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Hong Zhao1, Shuiqing Zeng, Xiaohong Zhu
1Department of Ophthalmology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China.
Purpose:
To investigate the effects on telomerase activity, human telomerase reverse transcriptase(hTERT) gene and TEP1mRNA of retinal pigment epithelial(RPE) cells were treated by TGF-beta 1 of different concentration.
Methods:
The cultured human RPE cells were treated with TGF-beta 1 at different concentration (0 ng/ml, 0.01 ng/ml, 0.1 ng/ml, 1 ng/ml, 10 ng/ml) for 24 h, then telomerase activity was detected by telomerase repeat amplification protocol (TRAP). The expression of hTERT mRNA and TEP-1mRNA were detected by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
Results:
TRAP and RT-PCR showed when the concentration of TGF-beta 1 was gradually increased, telomerase activity and the expression of hTERTmRNA were gradually reduced, TEP1mRNA showed no apparent differential expression.
Conclusion:
TGF-beta 1 can down-regulate telomerase activity and the expression of hTERT mRNA, but no effection on TEP-1mRNA, hTERTmRNA expression was in accordance with telomerase activity in hRPE cells, hTERT gene plays a crucial role in the expression of telomerase activity, while TEP1 plays a much smaller role.
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