Feedback between p21 and reactive oxygen production is necessary for cell senescence

Abstract Cellular senescence—the permanent arrest of cycling in normally proliferating cells such as fibroblasts—contributes both to age‐related loss of mammalian tissue homeostasis and acts as a tumour suppressor mechanism. The pathways leading to establishment of senescence are proving to be more...

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Main Authors: João F Passos, Glyn Nelson, Chunfang Wang, Torsten Richter, Cedric Simillion, Carole J Proctor, Satomi Miwa, Sharon Olijslagers, Jennifer Hallinan, Anil Wipat, Gabriele Saretzki, Karl Lenhard Rudolph, Tom B L Kirkwood, Thomas von Zglinicki
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Published: Springer Nature 2010-02-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2010.5
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author João F Passos
Glyn Nelson
Chunfang Wang
Torsten Richter
Cedric Simillion
Carole J Proctor
Satomi Miwa
Sharon Olijslagers
Jennifer Hallinan
Anil Wipat
Gabriele Saretzki
Karl Lenhard Rudolph
Tom B L Kirkwood
Thomas von Zglinicki
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Torsten Richter
Cedric Simillion
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Anil Wipat
Gabriele Saretzki
Karl Lenhard Rudolph
Tom B L Kirkwood
Thomas von Zglinicki
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description Abstract Cellular senescence—the permanent arrest of cycling in normally proliferating cells such as fibroblasts—contributes both to age‐related loss of mammalian tissue homeostasis and acts as a tumour suppressor mechanism. The pathways leading to establishment of senescence are proving to be more complex than was previously envisaged. Combining in‐silico interactome analysis and functional target gene inhibition, stochastic modelling and live cell microscopy, we show here that there exists a dynamic feedback loop that is triggered by a DNA damage response (DDR) and, which after a delay of several days, locks the cell into an actively maintained state of ‘deep’ cellular senescence. The essential feature of the loop is that long‐term activation of the checkpoint gene CDKN1A (p21) induces mitochondrial dysfunction and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) through serial signalling through GADD45‐MAPK14(p38MAPK)‐GRB2‐TGFBR2‐TGFβ. These ROS in turn replenish short‐lived DNA damage foci and maintain an ongoing DDR. We show that this loop is both necessary and sufficient for the stability of growth arrest during the establishment of the senescent phenotype.
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spelling doaj-art-c7825abd71494da28dc87edfd7c598df2025-08-20T02:18:35ZengSpringer NatureMolecular Systems Biology1744-42922010-02-016111410.1038/msb.2010.5Feedback between p21 and reactive oxygen production is necessary for cell senescenceJoão F Passos0Glyn Nelson1Chunfang Wang2Torsten Richter3Cedric Simillion4Carole J Proctor5Satomi Miwa6Sharon Olijslagers7Jennifer Hallinan8Anil Wipat9Gabriele Saretzki10Karl Lenhard Rudolph11Tom B L Kirkwood12Thomas von Zglinicki13Ageing Research Laboratories, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityAgeing Research Laboratories, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityAgeing Research Laboratories, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityAgeing Research Laboratories, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityCentre for Integrated Systems Biology of Ageing and Nutrition, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityAgeing Research Laboratories, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityAgeing Research Laboratories, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityAgeing Research Laboratories, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityCentre for Integrated Systems Biology of Ageing and Nutrition, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityCentre for Integrated Systems Biology of Ageing and Nutrition, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityCentre for Integrated Systems Biology of Ageing and Nutrition, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityDepartment of Molecular Medicine and Max‐Planck Research Group on Stem Cell Aging, University of UlmAgeing Research Laboratories, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityAgeing Research Laboratories, Institute for Ageing and Health, Newcastle UniversityAbstract Cellular senescence—the permanent arrest of cycling in normally proliferating cells such as fibroblasts—contributes both to age‐related loss of mammalian tissue homeostasis and acts as a tumour suppressor mechanism. The pathways leading to establishment of senescence are proving to be more complex than was previously envisaged. Combining in‐silico interactome analysis and functional target gene inhibition, stochastic modelling and live cell microscopy, we show here that there exists a dynamic feedback loop that is triggered by a DNA damage response (DDR) and, which after a delay of several days, locks the cell into an actively maintained state of ‘deep’ cellular senescence. The essential feature of the loop is that long‐term activation of the checkpoint gene CDKN1A (p21) induces mitochondrial dysfunction and production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) through serial signalling through GADD45‐MAPK14(p38MAPK)‐GRB2‐TGFBR2‐TGFβ. These ROS in turn replenish short‐lived DNA damage foci and maintain an ongoing DDR. We show that this loop is both necessary and sufficient for the stability of growth arrest during the establishment of the senescent phenotype.https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2010.5agingcell senescenceDNA damage focimitochondriareactive oxygen
spellingShingle João F Passos
Glyn Nelson
Chunfang Wang
Torsten Richter
Cedric Simillion
Carole J Proctor
Satomi Miwa
Sharon Olijslagers
Jennifer Hallinan
Anil Wipat
Gabriele Saretzki
Karl Lenhard Rudolph
Tom B L Kirkwood
Thomas von Zglinicki
Feedback between p21 and reactive oxygen production is necessary for cell senescence
Molecular Systems Biology
aging
cell senescence
DNA damage foci
mitochondria
reactive oxygen
title Feedback between p21 and reactive oxygen production is necessary for cell senescence
title_full Feedback between p21 and reactive oxygen production is necessary for cell senescence
title_fullStr Feedback between p21 and reactive oxygen production is necessary for cell senescence
title_full_unstemmed Feedback between p21 and reactive oxygen production is necessary for cell senescence
title_short Feedback between p21 and reactive oxygen production is necessary for cell senescence
title_sort feedback between p21 and reactive oxygen production is necessary for cell senescence
topic aging
cell senescence
DNA damage foci
mitochondria
reactive oxygen
url https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2010.5
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