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Guo D, Zhang L, Wang X, Zheng J, Lin S. Establishment methods and research progress of livestock and poultry immortalized cell lines: A review. Front Vet Sci 2022; 9:956357. [PMID: 36118350 PMCID: PMC9478797 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2022.956357] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2022] [Accepted: 08/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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An infinite cell line is one of the most favored experimental tools and plays an irreplaceable role in cell-based biological research. Primary cells from normal animal tissues undergo a limited number of divisions and subcultures in vitro before they enter senescence and die. On the contrary, an infinite cell line is a population of non-senescent cells that could proliferate indefinitely in vitro under the stimulation of external factors such as physicochemical stimulation, virus infection, or transfer of immortality genes. Cell immortalization is the basis for establishing an infinite cell line, and previous studies have found that methods to obtain immortalized cells mainly included physical and chemical stimulations, heterologous expression of viral oncogenes, increased telomerase activity, and spontaneous formation. However, some immortalized cells do not necessarily proliferate permanently even though they can extend their lifespan compared with primary cells. An infinite cell line not only avoids the complicated process of collecting primary cell, it also provides a convenient and reliable tool for studying scientific problems in biology. At present, how to establish a stable infinite cell line to maximize the proliferation of cells while maintaining the normal function of cells is a hot issue in the biological community. This review briefly introduces the methods of cell immortalization, discusses the related progress of establishing immortalized cell lines in livestock and poultry, and compares the characteristics of several methods, hoping to provide some ideas for generating new immortalized cell lines.
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Walkiewicz D, Wicik Z, Puzianowska-Kuznicka M. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor pathway affects the function of human EBV-transformed B lymphocytes in an age-independent way. Exp Gerontol 2021; 152:111471. [PMID: 34256116 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2021.111471] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2021] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Immune system function changes during aging, but the molecular mechanisms of this phenomenon are not fully understood. The present study identified pathways that are associated with age-associated changes in human B lymphocytes. Initial in silico analysis of 1355 genes involved in aging revealed the strongest association (p = 4.36E-21) with the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor (GnRHR) pathway. Extended analysis of 2736 aging-related genes using updated databases confirmed such association (p = 2.41E-16). Genes involved in both aging and the GnRHR pathway were significantly involved in lymphocyte B and T activation and aging-related phenotypes, including hyperinsulinemia and diabetes, arthritis, cerebrovascular disease, and cancers. We, therefore, examined non-tumorigenic Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed B-lymphocyte cell lines that originated from 12 young subjects (20-31 years old) and 10 centenarians (100-102 years old). Gonadotropin-releasing hormone I (GnRH-I) and GnRHR levels did not depend on the age of the cell donors. Inhibition of the GnRHR pathway age-independently decreased cell proliferation (p < 0.001) and increased apoptosis (p < 0.001). However, the decrease in immunoglobulin G synthesis (p < 0.01) was twice as high in centenarian cells than in young cells. In conclusion, the GnRHR pathway regulated essential properties of B lymphocytes. However, upon EBV transformation, memory class-switched B cells became the dominant cell subpopulation. Therefore, the observed effects of GnRHR inhibition were attributable to this subpopulation.
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- Dorota Walkiewicz
- Department of Human Epigenetics, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, PAS, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Human Epigenetics, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, PAS, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Human Epigenetics, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, PAS, 02-106 Warsaw, Poland; Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Medical Centre of Postgraduate Education, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland.
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Induced pluripotency and spontaneous reversal of cellular aging in supercentenarian donor cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 525:563-569. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.02.092] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Kamranvar SA, Masucci MG. Regulation of Telomere Homeostasis during Epstein-Barr virus Infection and Immortalization. Viruses 2017; 9:v9080217. [PMID: 28792435 PMCID: PMC5580474 DOI: 10.3390/v9080217] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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The acquisition of unlimited proliferative potential is dependent on the activation of mechanisms for telomere maintenance, which counteracts telomere shortening and the consequent triggering of the DNA damage response, cell cycle arrest, and apoptosis. The capacity of Epstein Barr virus (EBV) to infect B-lymphocytes in vitro and transform the infected cells into autonomously proliferating immortal cell lines underlies the association of this human gamma-herpesvirus with a broad variety of lymphoid and epithelial cell malignancies. Current evidence suggests that both telomerase-dependent and -independent pathways of telomere elongation are activated in the infected cells during the early and late phases of virus-induced immortalization. Here we review the interaction of EBV with different components of the telomere maintenance machinery and the mechanisms by which the virus regulates telomere homeostasis in proliferating cells. We also discuss how these viral strategies may contribute to malignant transformation.
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- Siamak A Kamranvar
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Microbiology, Biomedical Center, Uppsala University, 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77 Stockholm, Sweden.
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A genome-wide association study was conducted to identify expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) for human telomerase.We tested the genetic associations of nucleotide variants with expression of the genes encoding human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) and telomerase RNA components (TERC) in lymphoblastoid cell lines derived from 373 Europeans.Our results revealed 6 eQTLs associated with hTERT (P < 5 × 10). One eQTL (rs17755753) was located in the intron 1 of the gene encoding R-spondin-3 (RSPO3), a well-known Wnt signaling regulator. Transcriptome-wide association analysis for these eQTLs revealed their additional associations with the expression of 29 genes (P < 4.75 × 10), including prickle planar cell polarity protein 2 (PRICKLE2) gene important for the Wnt signaling pathway. This concurs with previous studies in which significant expressional relationships between hTERT and some genes (β-catenin and Wnt-3a) in the Wnt signaling pathway have been observed.This study suggested 6 novel eQTLs for hTERT and the association of hTERT with the Wnt signaling pathway. Further studies are needed to understand their underlying mechanisms to improve our understanding of the role of hTERT in cancer.
