Bmal1-deficient mouse fibroblast cells do not provide premature cellular senescence in vitro.
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| Abstract | :  Bmal1 is a core circadian clock gene. Bmal1-/- mice show disruption of the clock and premature aging phenotypes with a short lifespan. However, little is known whether disruption of Bmal1 leads to premature aging at cellular level. Here, we established primary mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cells derived from Bmal1-/- mice and investigated its effects on cellular senescence. Unexpectedly, Bmal1-/- primary MEFs that showed disrupted circadian oscillation underwent neither premature replicative nor stress-induced cellular senescence. Our results therefore uncover that Bmal1 is not required for in vitro cellular senescence, suggesting that circadian clock does not control in vitro cellular senescence. | 
| Year of Publication | :  2018 | 
| Journal | :  Chronobiology international | 
| Number of Pages | :  1-9 | 
| Date Published | :  2018 | 
| ISSN Number | :  0742-0528 | 
| DOI | :  10.1080/07420528.2018.1430038 | 
| Short Title | :  Chronobiol Int | 
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