Tissue damage and senescence provide critical signals for cellular reprogramming in vivo - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 2016 Nov 25;354(6315):aaf4445.

doi: 10.1126/science.aaf4445.

Cristina Pantoja 1, Noelia Alcazar 1, Rosa M Marión 2, Dafni Chondronasiou 1, Miguel Rovira 1, Pablo J Fernandez-Marcos 1 3, Maribel Muñoz-Martin 1, Carmen Blanco-Aparicio 4, Joaquin Pastor 4, Gonzalo Gómez-López 5, Alba De Martino 6, Maria A Blasco 2, María Abad 1 7, Manuel Serrano 8

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Tissue damage and senescence provide critical signals for cellular reprogramming in vivo

Lluc Mosteiro et al. Science. 2016.

Abstract

Reprogramming of differentiated cells into pluripotent cells can occur in vivo, but the mechanisms involved remain to be elucidated. Senescence is a cellular response to damage, characterized by abundant production of cytokines and other secreted factors that, together with the recruitment of inflammatory cells, result in tissue remodeling. Here, we show that in vivo expression of the reprogramming factors OCT4, SOX2, KLF4, and cMYC (OSKM) in mice leads to senescence and reprogramming, both coexisting in close proximity. Genetic and pharmacological analyses indicate that OSKM-induced senescence requires the Ink4a/Arf locus and, through the production of the cytokine interleukin-6, creates a permissive tissue environment for in vivo reprogramming. Biological conditions linked to senescence, such as tissue injury or aging, favor in vivo reprogramming by OSKM. These observations may be relevant for tissue repair.

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