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- Department of Bioinformatics and Life Science, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea
- Correspondence: Chaeyoung Lee, Department of Bioinformatics and Life Science, Soongsil University, 369 Sangdo-ro, Dongjak-gu, Seoul 06978, Korea (e-mail: )
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Chen X, Kamranvar SA, Masucci MG. Tumor viruses and replicative immortality--avoiding the telomere hurdle. Semin Cancer Biol 2014; 26:43-51. [PMID: 24486644 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2014.01.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2013] [Accepted: 01/16/2014] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Tumor viruses promote cell proliferation in order to gain access to an environment suitable for persistence and replication. The expression of viral products that promote growth transformation is often accompanied by the induction of multiple signs of telomere dysfunction, including telomere shortening, damage of telomeric DNA and chromosome instability. Long-term survival and progression to full malignancy require the bypassing of senescence programs that are triggered by the damaged telomeres. Here we review different strategies by which tumor viruses interfere with telomere homeostasis during cell transformation. This frequently involves the activation of telomerase, which assures both the integrity and functionality of telomeres. In addition, recent evidence suggests that oncogenic viruses may activate a recombination-based mechanism for telomere elongation known as Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT). This error-prone strategy promotes genomic instability and could play an important role in viral oncogenesis.
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- Xinsong Chen
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Sugimoto M. A cascade leading to premature aging phenotypes including abnormal tumor profiles in Werner syndrome (review). Int J Mol Med 2013; 33:247-53. [PMID: 24356923 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2013.1592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2013] [Accepted: 12/11/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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This perspective review focused on the Werner syndrome (WS) by addressing the issue of how a single mutation in a WRN gene encoding WRN DNA helicase induces a wide range of premature aging phenotypes accompanied by an abnormal pattern of tumors. The key event caused by WRN gene mutation is the dysfunction of telomeres. Studies on normal aging have identified a molecular circuit in which the dysfunction of telomeres caused by cellular aging activates the TP53 gene. The resultant p53 suppresses cell growth and induces a shorter cellular lifespan, and also compromises mitochondrial biogenesis leading to the overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) causing multiple aging phenotypes. As an analogy of the mechanism in natural aging, we described a hypothetical mechanism of premature aging in WS: telomere dysfunction induced by WRN mutation causes multiple premature aging phenotypes of WS, including shortened cellular lifespan and inflammation induced by ROS, such as diabetes mellitus. This model also explains the relatively late onset of the disorder, at approximately age 20. Telomere dysfunction in WS is closely correlated with abnormality in tumorigenesis. Thus, the majority of wide and complex pathological phenotypes of WS may be explained in a unified manner by the cascade beginning with telomere dysfunction initiated by WRN gene mutation.
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- Masanobu Sugimoto
- GeneCare Research Institute, Co. Ltd., Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-0063, Japan
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Kamranvar SA, Chen X, Masucci MG. Telomere dysfunction and activation of alternative lengthening of telomeres in B-lymphocytes infected by Epstein-Barr virus. Oncogene 2013; 32:5522-30. [PMID: 23708666 PMCID: PMC3898310 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2013.189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2013] [Revised: 03/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/09/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Malignant cells achieve replicative immortality by two alternative mechanisms, a common one dependent on de novo synthesis of telomeric DNA by telomerase, and a rare one based on telomere recombination known as alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT). Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) transforms human B-lymphocytes into lymphoblastoid cell lines with unlimited growth potential in vitro and in vivo. Here we show that newly EBV-infected cells exhibit multiple signs of telomere dysfunction, including the occurrence of extra-chromosomal telomeres, telomere fusion and telomere length heterogeneity, and undergo progressive increase in telomere length without a parallel increase in telomerase activity. This phenotype is accompanied by the accumulation of telomere-associated promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies and telomeric-sister chromatid exchange, suggesting that EBV infection promotes the activation of ALT. Newly infected cells also display a significant reduction of telomere-associated TRF2 and express low levels of TRF1, TRF2, POT1 and ATRX, pointing to telomere de-protection as an important correlate of ALT activation. Collectively, these findings highlight the involvement of recombination-dependent mechanisms for maintenance of telomere homeostasis in EBV-induced B-cell immortalization.
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- S A Kamranvar
- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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The Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen-1 promotes telomere dysfunction via induction of oxidative stress. Leukemia 2011; 25:1017-25. [PMID: 21394098 PMCID: PMC3115054 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2011.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The Epstein–Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen (EBNA)-1 promotes the accumulation of chromosomal aberrations in malignant B cells by inducing oxidative stress. Here we report that this phenotype is associated with telomere dysfunction. Stable or conditional expression of EBNA1 induced telomere abnormalities including loss or gain of telomere signals, telomere fusion and heterogeneous length of telomeres. This was accompanied by the accumulation of extrachromosomal telomeres, telomere dysfunction-induced foci (TIFs) containing phosphorylated histone H2AX and the DNA damage response protein 53BP1, telomere-associated promyelocytic leukemia nuclear bodies (APBs), telomeric-sister chromatid exchanges and displacement of the shelterin protein TRF2. The induction of TIFs and APBs was inhibited by treatment with scavengers of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that also promoted the relocalization of TRF2 at telomeres. These findings highlight a novel mechanism by which EBNA1 may promote malignant transformation and tumor progression.
