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Title: Implication of p53-dependent cellular senescence related gene, TARSH in tumor suppression

Journal Article · · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
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  1. Department of Mechanism of Aging, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, 36-3, Gengo, Morioka-Cho, Obu-City, Aichi 474-8522 (Japan)
  2. Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, 465 Kajii-cho, Kawaramachi-Hirokoji, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-8566 (Japan)
  3. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, Miyama 2-2-1, Funabashi, Chiba 274-8510 (Japan)

A novel target of NESH-SH3 (TARSH) was identified as a cellular senescence related gene in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) replicative senescence, the expression of which has been suppressed in primary clinical lung cancer specimens. However, the molecular mechanism underlying the regulation of TARSH involved in pulmonary tumorigenesis remains unclear. Here we demonstrate that the reduction of TARSH gene expression by short hairpin RNA (shRNA) system robustly inhibited the MEFs proliferation with increase in senescence-associated {beta}-galactosidase (SA-{beta}-gal) activity. Using p53{sup -/-} MEFs, we further suggest that this growth arrest by loss of TARSH is evoked by p53-dependent p21{sup Cip1} accumulation. Moreover, we also reveal that TARSH reduction induces multicentrosome in MEFs, which is linked in chromosome instability and tumor development. These results suggest that TARSH plays an important role in proliferation of replicative senescence and may serve as a trigger of tumor development.

OSTI ID:
21255939
Journal Information:
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol. 380, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2009.01.171; PII: S0006-291X(09)00217-4; Copyright (c) 2009 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0006-291X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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