Human telomerase catalytic subunit (hTERT) suppresses p53-mediated anti-apoptotic response via induction of basic fibroblast growth factor
Experimental & Molecular Medicine
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: 574-582, 2010.
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ABSTRACT
Although human telomerase catalytic subunit (TERT) has several cellular functions including telomere homeostasis, genomic stability, cell proliferation, and tumorigenesis, the molecular mechanism underlying anti-apoptosis regulated by TERT remains to be elucidated. Here, we show that ectopic expression of TERT in spontaneously immortalized human fetal fibroblast (HFFS) cells, which are a telomerase- and p53-positive, leads to increases of cell proliferation and transformation, as well as a resistance to DNA damage response and inactivation of p53 function. We found that TERT and a mutant TERT (no telomerase activity) induce expression of basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), and ectopic expression of bFGF also allows cells to be resistant to DNA-damaging response and to suppress activation of p53 function under DNA-damaging induction. Furthermore, loss of TERT or bFGF markedly increases a p53 activity and DNA-damage sensitivity in HFFS, HeLa and U87MG cells. Therefore, our findings indicate that a novel TERT-bFGF axis accelerates the inactivation of p53 and consequent increase of resistance to DNA-damage response.
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Daño del ADN
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ARN Mensajero
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Línea Celular Transformada
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Células HeLa
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Regulación Neoplásica de la Expresión Génica
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Factor 2 de Crecimiento de Fibroblastos
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Proteína p53 Supresora de Tumor
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Apoptosis
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Telomerasa
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Dominio Catalítico
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Humanos
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Inglés
Revista:
Experimental & Molecular Medicine
Año:
2010
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