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Conserved and novel functions of programmed cellular senescence during vertebrate development

Davaapil, H; Brockes, JP; Yun, MH; (2017) Conserved and novel functions of programmed cellular senescence during vertebrate development. Development , 144 (1) pp. 106-114. 10.1242/dev.138222. Green open access

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Abstract

Cellular senescence, a form of stable cell cycle arrest that is traditionally associated with tumour suppression, has been recently found to occur during mammalian development. Here, we show that cell senescence is an intrinsic part of the developmental programme in amphibians. Programmed senescence occurs in specific structures during defined time windows during amphibian development. It contributes to the physiological degeneration of the amphibian pronephros and to the development of the cement gland and oral cavity. In both contexts, senescence depends on TGFβ but is independent of ERK/MAPK activation. Furthermore, elimination of senescent cells through temporary TGFβ inhibition leads to developmental defects. Our findings uncover conserved and new roles of senescence in vertebrate organogenesis and support the view that cellular senescence may have arisen in evolution as a developmental mechanism.

Type: Article
Title: Conserved and novel functions of programmed cellular senescence during vertebrate development
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1242/dev.138222
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1242/dev.138222
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright © 2017 Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided that the original work is properly attributed.
Keywords: Axolotl, Cellular senescence, Cement gland, Kidney, TGFβ, Xenopus
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Structural and Molecular Biology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1529801
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