Nuclear morphology is a deep learning biomarker of cellular senescence
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Nuclear morphology is a deep learning biomarker of cellular senescence. / Heckenbach, Indra; Mkrtchyan, Garik V.; Ezra, Michael Ben; Bakula, Daniela; Madsen, Jakob Sture; Nielsen, Malte Hasle; Oró, Denise; Osborne, Brenna; Covarrubias, Anthony J.; Idda, M. Laura; Gorospe, Myriam; Mortensen, Laust; Verdin, Eric; Westendorp, Rudi; Scheibye-Knudsen, Morten.
In: Nature Aging, Vol. 2, No. 8, 2022, p. 742-755.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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T1 - Nuclear morphology is a deep learning biomarker of cellular senescence
AU - Heckenbach, Indra
AU - Mkrtchyan, Garik V.
AU - Ezra, Michael Ben
AU - Bakula, Daniela
AU - Madsen, Jakob Sture
AU - Nielsen, Malte Hasle
AU - Oró, Denise
AU - Osborne, Brenna
AU - Covarrubias, Anthony J.
AU - Idda, M. Laura
AU - Gorospe, Myriam
AU - Mortensen, Laust
AU - Verdin, Eric
AU - Westendorp, Rudi
AU - Scheibye-Knudsen, Morten
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2022, The Author(s).
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Cellular senescence is an important factor in aging and many age-related diseases, but understanding its role in health is challenging due to the lack of exclusive or universal markers. Using neural networks, we predict senescence from the nuclear morphology of human fibroblasts with up to 95% accuracy, and investigate murine astrocytes, murine neurons, and fibroblasts with premature aging in culture. After generalizing our approach, the predictor recognizes higher rates of senescence in p21-positive and ethynyl-2’-deoxyuridine (EdU)-negative nuclei in tissues and shows an increasing rate of senescent cells with age in H&E-stained murine liver tissue and human dermal biopsies. Evaluating medical records reveals that higher rates of senescent cells correspond to decreased rates of malignant neoplasms and increased rates of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, hypertension and cerebral infarction. In sum, we show that morphological alterations of the nucleus can serve as a deep learning predictor of senescence that is applicable across tissues and species and is associated with health outcomes in humans.
AB - Cellular senescence is an important factor in aging and many age-related diseases, but understanding its role in health is challenging due to the lack of exclusive or universal markers. Using neural networks, we predict senescence from the nuclear morphology of human fibroblasts with up to 95% accuracy, and investigate murine astrocytes, murine neurons, and fibroblasts with premature aging in culture. After generalizing our approach, the predictor recognizes higher rates of senescence in p21-positive and ethynyl-2’-deoxyuridine (EdU)-negative nuclei in tissues and shows an increasing rate of senescent cells with age in H&E-stained murine liver tissue and human dermal biopsies. Evaluating medical records reveals that higher rates of senescent cells correspond to decreased rates of malignant neoplasms and increased rates of osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, hypertension and cerebral infarction. In sum, we show that morphological alterations of the nucleus can serve as a deep learning predictor of senescence that is applicable across tissues and species and is associated with health outcomes in humans.
U2 - 10.1038/s43587-022-00263-3
DO - 10.1038/s43587-022-00263-3
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 37118134
AN - SCOPUS:85136018789
VL - 2
SP - 742
EP - 755
JO - Nature Aging
JF - Nature Aging
SN - 2662-8465
IS - 8
ER -
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