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An aged immune system drives senescence and ageing of solid organs
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Ageing of the immune system, or immunosenescence, contributes to the morbidity and mortality of the elderly 1,2. To define the contribution of immune system ageing to organism ageing, here we selectively deleted Ercc1, which encodes a crucial DNA repair protein 3,4, in mouse haematopoietic cells to increase the burden of endogenous DNA damage and thereby senescence 5-7 in the immune system only. We show that Vav-iCre+/-;Ercc1-/fl mice were healthy into adulthood, then displayed premature onset of immunosenescence characterized by attrition and senescence of specific immune cell populations and impaired immune function, similar to changes that occur during ageing in wild-type mice 8-10. Notably, non-lymphoid organs also showed increased senescence and damage, which suggests that senescent, aged immune cells can promote systemic ageing. The transplantation of splenocytes from Vav-iCre+/-;Ercc1-/fl or aged wild-type mice into young mice induced senescence in trans, whereas the transplantation of young immune cells attenuated senescence. The treatment of Vav-iCre+/-;Ercc1-/fl mice with rapamycin reduced markers of senescence in immune cells and improved immune function 11,12. These data demonstrate that an aged, senescent immune system has a causal role in driving systemic ageing and therefore represents a key therapeutic target to extend healthy ageing.
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“Once senescent cell burden surpasses this threshold, continuing increases in proapoptotic/pro-inflammatory senescent cell burden may contribute to tissue destruction and hence development or progression of multiple diseases and age-related disorders (Table 2) as well as immune dysregulation, further amplifying senescent cell accumulation in a feed-forward loop36,38,62.”
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“The senescent cell fate can be triggered by a number of stressors including DNA damage, cancerous mutations or oncogene activation, mitochondrial dysfunction, reactive metabolites, hyperoxia or hypoxia, proteotoxic stress, extracellular signals, infections, mechanical or shear stresses that deform cells, resistance exercise and factors secreted by other senescent cells18,38–47.”
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“Mouse models of rapid telomere shortening, dysfunctional mitosis or impaired DNA repair (Terc, BubR1, and Ercc1 mutant mice, respectively), display high levels of cellular senescence and accelerated aging86,99,100.”
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“CD3+ T cells isolated from the blood of aged mice and of mice deficient in ERCC1, which is a crucial DNA repair protein, exhibit increased levels of multiple senescent markers, including Ccl2, Tnf, Il1b, Inhba, Spp1, Cdkn2a and Cdkn1a (refs. 85,86).”
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“As a result of the effects of cellular senescence, chronic inflammation, and immunosenescence, the pathological aging of organs increases the level of inflammation and makes repair difficult, ultimately leading to diseases.10”
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“In aging tissues, molecular and cellular changes disrupt spatial organization, resulting in uneven functional decline.”
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“These and other models, for which it has been shown that accelerated aging depends, at least partly, on cellular senescence, are valuable for studying the impact of senescence on health and lifespan”
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“Furthermore, the functionally weakened immune system in old age44 does not clear senescent cells, which may account for their persistence in damaged aged muscle; this exacerbates tissue regenerative impairment.”
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“Premature aging of the immune system has been shown to drive aging of multiple other organ systems in mice 81.”
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“Notably, clearing senescent cells in peripheral tissues may also positively impact the brain55.”
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“suggesting that a senescent immune system contributes to aging phenotypic features in immune cells and in solid, nonlymphoid tissues.”
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“Deletion of ERCC1, a crucial DNA repair protein, in mouse hematopoietic cells leads to accelerated senescence of the immune system.”
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“Accordingly, mice lacking ERCC1 in hematopoietic cells, as well as aged mice, express elevated markers of senescence (p16, p21) in many immune cells with concomitant impairment of immune function.”
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“Strikingly, transfer of splenocytes from aged wild-type mice or mice lacking ERCC1 into young animals increased the senescence burden in nonlymphoid organs, suggesting that a senescent immune system contributes to aging phenotypic features in immune cells and in solid, nonlymphoid tissues.”
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“Notably, the selective induction of immune cell ageing increases the levels of the ageing markers p16 and p21 in multiple organs, including the brain,328 thereby highlighting the crucial roles played by the immune system in the process of ageing.”
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“Immunosenescence is characterized by dysfunctions in monocyte and neutrophil phagocytosis, decreased numbers of naive T cells, increased numbers of memory T cells,327 and increased SASP secretion by these cells,327,328 thereby weakening the immune response to foreign antigens.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Yousefzadeh, M. J., Flores, R. R., Zhu, Y., Schmiechen, Z. C., Brooks, R. W., Trussoni, C. E., Cui, Y., Angelini, L., Lee, K.-A., McGowan, S. J., Burrack, A. L., Wang, D., Dong, Q., Lu, A., Sano, T., O’Kelly, R. D., McGuckian, C. A., Kato, J. I., Bank, M. P., Wade, E. A., Pillai, S. P. S., Klug, J., Ladiges, W. C., Burd, C. E., Lewis, S. E., LaRusso, N. F., Vo, N. V., Wang, Y., Kelley, E. E., Huard, J., Stromnes, I. M., Robbins, P. D., & Niedernhofer, L. J.
- Affiliations
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Mayo Clinic (US)
- Scripps Research Institute (US)
- University of California, Riverside (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (US)
- Fred Hutch Cancer Center (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- West Virginia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Robbins, Paul D.
- Niedernhofer, Laura J.
- ORCID
- Yousefzadeh, Matthew J.
- Flores, Rafael R.
- Zhu, Yi
- Schmiechen, Zoe C.
- Trussoni, Christy E.
- Cui, Yuxiang
- Lee, Kyoo-A
- McGowan, Sara J.
- Burrack, Adam L.
- Wang, Dong
- Dong, Qing
- Lu, Aiping
- Sano, Tokio
- Pillai, Smitha P. S.
- Ladiges, Warren C.
- Burd, Christin E.
- Lewis, Sara E.
- LaRusso, Nicholas F.
- Vo, Nam V.
- Wang, Yinsheng
- Huard, Johnny
- Stromnes, Ingunn M.
- Robbins, Paul D.
- Niedernhofer, Laura J.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 2021-05-12
- Volume
- 594
- Issue
- 7861
- Pages
- 100-105
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- PMC
- PMC8684299
- OpenAlex
- W3161778279
- Cited by
- 972
- References
- 43
- Citations by year
- 2026: 176 · 2025: 219 · 2024: 219 · 2023: 186 · 2022: 131 · 2021: 41
- FWCI
- 91.03
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Nature (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute on Aging (P01AG043376, R01AG059711, R01AG067193, R01AG044376, R56AG059676, R56AG058543, T32AG029796, U19AG056278, P01AG062413, R01AG063543)
- National Cancer Institute (R01CA249393, R01CA255039)
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (P30DK084567)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Keywords
- immunosenescence, cellular senescence, ERCC1, DNA repair, endogenous DNA damage, hematopoietic cells, rapamycin, senolytics, healthy aging
- MeSH terms
- Immunosenescence, Healthy Aging, Aging, Animals, DNA Damage, DNA Repair, DNA-Binding Proteins, Endonucleases, Female, Homeostasis, Immune System, Male, Organ Specificity, Rejuvenation, Spleen, Sirolimus, Mice
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