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ArticleAging cell2025

Telomerase Depletion Accelerates Ageing of the Zebrafish Brain.

Raquel R Martins, Savandara Besse, Pam S Ellis, Rabia Sevil, Naomi Hartopp, Catherine Purse, Georgia Everett-Brown, Owain Evans, Nadiyah Mughal, Mina H F Wahib and 8 more

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Article in Aging cell, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Raquel R MartinsSchool of Medicine and Population Health, Bateson Centre for Disease Mechanisms and Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3952-8649
Savandara BesseInstitut Jacques Monod (UMR7592), Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2448-4022
Pam S EllisSchool of Medicine and Population Health, Bateson Centre for Disease Mechanisms and Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5915-4739
Rabia SevilSchool of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID 0009-0001-4842-8204
Naomi HartoppSheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4069-6324
Catherine PurseSchool of Medicine and Population Health, Bateson Centre for Disease Mechanisms and Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Georgia Everett-BrownSchool of Medicine and Population Health, Bateson Centre for Disease Mechanisms and Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Owain EvansSchool of Medicine and Population Health, Bateson Centre for Disease Mechanisms and Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0009-0000-8493-4983
Nadiyah MughalSchool of Medicine and Population Health, Bateson Centre for Disease Mechanisms and Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Mina H F WahibSchool of Medicine and Population Health, Bateson Centre for Disease Mechanisms and Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Zerkif YaziganSchool of Medicine and Population Health, Bateson Centre for Disease Mechanisms and Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Samir MorsliSchool of Medicine and Population Health, Bateson Centre for Disease Mechanisms and Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Ada Jimenez-GonzalezSheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7702-6135
Andrew GriersonSheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7039-6731
Heather MortiboysSheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6439-0579
Chrissy HammondSchool of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4935-6724
Michael ReraInstitut Jacques Monod (UMR7592), Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-6574-6511
Catarina M HenriquesSchool of Medicine and Population Health, Bateson Centre for Disease Mechanisms and Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-1882-756X

Funding

ANR ADAGIO ANR-20-CE44-0010Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/Y002504/1Conseil National de la Recherche ScientifiqueThe University of Sheffield Vice Chancellor's FellowshipVivensa AISRPG2305\32Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust 206224/Z/17/Z/WT
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Decreased telomerase expression, telomere shortening, senescence-associated markers, and inflammation have all been independently observed in the ageing brain and associated with disease. However, causality between limited telomerase expression and brain senescence and neuro-inflammation in the natural ageing setting is yet to be established. Here, we address these questions using the zebrafish as an ageing model. Akin to humans, zebrafish display premature ageing and death in the absence of telomerase and telomere shortening is a driver of cellular senescence. Our work shows for the first time that telomerase deficiency (tert

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AgingBrainTelomeraseZebrafishAnimalsCellular SenescenceTelomeraseageingbehaviourblood–brain barrier (BBB)braininflammationsenescencetelomeraseTERTtranscriptomicszebrafish

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PMID41147684
PMCPMC12686574

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