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Najjar I, Fagard R. STAT1 and pathogens, not a friendly relationship. Biochimie 2010; 92:425-44. [PMID: 20159032 PMCID: PMC7117016 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2010.02.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2009] [Accepted: 02/09/2010] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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STAT1 belongs to the STAT family of transcription factors, which comprises seven factors: STAT1, STAT2, STAT3, STAT4, STAT5A, STAT5B and STAT6. STAT1 is a 91 kDa protein originally identified as the mediator of the cellular response to interferon (IFN) α, and thereafter found to be a major component of the cellular response to IFNγ. STAT1 is, in fact, involved in the response to several cytokines and to growth factors. It is activated by cytokine receptors via kinases of the JAK family. STAT1 becomes phosphorylated and forms a dimer which enters the nucleus and triggers the transcription of its targets. Although not lethal at birth, selective gene deletion of STAT1 in mice leads to rapid death from severe infections, demonstrating its major role in the response to pathogens. Similarly, in humans who do not express STAT1, there is a lack of resistance to pathogens leading to premature death. This indicates a key, non-redundant function of STAT1 in the defence against pathogens. Thus, to successfully infect organisms, bacterial, viral or parasitic pathogens must overcome the activity of STAT1, and almost all the steps of this pathway can be blocked or inhibited by proteins produced in infected cells. Interestingly, some pathogens, like the oncogenic Epstein–Barr virus, have evolved a strategy which uses STAT1 activation.
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- Imen Najjar
- INSERM Unité 978, SMBH, 74 rue Marcel Cachin, Bobigny-cedex 93017, France.
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Lacoste S, Wiechec E, Dos Santos Silva AG, Guffei A, Williams G, Lowbeer M, Benedek K, Henriksson M, Klein G, Mai S. Chromosomal rearrangements after ex vivo Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection of human B cells. Oncogene 2009; 29:503-15. [PMID: 19881539 DOI: 10.1038/onc.2009.359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is carried by more than 90% of the adult world population and has been implicated in several human malignancies. Its ability to induce unlimited in vitro proliferation of B cells is frequently used to generate lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs). In this study, we have investigated the evolution of two LCLs up to 25 weeks after EBV infection. LCLs were karyotyped once a month by spectral karyotyping (SKY). LCLs but not mitogen-activated B cells showed evidence of DNA damage and DNA damage response within the first 2 weeks. After 4 weeks, the former, but not the latter, showed a high level of non-clonal structural aberrations, mainly deletions, fragments, dicentric chromosomes and unbalanced translocations. Genomic instability decreased thereafter over time. Nonrandom aneuploidy 12 weeks after infection showed clonal evolution in culture. After 25 weeks post-infection, most cells exhibited karyotypic stability. Chromosomal aberrations were compatible with telomere dysfunction, although in the absence of telomere shortening. The telomere capping protein TRF2 was partially displaced from telomeres in EBV-infected cells, suggesting an EBV-mediated uncapping problem. In conclusion, this study suggests that DNA damage and telomere dysfunction contribute to EBV-related chromosomal instability in early LCLs.
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- S Lacoste
- Department of Physiology, Manitoba Institute of Cell Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3E 0V9
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EBV and genomic instability--a new look at the role of the virus in the pathogenesis of Burkitt's lymphoma. Semin Cancer Biol 2009; 19:394-400. [PMID: 19619655 DOI: 10.1016/j.semcancer.2009.07.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2009] [Accepted: 07/10/2009] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Epidemiological and molecular evidence links Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) carriage to the pathogenesis of human malignancies of lymphoid and epithelial cell origin but the mechanisms of viral oncogenesis are poorly understood. Burkitt's lymphoma, a tumor occurring in both EBV-positive and -negative forms, provides a convenient model for analysis of the relative contribution of genetic changes and viral products that are expressed in the malignant cells. Here we review recent findings that highlight several mechanisms by which EBV could play an important role in oncogenesis by promoting genomic instability.
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Immortalized human skin fibroblast feeder cells support growth and maintenance of both human embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells. Hum Reprod 2009; 24:2567-81. [DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dep232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Yehezkel S, Segev Y, Viegas-Péquignot E, Skorecki K, Selig S. Hypomethylation of subtelomeric regions in ICF syndrome is associated with abnormally short telomeres and enhanced transcription from telomeric regions. Hum Mol Genet 2008; 17:2776-89. [PMID: 18558631 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddn177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Telomeres and adjacent subtelomeric regions are packaged as heterochromatin in many organisms. The heterochromatic features include DNA methylation, histones H3-Lys9 (Lysine 9) and H4-Lys20 (Lysine 20) methylation and heterochromatin protein1 alpha binding. Subtelomeric DNA is hypomethylated in human sperm and ova, and these regions are subjected to de novo methylation during development. In mice this activity is carried out by DNA methyltransferase 3b (Dnmt3b). Mutations in DNMT3B in humans lead to the autosomal-recessive ICF (immunodeficiency, centromeric region instability, facial anomalies) syndrome. Here we show that, in addition to several satellite and non-satellite repeats, the subtelomeric regions in lymphoblastoid and fibroblast cells of ICF patients are also hypomethylated to similar levels as in sperm. Furthermore, the telomeres are abnormally short in both the telomerase-positive and -negative cells, and many chromosome ends lack detectable telomere fluorescence in situ hybridization signals from either one or both sister-chromatids. In contrast to Dnmt3a/b(-/-) mouse embryonic stem cells, increased telomere sister-chromatid exchange was not observed in ICF cells. Hypomethylation of subtelomeric regions was associated in the ICF cells with advanced telomere replication timing and elevated levels of transcripts emanating from telomeric regions, known as TERRA (telomeric-repeat-containing RNA) or TelRNA. The current findings provide a mechanistic explanation for the abnormal telomeric phenotype observed in ICF syndrome and highlights the link between TERRA/TelRNA and structural telomeric integrity.
