Replicative senescence in sheep fibroblasts is a p53 dependent process

Davis, Terence ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2780-0262, Skinner, Julia W., Faragher, Richard G. A., Jones, Christopher J. and Kipling, David Glyn 2005. Replicative senescence in sheep fibroblasts is a p53 dependent process. Experimental Gerontology 40 (1-2) , pp. 17-26. 10.1016/j.exger.2004.09.004

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Abstract

Studies on telomere and telomerase biology are fundamental to the understanding of human ageing, and age-related diseases such as cancer. However, human studies are hampered by the lack of fully reflective animal model systems. Here we describe basic studies of telomere length and telomerase activity in sheep tissues and cells. Terminal restriction fragment lengths from sheep tissues ranged from 9 to 23 kb, with telomerase activity present in testis but suppressed in somatic tissues. Sheep fibroblasts had a finite lifespan in culture, after which the cells entered senescence. During in vitro growth the mean terminal restriction fragment lengths decreased in size at a rate of 210 and 350 bp per population doubling (PD). Senescent skin fibroblasts had increased levels of p53 and p21WAF1 compared to young cells. Incubation of senescent cells with siRNA duplexes specific for p53 suppressed p53 expression and allowed the cells to re-enter the cell cycle. Five PDs beyond senescence the siRNA-treated cells reached a second proliferative barrier. This study shows that telomere biology in sheep is similar to that in humans, with senescence in sheep GM03550 fibroblasts being a telomere-driven, p53-(p21WAF1)-dependent process. Therefore sheep may represent an alternative model system for studying telomere biology, replicative senescence, and by implication human ageing.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Ageing; Animal models; Cellular immortalisation; p21WAF1; Proliferative lifespan barriers; Telomerase
Publisher:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0531-5565
Last Modified:	14 Dec 2022 02:15
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/46696

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