Journal
AGING-US
Volume 7, Issue 12, Pages 1143-1158Publisher
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100860
Keywords
NSun2; p27KIP1; mRNA methylation; translational regulation; replicative senescence
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- National Science Foundation of China [81230008, 81420108016, 91339114]
- Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China [B07001]
- NIA-IRP, NIH
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A rise in the levels of the cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor p27(KIP1) is important for the growth arrest of senescent cells, but the mechanisms responsible for this increase are poorly understood. Here, we show that the tRNA methyltransferase NSun2 represses the expression of p27 in replicative senescence. NSun2 methylated the 5'-untranslated region (UTR) of p27 mRNA at cytosine C64 in vitro and in cells, thereby repressing the translation of p27. During replicative senescence, increased p27 protein levels were accompanied by decreased NSun2 protein levels. Knockdown of NSun2 in human diploid fibroblasts (HDFs) elevated p27 levels and reduced the expression of CDK1 (encoded by CDK1 mRNA, a previously reported target of NSun2), which in turn further repressed cell proliferation and accelerated replicative senescence, while overexpression of NSun2 exerted the opposite effect. Ectopic overexpression of the p27 5'UTR fragment rescued the effect of NSun2 overexpression in lowering p27, increasing CDK1, promoting cell proliferation, and delaying replicative senescence. Our findings indicate that NSun2-mediated mRNA methylation regulates p27 and CDK1 levels during replicative senescence.
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