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AGEING RESEARCH REVIEWS
Volume 67, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2021.101306
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eccDNAs; Aging; Cancer; Age-related diseases; NPC; Non-coding DNA
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- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province [2018J01456]
- Longyan Science and Technology Scheme [2017LY26]
- Qimai Science and Technology Innovation Fund [2019ZPQMJ07]
- Liancheng Qimai Science and Technology Innovation Fund [2018LCQMJ01]
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eccDNA accumulation in the nucleus is related to cellular aging and ARDs, mainly due to decreased exclusion. eccDNA is mostly formed from non-coding DNA and can be excluded out of the nucleus through functional NPCs in young healthy cells. However, dysfunctional NPCs in aging cells and certain ARDs hinder the exclusion of eccDNA, leading to its accumulation within the nucleus.
Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) accumulates within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells during physiological aging and in age-related diseases (ARDs) and the accumulation could be caused by the declined exclusion of nuclear eccDNA in these states. This review focuses on the formation of eccDNA and the roles of some main factors, such as nuclear pore complexes (NPCs), nucleoplasmic reticulum (NR), and nuclear actin, in eccDNA exclusion. eccDNAs are mostly formed from non-coding DNA during DNA damage repair. They move to NPCs along nuclear actin and are excluded out of the nucleus through functional NPCs in young and healthy cells. However, it has been demonstrated that defective NPCs, abnormal NPC components and nuclear actin rods are increased in aged cells, various cancers and certain other ARDs such as cardiovascular diseases, premature aging, neurodegenerative diseases and myopathies. Therefore, mainly resulting from the increase of dysfunctional NPCs, the exclusion of nuclear eccDNAs may be reduced and eccDNAs thus accumulate within the nucleus in aging and the aforementioned ARDs. In addition, the protective function of non-coding DNA in tumorigenesis is further discussed.
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