p53-dependent down-regulation of telomerase is mediated by p21waf1

The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Igor ShatsVarda Rotter

Abstract

Inactivation of p53 and activation of telomerase occur in the majority of human cancers, raising the possibility of a link between these two pathways. Overexpression of wild-type p53 down-regulates the enzymatic activity of telomerase in various cancer cell lines through transcriptional repression of its catalytic subunit, human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT). In this study, we re-evaluated the role of p53 in telomerase regulation using isogenic cell lines expressing physiological levels of p53. We demonstrate that endogenous wild-type p53 was able to down-regulate telomerase activity, hTERT mRNA levels, and promoter activity; however, the ability to repress hTERT expression was found to be cell type-specific. The integrity of the DNA-binding core domain, the N-terminal transactivation domain, and the C-terminal oligomerization domains of p53 was essential for hTERT promoter repression, whereas the proline-rich domain and the extreme C terminus were not required. Southwestern and chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated lack of p53 binding to the hTERT promoter, raising the possibility of an indirect repressive mechanism. The down-regulation of hTERT promoter activity was abolished by a dominant-negative...Continue Reading

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