ArticlePloS one2016
Telomere Length, TERT, and miRNA Expression.
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- Milk Fat Intake and Telomere Length in U.S. Women and Men: The Role of the Milk Fat Fraction.Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity · 2019Article
- Sex-specific associations between telomere length and candidate miRNA expression in placenta.Journal of translational medicine · 2018Article
- CD4+ memory T cells infected with latent HIV-1 are susceptible to drugs targeting telomeres.Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) · 2018Article
- Silica inhalation altered telomere length and gene expression of telomere regulatory proteins in lung tissue of rats.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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Abstract
It has been proposed that miRNAs are involved in the control of telomeres. We test that hypothesis by examining the association between miRNAs and telomere length (TL). Additionally, we evaluate if genetic variation in telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is associated with miRNA expression levels. We use data from a population-based study of colorectal cancer (CRC), where we have previously shown associations between TL and TERT and CRC, to test associations between TL and miRNA expression and TERT and miRNA expression. To gain insight into functions of miRNAs associated with TERT we tested linear associations between miRNAs and their targeted gene mRNAs. An Agilent platform that contained information on over 2000 miRNAs was used. TL was measured using a multiplexed quantitative PCR (qPCR). RNAseq was used to assess gene expression. Our sample consisted of 1152 individuals with SNP data and miRNA expression data; 363 individuals with both TL and miRNA; and 148 individuals with miRNA and mRNA data. Thirty-three miRNAs were directly associated with TL after adjusting for age and sex (false discovery rate (FDR) of 0.05). TERT rs2736118 was associated with differences in miRNA expression between carcinoma and normal colonic mucosa for 75 miRNAs (FDR <0.05). Genes regulated by these miRNAs, as indicated by mRNA/miRNA associations, were associated with major signaling pathways beyond their TL-related functions, including PTEN, and PI3K/AKT signaling. Our data support a direct association between miRNAs and TL; differences in miRNA expression levels by TERT genotype were observed. Based on miRNA and targeted mRNA associations our data suggest that TERT is involved in non-TL-related functions by acting through altered miRNA expression.
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