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- Shiran Yehezkel
- Department of Nephrology and Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Rambam Medical Center and Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute, Technion, Haifa 31096, Israel
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Futami K, Ishikawa Y, Goto M, Furuichi Y, Sugimoto M. Role of Werner syndrome gene product helicase in carcinogenesis and in resistance to genotoxins by cancer cells. Cancer Sci 2008; 99:843-8. [PMID: 18312465 PMCID: PMC11158842 DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2008.00778.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2007] [Revised: 01/07/2008] [Accepted: 01/14/2008] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Werner syndrome (WS) is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder causing premature aging, and WRN has been identified as the causative gene of WS. The product of the WRN gene (WRN) acts as a DNA helicase with exonuclease activity, and data have accumulated showing that the WRN gene strongly participates in carcinogenesis: (1) the normal WRN gene likely participates in the immortalization of B-lymphoblastoid cell lines through telomeric crisis caused by telomere shortening, (2) a much higher incidence of rare cancers occurs in WS patients than in other kinds of patients, and (3) levels of WRN expressed in virus-transformed cells and cancer cells are usually markedly up-regulated and are inversely correlated with the sensitivity of these cells against various genotoxins, including camptothecin. In this paper, we review the events that show a close correlation of the WRN gene and WRN with carcinogenesis and their underlying molecular mechanisms.
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- Kazunobu Futami
- GeneCare Research Institute, TECOM 2nd Building, 19-2 Kajiwara, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-0063, Japan
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Ide T. [Mechanism of cell proliferation--cell cycle, oncogenes, and senescence]. YAKUGAKU ZASSHI 2007; 126:1087-115. [PMID: 17077613 DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.126.1087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Cell proliferation is regulated through a transition between the G0 phase and cell cycle. We isolated a mammalian temperature-sensitive mutant cell line defective in the function from the G0 phase to cell cycle. Senescent human somatic cells fail to enter into the cell cycle from the G0 phase with stimulation by any growth factor. Telomere shortening was found to be a cause of cellular senescence, and reexpression of telomerase immortalized human somatic cells. Immortalized human somatic cells showed normal phenotypes and were useful not only for basic research but also for clinical and applied fields. The importance of p53 and p21 activation/induction i now well accepted in the signal transduction process from telomere shortening to growth arrest, but the precise mechanism is largely unknown as yet. We found that the MAP kinase cascade and histone acetylase have an important role in the signaling process to express p21. Tumor tissues and cells were found to have strong telomerase activity, while most normal somatic human tissues showed very weak or no activity. Telomerase activity was shown to be a good marker for early tumor diagnosis because significant telomerase activity was detected in very early tumors or even in some precancerous tissues compared with adjacent normal tissues. Telomere/telomerase is a candidate target for cancer chemotherapeutics, and an agent that abrogated telomere functions was found to kill tumor cells effectively by inducing apoptosis whereas it showed no effect on the viability of normal cells.
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- Toshinori Ide
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Division of Integrated Medical Science, Graduated School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima City 734-8551, Japan.
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Choo A, Padmanabhan J, Chin A, Fong WJ, Oh SKW. Immortalized feeders for the scale-up of human embryonic stem cells in feeder and feeder-free conditions. J Biotechnol 2006; 122:130-41. [PMID: 16233925 DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiotec.2005.09.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2005] [Revised: 08/15/2005] [Accepted: 09/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Human embryonic stem cells (hESC) are pluripotent cells that proliferate indefinitely in culture, whilst retaining their capacity for differentiation into different cell types. However, hESC cultures require culture in direct contact with feeder cells or conditioned medium (CM) from feeder cells. The most common source of feeders has been primary mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF). In this study, we immortalized a primary MEF line with the E6 and E7 genes from HPV16. The immortal line, DeltaE-MEF, was able to proliferate beyond 7-9 passages and has an extended lifespan beyond 70 passages. When tested for its ability to support hESC growth, it was found that hESC continue to maintain the undifferentiated morphology for >40 passages both in co-culture with DeltaE-MEF and in feeder-free cultures supplemented with CM from DeltaE-MEF. The cultures also continue to express the pluripotent markers, Oct-4, SSEA-4, Tra-1-60, Tra-1-81, alkaline phosphatase and maintain a normal karyotype. In addition, these hESC formed teratomas when injected into SCID mice. Lastly, we demonstrated the feasibility of scaling-up significant quantities of undifferentiated hESC (>10(8) cells) using DeltaE-MEF in cell factories. The results from this study suggest that immortalized feeders can provide a consistent and reproducible source of feeders for hESC expansion and research.
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- Andre Choo
- Bioprocessing Technology Institute, Biomedical Sciences Institutes, Singapore.
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Meschia JF, Kissela BM, Brott TG, Brown RD, Worrall BB, Beck J, Skarp AN. The Siblings With Ischemic Stroke Study (SWISS): a progress report. Clin Med Res 2006; 4:12-21. [PMID: 16595789 PMCID: PMC1435656 DOI: 10.3121/cmr.4.1.12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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There is increasing evidence that genetic factors are associated with ischemic stroke, including multiple recent reports of association with the gene PDE4D, encoding phosphodiesterase 4D, on chromosome 5q12. Genetic studies of stroke are important but can be logistically difficult to perform. This article reviews the design of the Siblings With Ischemic Stroke Study (SWISS) and discusses problems in performing a sibling-based pedigree study where proband-initiated consent is used to enroll pedigree members. Proband-initiated enrollment optimizes privacy protections for family members, but it is associated with a substantial pedigree non-completion rate such that 3 to 4 probands must be identified to obtain one completed sibling pedigree. This report updates the progress of enrollment in the SWISS protocol, discusses barriers to pedigree completion and describes innovative approaches used by the SWISS investigators to enhance enrollment.
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- James F Meschia
- Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA.
