases / metabolism
Serum
Sirolimus / pharmacology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; 136601-57-5/Cyclin D1; 23214-92-8/Doxorubicin; 367-93-1/Isopropyl Thiogalactoside; 53123-88-9/Sirolimus; EC 2.7.-/Protein Kinases; EC 2.7.1.-/mTOR protein

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