• 한국가금학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2006

텔로미어는 염색체를 보호하고 세포 분열의 안정성에 주된 작용을 하며 세포의 사멸, 노화 및 암의 발생과 직접적 관련이 있다고 알려져 있다. 최근 텔로미어의 길이와 텔로머레이스의 활성에 대한 많은 연구들은 광범위하게 진행되어 왔지만 닭에서는 매우 제한적으로 연구되어왔다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 한국 재래닭에서 발육, 성장 및 노화 단계별 간, 뇌, 심장, 신장, 정소 및 백혈구 세포에 대한 텔로미어의 양적 분포와 텔로머레이스 활성도를 분석 고찰하고자 하였다. 텔로미어의 함량 분석은 telomeric DNA probe 를 이용하여 Q-FISH 법으로 수행하였고, 텔로머레이스 활성도 분석은 TRAP 방법을 이용하였다. 분석 결과, 닭 염색체상 텔로미어는 모든 염색체 양 말단부에 나타나며 특히 1, 2 및 3 번 염색체에서는 양 말단 외 interstitial telomeric DNA 가 존재하였다. 닭의 조직별 세포들의 telomeric cDNA 함량을 분석한 결과 성장 및 노화가 진행됨에 따라 대부분의 세포들에서 텔로미어 함유율이 유의적으로 감소하였고, 조직 간 텔로미어 함유율 에서도 많은 차이를 보였는데 특히 증식성 세포인 정소 내 세포들이 다른 비 증식성 세포들에 비해 월등히 높게 나타났다. 텔로머레이스 활성도는 간, 뇌, 심장 등 대부분의 조직에서 성장 및 노화가 진행됨에 따라 활성이 감소되거나 없어지나 생식선 조직인 정소세포는 연령과 무관하게 지속적으로 높은 활성을 나타내었다. 이상의 결과로부터 닭의 조직별 세포 분화 및 증식성 특이성과 텔로미어의 함량 및 텔로머레이스 활성도 간에는 매우 밀접한 관련이 있으며, 텔로머레이스 활성도와 텔로미어 함유율 간에 매우 높은 상관이 있었다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제43권3호
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• pp.177-189
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• 2016

본 연구는 닭의 개체 별 스트레스 연관 표지의 발현도와 이들의 생산능력 간의 연관성을 살펴보기 위한 것으로 토종종계 25계통을 대상으로 텔로미어 함량, 열 스트레스 단백질(HSPs) 유전자 발현율 및 DNA 손상율을 분석하고, 동일 개체들의 생존율, 성장능력 및 산란능력을 조사하여 이들 간의 상관관계를 분석 고찰하였다. 분석 결과, 생산능력 및 스트레스 표지 값들 간에 계통별로 유의한 차이가 나타났는데, 대체적으로 고체중 순계들의 스트레스 지표가 상대적으로 높았으며, 저체중 교잡계들의 스트레스 지표가 낮게 나타났다. 텔로미어 함량과 생산능력 간의 상관성은 20주령 이후부터 유의한 상관관계를 보였는데, 성장능력과는 약한 부(-)의 상관 양상을, 산란능력 및 생존율과는 약한 정(+)의 상관관계를 나타내었다. HSPs 유전자 발현율과 생산능력과의 상관에서 생존율 및 산란지수와는 저도 및 중도의 부의 상관을 보였고, 체중과는 약한 정의 상관관계를 나타내었다. DNA 손상율 분석 또한 체중과는 약한 정의 상관을, 산란지수 및 생존율과는 중도 및 저도의 부의 상관관계를 나타내었다. 이는 체중이 증가할수록 HSPs 유전자 발현율, DNA 손상율 및 텔로미어 감축량이 증가함을 의미하고, 반면 산란능력 및 생존율이 높을수록 HSPs 유전자 발현율과 DNA 손상율은 낮아지고, 텔로미어 함량은 상대적으로 높다는 것을 시사한다. 스트레스 표지 인자들 간의 상호 관계에서 모든 표지 값 간에 유의한 상관관계가 나타났는데, HSPs 발현값과 텔로미어 함량과는 부의 상관을, DNA 손상율과는 정의 상관을 보이고, 텔로미어 함량과 DNA 손상율과는 높은 부의 상관을 나타내었다. 이상의 스트레스 표지 값과 생산능력 간의 상관분석 결과에 따라 닭에 있어 HSPs 및 DNA 손상율의 증가는 텔로미어 감축을 촉진하고, 이에 따라 개체의 항병성 및 강건성을 저하시켜 산란능력과 생존율에 나쁜 영향을 미치는 것으로 판단된다.