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Bernacki SH, Beck JC, Stankovic AK, Williams LO, Amos J, Snow-Bailey K, Farkas DH, Friez MJ, Hantash FM, Matteson KJ, Monaghan KG, Muralidharan K, Pratt VM, Prior TW, Richie KL, Levin BC, Rohlfs EM, Schaefer FV, Shrimpton AE, Spector EB, Stolle CA, Strom CM, Thibodeau SN, Cole EC, Goodman BK, Stenzel TT. Genetically Characterized Positive Control Cell Lines Derived from Residual Clinical Blood Samples. Clin Chem 2005; 51:2013-24. [PMID: 16166172 DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2005.048694] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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AbstractBackground: Positive control materials for clinical diagnostic molecular genetic testing are in critically short supply. High-quality DNA that closely resembles DNA isolated from patient specimens can be obtained from Epstein–Barr virus (EBV)–transformed peripheral blood lymphocyte cell lines. Here we report the development of a process to (a) recover residual blood samples with clinically important mutations detected during routine medical care, (b) select samples likely to provide viable lymphocytes for EBV transformation, (c) establish stable cell lines and confirm the reported mutation(s), and (d) validate the cell lines for use as positive controls in clinical molecular genetic testing applications.Methods: A network of 32 genetic testing laboratories was established to obtain anonymous, residual clinical samples for transformation and to validate resulting cell lines for use as positive controls. Three panel meetings with experts in molecular genetic testing were held to evaluate results and formulate a process that could function in the context of current common practices in molecular diagnostic testing.Results: Thirteen laboratories submitted a total of 113 residual clinical blood samples with mutations for 14 genetic disorders. Forty-one EBV-transformed cell lines were established. Thirty-five individual point and deletion mutations were shown to be stable after 20 population doublings in culture. Thirty-three cell lines were characterized for specific mutations and validated for use as positive controls in clinical diagnostic applications.Conclusions: A process for producing and validating positive control cell lines from residual clinical blood samples has been developed. Sustainable implementation of the process could help alleviate the current shortage of positive control materials.
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- Susan H Bernacki
- Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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Sawada K, Noda K, Nakajima H, Shimbara N, Furuichi Y, Sugimoto M. Differential cytotoxicity of anticancer agents in pre- and post-immortal lymphoblastoid cell lines. Biol Pharm Bull 2005; 28:1202-7. [PMID: 15997098 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.28.1202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We studied the cytotoxic effect of various anticancer agents on lymphoblastoid cell lines transformed by Epstein-Barr virus. Post-immortal N0005 (post-N0005) is an immortalized cell line derived from pre-immortal N0005 (pre-N0005) accompanied by increased telomerase activity, short-telomere, abnormal karyotypes, mutation of p53 gene, down regulation of p16/Rb and the ability to grow in soft agar medium. Compared with pre-N0005 cells, post-N0005 cells were significantly (p<0.001 by the Student t test) more resistant to the killing activity of seven DNA-modifying agents: camptothecin, etoposide, bleomycin, fluorouracil, thioguanine, melphalan and actinomycin D. However, both pre-N0005 and post-N0005 cells showed similar levels of cytotoxicity against four DNA-non-modifying agents: colchicine, paclitaxel, vincristine and methotrexate. DNA-modifying and DNA-non-modifying agents are distinguished by their different sensitivities with pre-N0005 and post-N0005. Based on these results, we propose that pre-N0005 and post-N0005 cell lines be used as a new method to assess and screen anticancer agents.
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Ambra R, Mocchegiani E, Giacconi R, Canali R, Rinna A, Malavolta M, Virgili F. Characterization of the hsp70 response in lymphoblasts from aged and centenarian subjects and differential effects of in vitro zinc supplementation. Exp Gerontol 2005; 39:1475-84. [PMID: 15501017 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2004] [Revised: 07/07/2004] [Accepted: 07/16/2004] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Human centenarians attract increasing interest as they hold some still undefined molecular mechanisms resulting in the achievement of exceptional old age. Recent data suggest the ability of centenarians to efficiently counter the increased cellular stress normally associated with ageing. The ubiquitous heat shock (HS) protein HSP70, expressed under the control of the heat shock transcription factor 1 (HSF-1), is recognized as one of the main chaperones associated with cell protection against stresses. In fact, HSP70 protein induction by heat, a classic well characterized cellular stress, was recently reported to be reduced in cells of most aged humans but not in centenarians. In order to investigate the molecular basis of this feature, we analyzed in vitro the time course expression of the hsp70 gene and the activation of HSF-1 in heat treated Epstein Barr virus transformed B-lymphocytes of centenarians. Our study demonstrates that lymphoblasts from centenarians maintain the transcriptional response of hsp70 gene to heat stress similar to young subjects. Such normal induction of hsp70 is associated to higher binding activity of HSF-1 that compensates an age-dependent delay in HSF-1 phosphorylation. Moreover, in vitro zinc supplementation had an age-dependent effect on hsp70 expression, indicating a role for this nutritionally important molecule and suggesting its involvement in cellular stress responses.
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- Roberto Ambra
- National Institute for Food and Nutrition Research (INRAN), Free radicals Res Group, 546 via Ardeatina, I00178 Rome, Italy.
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Sugimoto M, Tahara H, Ide T, Furuichi Y. Steps involved in immortalization and tumorigenesis in human B-lymphoblastoid cell lines transformed by Epstein-Barr virus. Cancer Res 2004; 64:3361-4. [PMID: 15150084 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-04-0079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is closely associated with the generation of various tumors, including Burkitt's lymphoma. Human resting B cells from peripheral blood are easily transformed by EBV to actively proliferating B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs). These LCLs with normal diploid karyotypes have been believed to be "immortal", without becoming tumorigenic. A series of recent studies, however, indicate that this initial, simple concept needs extensive reconsideration. Most LCLs from normal individuals are mortal because their telomeres shorten. Some LCLs are truly immortalized by developing strong telomerase activity and aneuploidy, accompanied by various other changes: down-regulation of p16/Rb; mutation of the p53 gene; modulation of apoptosis; and sensitivity to various chemical agents. Some post-immortal LCLs additionally develop the ability to form colonies in agarose and even become tumorigenic by developing the ability to grow in nude mice. The genetic background of LCLs markedly affects the frequency of immortalization. In summary, changes of B cells after infection by EBV are roughly divided into two steps: (a) transformation of B cells into LCLs caused by EBV proteins; and (b) immortalization and tumorigenesis of LCLs mainly regulated by the factors of host cells in cooperation with EBV proteins. The new concept as reviewed here is essential for the future study of tumorigenesis by EBV.
