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Persistent DNA damage signalling triggers senescence-associated inflammatory cytokine secretion

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Cellular senescence suppresses cancer by stably arresting the proliferation of damaged cells. Paradoxically, senescent cells also secrete factors that alter tissue microenvironments. The pathways regulating this secretion are unknown. We show that damaged human cells develop persistent chromatin lesions bearing hallmarks of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs), which initiate increased secretion of inflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-6 (IL-6). Cytokine secretion occurred only after establishment of persistent DNA damage signalling, usually associated with senescence, not after transient DNA damage responses (DDRs). Initiation and maintenance of this cytokine response required the DDR proteins ATM, NBS1 and CHK2, but not the cell-cycle arrest enforcers p53 and pRb. ATM was also essential for IL-6 secretion during oncogene-induced senescence and by damaged cells that bypass senescence. Furthermore, DDR activity and IL-6 were elevated in human cancers, and ATM-depletion suppressed the ability of senescent cells to stimulate IL-6-dependent cancer cell invasiveness. Thus, in addition to orchestrating cell-cycle checkpoints and DNA repair, a new and important role of the DDR is to allow damaged cells to communicate their compromised state to the surrounding tissue.

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Authors
Rodier, F., Coppé, J.-P., Patil, C. K., Hoeijmakers, W. A. M., Muñoz, D. P., Raza, S. R., Freund, A., Campeau, E., Davalos, A. R., & Campisi, J.
Affiliations
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (US)
  • Buck Institute for Research on Aging (US)
Corresponding author
Campisi, Judith
Venue
Nature Cell Biology
Published
2009-07-13
Volume
11
Issue
8
Pages
973-979
ISSN
  • 1465-7392 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4679
OpenAlex
W2116054786
Cited by
2,232
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31
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64.86
Type
journal article
Language
en
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erratum (2009-10-01)
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  • Nature Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Aging (AG017242, P30AG025708, AG025708, P01AG017242)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › DNA Repair Mechanisms
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Keywords
DNA damage response, senescence-associated secretory phenotype, IL-6 secretion, oncogene-induced senescence, ATM, NBS1, Chk2, DNA double-strand breaks, tumour invasiveness, senescence-associated inflammation, p53, retinoblastoma protein
MeSH terms
Cell Line, Cells, Cultured, DNA Damage, DNA-Binding Proteins, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Fibroblasts, Humans, Male, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Nuclear Proteins, Transfection, Blotting, Western, Signal Transduction, Interleukin-6, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Cytokines, Telomere, Cellular Senescence, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Cell Cycle Proteins, Telomerase, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, RNA, Small Interfering, Green Fluorescent Proteins, Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins, Checkpoint Kinase 2

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