Induction of replicative senescence biomarkers by sublethal oxidative stresses in normal human fibroblast

  • Patrick Dumont
  • , Maggi Burton
  • , Qin M. Chen
  • , Efstathios S. Gonos
  • , Christophe Frippiat
  • , Jean Baptiste Mazarati
  • , François Eliaers
  • , José Remacle
  • , Olivier Toussaint

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Abstract

We tested the long-term effects of sublethal oxidative stresses on replicative senescence. WI-38 human diploid fibroblasts (HDFs) at early cumulative population doublings (CPDs) were exposed to five stresses with 30 μM tert-butylhydroperoxide (t-BHP). After at least 2 d of recovery, the cells developed biomarkers of replicative senescence: loss of replicative potential, increase in senescence-associated β-galactosidase activity, overexpression of p21(Waf-1/SDI-1/Cip1), and inability to hyperphosphorylate pRb. The level of mRNAs overexpressed in senescent WI-38 or IMR-90 HDFs increased after five stresses with 30 μM t-BHP or a single stress under 450 μM H2O2. These corresponding genes include fibronectin, osteonectin, α1(I)-procollagen, apolipoprotein J, SM22, SS9, and GTP-α binding protein. The common 4977 bp mitochondrial DNA deletion was detected in WI-38 HDFs at late CPDs and at early CPDs after t-BHP stresses. In conclusion, sublethal oxidative stresses lead HDFs to a state close to replicative senescence. Copyright (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Inc.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)361-373
Number of pages13
JournalFree Radical Biology and Medicine
Volume28
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1 2000

Keywords

  • Aging
  • Cell cycle
  • Fibroblast
  • Free radicals
  • Gene expression
  • Hydrogen peroxide
  • Oxidative stress
  • Replicative senescence
  • tert-butylhydroperoxide

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Physiology (medical)

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