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Han H, Park C, Lee CY, Ahn JK. Background-filtered telomerase activity assay with cyclic DNA cleavage amplification. NANOSCALE 2023; 15:16669-16674. [PMID: 37801026 DOI: 10.1039/d3nr04132h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/07/2023]
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Overexpression of telomerase incites the abnormal proliferation of cancer cells. Thus, it has been regarded as a cancer biomarker and a potential therapeutic target. Existing assays suggest a promising sensing scheme to detect telomerase activity. However, they are complicated in terms of assay preparation and implementation. We herein report a Quenching-Exempt invader Signal Amplification Test, termed 'QUEST'. The assay leverages on a high turnover, specific cleaving enzyme, flap endonuclease I (FEN1), and graphene oxide (GO) for background (BG) filtering. In response to the target, FEN1 significantly boosts the signal with invader signal amplification. To distinguish the target signal, GO filters out the BG. It captures residual reporter invader probes (RP) to quench undesired signals. QUEST is straightforward without any pre-preparatory steps and washing/separation. Its probe design is simple and cost-effective. With QUEST, we investigated telomerase activities in various cell lines. Notably, we discriminated cancer cell lines from normal cell lines. In addition, a candidate inhibitor for telomerase was screened, which showed the promising potential of QUEST in real applications.
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- Hyogu Han
- Material & Component Convergence R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Ansan 15588, Korea
- Department of Chemistry, Gangneung-Wonju National University, Gangneung 25457, Korea
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- Daejeon District Office, National Forensic Service, Daejeon 34054, Korea
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- Bionanotechnology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), Daejeon 34141, Korea
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- Material & Component Convergence R&D Department, Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), Ansan 15588, Korea
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Kučírek M, Bagherpoor AJ, Jaroš J, Hampl A, Štros M. HMGB2 is a negative regulator of telomerase activity in human embryonic stem and progenitor cells. FASEB J 2019; 33:14307-14324. [PMID: 31661640 DOI: 10.1096/fj.201901465rrr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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High-mobility group box (HMGB)1 and HMGB2 proteins are the subject of intensive research because of their involvement in DNA replication, repair, transcription, differentiation, proliferation, cell signaling, inflammation, and tumor migration. Using inducible, stably transfected human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) capable of the short hairpin RNA-mediated knockdown (KD) of HMGB1 and HMGB2, we provide evidence that deregulation of HMGB1 or HMGB2 expression in hESCs and their differentiated derivatives (neuroectodermal cells) results in distinct modulation of telomere homeostasis. Whereas HMGB1 enhances telomerase activity, HMGB2 acts as a negative regulator of telomerase activity in the cell. Stimulation of telomerase activity in the HMGB2-deficient cells may be related to activation of the PI3K/protein kinase B/ glycogen synthase kinase-3β/β-catenin signaling pathways by HMGB1, augmented TERT/telomerase RNA subunit transcription, and possibly also because of changes in telomeric repeat-containing RNA (TERRA) and TERRA-polyA+ transcription. The impact of HMGB1/2 KD on telomerase transcriptional regulation observed in neuroectodermal cells is partially masked in hESCs by their pluripotent state. Our findings on differential roles of HMGB1 and HMGB2 proteins in regulation of telomerase activity may suggest another possible outcome of HMGB1 targeting in cells, which is currently a promising approach aiming at increasing the anticancer activity of cytotoxic agents.-Kučírek, M., Bagherpoor, A. J., Jaroš, J., Hampl, A., Štros, M. HMGB2 is a negative regulator of telomerase activity in human embryonic stem and progenitor cells.
