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Jae-Il Park1, Andrew S Venteicher, Ji Yeon Hong
1Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Nature
|July 3, 2009
Resumen
La telomerasa influye directamente en la señalización de Wnt/beta-catenina actuando como un cofactor en la transcripción génica. Este descubrimiento revela la telomerasa.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Biología de las células madre Biología de las células madre
- Investigación del cáncer Investigación del cáncer.
Sus antecedentes:
- La regulación de las células madre implica vías genéticas a menudo alteradas en la tumorigénesis humana.
- La señalización de Wnt/beta-catenina y la activación de la telomerasa pueden inducir células madre epidérmicas en reposo.
- Todavía no están claros los mecanismos precisos que vinculan la telomerasa a la activación de las células madre.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Aclarar el mecanismo por el cual la telomerasa influye en la activación de las células madre y la señalización de Wnt/beta-catenina.
- Investigar el papel directo de la telomerasa en la modulación de la actividad transcripcional de Wnt/beta-catenina.
Principales métodos:
- Interacciones investigadas entre la telomerasa transcriptasa inversa (TERT) y BRG1 (SMARCA4), un remodelador de la cromatina.
- Se evaluó la actividad del gen reportero dependiente de Wnt en células cultivadas e in vivo.
- Se examinaron las funciones del desarrollo utilizando embriones de Xenopus laevis y ratones Tert.
- Se utilizó la inmunoprecipitación de cromatina para detectar la unión endógena de TERT a los promotores de genes objetivo Wnt.
Principales resultados:
- La transcriptasa inversa de la telomerasa (TERT) modula directamente la señalización de Wnt/beta-catenina actuando como un cofactor.
- TERT interactúa con el remodelador de cromatina BRG1, mejorando la transcripción dependiente de Wnt.
- TERT es esencial para la formación del eje anterior-posterior en Xenopus; la deficiencia de Tert causa defectos vertebrales en ratones.
- La TERT endógena ocupa promotores de genes receptivos al Wnt in vivo.
Conclusiones:
- La telomerasa funciona como un modulador transcripcional directo de la vía de señalización Wnt/beta-catenina.
- Este hallazgo revela un nuevo papel para la telomerasa más allá de su función canónica en la extensión del ADN.
- La interacción entre TERT y los complejos de remodelación de la cromatina ofrece nuevos conocimientos sobre la regulación de las células madre y el cáncer.
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