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The homeoprotein SIX1 controls cellular senescence through the regulation of p16INK4A and differentiation-related genes.

ABSTRACT: Cellular senescence is an antiproliferative response with essential functions in tumor suppression and tissue homeostasis. Here we show that SIX1, a member of the SIX family of homeobox transcriptional factors, is a novel repressor of senescence. Our data show that SIX1 is specifically downregulated in fibroblasts upon oncogenic stress and other pro-senescence stimuli, as well as in senescent skin premalignant lesions. Silencing of SIX1 in human fibroblasts suffices to trigger senescence, which is mediated by p16INK4A and lacks a canonical senescence-associated secretory phenotype. Interestingly, SIX1-associated senescence is further characterized by the expression of a set of development and differentiation-related genes that significantly overlap with genes associated with SIX1 in organogenesis or human tumors, and show coincident regulation in oncogene-induced senescence. Mechanistically, we show that gene regulation by SIX1 during senescence is mediated, at least in part, by cooperation with Polycomb repressive complexes. In summary, our results identify SIX1, a key development regulator altered in human tumors, as a critical repressor of cellular senescence, providing a novel connection between senescence, differentiation and tumorigenesis.

SUBMITTER: Adrados I

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5730042 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The homeoprotein SIX1 controls cellular senescence through the regulation of p16INK4A and differentiation-related genes.

Adrados I I Larrasa-Alonso J J Galarreta A A López-Antona I I Menéndez C C Abad M M Gil J J Moreno-Bueno G G Palmero I I

Oncogene 20151026 27

Cellular senescence is an antiproliferative response with essential functions in tumor suppression and tissue homeostasis. Here we show that SIX1, a member of the SIX family of homeobox transcriptional factors, is a novel repressor of senescence. Our data show that SIX1 is specifically downregulated in fibroblasts upon oncogenic stress and other pro-senescence stimuli, as well as in senescent skin premalignant lesions. Silencing of SIX1 in human fibroblasts suffices to trigger senescence, which ...[more]

PMID: 26500063

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