2009 Volume 53 Issue Supplement Pages S51-S53
The microenvironment is consisted both of soluble factors involving growth factors and of insoluble factors. Stroma cells contribute to form the microenvironment through a secretion of these factors. Fibroblast, which is known as stroma cells, also secretes various soluble/ insoluble factors, but the secretion level is significantly up-regulated when they reach to a finite replicative lifespan. Recent accumulating studies not only in vitro but also in vivo provide us that secreted proteins from senescent cells promote pro-survival pathway in bystander cells, especially tumor cells rather than normal cells. Since various stresses including ionizing radiation (IR) prematurely induces cellular senescent stage, called Stress-Induced Premature Senescence (SIPS), there is the possibility that the secretion pathway in cells undergoing SIPS is also activated. Here, we propose that pro-survival factor is secreted from SIPS cells to provide the stress-resistant microenvironment.