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Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Human Breast Epithelial Cells with Differential Telomere Length
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Li-Rong Yu
  • King C. Chan
  • Hidetoshi Tahara
  • David A. Lucas
  • Koushik Chatterjee
  • Haleem J. Issaq
  • Timothy D. Veenstra, Cedarville University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-18-2007
DOI
10.1016/j.bbrc.2007.03.069
PubMed ID
17395154
PubMed Central® ID
PMC2268026
Abstract

Telomeres play important functional roles in cell proliferation, cell cycle regulation, and genetic stability, in which telomere length is critical. In this study, quantitative proteome comparisons for the human breast epithelial cells with short and long telomeres (184-hTERTL vs. 184-hTERTS and 90P-hTERTL vs. 90P-hTERTS), resulting from transfection of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) gene, were performed using cleavable isotope-coded affinity tags. More than 2000 proteins were quantified in each comparative experiment, with approximately 77% of the proteins identified in both analyses. In the cells with long telomeres, significant and consistent alterations were observed in metabolism (amino acid, nucleotide, and lipid metabolism), genetic information transmission (transcription and translation regulation, spliceosome and ribosome complexes), and cell signaling. Interestingly, the DNA excision repair pathway is enhanced, while integrin and its ligands are downregulated in the cells with long telomeres. These results may provide valuable information related to telomere functions.

Keywords
  • Breast,
  • cell line,
  • DNA repair,
  • epithelial cells,
  • proteome,
  • telomere
Citation Information
Li-Rong Yu, King C. Chan, Hidetoshi Tahara, David A. Lucas, et al.. "Quantitative Proteomic Analysis of Human Breast Epithelial Cells with Differential Telomere Length" Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Vol. 356 Iss. 4 (2007) p. 942 - 947 ISSN: 0006-291X
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/timothy-veenstra/212/