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- Martin Kučírek
- Laboratory of Analysis of Chromosomal Proteins, Department of Cell Biology and Radiobiology, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Analysis of Chromosomal Proteins, Department of Cell Biology and Radiobiology, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Cell and Tissue Regeneration, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.,Cell and Tissue Regeneration, International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Laboratory of Analysis of Chromosomal Proteins, Department of Cell Biology and Radiobiology, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
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Li X, Cui Y, Du Y, Tang A, Kong D. Label-Free Telomerase Detection in Single Cell Using a Five-Base Telomerase Product-Triggered Exponential Rolling Circle Amplification Strategy. ACS Sens 2019; 4:1090-1096. [PMID: 30945529 DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.9b00334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Telomerase is a universal biomarker of malignant tumors. Sensitive and reliable analysis for telomerase activity is of vital importance for both early diagnosis and therapy of malignant tumors. Herein, a novel fluorescent strategy was proposed for sensitive and label-free detection of telomerase activity. One highlight of this strategy is that an exponential signal amplification can be triggered by a very short telomerase extension product (TEP). Without adding dATP, the designed telomerase primer can be easily controlled to extend five bases (GGGTT) to give short TEP with definite length. The resulting short TEP can then be constructed as a circular rolling circle amplification (RCA) template and thus initiate a nicking enzyme-mediated exponential RCA, producing G-rich amplification products that can be sensitively probed via specific binding between the fluorescent dye Thioflavin T (ThT) and the nucleic acid G-quadruplexes. Elevated telomerase translocation efficiency, combined with exponential signal amplification and specific probing of RCA products by ThT, endow the sensing platform with extraordinarily high detection sensitivity. The requirement for short TEP increases the possibility to analyze telomerase with low activity. The proposed sensing platform can achieve sensitive telomerase activity detection in individual cells, even with the interference of accumulated normal cells. It was also demonstrated to show excellent capability in screening for the inhibitors of telomerase. Therefore, the proposed sensing platform has great potential for not only clinical diagnosis but also anticancer drug development.
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- XiaoYu Li
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, Research Center for Analytical Sciences, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Chemical Science and Engineering (Tianjin), Tianjin, 300071, P. R. China
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Ma F, Wei SH, Leng J, Tang B, Zhang CY. A simple “mix-and-detection” method for the sensitive detection of telomerase from cancer cells under absolutely isothermal conditions. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:2483-2486. [DOI: 10.1039/c8cc00093j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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We develop a simple “mix-and-detection” method for the sensitive detection of telomerase from cancer cells under absolutely isothermal conditions.
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- Fei Ma
- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes
- Ministry of Education
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes
- Ministry of Education
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- Jinan Maternity and Child Care Hospital
- Jinan 250000
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes
- Ministry of Education
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- College of Chemistry
- Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong
- Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes
- Ministry of Education
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Telomerase plays a significantly important role in keeping the telomere length of a chromosome. Telomerase overexpresses in nearly all tumor cells, suggesting that telomerase could be not only a promising biomarker but also a potential therapeutic target for cancers. Therefore, numerous efforts focusing on the detection of telomerase activity have been reported from polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based telomeric repeat amplification protocol (TRAP) assays to PCR-free assays such as isothermal amplification in recent decade. In this review, we highlight the strategies for the detection of telomerase activity using isothermal amplification and discuss some of the challenges in designing future telomerase assays as well.
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Menyhárt O, Harami-Papp H, Sukumar S, Schäfer R, Magnani L, de Barrios O, Győrffy B. Guidelines for the selection of functional assays to evaluate the hallmarks of cancer. Biochim Biophys Acta Rev Cancer 2016; 1866:300-319. [PMID: 27742530 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2016.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Revised: 10/06/2016] [Accepted: 10/08/2016] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The hallmarks of cancer capture the most essential phenotypic characteristics of malignant transformation and progression. Although numerous factors involved in this multi-step process are still unknown to date, an ever-increasing number of mutated/altered candidate genes are being identified within large-scale cancer genomic projects. Therefore, investigators need to be aware of available and appropriate techniques capable of determining characteristic features of each hallmark. We review the methods tailored to experimental cancer researchers to evaluate cell proliferation, programmed cell death, replicative immortality, induction of angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis, genome instability, and reprogramming of energy metabolism. Selecting the ideal method is based on the investigator's goals, available equipment and also on financial constraints. Multiplexing strategies enable a more in-depth data collection from a single experiment - obtaining several results from a single procedure reduces variability and saves time and relative cost, leading to more robust conclusions compared to a single end point measurement. Each hallmark possesses characteristics that can be analyzed by immunoblot, RT-PCR, immunocytochemistry, immunoprecipitation, RNA microarray or RNA-seq. In general, flow cytometry, fluorescence microscopy, and multiwell readers are extremely versatile tools and, with proper sample preparation, allow the detection of a vast number of hallmark features. Finally, we also provide a list of hallmark-specific genes to be measured in transcriptome-level studies. Although our list is not exhaustive, we provide a snapshot of the most widely used methods, with an emphasis on methods enabling the simultaneous evaluation of multiple hallmark features.
