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p21Waf1/Cip1 plays a critical role in modulating senescence through changes of DNA methylation

✍ Scribed by Quan Hui Zheng; Li Wei Ma; Wei Guo Zhu; Zong Yu Zhang; Tan Jun Tong

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
756 KB
Volume
98
Category
Article
ISSN
0730-2312

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Abstract

It has been reported that genomic DNA methylation decreases gradually during cell culture and an organism's aging. However, less is known about the methylation changes of age‐related specific genes in aging. p21^Waf1/Cip1^ and p16^INK4a^ are cyclin‐dependent kinase (Cdk) inhibitors that are critical for the replicative senescence of normal cells. In this study, we show that p21^Waf1/Cip1^ and p16^INK4a^ have different methylation patterns during the aging process of normal human 2BS and WI‐38 fibroblasts. p21^Waf1/Cip1^ promoter is gradually methylated up into middle‐aged fibroblasts but not with senescent fibroblasts, whereas p16^INK4a^ is always unmethylated in the aging process. Correspondently, the protein levels of DNA methyltransferase 1 (DNMT1) and DNMT3a increase from young to middle‐aged fibroblasts but decrease in the senescent fibroblasts, while DNMT3b decreases stably from young to senescent fibroblasts. p21^Waf1/Cip1^ promoter methylation directly represses its expression and blocks the radiation‐induced DNA damage‐signaling pathway by p53 in middle‐aged fibroblasts. More importantly, demethylation by 5‐aza‐CdR or DNMT1 RNA interference (RNAi) resulted in an increased p21^Waf1/Cip1^ level and premature senescence of middle‐aged fibroblasts demonstrated by cell growth arrest and high β‐Galactosidase expression. Our results suggest that p21^Waf1/Cip1^ but not p16^INK4a^ is involved in the DNA methylation mediated aging process. p21^Waf1/Cip1^ promoter methylation may be a critical biological barrier to postpone the aging process. J. Cell. Biochem. 98: 1230–1248, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

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