Estrogen Induction of Telomerase Activity Through Regulation of the Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) Dependent Pathway in Human Endometrial Cancer Cells

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2013 Feb 15

PMID 23409030

Citations 21

Authors

Chunxiao Zhou

Tara A Steplowski

Hallum K Dickens

Kimberly M Malloy

Paola A Gehrig

John F Boggess

Victoria L Bae-Jump

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Abstract

Given that prolonged exposure to estrogen and increased telomerase activity are associated with endometrial carcinogenesis, our objective was to evaluate the interaction between the MAPK pathway and estrogen induction of telomerase activity in endometrial cancer cells. Estradiol (E2) induced telomerase activity and hTERT mRNA expression in the estrogen receptor (ER)-α positive, Ishikawa endometrial cancer cell line. UO126, a highly selective inhibitor of MEK1/MEK2, inhibited telomerase activity and hTERT mRNA expression induced by E2. Similar results were also found after transfection with ERK 1/2-specific siRNA. Treatment with E2 resulted in rapid phosphorylation of p44/42 MAPK and increased MAPK activity which was abolished by UO126. The hTERT promoter contains two estrogen response elements (EREs), and luciferase assays demonstrate that these EREs are activated by E2. Exposure to UO126 or ERK 1/2-specific siRNA in combination with E2 counteracted the stimulatory effect of E2 on luciferase activity from these EREs. These findings suggest that E2-induction of telomerase activity is mediated via the MAPK pathway in human endometrial cancer cells.

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