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GENES & DEVELOPMENT
Volume 21, Issue 24, Pages 3244-3257Publisher
COLD SPRING HARBOR LAB PRESS, PUBLICATIONS DEPT
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1588507
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aging; NF-kappa B; epidermis; functional genomics; computational biology
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- NIAMS NIH HHS [K08 AR050007, K01 AR051470, K08-AR050007, K01 AR051470-02] Funding Source: Medline
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Aging is characterized by specific alterations in gene expression, but their underlying mechanisms and functional consequences are not well understood. Here we develop a systematic approach to identify combinatorial cis-regulatory motifs that drive age-dependent gene expression across different tissues and organisms. Integrated analysis of 365 microarrays spanning nine tissue types predicted fourteen motifs as major regulators of age-dependent gene expression in human and mouse. The motif most strongly associated with aging was that of the transcription factor NF-kappa B. Inducible genetic blockade of NF-kappa B for 2 wk in the epidermis of chronologically aged mice reverted the tissue characteristics and global gene expression programs to those of young mice. Age-specific NF-kappa B blockade and orthogonal cell cycle interventions revealed that NF-kappa B controls cell cycle exit and gene expression signature of aging in parallel but not sequential pathways. These results identify a conserved network of regulatory pathways underlying mammalian aging and show that NF-kappa B is continually required to enforce many features of aging in a tissue-specific manner.
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