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Sugimoto M, Tahara H, Okubo M, Kobayashi T, Goto M, Ide T, Furuichi Y. WRN gene and other genetic factors affecting immortalization of human B-lymphoblastoid cell lines transformed by Epstein-Barr virus. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 152:95-100. [PMID: 15262425 DOI: 10.1016/j.cancergencyto.2003.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2003] [Revised: 11/12/2003] [Accepted: 11/13/2003] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The immortalization of human B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCL) transformed by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is accompanied by two major events: increase in telomerase activity and change in karyotype from normal diploid to aneuploidy. We investigated the effect of genetic factors on the incidence of immortalization by putting old and new data together to collect enough samples for statistical analysis. Among 50 LCL from normal individuals, 5 LCL (10.0%) were immortalized and the remaining 45 LCL were mortal. None of the 44 LCL (0%; P < 0.031 against normal individuals by chi square test) from patients having Werner syndrome (WS), a recessive genetic disorder showing premature aging, were immortalized. Among 11 LCL from a family with a tendency to have hereditary type 2 diabetes mellitus, 5 LCL (45.5%; P < 0.0040 against normal individuals, P < 0.00001 against WS patients) were immortalized. Duplicated measurements of the lifespan of 33 LCL showed a good coincidence (r=0.785) between the first and second estimations, indicating that each mortal LCL has a predetermined lifespan. These results strongly suggest that the normal WRN gene, the causative gene of WS, is essential for LCL to immortalize, and genetic factor(s) of a family having diabetes mellitus increases immortalization, implicating that host genetic factors affect immortalization of EBV and probably carcinogenesis by EBV.
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MESH Headings
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Aging, Premature/pathology
- Aging, Premature/virology
- B-Lymphocytes/virology
- Cell Transformation, Viral
- Cells, Cultured
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- DNA Helicases/genetics
- DNA Helicases/metabolism
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/pathology
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/virology
- Exodeoxyribonucleases
- Female
- Genetic Markers/physiology
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/physiology
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pedigree
- RecQ Helicases
- Telomerase/metabolism
- Telomere/genetics
- Werner Syndrome/pathology
- Werner Syndrome/virology
- Werner Syndrome Helicase
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- Masanobu Sugimoto
- GeneCare Research Institute, 200 Kajiwara, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-0063, Japan.
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Bernacki SH, Stankovic AK, Williams LO, Beck JC, Herndon JE, Snow-Bailey K, Prior TW, Matteson KJ, Wasserman LM, Cole EC, Stenzel TT. Establishment of stably EBV-transformed cell lines from residual clinical blood samples for use in performance evaluation and quality assurance in molecular genetic testing. J Mol Diagn 2004; 5:227-30. [PMID: 14573781 PMCID: PMC1907339 DOI: 10.1016/s1525-1578(10)60478-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Positive control materials for clinical molecular genetic testing applications are currently in critically short supply or non-existent for many genetically based diseases of public health importance. Here we demonstrate that anonymous, residual, clinical blood samples are potential sources of viable lymphocytes for establishing Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed blood lymphocyte cell lines. We attempted to transform 34 residual blood samples, and analyzed transformation success with respect to sample age, anticoagulant, storage temperature, volume, hemolysis, and patient age and sex. In univariate analysis, sample age was significantly associated with transformation success (P = 0.002). The success rate was 67% (6 of 9) for samples 1 to 7 days old, 38% (3 of 8) for samples 8 to 14 days old and 0% for samples 15 to 21 (0 of 11) days old. When we controlled for sample age in multivariate logistic regression, anticoagulant and storage temperature approached significance (P = 0.070 and 0.087, respectively; samples in acid citrate dextrose (ACD) and refrigerated samples were more likely to transform). Based on these findings, we suggest that samples collected in either ACD or ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid, and up to 14 days old (refrigerated) or 7 days old (stored ambient), are reasonable candidates for EBV transformation. The transformation rate for samples that met these criteria was 63% (10 of 16). Implementation of this process could help alleviate the shortage of positive control materials for clinical molecular genetic testing.
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- Susan H Bernacki
- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA
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- Jenny O'Nions
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Virology and Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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Takahashi T, Kawabe T, Okazaki Y, Itoh C, Noda K, Tajima M, Satoh M, Goto M, Mitsui Y, Tahara H, Ide T, Furuichi Y, Sugimoto M. In VitroEstablishment of Tumorigenic Human B-Lymphoblastoid Cell Lines Transformed by Epstein-Barr Virus. DNA Cell Biol 2003; 22:727-35. [PMID: 14659045 DOI: 10.1089/104454903770946700] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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We studied tumorigenic and phenotypic characteristics of pre- and postimmortal human B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) transformed by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV): preimmortal LCLs showed low telomerase activity and a normal diploid karyotype while postimmortal LCLs showed much higher telomerase activity and maintained a clonal aneuploidic state. Among five postimmortal LCLs tested, LCLs N0005 and N6803 formed colonies in agar medium and showed marked aneuploidy, and N6803 was transplantable into nude mice indicating that it had a complete malignant phenotype, but all preimmortal LCLs and the remaining three postimmortal LCLs lacked these characteristics. The products of tumor suppresser genes, p16(INK4A) and pRb, were downregulated in these two LCLs, and the p53 gene was mutated in N0005 LCL. We believe these results showed for the first time that some postimmortal EBV-transformed LCLs can become tumorigenic, contrary to previous reports, and that these LCLs provide an in vitro model of tumorigenesis induced by EBV.