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- Otília Menyhárt
- MTA TTK Lendület Cancer Biomarker Research Group, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), DKFZ, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, D-69120 Heidelberg and Charité Comprehensive Cancer Center, Invalidenstr. 80, D-10115 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London W12 0NN, UK
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- Group of Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression, Department of Oncology and Hematology, IDIBAPS, Barcelona, Spain
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- MTA TTK Lendület Cancer Biomarker Research Group, Magyar tudósok körútja 2, H-1117 Budapest, Hungary; 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, H-1094 Budapest, Hungary.
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Li H, Fu HW, Zhao T, Kong DM. Simple, PCR-free telomerase activity detection using G-quadruplex–hemin DNAzyme. RSC Adv 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra14460k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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A G-quadruplex DNAzyme-based telomerase activity detection method is developed by utilizing telomerase-triggered generation of short G-rich extension products.
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- Hui Li
- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology
- College of Chemistry
- Nankai University
- Tianjin 300071
- China
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Kawamura K, Yaku H, Miyoshi D, Murashima T. A simple “add and measure” FRET-based telomeric tandem repeat sequence detection and telomerase assay method. Org Biomol Chem 2014; 12:936-41. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ob42092b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Tian T, Peng S, Xiao H, Zhang X, Guo S, Wang S, Zhou X, Liu S, Zhou X. Highly sensitive detection of telomerase based on a DNAzyme strategy. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:2652-4. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cc38818b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Human telomerase is a ribonucleoprotein complex that functions as a telomere terminal transferase by adding multiple TTAGGG hexamer repeats using its integral RNA as the template. There is a very strong association between telomerase activity and malignancy in nearly all types of cancer, suggesting that telomerase could be used not only as a diagnostic and prognostic marker but also as a therapeutic target for managing cancer. The significant progress in biomedical telomerase research has necessitated the development of new bioanalytical methods for the rapid, sensitive, and reliable detection of telomerase activity in a particular cell or clinical tissue and body fluids. In this review, we highlight some of the latest methods for identifying telomerase activity and inhibition and discuss some of the challenges for designing innovative telomerase assays. We also summarise the current technologies and speculate on future directions for telomerase testing.
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- Xiaoming Zhou
- MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science & Institute of Laser Life Science, College of Biophotonics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510631, China
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A molecular beacon approach to detecting RAD52 expression in response to DNA damage in human cells. Toxicol In Vitro 2010; 24:652-60. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2009.09.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2009] [Revised: 09/24/2009] [Accepted: 09/25/2009] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Proctor A, Brownhill SC, Burchill SA. The promise of telomere length, telomerase activity and its regulation in the translocation-dependent cancer ESFT; clinical challenges and utility. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2009; 1792:260-74. [PMID: 19264125 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2009.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2009] [Revised: 02/19/2009] [Accepted: 02/20/2009] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The Ewing's sarcoma family of tumours (ESFT) are diagnosed by EWS-ETS gene translocations. The resulting fusion proteins play a role in both the initiation and maintenance of these solid aggressive malignant tumours, suppressing cellular senescence and increasing cell proliferation and survival. EWS-ETS fusion proteins have altered transcriptional activity, inducing expression of a number of different target genes including telomerase. Up-regulation of hTERT is most likely responsible for the high levels of telomerase activity in primary ESFT, although telomerase activity and expression of hTERT are not predictive of outcome. However levels of telomerase activity in peripheral blood may be useful to monitor response to some therapeutics. Despite high levels of telomerase activity, telomeres in ESFT are frequently shorter than those of matched normal cells. Uncertainty about the role that telomerase and regulators of its activity play in the maintenance of telomere length in normal and cancer cells, and lack of studies examining the relationship between telomerase activity, regulators of its activity and their clinical significance in patient samples have limited their introduction into clinical practice. Studies in clinical samples using standardised assays are critical to establish how telomerase and regulators of its activity might best be exploited for patient benefit.
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- Andrew Proctor
- Cancer Research UK Clinical Centre, Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, St James's University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds LS9 7TF, UK
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Tian J, Bai J, Yan XP, Bao S, Li Y, Liang W, Yang X. Multimodality molecular imaging. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2008; 27:48-57. [PMID: 18799390 DOI: 10.1109/memb.2008.923962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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- Jie Tian
- Chinese Academy of Science, P.O. Box 2728, Beijing 100080, China.
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