hTERT: a novel endogenous inhibitor of the mitochondrial cell death pathway

Oncogene
C MassardJ-C Soria

Abstract

hTERT is the catalytic subunit of the telomerase and is hence required for telomerase maintenance activity and cancer cell immortalization. Here, we show that acute hTERT depletion has no adverse effects on the viability or proliferation of cervical and colon carcinoma cell lines, as evaluated within 72 h after transfection with hTERT-specific small interfering RNAs (siRNAs). Within the same time frame, hTERT depletion facilitated the induction of apoptotic cell death by cisplatin, etoposide, mitomycin C and reactive oxygen species, yet failed to sensitize cells to death induction via the CD95 death receptor. Experiments performed with p53 knockout cells or chemical p53 inhibitors revealed that p53 was not involved in the chemosensitizing effect of hTERT knockdown. However, the proapoptotic Bcl-2 family protein Bax was involved in cell death induction by hTERT siRNAs. Depletion of hTERT facilitated the conformational activation of Bax induced by genotoxic agents. Moreover, Bax knockout abolished the chemosensitizing effect of hTERT siRNAs. Inhibition of mitochondrial membrane permeabilization by overexpression of Bcl-2 or expression of the cytomegalovirus-encoded protein vMIA (viral mitochondrial inhibitor of apoptosis), which ...Continue Reading

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