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ArticleNucleic acids research2018

APE1 deficiency promotes cellular senescence and premature aging features.

Mengxia Li, Xiao Yang, Xianfeng Lu, Nan Dai, Shiheng Zhang, Yi Cheng, Lei Zhang, Yuxin Yang, Yie Liu, Zhenzhou Yang and 2 more

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 68 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mengxia LiCancer Center of Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, No. 10 Changjiang Zhi Rd., Yuzhong Dist., Chongqing 400042 China.
Xiao YangCancer Center of Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, No. 10 Changjiang Zhi Rd., Yuzhong Dist., Chongqing 400042 China.
Xianfeng LuCancer Center of Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, No. 10 Changjiang Zhi Rd., Yuzhong Dist., Chongqing 400042 China.
Nan DaiCancer Center of Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, No. 10 Changjiang Zhi Rd., Yuzhong Dist., Chongqing 400042 China.
Shiheng ZhangCancer Center of Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, No. 10 Changjiang Zhi Rd., Yuzhong Dist., Chongqing 400042 China.
Yi ChengCancer Center of Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, No. 10 Changjiang Zhi Rd., Yuzhong Dist., Chongqing 400042 China.
Lei ZhangCancer Center of Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, No. 10 Changjiang Zhi Rd., Yuzhong Dist., Chongqing 400042 China.
Yuxin YangCancer Center of Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, No. 10 Changjiang Zhi Rd., Yuzhong Dist., Chongqing 400042 China.
Yie LiuLaboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Blvd., Ste. 100, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Zhenzhou YangCancer Center of Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, No. 10 Changjiang Zhi Rd., Yuzhong Dist., Chongqing 400042 China.
Dong WangCancer Center of Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, No. 10 Changjiang Zhi Rd., Yuzhong Dist., Chongqing 400042 China.
David M WilsonLaboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, 251 Bayview Blvd., Ste. 100, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Army Medical University · CNNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Structure nucleases in telomere secondary structure resolutionZIAAG000754 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI LIU, YIE · 2013 to 2024
$8.4M
Exploring therapeutic intervention of telomere biology diseasesZIAAG000698 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI LIU, YIE · 2019 to 2025
$6.9M
Oxidative DNA Damage Repair in Premature Aging and NeurodegenerationZIAAG000751 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI BOHR, VILHELM A · 2009 to 2019
$5.3M
Exploring a reliable and sensitive method to detect telomere dysfunction in the aging population and premature-aging diseasesZIAAG000789 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI LIU, YIE · 2018 to 2022
$2.2M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Base excision repair (BER) handles many forms of endogenous DNA damage, and apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1 (APE1) is central to this process. Deletion of both alleles of APE1 (a.k.a. Apex1) in mice leads to embryonic lethality, and deficiency in cells can promote cell death. Unlike most other BER proteins, APE1 expression is inversely correlated with cellular senescence in primary human fibroblasts. Depletion of APE1 via shRNA induced senescence in normal human BJ fibroblasts, a phenotype that was not seen in counterpart cells expressing telomerase. APE1 knock-down in primary fibroblasts resulted in global DNA damage accumulation, and the induction of p16INK4a and p21WAF1 stress response pathways; the DNA damage response, as assessed by γ-H2AX, was particularly pronounced at telomeres. Conditional knock-out of Apex1 in mice at post-natal day 7/12 resulted in impaired growth, reduced organ size, and increased cellular senescence. The effect of Apex1 deletion at post-natal week 6 was less obvious, other than cellular senescence, until ∼8-months of age, when premature aging characteristics, such as hair loss and impaired wound healing, were seen. Low APE1 expression in patient cancer tissue also correlated with increased senescence. Our results point to a key role for APE1 in regulating cellular senescence and aging features, with telomere status apparently affecting the outcome.

Indexed as

Cellular SenescenceAging, PrematureAnimalsCells, CulturedDNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) LyaseDNA DamageDNA RepairFibroblastsMice, KnockoutTelomeraseTelomereAPEX1 protein, humanApex1 protein, mouseDNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) LyaseTelomeraseTERT protein, human

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PMID29750271
PMCPMC6009672
OpenAlexW2802956924

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