• Childhood Kidney Diseases
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.11-22
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• 2008

Telomeres consist of tandem guanine-thymine(G-T) repeats in most eukaryotic chromosomes. Human telomeres are predominantly linear, double stranded DNA as they ended in 30-200 nucleotides(bases,b) 3'-overhangs. In DNA replication, removal of the terminal RNA primer from the lagging strand results in a 3'-overhang of uncopied DNA. This is because of bidirectional DNA replication and specificity of unidirectional DNA polymerase. After the replication, parental and daughter DNA strands have unequal lengths due to a combination of the end-replication problem and end-processing events. The gradual chromosome shortening is observed in most somatic cells and eventually leads to cellular senescence. Telomere shortening could be a molecular clock that signals the replicative senescence. The shortening of telomeric ends of human chromosomes, leading to sudden growth arrest, triggers DNA instability as biological switches. In addition, telomere dysfunction may cause chronic allograft nephropathy or kidney cancers. The renal cell carcinoma(RCC) in women may be less aggressive and have less genomic instability than in man. Younger patients with telomere dysfunction are at a higher risk for RCC than older patients. Thus, telomeres maintain the integrity of the genome and are involved in cellular aging and cancer. By studying the telomeric DNA, we may characterize the genetic determinants in diseases and discover the tools in molecular medicine.

• 대한화장품학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한화장품학회 2003년도 IFSCC Conference Proceeding Book I
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• pp.73-84
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• 2003

Skin aging process on pre-menopausal women is a problem that needs to be prevented as early as possible. The decrease of oestrogen level which is one of the intrinsic factors of the skin aging process will affect the skin biological process, due to oestrogen receptors on the skin. A number of researches conducted on pre-menopausal women with the allocation of oestrogen hormone resulted in delaying the skin aging process. The administration of soy isoflavon, a phytoestrogen found in daily food, on pre-menopausal women is hoped to be able to prevent skin aging process, even clinically or molecular biologically. This research aims to explain the benefit of administering of soy isoflavon on skin aging process. The design of the research is randomised controlled trial (RCT). As many as 60 pre-menopausal women were collected with simple random sampling method. Soy isoflavon is an independent variable, while skin aging process is a dependent variable assessed from the hydration, sebum level, average roughness, depth of wrinkles, skin clarity, length of the telomere. Analysis was conducted using t and MANDVA tests and.the result showed a significance (F = 10,439; p = 0,001) over the allocation of soy isoflavon to the whole variable dependent, including the telomere length and the skin hydration, meant that allocation of soy isoflavon could delay skin aging process.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권7호
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• pp.2975-2979
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• 2015

Background: Telomere length is closely associated with cellular radiosensitivity and WRAP53 is required for telomere addition by telomerase. In this research we assessed radiosensitivity of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma Hep-2 cell lines after WRAP53 inhibition, and analyzed the molecular mechanisms. Materials and Methods: phWRAP53-siRNA and pNeg-siRNA were constructed and transfected into Hep-2 cells with lipofectamine. Expression of WRAP53 was analyzed by RT-PCR and Western-blottin, radiosensitivity of Hep-2 cells was assessed colony formation assay, and the relative length of telomeres was measured by QPCR. Results: The data revealed that the plasmid of phWRAP53-siRNA was constructed successfully, and the mRNA and protein levels of WRAP53 were both obviously reduced in the Hep-2 cell line transfected with phWRAP53-siRNA. After Hep-2 cells were irradiated with X-rays, the $D_0$ and $SF_2$ were 2.481 and 0.472, respectively, in the phWRAP53-siRNA group, much lower than in the control group ($D_0$ and $SF_2$ of 3.213 and 0.592) (P<0.01). The relative telomere length in the phWRAP53-siRNA group was $0.185{\pm}0.01$, much lower than in the untreated group ($0.523{\pm}0.06$) and the control group ($0.435{\pm}0.01$). Conclusions: Decreasing the expression of WRAP53 using RNA interference technique can enhance the radiosensitivity of Hep-2 cell lines by influencing the telomere length. WRAP53 is expected to be a new target to regulate the radiosensitization of tumor cells.

