Sedia, Carla (2010) microRNA in cellular senescence. [Tesi di dottorato] (Unpublished)

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Item Type: Tesi di dottorato
Resource language: English
Title: microRNA in cellular senescence
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Sedia, Carla
carlasedia@yahoo.it
Date: 30 November 2010
Number of Pages: 57
Institution: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Department: Biochimica e biotecnologie mediche
Scuola di dottorato: Scienze biologiche
Dottorato: Biochimica e biologia cellulare e molecolare
Ciclo di dottorato: 23
Coordinatore del Corso di dottorato:
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Arcari, Paolo
paolo.arcari@unina.it
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Faraonio, Raffaella
faraonio@dbbm.unina.it
Date: 30 November 2010
Number of Pages: 57
Keywords: microRNA senescence
Settori scientifico-disciplinari del MIUR: Area 05 - Scienze biologiche > BIO/11 - Biologia molecolare
Date Deposited: 09 Dec 2010 16:50
Last Modified: 30 Apr 2014 19:45
URI: http://www.fedoa.unina.it/id/eprint/8234
DOI: 10.6092/UNINA/FEDOA/8234

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Senescence is recognized as a permanent arrest of cell proliferation triggered by telomere shortening or various stresses. Senescence imposes a barrier to tumorigenesis and contributes to aging. It represents a cell response that encompasses gene expression regulation at transcriptional and post-transcriptional levels. MicroRNAs (miRNAs or miRs) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate diverse biological processes through their control of mRNA degradation or translation. In this work, we have analyzed the expression profiles of 284 known microRNAs in senescent relative to early-passage IMR90 human diploid fibroblasts. We found that 179 microRNAs were expressed at significant level and that in senescent cells 47% were downregulated (at least 2-fold) and 19% were upregulated at same extent. With only few exceptions, a similar expression profile was observed in human senescent BJ fibroblasts, as well as in young IMR90 fibroblasts treated with a mild chronic oxidative stress or with etoposide.The upregulated microRNAs, validated by Quantitative Real Time PCR, included miR-23b, miR-30e-5p, miR-126*, miR-134, miR-200c, miR-210, miR-376a*, miR-369-5p, miR-379, miR-410, miR-432, miR-485-5p, miR-486, miR-494, miR-542-5p, miR-654, miR-656 and some of them (miR-134, miR-369-3p, miR-376a*, miR-379, miR-410, miR-432, miR-485-5p, miR-494, miR-654 and miR-656) are members of an imprinted region of human chromosome 14. We found that ectopic expression of some of the upregulated microRNAs (miR-210, miR-376a*, miR-486, miR-494, miR-542-5p, miR-654) in young proliferating fibroblasts triggers a premature senescent phenotype showing typical markers of senescence and accompanied also by the appearance of molecular complexes involved in different patterns of DDR (DNA damage response).

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