Attenuation of telomerase activity does not increase sensitivity of human melanoma cells to anticancer agents
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Folini, M
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Ist Nazl Studio & Cura Tumori, Dipartimento Oncol Sperimentale, I-20133 Milan, ItalyIst Nazl Studio & Cura Tumori, Dipartimento Oncol Sperimentale, I-20133 Milan, Italy
Folini, M
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De Marco, C
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Ist Nazl Studio & Cura Tumori, Dipartimento Oncol Sperimentale, I-20133 Milan, ItalyIst Nazl Studio & Cura Tumori, Dipartimento Oncol Sperimentale, I-20133 Milan, Italy
De Marco, C
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Orlandi, L
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Ist Nazl Studio & Cura Tumori, Dipartimento Oncol Sperimentale, I-20133 Milan, ItalyIst Nazl Studio & Cura Tumori, Dipartimento Oncol Sperimentale, I-20133 Milan, Italy
Orlandi, L
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Daidone, MG
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Ist Nazl Studio & Cura Tumori, Dipartimento Oncol Sperimentale, I-20133 Milan, ItalyIst Nazl Studio & Cura Tumori, Dipartimento Oncol Sperimentale, I-20133 Milan, Italy
Daidone, MG
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Zaffaroni, N
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Zaffaroni, N
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[1] Ist Nazl Studio & Cura Tumori, Dipartimento Oncol Sperimentale, I-20133 Milan, Italy
telomerase;
telomere;
ribozyme;
apoptosis;
drug sensitivity;
melanoma cells;
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10.1016/S0959-8049(00)00295-1
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
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In tumour cells, replicative immortality is attained through stabilisation of telomeres by telomerase. Recent evidence suggests that telomerase plays an anti-apoptotic role. Since apoptosis is the primary mode of cell death induced by several drugs, telomerase could be involved in determining the chemosensitivity profile of tumour cells. We investigated whether inhibition of telomerase activity through a hammerhead ribozyme targeting the RNA template of telomerase influences the susceptibility of human melanoma cells to a variety of anticancer agents (platinum compounds, taxanes, topoisomerase I inhibitors). The ribozyme sequence was inserted into an expression vector and the JR8 human melanoma cell line was transfected with it. The cell clones obtained showed a reduced telomerase activity. Growth inhibition curves generated after exposure of ribozyme-transfectant clones to individual drugs were superimposable to those obtained from parental cells. Moreover, telomerase inhibition did not promote apoptosis as a cellular response to drug treatment. Overall, our results indicate that downregulation of telomerase activity does not increase the sensitivity of melanoma cells to anticancer drugs. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.