ArticleOsteoarthritis and cartilage2021
The combination of mitogenic stimulation and DNA damage induces chondrocyte senescence.
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- In Vitro Models of Cell Senescence: A Systematic Review on Musculoskeletal Tissues and Cells.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Research progress of mesenchymal stem cells/stromal cells and their derivatives against cell senescence in the treatment of osteoarthritis.Annals of medicine · 2026Review
- Senescence-associated gene pathways are differentially expressed in equine aging-related osteoarthritis.American journal of veterinary research · 2026Article
- Nanotherapeutic Strategies for Osteoarthritis: Targeting Aging, Metabolism and Inflammation.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Growth/Differentiation Factor 15 Promotes a Pro-Regenerative Response in Chondrocytes Upon Cartilage Injury.MedComm · 2025Article
- Lineage plasticity and signal dysregulation define the cellular trajectory of osteoarthritis progression.Clinical and experimental medicine · 2025Article
- Development of Reliable and High-Throughput Human Biomimetic Cartilage and Bone Models to Explore Senescence and Personalized Osteoarthritis Treatment Options.Journal of orthopaedic research : official publication of the Orthopaedic Research Society · 2025Article
- Cellular senescence impairs tendon extracellular matrix remodeling in response to mechanical unloading.Aging cell · 2024Article
- Compliant substrates mitigate the senescence associated phenotype of stress induced mesenchymal stromal cells.Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A · 2024Article
- Aging and the emerging role of cellular senescence in osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis and cartilage · 2024Review
- Sirt6 promotes DNA damage repair in osteoarthritis chondrocytes by activating the Keap1/Nrf2/HO-1 signaling pathway.Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) · 2024Article
- The potential for senotherapy as a novel approach to extend life quality in veterinary medicine.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Review
- Sirtuin 6 activation rescues the age-related decline in DNA damage repair in primary human chondrocytes.Aging · 2023Article
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- An Integrated View of Stressors as Causative Agents in OA Pathogenesis.Biomolecules · 2023Review
- Connection between Osteoarthritis and Nitric Oxide: From Pathophysiology to Therapeutic Target.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- In vitro study to identify ligand-independent function of estrogen receptor-α in suppressing DNA damage-induced chondrocyte senescence.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2023Article
- Comet assay for quantification of the increased DNA damage burden in primary human chondrocytes with aging and osteoarthritis.Aging cell · 2022Article
- Osteoarthritis Pathophysiology: Therapeutic Target Discovery may Require a Multifaceted Approach.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2022Review
- Senescent skeletal cells cross-talk with synovial cells plays a key role in the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis.Arthritis research & therapy · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveCellular senescence is a phenotypic state characterized by stable cell-cycle arrest, enhanced lysosomal activity, and the secretion of inflammatory molecules and matrix degrading enzymes. Senescence has been implicated in osteoarthritis (OA) pathophysiology; however, the mechanisms that drive senescence induction in cartilage and other joint tissues are unknown. While numerous physiological signals are capable of initiating senescence, one emerging theme is that damaged cells convert to senescence in response to sustained mitogenic stimulation. The goal of this study was to develop an in vitro articular cartilage explant model to investigate the mechanisms of senescence induction.
designThis study utilized healthy cartilage derived from cadaveric equine stifles and human ankles. Explants were irradiated to initiate DNA damage, and mitogenic stimulation was provided through serum-containing medium and treatment with transforming growth factor β1 and basic fibroblastic growth factor. Readouts of senescence were a quantitative flow cytometry assay to detect senescence-associated β galactosidase activity (SA-β-gal), immunofluorescence for p16 and γH2AX, and qPCR for the expression of inflammatory genes.
resultsHuman cartilage explants required both irradiation and mitogenic stimulation to induce senescence as compared to baseline control conditions (7.16% vs 2.34% SA-β-gal high, p = 0.0007). These conditions also resulted in chondrocyte clusters within explants, a persistent DNA damage response, increased p16, and gene expression changes.
conclusionsTreatment of cartilage explants with mitogenic stimuli in the context of cellular damage reliably induces high levels of SA-β-gal activity and other senescence markers, which provides a physiologically relevant model system to investigate the mechanisms of senescence induction.
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