Specific association of human telomerase activity with immortal cells and cancer

Science ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 266 (5193) ◽  
pp. 2011-2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Kim ◽  
M. Piatyszek ◽  
K. Prowse ◽  
C. Harley ◽  
M. West ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Telomerase Activity ◽  
Immortal Cells ◽  
Specific Association ◽  
Human Telomerase

Expression Profile and up-Regulation of Telomere-Associated Proteins In Multiple Myeloma

Blood ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 116 (21) ◽  
pp. 4050-4050
Author(s):  
Rafael Díaz de la Guardia ◽  
Carolina Elosua ◽  
Purificación Catalina ◽  
Brian A Walker ◽  
David C Johnson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Multiple Myeloma ◽  
Telomere Length ◽  
Conflicts Of Interest ◽  
Telomerase Activity ◽  
Telomere Maintenance ◽  
Post Translational Modification ◽  
Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase ◽  
Immortal Cells ◽  
Human Telomerase

Abstract Abstract 4050 The role of the telomeres in the mechanisms of ageing and carcinogenesis has generated a considerable interest as a novel approach to the treatment of many cancers. Telomeres are nucleoproteins structures that protect the ends of eukaryotic chromosomes, which are particularly vulnerable due to progressive shortening in almost all dividing cells. The telomere length was observed as a critical factor in the initiation and progression of human cancers, and it is associated to chromosomal instability. Most immortal cells possess enzymatic activity of telomerase. This suggests that telomerase activity and telomere length maintenance may be required for unlimited cell proliferation, tumorigenesis, and protection, allowing the evasion of apoptosis in cancer development. The telomerase activity could also be regulated positively or negatively by post-trancriptional and/or post-translational modification of the enzyme without transcriptional up-regulation of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) mRNA. In this work, we analyze the expression data of all genes involved in telomerase activity. Patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM), multiple myeloma (MM) and plasma cell leukemia (PLC) were studied through gene expression profiling analysis (Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 arrays, Affymetrix). We identify 21 deregulated genes, implicated directly in telomere length maintenance activity in clonal plasma cells compared with normal cells (20 up-regulated and 1 down-regulated). These genes are MYC, KRAS, HSPA9, RB1 and members of the families: Small nucleolar ribonucleoproteins (H/ACA snoRNPs), A/B subfamily of ubiquitously expressed heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs), and 14-3 -3 family. In conclusion, the myeloma cells acquire the telomere maintenance capability without deregulation of the human telomerase RNA gene (hTERC) and hTERT gene expression. It is an alternative lengthening of telomeres mechanism that has effect in the regulation of the BAD activity in apoptosis. The mechanism is based on preventing the partially-denatured proteins from aggregating, telomere maintenance through the correct processing and intranuclear trafficking of hTERC, telomerase reactivation and telomere stabilization, and efficient accumulation of hTERT in the nucleus. Thus, the findings of this study may help to improve telomerase-based therapy for multiple myeloma. Disclosures: No relevant conflicts of interest to declare.

A multicolor DNA tetrahedron nanoprobe for analyzing human telomerase in living cells

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruiyuan Zhang ◽  
Ruixue Zhang ◽  
Wei Jiang ◽  
Xiaowen Xu
Keyword(s):  
Real Time ◽  
Length Distribution ◽  
Telomerase Activity ◽  
Living Cells ◽  
Real Time Monitoring ◽  
Dna Tetrahedron ◽  
Human Telomerase

A sequentially lighting-up multicolor DNA tetrahedron nanoprobe is constructed for imaging telomerase activity, real-time monitoring telomerase action and determining product length distribution in living cells.

scholarly journals Telomerase Activity Reconstitutedin Vitrowith Purified Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase and Human Telomerase RNA Component

2000 ◽  
Vol 275 (29) ◽  
pp. 22568-22573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kenkichi Masutomi ◽  
Shuichi Kaneko ◽  
Naoyuki Hayashi ◽  
Tatsuya Yamashita ◽  
Yukihiro Shirota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Transcriptase ◽  
Telomerase Activity ◽  
Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase ◽  
Telomerase Rna ◽  
Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase ◽  
Human Telomerase

scholarly journals Apoptotic endonuclease EndoG regulates alternative splicing of human telomerase catalytic subunit hTERT

2016 ◽  
Vol 62 (5) ◽  
pp. 544-554 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.D. Zhdanov ◽  
D.A. Vasina ◽  
E.V. Orlova ◽  
V.S. Orlova ◽  
M.V. Pokrovskaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alternative Splicing ◽  
Telomerase Activity ◽  
Catalytic Subunit ◽  
Over Expression ◽  
Htert Gene ◽  
Template Strand ◽  
Non Coding Rna ◽  
Dna Strand ◽  
Human Telomerase ◽  
Long Non Coding Rna

Human telomerase catalytic subunit hTERT is subjected to alternative splicing results in loss of its function and leads to decrease of telomerase activity. However, very little is known about the mechanism of hTERT pre-mRNA alternative splicing. Apoptotic endonuclease EndoG is known to participate this process. The aim of this study was to determine the role of EndoG in regulation of hTERT alternative splicing. Increased expression of b-deletion splice variant was determined during EndoG over-expression in CaCo-2 cell line, after EndoG treatment of cell cytoplasm and nuclei and after nuclei incubation with EndoG digested cell RNA. hTERT alternative splicing was induced by 47-mer RNA oligonucleotide in naked nuclei and in cells after transfection. Identified long non-coding RNA, that is the precursor of 47-mer RNA oligonucleotide. Its size is 1754 nucleotides. Based on the results the following mechanism was proposed. hTERT pre-mRNA is transcribed from coding DNA strand while long non-coding RNA is transcribed from template strand of hTERT gene. EndoG digests long non-coding RNA and produces 47-mer RNA oligonucleotide complementary to hTERT pre-mRNA exon 8 and intron 8 junction place. Interaction of 47-mer RNA oligonucleotide and hTERT pre-mRNA causes alternative splicing.

Assays for human telomerase activity: progress and prospects

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (13) ◽  
pp. 4643 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoming Zhou ◽  
Da Xing
Keyword(s):  
Telomerase Activity ◽  
Human Telomerase

Curcumin inhibits telomerase activity through human telomerase reverse transcritpase in MCF-7 breast cancer cell line

2002 ◽  
Vol 184 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheppail Ramachandran ◽  
Hugo B Fonseca ◽  
Perseus Jhabvala ◽  
Enrique A Escalon ◽  
Steven J Melnick
Keyword(s):  
Breast Cancer ◽  
Cell Line ◽  
Cancer Cell ◽  
Breast Cancer Cell ◽  
Breast Cancer Cell Line ◽  
Cancer Cell Line ◽  
Telomerase Activity ◽  
Human Telomerase ◽  
Mcf 7

Quantitative assays for measuring human telomerase activity and DNA binding properties

Methods ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 114 ◽  
pp. 85-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher G. Tomlinson ◽  
Natsuki Sasaki ◽  
Julie Jurczyluk ◽  
Tracy M. Bryan ◽  
Scott B. Cohen
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Telomerase Activity ◽  
Binding Properties ◽  
Human Telomerase ◽  
Dna Binding Properties
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