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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 13
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-21
pubmed:abstractText
The involvement of telomerase in cellular immortalization and senescence has often been assessed by means of telomerase expression at the RNA level and quantification of telomerase activity by the telomeric repeat amplification protocol assay. However, these methods either neglected the existence of various telomerase splice variants, or ignored the nonconventional functions of telomerase independent of its ability to elongate and maintain telomere length. Immunodetection of telomerase is now being recognized as a necessary approach to precisely elucidate its roles in oncogenesis and senescence. A few antibodies directed against the catalytic subunit of the human telomerase (hTERT) are currently used but their specificity is not always demonstrated. A survey of the literature showed inconsistencies and led us to comparatively re-evaluate the most frequently used antibodies. Surprisingly, mass spectrometry, two-dimensional gel analysis and immunofluorescent experiments revealed that the most frequently used hTERT immunoprobe, a mouse monoclonal antibody that was claimed to be directed against an hTERT protein epitope, in fact recognizes nucleolin rather than telomerase. Our findings have interesting implications regarding the biology of nucleolin and telomerase in the context of pathophysiological investigations recently carried out.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9533
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
119
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2797-806
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Cross Reactions, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Gene Expression Profiling, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Mass Spectrometry, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Peptide Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Phosphoproteins, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-RNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16772337-Telomerase
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunodetection of human telomerase reverse-transcriptase (hTERT) re-appraised: nucleolin and telomerase cross paths.
pubmed:affiliation
INSERM U685, Hôpital Saint-Louis, Institut d'Hématologie, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010 Paris, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Evaluation Studies