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Regulation of growth arrest in senescence: telomere damage is not the end of the story.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16229875     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
After a limited number of divisions, most eukaryotic cells grown in culture will undergo a terminal growth arrest called cellular senescence. This growth arrest is thought to be a consequence of progressive telomere shortening that occurs due to incomplete DNA replication of the chromosome ends. In addition, cellular senescence can also be induced by a number of environmental stresses and signaling imbalances which are independent of telomere shortening. The cyclin dependent kinase inhibitors p21 and p16(INK4a) have been shown to execute and maintain the cell cycle arrest in senescence but the nature of the signals that cause upregulation of these inhibitors in senescent cells are only now starting to be discovered. Here we will review the current literature that leads us to propose a model how independent signals activate distinct signaling pathways to regulate p21 and p16(INK4a) levels in senescent cells.
Authors:
Utz Herbig; John M Sedivy
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Review     Date:  2005-10-17
Journal Detail:
Title:  Mechanisms of ageing and development     Volume:  127     ISSN:  0047-6374     ISO Abbreviation:  Mech. Ageing Dev.     Publication Date:  2006 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-12-05     Completed Date:  2006-04-25     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0347227     Medline TA:  Mech Ageing Dev     Country:  Ireland    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  16-24     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University, 70 Ship Street, Box G-E438, Providence, RI 02903, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Cell Aging / physiology*
Cell Proliferation
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 / metabolism
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 / metabolism
Humans
Telomere / metabolism,  pathology*
Up-Regulation
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; 0/Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21

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