Myc activates telomerase

Genes and Development - Tập 12 Số 12 - Trang 1769-1774 - 1998
Juan Wang1, Lin Xie, Stuart M. Allan, David Beach, Gregory J. Hannon
1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), Cold Spring Harbor, New York 11724, USA.

Tóm tắt

Telomere maintenance has been proposed as an essential prerequisite to human tumor development. The telomerase enzyme is itself a marker for tumor cells, but the genetic alterations that activate the enzyme during neoplastic transformation have remained a mystery. Here, we show that Myc induces telomerase in both normal human mammary epithelial cells (HMECs) and normal human diploid fibroblasts. Myc increases expression of hEST2 (hTRT/TP2), the limiting subunit of telomerase, and both Myc and hEST2 can extend the life span of HMECs. The ability of Myc to activate telomerase may contribute to its ability to promote tumor formation.

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