Detection of nuclear envelope alterations in senescence.

Clea Bárcena, Fernando G Osorio, José Maria Pérez Freije

Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Instituto Universitario de Oncología, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain.

Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2013

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Gene mutations that cause defects in the nuclear envelope are responsible for progeroid syndromes, characterized by exacerbated cell senescence and accelerated aging. Consequently, morphological abnormalities of the nucleus represent a cellular phenotype whose analysis allows for both the characterization of the consequences of particular mutations and the assessment of the impact of approaches aimed at reversing their pathological effects. To obtain reliable results, systematic and reproducible procedures are required. Here, we describe a simple fluorescence microscopy-based protocol to detect nuclear envelope alterations in the study of cellular senescence.

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Clea Bárcena, Fernando G Osorio, José Maria Pérez Freije. Detection of nuclear envelope alterations in senescence. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.). 2013;965:243-51