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ArticleWorld journal of gastroenterology2002

Telomerase inhibition and telomere loss in BEL-7404 human hepatoma cells treated with doxorubicin.

Ru-Gang Zhang, Li-Xia Guo, Xing-Wang Wang, Hong Xie

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Article in World journal of gastroenterology, 2002. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Ru-Gang ZhangDepartment of Biotherapy, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China.
Li-Xia Guo
Xing-Wang Wang
Hong Xie
Center for Excellence in Molecular Cell Science · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimTo study the effects of doxorubicin on telomerase activity and telomere length in hepatocellular carcinoma.

methodsTelomerase activity was assayed with a non-radioisotopic quantitative telomerase repeat amplification protocol-based method. The effect of doxorubicin (DOX) on the growth of BEL-7404 human hepatoma cells was determined by microculture tetrazolium assay. Mean telomere length (terminal restriction fragment) was detected by Southern blot method. The expression of telomerase subunits genes was investigated by RT-PCR. Cell apoptosis and cell cycle distribution were evaluated by flow cytometry.

resultsTelomerase activity was inhibited in a dose and time-dependent manner in BEL-7404 human hepatoma cells treated with DOX for 24, 48 or 72 h in concentrations from 0.156 to 2.5 microM which was correlated with the inhibition of cell growth. No changes were found in the mRNA expression of three telomerase subunits (hTERT, hTR and TP1) after drug exposure for 72 h with indicated concentrations. The cells treated with DOX showed shortened mean telomere length and accumulated at the G(2)/M phase. However, there was almost no effects on cell apoptosis by DOX.

conclusionThe telomerase inhibition and the telomere shortening by DOX may contribute to its efficiency in the treatment in hepatocellular carcinoma.

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Carcinoma, HepatocellularLiver NeoplasmsAntineoplastic AgentsDose-Response Relationship, DrugDoxorubicinG2 PhaseHumansMitosisTelomeraseTelomereTumor Cells, CulturedAntineoplastic AgentsDoxorubicinTelomerase

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PMID12378624
PMCPMC4656569
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