Aging of Cell Membrane Molecules Leads to Appearance of an Aging Antigen and Removal of Senescent Cells
作者:
Marguerite M.B. Kay,
期刊:
Gerontology
(Karger Available online 1985)
卷期:
Volume 31,
issue 4
页码: 215-235
ISSN:0304-324X
年代: 1985
DOI:10.1159/000212706
出版商: S. Karger AG
关键词: Senescent cell antigen;Molecular aging;Band 3;Glucose transporter;Macrophages
数据来源: Karger
摘要:
Investigations into mechanisms by which macrophages distinguish mature from senescent self revealed that a Mr ∼ 62,000 glycoprotein, the senescent cell antigen, appears on the surface of senescent and damaged cells. It is recognized by the antigen-binding Fab region of a specific IgG autoantibody in serum which attaches to cells carrying the senescent cell antigen and initiates their removal by macrophages. The senescent cell antigen was first observed on the surface of senescent human erythrocytes but has since been demonstrated on all cells examined. Senescent cell antigen appears to be derived from band 3, the major anion transport protein of the erythrocyte. The current working hypothesis is that degradation of band 3 causes a conformational change in its tertiary structure that generates the senescent cell antige
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