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Expression of p16(INK4a) in peripheral blood T-cells is a biomarker of human aging.


ABSTRACT: Expression of the p16(INK4a) tumor suppressor sharply increases with age in most mammalian tissues, and contributes to an age-induced functional decline of certain self-renewing compartments. These observations have suggested that p16(INK4a) expression could be a biomarker of mammalian aging. To translate this notion to human use, we determined p16(INK4a) expression in cellular fractions of human whole blood, and found highest expression in peripheral blood T-lymphocytes (PBTL). We then measured INK4/ARF transcript expression in PBTL from two independent cohorts of healthy humans (170 donors total), and analyzed their relationship with donor characteristics. Expression of p16(INK4a), but not other INK4/ARF transcripts, appeared to exponentially increase with donor chronologic age. Importantly, p16(INK4a) expression did not independently correlate with gender or body-mass index, but was significantly associated with tobacco use and physical inactivity. In addition, p16(INK4a) expression was associated with plasma interleukin-6 concentration, a marker of human frailty. These data suggest that p16(INK4a) expression in PBTL is an easily measured, peripheral blood biomarker of molecular age.

SUBMITTER: Liu Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2752333 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Expression of p16(INK4a) in peripheral blood T-cells is a biomarker of human aging.

Liu Yan Y   Sanoff Hanna K HK   Cho Hyunsoon H   Burd Christin E CE   Torrice Chad C   Ibrahim Joseph G JG   Thomas Nancy E NE   Sharpless Norman E NE  

Aging cell 20090522 4


Expression of the p16(INK4a) tumor suppressor sharply increases with age in most mammalian tissues, and contributes to an age-induced functional decline of certain self-renewing compartments. These observations have suggested that p16(INK4a) expression could be a biomarker of mammalian aging. To translate this notion to human use, we determined p16(INK4a) expression in cellular fractions of human whole blood, and found highest expression in peripheral blood T-lymphocytes (PBTL). We then measured  ...[more]

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