title: Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia: Telomerase activity and splice pattern of hTERT mRNA.
abstract: Cervical cancers are characterized by the persistence of human papilloma virus (HPV) genome that is found in tissue samples starting from the early stages of tumor progression. Just like in other tumors, the activation of telomerase was observed in cervical carcinomas, but information about its expression was controversial. The aim of this study is to find possible correlations between the presence of HPV sequences, activity of telomerase and expression of different spliced forms of hTERT RNA in cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CIN). The results show that HPV DNA is present in 60% of normal tissue adjacent to CIN lesions and up to 84% in CIN samples. Telomerase activity was found in 28% of adjacent normal tissue and in 68% of CIN II-III. hTERT RNA that encodes an active enzyme was present almost in all CIN samples. Variations in levels of telomerase activity are possibly not regulated by the splicing forms of hTERT mRNA with deletions.
authors.affiliation: Blokhin Cancer Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Russia.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Petrenko
authors.forename: L I
authors.initials: LI
authors.lastname: Korolenkova
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Skvortsov
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Fedorova
authors.forename: M U
authors.initials: MU
authors.lastname: Skoblov
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Baranova
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Zvereva
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Rubtsova
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Kisseljov
mesh_terms: D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D052162:Human papillomavirus 16 / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D030361:Papillomavirus Infections / Q000821:virology; D012326:RNA Splicing; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019098:Telomerase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology; D002578:Uterine Cervical Dysplasia / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics* / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019098:Telomerase