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SCIENCE TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
Volume 10, Issue 454, Pages -Publisher
AMER ASSOC ADVANCEMENT SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aan1230
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- Wellcome Trust [WT081604AIA, WT107492Z]
- Medical Research Council (MRC) [G1000868]
- Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust
- Scottish Enterprise
- MRC program grant
- CRUK grant [A12481]
- NIH [R01 DK98414]
- MRC [G0600033, G1000868, MR/P016839/1, MC_PC_15049, MC_PC_15041, G0900992, MR/L012766/1] Funding Source: UKRI
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Liver injury results in rapid regeneration through hepatocyte proliferation and hypertrophy. However, after acute severe injury, such as acetaminophen poisoning, effective regeneration may fail. We investigated how senescence may underlie this regenerative failure. In human acute liver disease, and murine models, p21-dependent hepatocellular senescence was proportionate to disease severity and was associated with impaired regeneration. In an acetaminophen injury mouse model, a transcriptional signature associated with the induction of paracrine senescence was observed within 24 hours and was followed by one of impaired proliferation. In mouse genetic models of hepatocyte injury and senescence, we observed transmission of senescence to local uninjured hepatocytes. Spread of senescence depended on macrophage-derived transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF beta 1) ligand. In acetaminophen poisoning, inhibition of TGF beta receptor 1 (TGF beta R1) improved mouse survival.TGF beta R1 inhibition reduced senescence and enhanced liver regeneration even when delivered beyond the therapeutic window for treating acetaminophen poisoning. This mechanism, in which injury-induced senescence impairs liver regeneration, is an attractive therapeutic target for developing treatments for acute liver failure.
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