Journal: Journal of Advanced Research
Article Title: Multi-omics approach reveals TGF-β signaling-driven senescence in periodontium stem cells
doi: 10.1016/j.jare.2024.12.037
Figure Lengend Snippet: Proposed model for how TGF-β induces G2 arrest-related senescence in PDLSCs. TGF-β signaling induces irreversible G2 arrest in PDLSCs through the ATM signaling pathway in response to ROS accumulation and DNA damage. Specifically, TGF-β1-induced DNMTs expression, including DNMT1, DNMT3A, and DNMT3B, triggers the CpG sites hypermethylation in 5′UTR of PRKAG2 , encoding AMPKγ2, followed by its declined translation and ROS accumulation; meanwhile, NOX4 serves as another source of excessive ROS independent of DNA methylation. Overburdened ROS leads to DNA damage through the activation of the ATM-CHK-CDC25C axis. Of note, the phosphorylation of CDC25C in Ser216 impedes PDLSCs from entering into mitosis, disrupting the G2/M transition. Eventually, constant ROS stress and accumulated DNA damage impel the cell cycle to permanent stagnation, namely cellular senescence. Other well-established senescence-related proteins, including p16 and p21, may participate in maintaining G2 cell cycle arrest, awaiting further validation. Overall, our study demonstrates that TGF-β1 induces G2 arrest-related senescence in PDLSCs primarily due to epigenetic regulation, excessive ROS generation, and DNA damage.
Article Snippet: Antibodies used in this study were listed as follows: antibodies from Abmart: anti-β-Tubulin ( M20005 ); antibodies from Huabio: anti-GAPDH recombinant rabbit monoclonal antibody (ET1601-4), anti-DNMT1 recombinant rabbit monoclonal antibody (ET1702-77), anti-DNMT3A recombinant rabbit monoclonal antibody (ET1609-31), anti-DNMT3B recombinant rabbit monoclonal antibody (ET1605-9), anti-p16 INK4A recombinant rabbit monoclonal antibody (ET1608-62), anti-AMPKγ1 recombinant mouse monoclonal antibody (EM2001-06), anti-AMPK alpha 1 recombinant rabbit monoclonal antibody (ET1608-40), anti-phospho-AMPK alpha 1 (S496) recombinant rabbit monoclonal antibody (ET1612-72), HRP-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG goat polyclonal antibody (HA1001), HRP-conjugated goat anti-mouse IgG polyclonal antibody (HA1006); antibodies from Abcam: anti-ATM antibody (ab32420), anti-phospho-ATM (S1981) antibody (ab81292), anti-CHK1 antibody (ab40866), anti-phospho-CHK1 (S296) antibody (ab79758), anti-CDC25C antibody (ab32444), anti-p21 antibody (ab109199), anti-CHK2 antibody (ab109413), anti-histone H3 (tri-methyl K9) (ab176916), anti-phospho-γ-H2AX (S139) antibody (ab81299), anti-HMGB1 antibody (ab79823); antibodies from CST: anti-Ki67 (D3B5) rabbit mAb (#9129), anti-phospho-CHK2 (Thr68) rabbit mAb (#2197), anti-phospho-CDC25C (Ser216) rabbit mAb (#4901); antibodies from Bioss: goat anti-rabbit IgG antibody (H + L), FITC-conjugated (bs-0295G-FITC); goat anti-rat IgG antibody (H + L), cyanine 3-conjugated (bs-0293G-Cy3); antibodies from Biolegend: APC anti-human CD34 antibody (#343509), FITC anti-human CD146 antibody (#361011).
Techniques: Expressing, DNA Methylation Assay, Activation Assay, Phospho-proteomics, Biomarker Discovery