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Chronic expression of p16
- Source :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- p16INK4a (CDKN2A) is a central tumor suppressor, which induces cell-cycle arrest and senescence. Cells expressing p16INK4a accumulate in aging tissues and appear in premalignant lesions, yet their physiologic effects are poorly understood. We found that prolonged expression of transgenic p16INK4a in the mouse epidermis induces hyperplasia and dysplasia, involving high proliferation rates of keratinocytes not expressing the transgene. Continuous p16INK4a expression increases the number of epidermal papillomas formed after carcinogen treatment. Wnt-pathway ligands and targets are activated upon prolonged p16INK4a expression, and Wnt inhibition suppresses p16INK4a-induced hyperplasia. Senolytic treatment reduces p16INK4a-expressing cell numbers, and inhibits Wnt activation and hyperplasia. In human actinic keratosis, a precursor of squamous cell carcinoma, p16INK4a-expressing cells are found adjacent to dividing cells, consistent with paracrine interaction. These findings reveal that chronic p16INK4a expression is sufficient to induce hyperplasia through Wnt-mediated paracrine stimulation, and suggest that this tumor suppressor can promote early premalignant epidermal lesion formation.<br />It is unclear how resident p16-expressing senescent cells affect the propensity of tissues to develop cancer. Here, the authors show that chronic p16 expression in the mouse epidermis causes hyperplasia and dysplasia through Wnt-mediated paracrine stimulation of proliferating keratinocytes, and can contribute to tumour formation.
- Subjects :
- Keratinocytes
Hyperplasia
Mice, 129 Strain
Papilloma
Mice, Transgenic
Keratosis
Article
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Cell Transformation, Neoplastic
Animals
Humans
Skin cancer
Epidermis
Cancer models
Tumour-suppressor proteins
neoplasms
Wnt Signaling Pathway
Cells, Cultured
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16
Cell Proliferation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nature communications
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........001f0c5d26eae67aa9c5cdb26e430d42