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Cellular and organismal ageing: Role of the p53 tumor suppressor protein in the induction of transient and terminal senescence
Authors:Schmid Gerald  Kramer Matthias P  Maurer Margarita  Wandl Stefanie  Wesierska-Gadek Józefa
Affiliation:Cell Cycle Regulation Group, Department of Medicine I, Division: Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Abstract:
In recent years, an impact of the p53 tumor suppressor protein in the processes of cellular and organismal ageing became evident. First hints were found in model organisms like Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Caenorhabditis elegans, and Drosophila melanogaster where a clear connection between ageing phenotypes and pathways that are regulated by p53, were found. Interestingly, pathways that are central to the ageing process are usually also involved in energy metabolism and are highly conserved throughout evolution. This also supports the long known empiric finding that caloric restriction has a positive impact on the life span of a wide variety of organisms. Within the last years, on the molecular level, an involvement of the insulin-like growth factor and of the histone deacetylase SRIT1 could be shown. Insight on the impact of p53 on ageing at the organismal level came from mice expressing aberrant forms of the p53 protein. Obviously, the balance of the full length p53 protein and of the shorter p44/DeltaNp53 isomer bear a strong impact on ageing. The shorter isoform regulates full length p53 and in cases where there is too much of the longer isoform, this leads to elevated apoptosis resulting in decreased tumor incidence but also in premature ageing due to exhaustion of the renewal potential. Therefore, modulating the expression of the truncated p53 isoform accordingly, might lead to increased health-span and elevated life-span.
Keywords:p53 stability  HIPK2  PML  Mdm2  p53 isoforms  cell cycle  CDK inhibitors  cell‐cycle arrest  p53 ubiquitylation
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