Abstract
Telomerase is active in immature somatic cells, but not in differentiated cells. However, the mechanism by which telomerase is regulated in relation to cell differentiation is not well understood. In this study, the human erythroid leukemia cell line K562 was induced to differentiate into megakaryocytes by TPA and into erythroid by STI571. The human acute myeloblastic leukemia cell line HL60 was also induced to differentiate into monocytes by TPA. Telomerase activity, the expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase, hTERT, and the cell cycle were examined. TPA induced a transient increase in telomerase activity during the megakaryocytic differentiation while the message of hTERT decreased gradually throughout the same period. This suggests the existence of a regulatory mechanism other than transcription of hTERT. Cell cycle analysis revealed that cells in G 2/M phase increased in number in accordance with the changes in telomerase activity. Pretreatment with PKC inhibitors inhibited the megakaryocytic differentiation, transient increase in telomerase activity, and G 2/M arrest. These results suggest that PKC acts as a transient post-translational activator of telomerase during megakaryocytic differentiation.
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