Nuclear pore density controls heterochromatin reorganization during senescence.

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Nuclear pore density controls heterochromatin reorganization during senescence.

Genes Dev. 2019 Jan 28;:

Authors: Boumendil C, Hari P, Olsen KCF, Acosta JC, Bickmore WA

Abstract
During oncogene-induced senescence (OIS), heterochromatin is lost from the nuclear periphery and forms internal senescence-associated heterochromatin foci (SAHFs). We show that an increased nuclear pore density during OIS is responsible for SAHF formation. In particular, the nucleoporin TPR is necessary for both formation and maintenance of SAHFs. Loss of SAHFs does not affect cell cycle arrest but abrogates the senescence-associated secretory phenotype-a program of inflammatory cytokine gene activation. Our results uncover a previously unknown role of nuclear pores in heterochromatin reorganization in mammalian nuclei and demonstrate the importance of heterochromatin organization for a specific gene activation program.

PMID: 30692205 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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