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- Tomoko Takahashi
- Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba 1, Tennoudai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
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Siwicki JK, Degerman S, Chrzanowska KH, Roos G. Telomere maintenance and cell cycle regulation in spontaneously immortalized T-cell lines from Nijmegen breakage syndrome patients. Exp Cell Res 2003; 287:178-89. [PMID: 12799193 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-4827(03)00140-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is a rare genetic instability syndrome associated with a high incidence of lymphoid malignancies. The NBS1 protein has been implicated in telomere biology suggesting that cells from NBS patients might have deficient telomere maintenance capacity. In this study we characterized spontaneously immortalized T-cell lines derived from three NBS patients regarding growth characteristics, telomere biology, expression of cell-cycle regulators, and response to DNA damage to understand the role of NBS1 in the immortalization process. In all the NBS T-cell lines the acquisition of an immortal phenotype was associated with telomere length stabilization, high telomerase activity, and increased mRNA expression of the catalytic subunit of telomerase (hTERT), together with c-myc up-regulation. Our findings provide evidence that telomere length maintenance was intact in the T lymphocytes in the absence of a full-length NBS protein, presumably due to the presence of an alternatively transcribed NBS protein of 70 kDa. Normal protein expression patterns for pRb and p53 in all the immortal lines coincided with altered expression of some cell-cycle proteins as well as with an impaired G1/S arrest after gamma irradiation, despite a seemingly normal p53/p21 pathway. The here described, spontaneously immortalized NBS derived T-cell lines can be useful in future analysis of the biologic effects in the NBS.
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- Jan Konrad Siwicki
- Department of Immunology, M. Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland
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Toda T, Sugimoto M. Proteome analysis of Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B-lymphoblasts and the proteome database. J Chromatogr B Analyt Technol Biomed Life Sci 2003; 787:197-206. [PMID: 12659741 DOI: 10.1016/s1570-0232(02)00495-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The proteome is the entire protein complement of the genome expressed in a particular cell, tissue, or organism at a given time under a specific set of environmental conditions. Proteomics is a combinatorial methodology to comprehensively analyze the proteome. The general protocol of the expression proteomics consists of advanced methods of high-resolution protein separation, high-quality image analysis and high-throughput protein identification. Although Epstein-Barr virus-transformed B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) have long been believed to be immortalized, recent studies have provided ample evidence that a large proportion of LCLs have limited life spans due to shortening of telomeres, and that part of them are truly immortalized by developing strong telomerase activity to maintain telomeres. Differential proteome analysis of pre- and post-immortal LCLs would provide a powerful tool to analyze proteins participating in the process of immortalization. We focus in this review on cumulative data of proteomic information on pre- and post-immortal LCLs.
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- Tosifusa Toda
- Proteomics Collaboration Center, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, 35-2 Sakaecho, Itabashiku, Tokyo 173-0015, Japan
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Satoh M, Yasuda T, Higaki T, Goto M, Tanuma SI, Ide T, Furuichi Y, Sugimoto M. Innate apoptosis of human B lymphoblasts transformed by Epstein-Barr virus: modulation by cellular immortalization and senescence. Cell Struct Funct 2003; 28:61-70. [PMID: 12655152 DOI: 10.1247/csf.28.61] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) transformed by Epstein-Barr virus have a phenotype corresponding to activated B-lymphoblasts. Although they are widely used as models in various biological and medical studies, their innate morphological differentiation and apoptosis has been little studied. We report here that a large proportion of LCL cells spontaneously differentiate into smaller lymphoid cells which ultimately undergo apoptosis during conventional cell culture. Two distinct types of apoptosis with some intermediate types exist: type 1 apoptosis in small and medium-size cells with shrunken nuclei having heavily condensed chromatin in the whole nucleus region accompanied by relatively large internucleosomally fragmented DNA (above 2 kbp); type 2 apoptosis in large lymphoblasts with extremely lobulated nuclei having chromatin condensation beneath the nuclear membrane alone accompanied by smaller internucleosomally fragmented DNA (below 2 kbp). Type 1 apoptotic cells were far more numerous than type 2 apoptotic cells. The incidence of type 1 apoptosis was suppressed by cellular immortalization and was extremely stimulated at the end of the lifespan (crisis). These results provide essential information for us to use LCLs for various biological and medical studies including cellular immortalization, tumorigenesis and senescence.
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- Misako Satoh
- GeneCare (previously AGENE) Research Institute, 200 Kajiwara, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-0063, Japan
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Honma M, Tadokoro S, Sakamoto H, Tanabe H, Sugimoto M, Furuichi Y, Satoh T, Sofuni T, Goto M, Hayashi M. Chromosomal instability in B-lymphoblasotoid cell lines from Werner and Bloom syndrome patients. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2002; 520:15-24. [PMID: 12297140 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(02)00144-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Werner's syndrome (WS) and Bloom's syndrome (BS) are rare autosomal genetic diseases that predispose to cancer and are associated with genomic instability. To characterize the genomic instability of WS and BS, we analyzed and compared the cytogenetics of B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs) from WS and BS patients and healthy donors. Although, similar spontaneous frequencies of micronuclei (MN) and sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) were observed in LCLs from WS patients and healthy donors, they were much higher in BS-LCLs. We also examined the cells' cytotoxic and cytogenetic formation (MN) response to camptothecin (CAM), etoposide (ETO), 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4NQO), and mitomycin C (MMC). Compared to healthy donor LCLs, BS-LCLs but not WS-LCLs tended to be resistant to cytotoxicity and sensitive to MN induction by 4NQO and MMC. Spectrum karyotyping analysis revealed that most WS- and BS-LCLs generated "variegated translocation mosaicism" at high frequencies during cell culture. These findings support the idea that the basis of genomic instability in WS is different from that in BS.
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- Masamitsu Honma
- Division of Genetics and Mutagenesis, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, 158-8501, Tokyo, Japan.
