Senescence and aging: the critical roles of p53
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p53 functions as a transcription factor involved in cell-cycle control, DNA repair, apoptosis and cellular stress responses. However, besides inducing cell growth arrest and apoptosis, p53 activation also modulates cellular senescence and organismal aging. Senescence is an irreversible cell-cycle arrest that has a crucial role both in aging and as a robust physiological antitumor response, which counteracts oncogenic insults. Therefore, via the regulation of senescence, p53 contributes to tumor growth suppression, in a manner strictly dependent by its expression and cellular context. In this review, we focus on the recent advances on the contribution of p53 to cellular senescence and its implication for cancer therapy, and we will discuss p53's impact on animal lifespan. Moreover, we describe p53-mediated regulation of several physiological pathways that could mediate its role in both senescence and aging.
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p53 promotes senescence in response to DNA damage and telomere attrition.
“p53 also promotes senescence in response to DNA damage and telomere attrition (Rufini et al., 2013).”
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Too much p53 activity from constitutive activation is detrimental to longevity.
“too much p53 activity, for example, from constitutive activation, is also detrimental to longevity (reviewed by Rufini et al., 2013).”
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Another important target of CHEK2 phosphorylation is p53, a critical transcriptional regulator of cellular senescence.
“Another important target of CHEK2 phosphorylation is p53 [169], a critical transcriptional regulator of cellular senescence [130].”
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- Authors
- Rufini, A., Tucci, P., Celardo, I., & Melino, G.
- Affiliations
- University of Leicester (GB)
- University of Rome Tor Vergata (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Melino, G
- Venue
- Oncogene
- Published
- 2013-02-18
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 43
- Pages
- 5129-5143
- ISSN
- 0950-9232 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-5594
- OpenAlex
- W2009668465
- Semantic Scholar
- 0e0c3f2bbd47f9e9fd918fd484c74879038dd3e7
- Cited by
- 798
- References
- 48
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- FWCI
- 5.73
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer-related Molecular Pathways
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Keywords
- p53, cellular senescence, biological aging, tumor suppression, antitumor immunity, cancer therapy, lifespan regulation, cell cycle arrest, apoptosis, DNA repair, cellular stress response, transcriptional regulation
- MeSH terms
- Aging, Cell Cycle, Humans, Neoplasms, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Cellular Senescence, Apoptosis
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