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Two mechanisms underlying the loss of p16(Ink4a) function are associated with distinct tumorigenic consequences for WS MEFs escaping from senescence.
[werner syndrome]
Werner
syndrome
(
WS
)
mouse
embryonic
fibroblasts
(
MEFs
)
can
spontaneously
escape
from
senescence
and
become
immortalized
,
either
tumorigenic
or
non-tumorigenic
.
Our
data
revealed
a
single
p
53
(
N
236
S
)
point
mutation
in
the
tumorigenic
cell
lines
,
which
was
correlated
with
the
down-regulation
of
p
21
(
Waf
1
/
Cip
1
)
.
p
16
(
Ink
4
a
)
expression
was
significantly
decreased
in
all
immortalized
cell
lines
.
Bisulfate
sequencing
indicated
that
the
p
16
(
Ink
4
a
)
gene
was
methylated
in
the
tumorigenic
cells
.
Exogenous
overexpression
of
p
21
(
Waf
1
/
Cip
1
)
demethylated
p
16
(
Ink
4
a
)
and
restored
its
expression
,
which
induced
cell
growth
arrest
and
senescence
.
While
in
non-tumorigenic
immortalized
cells
,
the
Ink
4
a
loci
and
adjacent
genomic
DNA
were
found
to
be
deleted
.
These
data
suggest
that
the
loss
of
p
16
(
Ink
4
a
)
function
by
either
genomic
DNA
deletion
or
methylation
have
been
adopted
by
senescent
WS
MEFs
escaping
from
senescence
,
with
distinct
tumorigenic
consequences
.
The
fact
that
cells
that
had
escaped
senescence
via
the
spontaneous
biallelic
deletion
of
the
Ink
4
a
loci
could
not
form
tumors
suggests
that
the
functional
loss
of
p
16
(
Ink
4
a
)
per
se
might
not
be
sufficient
for
tumorigenesis
;
most
likely
,
it
is
a
byproduct
and
passenger
mutation
.
The
mutations
in
factors
regulating
p
16
(
Ink
4
a
)
methylation
might
be
the
driver
mutation
.
These
findings
shed
light
on
the
strategy
of
anti-aging
by
regulating
p
16
(
Ink
4
a
)
expression
.
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