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Henson JD, Neumann AA, Yeager TR, Reddel RR. Alternative lengthening of telomeres in mammalian cells. Oncogene 2002; 21:598-610. [PMID: 11850785 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1205058] [Citation(s) in RCA: 458] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Some immortalized mammalian cell lines and tumors maintain or increase the overall length of their telomeres in the absence of telomerase activity by one or more mechanisms referred to as alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT). Characteristics of human ALT cells include great heterogeneity of telomere size (ranging from undetectable to abnormally long) within individual cells, and ALT-associated PML bodies (APBs) that contain extrachromosomal telomeric DNA, telomere-specific binding proteins, and proteins involved in DNA recombination and replication. Activation of ALT during immortalization involves recessive mutations in genes that are as yet unidentified. Repressors of ALT activity are present in normal cells and some telomerase-positive cells. Telomere length dynamics in ALT cells suggest a recombinational mechanism. Inter-telomeric copying occurs, consistent with a mechanism in which single-stranded DNA at one telomere terminus invades another telomere and uses it as a copy template resulting in net increase in telomeric sequence. It is possible that t-loops, linear and/or circular extrachromosomal telomeric DNA, and the proteins found in APBs, may be involved in the mechanism. ALT and telomerase activity can co-exist within cultured cells, and within tumors. The existence of ALT adds some complexity to proposed uses of telomere-related parameters in cancer diagnosis and prognosis, and poses challenges for the design of anticancer therapeutics designed to inhibit telomere maintenance.
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- Jeremy D Henson
- Children's Medical Research Institute, 214 Hawkesbury Road, Westmead, Sydney 2145, Australia
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Werner syndrome is a premature aging disease caused by the mutation in the WRN gene. The cloning and characterization of the WRN gene and its product allows investigators to study the disease and the human aging process at molecular level. This review summarizes the recent progresses on various aspects of the WRN research including functional analysis of the protein, interactive cloning, complexes formation, mouse models, and SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms). These in depth investigations have greatly advanced our understanding of the disease and elucidated future research direction for Werner syndrome and the human aging process.
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- Lishan Chen
- Department of Pathology, Box 357470, HSB K-543, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7470, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Box 357470, HSB K-543, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-7470, USA
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Ohsugi I, Tokutake Y, Suzuki N, Ide T, Sugimoto M, Furuichi Y. Telomere repeat DNA forms a large non-covalent complex with unique cohesive properties which is dissociated by Werner syndrome DNA helicase in the presence of replication protein A. Nucleic Acids Res 2000; 28:3642-8. [PMID: 10982887 PMCID: PMC110730 DOI: 10.1093/nar/28.18.3642] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We describe the unique structural features of a large telomere repeat DNA complex (TRDC) of >20 kb generated by a simple PCR using (TTAGGG)(4) and (CCCTAA)(4) as both primers and templates. Although large, as determined by conventional agarose gel electrophoresis, the TRDC was found to consist of short single-stranded DNA telomere repeat units of between several hundred and 3000 bases, indicating that it is a non-covalent complex comprising short cohesive telomere repeat units. S1 nuclease digestion showed that the TRDC contains both single- and double-stranded portions stable enough to survive glycerol density gradient centrifugation, precipitation with ethanol and gel electrophoresis. Sedimentation analysis suggests that a part of the TRDC is non-linear and consists of a three-dimensional network structure. After treatment with Werner DNA helicase the TRDC dissociated into smaller fragments, provided that human replication protein A was present, indicating that: (i) the TRDC is a new substrate for the Werner syndrome helicase; (ii) the telomere repeat sequence re-anneals rapidly unless unwound single-stranded regions are protected by replication protein A; (iii) the TRDC may provide a new clue to understanding deleterious telomere-totelomere interactions that can lead to genomic instability. Some properties of the TRDC account for the extra-chromosomal telomere repeat (ECTR) DNA that exists in telomerase-negative immortalized cell lines and may be involved in maintaining telomeres.
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- I Ohsugi
- AGENE Research Institute, 200 Kajiwara, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-0063, Japan
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Toda T, Sugimoto M, Omori A, Matsuzaki T, Furuichi Y, Kimura N. Proteomic analysis of Epstein-Barr virus-transformed human B-lymphoblastoid cell lines before and after immortalization. Electrophoresis 2000; 21:1814-22. [PMID: 10870967 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1522-2683(20000501)21:9<1814::aid-elps1814>3.0.co;2-#] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Infection of human B lymphocytes with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) induces proliferative B-lymphoblastoid cell lines (LCLs). However, the majority of EBV-transformed LCLs are mortal and unable to avoid cellular senescence. In our previous experiment, three immortalized LCLs were established by passages of EBV-transformed LCLs for nearly five years accompanied by strong telomerase activity. In the present study, proteomic profiles of these three LCLs were analyzed comparatively at the early and the late passages of cell culture, and a protein spot was found which most significantly decreased with the immortalization in two LCLs. The expression of the protein in the third LCL was suppressed at 17 population doubling level (PDL), already suggesting that part of the immortalization process had been initiated before 17 PDL. The protein was assigned to ssp7001 (16.3 kDa, pI 6.0) by referring to our TMIG-2DPAGE proteome database. The protein was transferred onto a polyvinylidene difluoride (PVDF) membrane and digested with lysilendopeptidase to perform peptide mass fingerprinting by nanoelectrospray ionization mass spectrometry (nano-ESI-MS). Subsequent MS-Fit database search indicated that ssp7001 is a phosphoprotein stathmin. This speculation was confirmed by the tandem MS (MS/MS) analysis in a Q-Tof system and by Edman degradation microsequencing.
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- T Toda
- Department of Gene Regulation and Protein Function, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Japan.
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Sugimoto M, Furuichi Y, Ide T, Goto M. Incorrect us of "immortalization" for B-lymphoblastoid cell lines transformed by Epstein-Barr virus. J Virol 1999; 73:9690-1. [PMID: 10577062 PMCID: PMC113012 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.11.9690-9691.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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