<i>circSATB1</i> Modulates Cell Senescence in Age-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Mechanistic Proposal

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a malignant hematological tumor with a high prevalence in elderly people, and circular RNA (circRNA) plays an important role in age-related diseases. Induction of cancer cell senescence is a highly promising therapeutic strategy; however, the presence of senescence-as...

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Main Authors: Linxiang Han, Xi Wen, Ling Zhang, Xingcheng Yang, Ziyan Wei, Haodong Wu, Yichen Zhan, Huiting Wang, Yu Fang
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author Linxiang Han
Xi Wen
Ling Zhang
Xingcheng Yang
Ziyan Wei
Haodong Wu
Yichen Zhan
Huiting Wang
Yu Fang
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Xi Wen
Ling Zhang
Xingcheng Yang
Ziyan Wei
Haodong Wu
Yichen Zhan
Huiting Wang
Yu Fang
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description Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a malignant hematological tumor with a high prevalence in elderly people, and circular RNA (circRNA) plays an important role in age-related diseases. Induction of cancer cell senescence is a highly promising therapeutic strategy; however, the presence of senescence-associated circRNAs in AML remains to be elucidated. Here, we show that the expression patterns of circRNAs differed between elderly AML patients and healthy volunteers. <i>circSATB1</i> was significantly overexpressed in elderly patients and AML cells. Knockdown of <i>circSATB1</i> resulted in the inhibition of proliferation and arrest of the cell cycle in the G0/G1 phase; no effect on apoptosis or DNA integrity was observed, and precocious cellular senescence was promoted, characterized by no change in telomere length. Database analysis revealed that there may be two miRNA and nine RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) involved in regulating the cellular functions of <i>circSATB1</i>. Our observations uncover <i>circSATB1</i>-orchestrated cell senescence in AML, which provides clues for finding more modest therapeutic targets for AML.
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spelling doaj-art-317ec803429d4a85911a2189e8fc0c1e2025-08-20T03:02:48ZengMDPI AGCells2073-44092025-07-011415118110.3390/cells14151181<i>circSATB1</i> Modulates Cell Senescence in Age-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Mechanistic ProposalLinxiang Han0Xi Wen1Ling Zhang2Xingcheng Yang3Ziyan Wei4Haodong Wu5Yichen Zhan6Huiting Wang7Yu Fang8Department of Clinical Medicine, School of Medical, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaDepartment of Environmental Hygiene and Occupational Medicine, School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaDepartment of Environmental Hygiene and Occupational Medicine, School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Medical, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Medical, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Medical, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Medical, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaDepartment of Clinical Medicine, School of Medical, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaDepartment of Environmental Hygiene and Occupational Medicine, School of Public Health, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430065, ChinaAcute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a malignant hematological tumor with a high prevalence in elderly people, and circular RNA (circRNA) plays an important role in age-related diseases. Induction of cancer cell senescence is a highly promising therapeutic strategy; however, the presence of senescence-associated circRNAs in AML remains to be elucidated. Here, we show that the expression patterns of circRNAs differed between elderly AML patients and healthy volunteers. <i>circSATB1</i> was significantly overexpressed in elderly patients and AML cells. Knockdown of <i>circSATB1</i> resulted in the inhibition of proliferation and arrest of the cell cycle in the G0/G1 phase; no effect on apoptosis or DNA integrity was observed, and precocious cellular senescence was promoted, characterized by no change in telomere length. Database analysis revealed that there may be two miRNA and nine RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) involved in regulating the cellular functions of <i>circSATB1</i>. Our observations uncover <i>circSATB1</i>-orchestrated cell senescence in AML, which provides clues for finding more modest therapeutic targets for AML.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/15/1181age-related diseasesAML<i>circSATB1</i>cellular senescencetherapeutic targets
spellingShingle Linxiang Han
Xi Wen
Ling Zhang
Xingcheng Yang
Ziyan Wei
Haodong Wu
Yichen Zhan
Huiting Wang
Yu Fang
<i>circSATB1</i> Modulates Cell Senescence in Age-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Mechanistic Proposal
Cells
age-related diseases
AML
<i>circSATB1</i>
cellular senescence
therapeutic targets
title <i>circSATB1</i> Modulates Cell Senescence in Age-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Mechanistic Proposal
title_full <i>circSATB1</i> Modulates Cell Senescence in Age-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Mechanistic Proposal
title_fullStr <i>circSATB1</i> Modulates Cell Senescence in Age-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Mechanistic Proposal
title_full_unstemmed <i>circSATB1</i> Modulates Cell Senescence in Age-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Mechanistic Proposal
title_short <i>circSATB1</i> Modulates Cell Senescence in Age-Related Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A Mechanistic Proposal
title_sort i circsatb1 i modulates cell senescence in age related acute myeloid leukemia a mechanistic proposal
topic age-related diseases
AML
<i>circSATB1</i>
cellular senescence
therapeutic targets
url https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4409/14/15/1181
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