title: Effects of cisplatin on telomerase activity and telomere length in BEL-7404 human hepatoma cells.
abstract: Telomerase activity was inhibited in a dose and time-dependent manner with the treatment of cisplatin for 24, 48, or 72 h in a concentration ranged from 0.8 to 50 microM in BEL-7404 human hepatoma cells. There were no changes in expression pattern of three telomerase subunits, its catalytic reverse transcriptase subunit (hTERT), its RNA component (hTR) or the associated protein subunit (TP1), after cisplatin treated for 72 h with indicated concentrations. Mean telomere lengths were decreased by the cisplatin treatment. Cell growth inhibition and cell cycle accumulation in G2/M phase were found to be correlated with telomerase inhibition in the present study, but percentages of cell apoptosis did not change markedly during the process.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biotherapy, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
authors.forename: Ru Gang
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Ru Ping
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Xing Wang
authors.initials: XW
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017209:Apoptosis; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002945:Cisplatin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004247:DNA / Q000187:drug effects; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016195:G2 Phase / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D019098:Telomerase / Q000032:analysis / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D016615:Telomere / Q000187:drug effects; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004247:DNA; D019098:Telomerase; D002945:Cisplatin