Nature, 2005-09, Vol.437 (7058), p.564-568
2005
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- Accelerated ageing in mice deficient in Zmpste24 protease is linked to p53 signalling activation
- Ist Teil von
- Nature, 2005-09, Vol.437 (7058), p.564-568
- Ort / Verlag
- London: Nature Publishing
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2005
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- MEDLINE
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Zmpste24 (also called FACE-1) is a metalloproteinase involved in the maturation of lamin A (Lmna), an essential component of the nuclear envelope. Both Zmpste24- and Lmna-deficient mice exhibit profound nuclear architecture abnormalities and multiple histopathological defects that phenocopy an accelerated ageing process. Similarly, diverse human progeroid syndromes are caused by mutations in ZMPSTE24 or LMNA genes. To elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying these devastating diseases, we have analysed the transcriptional alterations occurring in tissues from Zmpste24-deficient mice. We demonstrate that Zmpste24 deficiency elicits a stress signalling pathway that is evidenced by a marked upregulation of p53 target genes, and accompanied by a senescence phenotype at the cellular level and accelerated ageing at the organismal level. These phenotypes are largely rescued in Zmpste24-/-Lmna+/- mice and partially reversed in Zmpste24-/-p53-/- mice. These findings provide evidence for the existence of a checkpoint response activated by the nuclear abnormalities caused by prelamin A accumulation, and support the concept that hyperactivation of the tumour suppressor p53 may cause accelerated ageing.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0028-0836, 1476-4687eISSN: 1476-4687DOI: 10.1038/nature04019Titel-ID: cdi_swepub_primary_oai_prod_swepub_kib_ki_se_1952933
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- Aging - genetics, Aging - physiology, Animals, Biological and medical sciences, Cells, Cultured, Development. Metamorphosis. Moult. Ageing, Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology, Gene Deletion, Genetics, Genotype & phenotype, Heterozygote, Lamin Type A - deficiency, Lamin Type A - genetics, Lamin Type A - metabolism, Medicin och hälsovetenskap, Membrane Proteins - deficiency, Membrane Proteins - genetics, Membrane Proteins - metabolism, Metalloendopeptidases - deficiency, Metalloendopeptidases - genetics, Metalloendopeptidases - metabolism, Mice, Mice, Knockout, Phenotype, Proteases, Rodents, Signal Transduction, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 - deficiency, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 - genetics, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 - metabolism, Vertebrates: anatomy and physiology, studies on body, several organs or systems