Article ; Online: Relationship between Telomere Length, TERT Genetic Variability and TERT , TP53 , SP1 , MYC Gene Co-Expression in the Clinicopathological Profile of Breast Cancer
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Vol 23, Iss 5164, p
2022 Volume 5164
Abstract: The molecular mechanisms of telomerase reverse transcriptase ( TERT) upregulation in breast cancer (BC) are complex. We compared genetic variability within TERT and telomere length with the clinical data of patients with BC. Additionally, we assessed the ...
| Abstract | The molecular mechanisms of telomerase reverse transcriptase ( TERT) upregulation in breast cancer (BC) are complex. We compared genetic variability within TERT and telomere length with the clinical data of patients with BC. Additionally, we assessed the expression of the TERT , MYC , TP53 and SP1 genes in BC patients and in BC organoids (3D cell cultures obtained from breast cancer tissues). We observed the same correlation in the blood of BC patients and in BC organoids between the expression of TERT and TP53 . Only in BC patients was a correlation found between the expression of the TERT and MYC genes and between TP53 and MYC . We found associations between TERT genotypes (rs2735940 and rs10069690) and TP53 expression and telomere length. BC patients with the TT genotype rs2735940 have a shorter telomere length, but patients with A allele rs10069690 have a longer telomere length. BC patients with a short allele VNTR-MNS16A showed higher expression of the SP1 and had a longer telomere. Our results bring new insight into the regulation of TERT , MYC , TP53 and SP1 gene expression related to TERT genetic variability and telomere length. Our study also showed for the first time a similar relationship in the expression of the above genes in BC patients and in BC organoids. These findings suggest that TERT genetic variability, expression and telomere length might be useful biomarkers for BC, but their prognostic value may vary depending on the clinical parameters of BC patients and tumor aggressiveness. |
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| Keywords | breast cancer telomerase reverse transcriptase ( TERT ) ; telomere length ; expression of transcription factors genes ; single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) ; Biology (General) ; QH301-705.5 ; Chemistry ; QD1-999 |
| Subject code | 616 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z |
| Publisher | MDPI AG |
| Document type | Article ; Online |
| Database | BASE - Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (life sciences selection) |
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