TPR is required for cytoplasmic chromatin fragment formation during senescence
Abstract
During oncogene-induced senescence there are striking changes in the organisation of heterochromatin in the nucleus. This is accompanied by activation of a pro-inflammatory gene expression programme - the senescence associated secretory phenotype (SASP) - driven by transcription factors such as NF-κB. The relationship between heterochromatin re-organisation and the SASP has been unclear. Here we show that TPR, a protein of the nuclear pore complex basket required for heterochromatin re-organisation during senescence, is also required for the very early activation of NF-κB signalling during the stress-response phase of oncogene-induced senescence. This is prior to activation of the SASP and occurs without affecting NF-κB nuclear import. We show that TPR is required for the activation of innate immune signalling at these early stages of senescence and we link this to the formation of heterochromatin-enriched cytoplasmic chromatin fragments thought to bleb off from the nuclear periphery. We show that HMGA1 is also required for cytoplasmic chromatin fragment formation. Together these data suggest that re-organisation of heterochromatin is involved in altered structural integrity of the nuclear periphery during senescence, and that this can lead to activation of cytoplasmic nucleic acid sensing, NF-κB signalling, and activation of the SASP.
Data availability
The RNA-seq and ATAC-seq data generated in this study have been deposited in NCBI GEO, but the data are currently private. Access tokens for reviewers to access these submission data are:RNA seqhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE264387Access token: qzihsgiwhlqvzopATAC seqhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/geo/query/acc.cgi?acc=GSE264390Access token: irstugcgzfqrlib
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TPR is required for cytoplasmic chromatin fragment formation during senescenceNCBI Gene Expression Omnibus, GSE264387.
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TPR is required for cytoplasmic chromatin fragment formation during senescenceNCBI Gene Expression Omnibus, GSE264390.
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H3K27ac ChIP-seqNCBI Gene Expression Omnibus, GSE103590.
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Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00007/2)
- Wendy A Bickmore
Medical Research Council (MC_UU_00035/7)
- Wendy A Bickmore
Wellcome Trust (217120/Z/19/Z)
- Yatendra Kumar
- Wendy A Bickmore
Cancer Research UK (C47559/A16243)
- Juan Carlos Acosta
Ministry of Science and Innovation, Government of Spain (Proyecto PID2020-117860GB-I00)
- Juan Carlos Acosta
Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-21-CE12-0039)
- Charlene Boumendil
The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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© 2024, Bartlett et al.
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