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Senescent cells communicate via intercellular protein transfer.
Genes Dev. 2015 Apr 15;29(8):791-802. doi: 10.1101/gad.259341.115
Biran A, Perelmutter M, Gal H, Burton DG, Ovadya Y, Vadai E, Geiger T, Krizhanovsky V
Abstract:
.....Here we show that senescent cells directly transfer proteins to neighboring cells and that this process facilitates immune surveillance of senescent cells by natural killer (NK) cells. We found that transfer of proteins to NK and T cells is increased in the murine preneoplastic pancreas, a site where senescent cells are present in vivo. Proteomic analysis and functional studies of the transferred proteins revealed that the transfer is strictly dependent on cell-cell contact and CDC42-regulated actin polymerization and is mediated at least partially by cytoplasmic bridges. These findings reveal a novel mode of intercellular communication by which senescent cells regulate their immune surveillance and might impact tumorigenesis and tissue aging.
PMID: 25854920
Tags: cellular senescence