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An Unbiased Cell-Culture Selection Yields DNA Aptamers as Novel Senescent Cell-Specific Reagents

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Keenan Pearson
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Sarah K. Jachim
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Caroline Doherty
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Brandon Wilbanks
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Luis I. Prieto
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Maria Dugan
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Darren J. Baker
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Nathan K. LeBrasseur
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L. James Maher *
DOI:10.1111/acel.70245delete
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Cellular senescence is an irreversible form of cell-cycle arrest caused by excessive stress or damage. While various biomarkers of cellular senescence have been proposed, there are currently no universal, stand-alone indicators of this condition. The field largely relies on the combined detection of multiple biomarkers to differentiate senescent cells from non-senescent cells. Here we introduce a new approach: unbiased cell culture selections to identify senescent cell-specific folded DNA aptamers from vast libraries of trillions of random 80-mer DNAs. Senescent mouse adult fibroblasts and their non-senescent counterparts were employed for selection. We demonstrate aptamer specificity for senescent mouse cells in culture, identify a form of fibronectin as the molecular target of two selected aptamers, show increased aptamer staining in naturally aged mouse tissues, and demonstrate decreased aptamer staining when p16 expressing cells are removed in a transgenic INK-ATTAC mouse model. This work demonstrates the value of unbiased cell-based selections to identify new senescence-specific DNA reagents.
Keywords:
aptamer
fibronectin
in vitro selection
SELEX
senescence
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Aging Cell
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Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science
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Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging
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