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- Title
Ionizing Radiation Promotes the Acquisition of a Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype and Impairs Angiogenic Capacity in Cerebromicrovascular Endothelial Cells: Role of Increased DNA Damage and Decreased DNA Repair Capacity in Microvascular ...
- Authors
Ungvari, Zoltan; Podlutsky, Andrej; Sosnowska, Danuta; Tucsek, Zsuzsanna; Toth, Peter; Deak, Ferenc; Gautam, Tripti; Csiszar, Anna; Sonntag, William E.
- Abstract
Cerebromicrovascular rarefaction is believed to play a central role in cognitive impairment in patients receiving whole-brain irradiation therapy. To elucidate the mechanism underlying the deleterious effects of γ-irradiation on the cerebral microcirculation, rat primary cerebromicrovascular endothelial cells (CMVECs) were irradiated in vitro. We found that in CMVECs, γ-irradiation (2–8 Gy) elicited increased DNA damage, which was repaired less efficiently in CMVECs compared with neurons, microglia, and astrocytes. Increased genomic injury in CMVECs associated with increased apoptotic cell death. In the surviving cells, γ-irradiation promotes premature senescence (indicated by SA-β-galactosidase positivity and upregulation of p16INK4a), which was associated with impaired angiogenic capacity (decreased proliferation and tube-forming capacity). γ-Irradiated CMVECs acquired a senescence-associated secretory phenotype, characterized by upregulation of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines (including IL-6, IL-1α, and MCP-1). Collectively, increased vulnerability of γ-irradiated CMVECs and their impaired angiogenic capacity likely contribute to cerebromicrovascular rarefaction and prevent regeneration of the microvasculature postirradiation. The acquisition of a senescence-associated secretory phenotype in irradiated CMVECs is biologically highly significant as changes in the cytokine microenvironment in the hippocampus may affect diverse biological processes relevant for normal neuronal function (including regulation of neurogenesis and the maintenance of the blood brain barrier).
- Subjects
VASCULAR endothelial cells; BRAIN disease treatment; RADIOTHERAPY complications; CELLULAR aging; COGNITION disorders; REGULATION of neovascularization; DNA damage; DNA repair
- Publication
Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences, 2013, Vol 68, Issue 12, p1443
- ISSN
1079-5006
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/gerona/glt057