Cyclophilin D Plays a Critical Role in the Survival of Senescent Cells

Overview

Journal EMBO J

Specialties Biotechnology
Molecular Biology

Date 2024 Oct 25

PMID 39448884

Authors

Margherita Protasoni

Vanessa Lopez-Polo

Camille Stephan-Otto Attolini

Julian Brandariz

Nicolas Herranz

Joaquin Mateo

Sergio Ruiz

Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo

Marta Kovatcheva

Manuel Serrano

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Abstract

Senescent cells play a causative role in many diseases, and their elimination is a promising therapeutic strategy. Here, through a genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screen, we identify the gene PPIF, encoding the mitochondrial protein cyclophilin D (CypD), as a novel senolytic target. Cyclophilin D promotes the transient opening of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP), which serves as a failsafe mechanism for calcium efflux. We show that senescent cells exhibit a high frequency of transient CypD/mPTP opening events, known as 'flickering'. Inhibition of CypD using genetic or pharmacologic tools, including cyclosporin A, leads to the toxic accumulation of mitochondrial Ca and the death of senescent cells. Genetic or pharmacological inhibition of NCLX, another mitochondrial calcium efflux channel, also leads to senolysis, while inhibition of the main Ca influx channel, MCU, prevents senolysis induced by CypD inhibition. We conclude that senescent cells are highly vulnerable to elevated mitochondrial Ca ions, and that transient CypD/mPTP opening is a critical adaptation mechanism for the survival of senescent cells.

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