Short telomeres correlate with a strong induction of cellular senescence in human dental follicle cells

Morsczeck, Christian and Reck, Anja and Reichert, Torsten E. (2019) Short telomeres correlate with a strong induction of cellular senescence in human dental follicle cells. BMC MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY, 20: UNSP 5. ISSN , 2661-8850

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Abstract

Background: Dental follicle cells (DFCs) are dental stem cells and interesting options for regenerative therapies in dentistry. However, DFCs acquire replicative senescence in long-term cultures, but little is known about molecular processes. In previous studies, we observed that DFC cell lines become senescent at different rates. We hypothesized that short telomere length and increased DNA damage with genomic instability correlate with the accelerated induction of cellular senescence. Results: For this study we compared DFC cell lines that became senescent at different rates (DFC_F: strong senescent phenotype; DFC_S: weak senescent phenotype). The telomeres of DFC_F were shorter than those of the telomeres of DFC_S prior senescence. Interestingly, telomere lengths of both cell lines were nearly unchanged after induction of senescence. Gene expression analyses with genes associated with DNA damage before and after the induction of cellular senescence revealed that almost all genes in DFCs_F were down-regulated while the gene expression in DFC_S was almost constitutive. Moreover, number of aneuploid DFC_F were significantly higher after induction of cellular senescence. Conclusion: Our results supported our initial hypothesis that telomere length and genomic instability correlate with the accelerated induction of cellular senescence in DFC_F.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: STEM-CELLS; STIMULATION; Dental follicle cells; Cellular senescence; DNA damage; Telomere length
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Mund-, Kiefer- und Gesichtschirurgie
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 14 Apr 2020 07:09
Last Modified: 14 Apr 2020 07:09
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/27185

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