期刊
AGING CELL
卷 9, 期 3, 页码 398-409出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2010.00567.x
关键词
cancer; cellular senescence; DNA damage; immune system; ionizing radiation; p16; p53
资金
- Canadian Institute of Health Research [IAO-79317]
- NIH [CA109657, AG017242, CA12654, AG09909, AG0 25708]
- Research Foundation RxD/CIHR
- la Fondation des Gouverneurs de l'espoir
P>Exposure to IR has been shown to induce the formation of senescence markers, a phenotype that coincides with lifelong delayed repair and regeneration of irradiated tissues. We hypothesized that IR-induced senescence markers could persist long-term in vivo, possibly contributing to the permanent reduction in tissue functionality. Here, we show that mouse tissues exposed to a sublethal dose of IR display persistent (up to 45 weeks, the maximum time analyzed) DNA damage foci and increased p16INK4a expression, two hallmarks of cellular senescence and aging. BrdU-labeling experiments revealed that IR-induced damaged cells are preferentially eliminated, at least partially, in a tissue-dependent manner. Unexpectedly, the accumulation of damaged cells was found to occur independent from the DNA damage response modulator p53, and from an intact immune system, as their levels were similar in wild-type and Rag2-/- gamma C-/- mice, the latter being deficient in T, B, and NK cells. Together, our results provide compelling evidence that exposure to IR induces long-term expression of senescence markers in vivo, an effect that may contribute to the reduced tissue functionality observed in cancer survivors.
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