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AGING-US
卷 3, 期 4, 页码 395-406出版社
IMPACT JOURNALS LLC
DOI: 10.18632/aging.100308
关键词
Ku; telomeres; t-circles; ALT; cancer; aging
资金
- National Institute of Aging [R01AG034156]
- Margaret E. Early Medical Research Trust
- NCI Cancer Center, National Cancer Institute [P30CA014089]
In normal cells, telomeres shorten each time a cell divides ultimately resulting in cell senescence. t In contrast, cancer cells counteract the loss of telomeric DNA either by inducing the expression of telomerase or by activating the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres (ALT) pathway. ALT cells are characterized by heterogeneous telomeres and the presence of extrachromosomal circular double-stranded DNA molecules containing telomeric repeat sequences. These telomeric circles (t-circles) are thought to be generated through a recombination process and utilized as templates for telomere elongation by rolling-circle-replication, although their precise mechanism of formation and role in telomere maintenance and cell proliferation is largely unknown. Here we show that shRNA-mediated knockdown of the Ku70/80 heterodimer, a factor with functions at both pathological and natural DNA ends, inhibits ALT cell growth and results in a significant decrease in the levels of t-circles without affecting overall telomere length. These findings demonstrate that non homology-based processes contribute to the maintenance of t-circles and proliferation of ALT cells.
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