title: BMP4-Smad signaling pathway mediates adriamycin-induced premature senescence in lung cancer cells.
abstract: Cell senescence, an irreversible cell cycle arrest, reflects a safeguard program that limits the capacity of uncontrolled cell proliferation. Treatment of tumor cells with certain chemotherapeutic agents activates premature senescence to decrease the tumorigenecity. Here we show that sublethal concentrations of adriamycin could induce premature senescence in lung cancer cells. Adriamycin treatment resulted in the up-regulation of BMP4, which is underexpressed in NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancers). Moreover, the BMP4-Smad pathway played a key role in mediating adriamycin-induced senescence. Overexpression of BMP4 was able to induce premature senescence in lung cancer cells and this process required the participation of cyclin/cyclin-dependent kinase (cdk) inhibitors p16(INK4a) and p21(WAF1/cip1). We also show that increases of p16(INK4a) and p21(WAF1/cip1) expression in response to BMP4 were mediated by the Smad signaling pathway. Furthermore, our data revealed that p300 was recruited to P16(INK4a) and P21(WAF1/cip1) promoters by Smad1/5/8 to induce the hyperacetylation of histones H3 and H4 at the promoters. The present study provides useful clues to the evaluation of the potentiality of BMP4 as a responsive molecular target for cancer chemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Genetics and Cytology and Key Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of Ministry of Education (MOE), Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China.
authors.forename: Dongmei
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Su
authors.forename: Shan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xuefang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Yunpeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: Hui
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Guoling
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Lina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Baiqu
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation / Q000187:drug effects; D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D055415:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002289:Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D016922:Cellular Senescence / Q000187:drug effects*; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects*; D051785:Smad Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000903:Antibiotics, Antineoplastic; C525809:BMP4 protein, human; D055415:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4; C493956:CDKN1A protein, human; D019941:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16; D050759:Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21; D006657:Histones; D051785:Smad Proteins; D004317:Doxorubicin