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DAMPs, ageing, and cancer: The ‘DAMP Hypothesis’

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Huang, Jin, Xie, Yangchun, Sun, Xiaofang, Zeh, Herbert J., Kang, Rui, Lotze, Michael T., Tang, Daolin·2015·Ageing Research Reviews

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Ageing is a complex and multifactorial process characterized by the accumulation of many forms of damage at the molecular, cellular, and tissue level with advancing age. Ageing increases the risk of the onset of chronic inflammation-associated diseases such as cancer, diabetes, stroke, and neurodegenerative disease. In particular, ageing and cancer share some common origins and hallmarks such as genomic instability, epigenetic alteration, aberrant telomeres, inflammation and immune injury, reprogrammed metabolism, and degradation system impairment (including within the ubiquitin-proteasome system and the autophagic machinery). Recent advances indicate that damage-associated molecular pattern molecules (DAMPs) such as high mobility group box 1, histones, S100, and heat shock proteins play location-dependent roles inside and outside the cell. These provide interaction platforms at molecular levels linked to common hallmarks of ageing and cancer. They can act as inducers, sensors, and mediators of stress through individual plasma membrane receptors, intracellular recognition receptors (e.g., advanced glycosylation end product-specific receptors, AIM2-like receptors, RIG-I-like receptors, and NOD1-like receptors, and toll-like receptors), or following endocytic uptake. Thus, the DAMP Hypothesis is novel and complements other theories that explain the features of ageing. DAMPs represent ideal biomarkers of ageing and provide an attractive target for interventions in ageing and age-associated diseases.

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  • HMGB1 acts mainly as an alarmin released outside the cell to induce SASP-mediated paracrine senescence and alert the immune system.

    “HMGB1 functions mainly as one of the damage-associated molecular patterns, also known as alarmins109, that are released extracellularly to induce SASP-mediated paracrine senescence and alert the immune system110.”

    From Cellular senescence in ageing: from mechanisms to therapeutic opportunities (2021) · cites this paper as [109]

    Section 4.1 (HMGB1; page unavailable) identifies HMGB1 as a DAMP and says extracellular HMGB1 can mediate inflammatory and immune responses, including senescence-associated inflammation. It does not say HMGB1 induces SASP-mediated paracrine senescence. The section also describes substantial nuclear functions, so it does not establish that HMGB1 acts mainly as an extracellular alarmin. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The aging BM microenvironment is composed of increasing amounts of damage-associated molecular patterns.

    “Furthermore, the aging BM microenvironment is composed of increasing amounts of damageassociated molecular patterns.69”

    From Inflammatory bone marrow microenvironment (2019) · cites this paper as [69]

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Authors
Huang, J., Xie, Y., Sun, X., Zeh, H. J., Kang, R., Lotze, M. T., & Tang, D.
Affiliations
  • Central South University (CN)
  • Third Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
  • University of Pittsburgh (US)
Corresponding author
Tang, Daolin
Venue
Ageing Research Reviews
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2015-11
Volume
24
Issue
Pt A
Pages
3-16
ISSN
1568-1637 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2081732708
Cited by
144
References
303
Citations by year
2026: 9 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 19 · 2020: 19 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 11 · 2015: 10
FWCI
1.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Ageing Research Reviews (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • UPCI (P30CA047904)
  • National Institutes of Health (R01 CA160417, R01 CA181450)
  • Pancreatic Cancer Action Network-AACR Career Development Award (13-20-25-TANG)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Clinical Biochemistry › Advanced Glycation End Products research
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Keywords
aging, cancer, chronic inflammation, genomic instability, epigenetic modifications, telomeres, ubiquitin-proteasome system, autophagy, HMGB1, S-100 protein, heat shock proteins, AIM2-like receptors, RIG-I-like receptors, Toll-like receptors, endocytic uptake, aging biomarkers, age-related diseases
MeSH terms
Aging, Animals, Humans, Neoplasms, Receptors, Pattern Recognition

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