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Telomerase is a unique reverse transcriptase involved in the maintenance of telomeric DNA, which is generally undetectable in normal human somatic cells. However, it has been found in organs of normal adult rodents including the liver. In order to elucidate relevant control mechanisms operating in normal somatic cells, we examined telomerase activity in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. During culture under serum-free conditions, rat hepatocytes rapidly lose the ability of organ-specific expression of serum albumin, apolipoprotein A-I, and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4, and the capacity for cytochrome P-450 induction by xenobiotics. The telomerase activity was found to be concomitantly increased about 2.5-fold at 48 h and 3-fold at 72 h. Northern blot and RT-PCR analyses with primary cultured hepatocytes revealed the associated accumulation of rat telomerase RNA subunits (TR), and the mRNAs for a telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and a telomerase-associated protein (TEP1). The activity of hepatocyte telomerase, which was elevated during the primary culture, increased further when the cells were stimulated with hepatocyte growth factor. In this case, however, the levels of TR, TERT, and TEP1 mRNA did not show any detectable changes.
| 元の言語 | English |
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| ページ（範囲） | 361-367 |
| ページ数 | 7 |
| ジャーナル | Journal of Biochemistry |
| 巻 | 126 |
| 発行部数 | 2 |
| DOI | |
| 出版物ステータス | Published - 01-01-1999 |
| 外部発表 | Yes |
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Up-regulation of telomerase in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. / Nozawa, Katsura; Kurumiya, Yasuhiro; Yamamoto, Akiko; Isobe, Yuka; Suzuki, Motoshi; Yoshida, Shonen.
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T1 - Up-regulation of telomerase in primary cultured rat hepatocytes
AU - Nozawa, Katsura
AU - Kurumiya, Yasuhiro
AU - Yamamoto, Akiko
AU - Isobe, Yuka
AU - Suzuki, Motoshi
AU - Yoshida, Shonen
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - Telomerase is a unique reverse transcriptase involved in the maintenance of telomeric DNA, which is generally undetectable in normal human somatic cells. However, it has been found in organs of normal adult rodents including the liver. In order to elucidate relevant control mechanisms operating in normal somatic cells, we examined telomerase activity in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. During culture under serum-free conditions, rat hepatocytes rapidly lose the ability of organ-specific expression of serum albumin, apolipoprotein A-I, and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4, and the capacity for cytochrome P-450 induction by xenobiotics. The telomerase activity was found to be concomitantly increased about 2.5-fold at 48 h and 3-fold at 72 h. Northern blot and RT-PCR analyses with primary cultured hepatocytes revealed the associated accumulation of rat telomerase RNA subunits (TR), and the mRNAs for a telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and a telomerase-associated protein (TEP1). The activity of hepatocyte telomerase, which was elevated during the primary culture, increased further when the cells were stimulated with hepatocyte growth factor. In this case, however, the levels of TR, TERT, and TEP1 mRNA did not show any detectable changes.
AB - Telomerase is a unique reverse transcriptase involved in the maintenance of telomeric DNA, which is generally undetectable in normal human somatic cells. However, it has been found in organs of normal adult rodents including the liver. In order to elucidate relevant control mechanisms operating in normal somatic cells, we examined telomerase activity in primary cultured rat hepatocytes. During culture under serum-free conditions, rat hepatocytes rapidly lose the ability of organ-specific expression of serum albumin, apolipoprotein A-I, and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4, and the capacity for cytochrome P-450 induction by xenobiotics. The telomerase activity was found to be concomitantly increased about 2.5-fold at 48 h and 3-fold at 72 h. Northern blot and RT-PCR analyses with primary cultured hepatocytes revealed the associated accumulation of rat telomerase RNA subunits (TR), and the mRNAs for a telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) and a telomerase-associated protein (TEP1). The activity of hepatocyte telomerase, which was elevated during the primary culture, increased further when the cells were stimulated with hepatocyte growth factor. In this case, however, the levels of TR, TERT, and TEP1 mRNA did not show any detectable changes.
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U2 - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022458
DO - 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022458
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VL - 126
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JO - Journal of Biochemistry
JF - Journal of Biochemistry
SN - 0021-924X
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