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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-8-11
pubmed:abstractText
Cellular senescence is a stable state of proliferative arrest that provides a barrier to malignant transformation and contributes to the antitumor activity of certain chemotherapies. Senescent cells can accumulate senescence-associated heterochromatic foci (SAHFs), which may provide a chromatin buffer that prevents activation of proliferation-associated genes by mitogenic transcription factors. Surprisingly, we show that the High-Mobility Group A (HMGA) proteins, which can promote tumorigenesis, accumulate on the chromatin of senescent fibroblasts and are essential structural components of SAHFs. HMGA proteins cooperate with the p16(INK4a) tumor suppressor to promote SAHF formation and proliferative arrest and stabilize senescence by contributing to the repression of proliferation-associated genes. These antiproliferative activities are canceled by coexpression of the HDM2 and CDK4 oncogenes, which are often coamplified with HMGA2 in human cancers. Our results identify a component of the senescence machinery that contributes to heterochromatin formation and imply that HMGA proteins also act in tumor suppressor networks.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
503-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Cell Aging, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Cell Proliferation, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 4, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-HMGA Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-HMGA2 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Heterochromatin, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-mdm2, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:16901784-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel role for high-mobility group a proteins in cellular senescence and heterochromatin formation.
pubmed:affiliation
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 1 Bungtown Road, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural