Affiliation:
1. Department of Environmental Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center Rochester New York USA
Abstract
AbstractCigarette smoke (CS) leads to increased oxidative stress, inflammation, and exaggerated senescence, which are involved in the pathogenesis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). While the role of cellular senescence in COPD is known, it is not clear if the removal of senescent cells could alleviate the disease symptoms. To test this, we used the novel mouse model‐p16‐3MR, and studied the effect of ganciclovir (GCV)‐mediated removal of senescent cells after chronic CS (3 months) and environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) (6 months) exposure to CS. Our results showed the reversal of CS‐induced cellular senescence on the clearance of p16+ senesced cells by GCV treatment. Interestingly, the clearance of p16+ senescent cells via GCV led to a decrease in the neutrophil counts in the BALF of GCV‐treated CS‐exposed p16‐3MR mice, as well as reversal of CS‐mediated airspace enlargement in p16‐3MR mice. Mice exposed to low dose ETS caused insignificant changes in the SA‐β‐Gal+ senescent cells and airspace enlargement. Overall, our data provide evidence for the role of lung cellular senescence on smoke exposure and clearance of senescent cells in p16‐3MR mice in the reversal of COPD/emphysema pathology with a possibility of senolytics as therapeutic interventions in COPD.
Funder
National Institutes of Health
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