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Localization of an hTERT repressor region on human chromosome 3p21.3 using chromosome engineering.


ABSTRACT: Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein enzyme that synthesizes telomeric DNA. The reactivation of telomerase activity by aberrant upregulation/expression of its catalytic subunit hTERT is a major pathway in human tumorigenesis. However, regulatory mechanisms that control hTERT expression are largely unknown. Previously, we and others have demonstrated that the introduction of human chromosome 3, via microcell-mediated chromosome transfer (MMCT), repressed transcription of the hTERT gene. These results suggested that human chromosome 3 contains a regulatory factor(s) involved in the repression of hTERT. To further localize this putative hTERT repressor(s), we have developed a unique experimental approach by introducing various truncated chromosome 3 regions produced by a novel chromosomal engineering technology into the renal cell carcinoma cell line (RCC23 cells). These cells autonomously express ectopic hTERT (exohTERT) promoted by a retroviral LTR promoter in order to permit cellular division after repression of endogenous hTERT. We found a telomerase repressor region located within a 7-Mb interval on chromosome 3p21.3. These results provide important information regarding hTERT regulation and a unique method to identify hTERT repressor elements.

SUBMITTER: Abe S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2907559 | biostudies-literature | 2010 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Localization of an hTERT repressor region on human chromosome 3p21.3 using chromosome engineering.

Abe Satoshi S   Tanaka Hiromi H   Notsu Tomomi T   Horike Shin-Ichi S   Fujisaki Chikako C   Qi Dong-Lai DL   Ohhira Takahito T   Gilley David D   Oshimura Mitsuo M   Kugoh Hiroyuki H  

Genome integrity 20100526 1


Telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein enzyme that synthesizes telomeric DNA. The reactivation of telomerase activity by aberrant upregulation/expression of its catalytic subunit hTERT is a major pathway in human tumorigenesis. However, regulatory mechanisms that control hTERT expression are largely unknown. Previously, we and others have demonstrated that the introduction of human chromosome 3, via microcell-mediated chromosome transfer (MMCT), repressed transcription of the hTERT gene. These result  ...[more]

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