title: Pathways of aging: comparative analysis of gene signatures in replicative senescence and stress induced premature senescence.
abstract: In culturing normal diploid cells, senescence may either happen naturally, in the form of replicative senescence, or it may be a consequence of external challenges such as oxidative stress. Here we present a comparative analysis aimed at reconstruction of molecular cascades specific for replicative (RS) and stressinduced senescence (SIPS) in human fibroblasts.
  
  
  
  An involvement of caspase-3/keratin-18 pathway and serine/threonine kinase Aurora A/ MDM2 pathway was shared between RS and SIPS. Moreover, stromelysin/MMP3 and N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase enzyme MGAT1, which initiates the synthesis of hybrid and complex Nglycans, were identified as key orchestrating components in RS and SIPS, respectively. In RS only, Aurora-B driven cell cycle signaling was deregulated in concert with the suppression of anabolic branches of the fatty acids and estrogen metabolism. In SIPS, Aurora-B signaling is deprioritized, and the synthetic branches of cholesterol metabolism are upregulated, rather than downregulated. Moreover, in SIPS, proteasome/ubiquitin ligase pathways of protein degradation dominate the regulatory landscape. This picture indicates that SIPS proceeds in cells that are actively fighting stress which facilitates premature senescence while failing to completely activate the orderly program of RS. The promoters of genes differentially expressed in either RS or SIPS are unusually enriched by the binding sites for homeobox family proteins, with particular emphasis on HMX1, IRX2, HDX and HOXC13. Additionally, we identified Iroquois Homeobox 2 (IRX2) as a master regulator for the secretion of SPP1-encoded osteopontin, a stromal driver for tumor growth that is overexpressed by both RS and SIPS fibroblasts. The latter supports the hypothesis that senescence-specific de-repression of SPP1 aids in SIPS-dependent stromal activation.
  
  
  
  Reanalysis of previously published experimental data is cost-effective approach for extraction of additional insignts into the functioning of biological systems.
authors.affiliation: School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA.
authors.forename: Kamil C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kural
authors.affiliation: GeneXplain GmbH, 38302, Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
authors.forename: Neetu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tandon
authors.affiliation: Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moscow, Russia.|Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Russia.
authors.forename: Mikhail
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skoblov
authors.affiliation: GeneXplain GmbH, 38302, Wolfenbüttel, Germany.
authors.forename: Olga V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Kel-Margoulis
authors.affiliation: School of Systems Biology, George Mason University, Manassas, VA, 20110, USA. abaranov@gmu.edu.|Research Centre for Medical Genetics, Moscow, Russia. abaranov@gmu.edu.|Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, 141700, Russia. abaranov@gmu.edu.
authors.forename: Ancha V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Baranova
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016922:Cellular Senescence / Q000235:genetics; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D053495:Osteopontin / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000235:genetics; D059467:Transcriptome
chemical_list: D053495:Osteopontin; D001761:Bleomycin