Upstream stimulatory factor (USF) as a transcriptional suppressor of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) in oral cancer cells.

Abstract:

:Telomerase activity is suppressed in normal human somatic tissues but is activated in cancer cells and immortal cell lines. The reverse transcriptase (RT) subunit human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) is the key regulator of telomerase activity. The hTERT promoter contains E-box elements and may allow upstream stimulatory factor (USF), a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) leucine zipper family proteins, to bind and regulate the expression. In this study, we investigated whether and how USF effect on hTERT. Through luciferase reporter assays, we found that both USF1 and USF2 possess a comparable effect on the inhibition of hTERT expression. Immunoprecipitation (IP) and immunoblotting (IB) analysis reveal that the suppression of hTERT by USF was not through the interaction of USF with c-myc or mad, nor disturbed the cellular protein levels of those. In gel mobility shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation (CHIP) assays, we found that the USF suppression is through direct binding at the E-box site of hTERT promoter and rendering the effect actively. Analysis on clinical normal and tumor tissues reveal that the expression of USF1 and USF2 was lower in the tumor tissues, correlated with hTERT expression and telomerase activity. Taking together, our results demonstrate that USF is a negative transcriptional repressor for hTERT in oral cancer cells. It is possible that USF lose the inhibitory effect on hTERT expression leading to telomerase reactivation and oral carcinogenesis.

journal_name

Mol Carcinog

journal_title

Molecular carcinogenesis

authors

Chang JT,Yang HT,Wang TC,Cheng AJ

doi

10.1002/mc.20129

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2005-11-01 00:00:00

pages

183-92

issue

3

eissn

0899-1987

issn

1098-2744

journal_volume

44

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