• 한국생명과학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생명과학회 2000년도 제29회 국제학술심포지움 및 추계학술대회
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• pp.20-20
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• 2000

• Journal of Photoscience
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.150-153
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• 2002

Solar UV light is a well-known carcinogen. UVA radiation is probably carcinogenic to humans. In addition, recent investigations point to the importance of UVA irradiation in the photoaging. We investigated the mechanism of sequence- specific DNA damage using $\^$32/P-Iabeled DNA fragments in relation to carcinogenesis and aging. Furthermore, we investigated whether UVA accelerates the telomere shortening in human WI-38 fibroblasts. The exposure of double- stranded DNA fragments to 365 nm light in the presence of endogenous sensitizers produced sequence-specific cleavage at the 5' site of 5'-GG-3' and 5'-GGG-3' sequences. In addition, HPLC analysis revealed that sensitizers plus 365 nm light increased the 8-oxodG content of double-stranded DNA. We discuss the mechanisms of guanine-specific DNA damagecaused by excited photosensitizers in relation to carcinogenesis and aging.

• BMB Reports
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• 제53권9호
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• pp.458-465
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• 2020

Metastasis is the main culprit of the great majority of cancerrelated deaths. However, the complicated process of the invasion-metastasis cascade remains the least understood aspect of cancer biology. Telomerase plays a pivotal role in bypassing cellular senescence and sustaining the cancer progression by maintaining telomere homeostasis and genomic integrity. Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) exerts a series of fundamental functions that are independent of its enzymatic cellular activity, including proliferation, inflammation, epithelia-mesenchymal transition (EMT), angiogenesis, DNA repair, and gene expression. Accumulating evidence indicates that TERT may facilitate most steps of the invasion-metastasis cascade. In this review, we summarize important advances that have revealed some of the mechanisms by which TERT facilitates tumor metastasis, providing an update on the non-canonical functions of telomerase beyond telomere maintaining.

• Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention
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• 제16권8호
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• pp.3085-3090
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• 2015

The telomeric end structures of the DNA are known to contain tandem repeats of TTAGGG sequence bound with specialised protein complex called the "shelterin complex". It comprises six proteins, namely TRF1, TRF2, TIN2, POT1, TPP1 and RAP1. All of these assemble together to form a complex with double strand and single strand DNA repeats at the telomere. Such an association contributes to telomere stability and its protection from undesirable DNA damage control-specific responses. However, any alteration in the structure and function of any of these proteins may lead to undesirable DNA damage responses and thus cellular senescence and death. In our review, we throw light on how mutations in the proteins belonging to the shelterin complex may lead to various malfunctions and ultimately have a role in tumorigenesis and cancer progression.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제37권8호
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• pp.569-574
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• 2014

As a scaffold, SLX4/FANCP interacts with multiple proteins involved in genome integrity. Although not having recognizable catalytic domains, SLX4 participates in diverse genome maintenance pathways by delivering nucleases where they are needed, and promoting their cooperative execution to prevent genomic instabilities. Physiological importance of SLX4 is emphasized by the identification of causative mutations of SLX4 genes in patients diagnosed with Fanconi anemia (FA), a rare recessive genetic disorder characterized by genomic instability and predisposition to cancers. Recent progress in understanding functional roles of SLX4 has greatly expanded our knowledge in the repair of DNA interstrand crosslinks (ICLs), Holliday junction (HJ) resolution, telomere homeostasis and regulation of DNA damage response induced by replication stress. Here, these diverse functions of SLX4 are reviewed in detail.