Reconstitution of telomerase activity combined with HPV-E7 expression allow human preadipocytes to preserve their differentiation capacity after immortalization

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serval:BIB_825778D13B21
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Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Title
Reconstitution of telomerase activity combined with HPV-E7 expression allow human preadipocytes to preserve their differentiation capacity after immortalization
Journal
Cell Death and Differentiation
Author(s)
Darimont  C., Zbinden  I., Avanti  O., Leone-Vautravers  P., Giusti  V., Burckhardt  P., Pfeifer  A. M., Mace  K.
ISSN
1350-9047 (Print)
Publication state
Published
Issued date
09/2003
Volume
10
Number
9
Pages
1025-31
Notes
Journal Article --- Old month value: Sep
Abstract
Overexpression of SV40 T-antigen (SV40 T-Ag) has been widely used to overcome replicative senescence of human primary cells and to promote cell immortalization. However, in the case of certain cell types, such as preadipocytes, the differentiation process of immortalized cells is blocked by SV40 T-Ag expression. In this study, human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) and papillomavirus E7 oncoprotein (HPV-E7) genes were coexpressed in human preadipocytes to test whether this combination could maintain cell differentiation capacity after immortalization. We demonstrated that the HPV-E7/hTERT expressing preadipocytes displayed an indefinite life span. Interestingly, immortalized cells were diploid and presented no chromosomic alterations. These immortalized cells were able to accumulate and hydrolyze intracellular triglycerides and to express adipocyte markers. These data demonstrate, for the first time, that coexpression of hTERT and HPV-E7 in human preadipocytes allows cells not only to display an indefinite life span but also to retain their capacity to differentiate.
Keywords
Adipocytes/*cytology/metabolism Adult Cell Differentiation Cell Line, Transformed *Cell Transformation, Viral Cells, Cultured DNA-Binding Proteins Female Gene Expression Humans Karyotyping Oncogene Proteins, Viral/genetics/*metabolism Stem Cells/*cytology/enzymology/virology Telomerase/*metabolism
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Web of science
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Yes
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