PMID- 19424630 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090709 LR - 20221011 IS - 1021-335X (Print) IS - 1021-335X (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 6 DP - 2009 Jun TI - Increased expression of telomere-related proteins correlates with resistance to radiation in human laryngeal cancer cell lines. PG - 1505-9 AB - Telomere-associated proteins function as survival factors in telomere maintenance, which are major contributors to radiosensitivity in human cancers. The aim of this study was to investigate the association of telomere-associated gene expression and radiation resistance in human larynx squamous carcinoma. The changes of telomere-associated gene expressions and bionomical characteristics that occur in two human larynx squamous carcinoma cell lines (Hep-2 and Hep-2R), with different radiosensitivities in vitro were explored in the present study. Based on previous research, elevated POT1 and TPP1 expressions were detected by reverse transcription-PCR and Western blotting in Hep-2R cell lines. Furthermore, Hep-2R cells showed increased recovery ratio accompanied by a reduction of cell arrested in G2/S phase, suggesting that the radioresistance of Hep-2R cells was due to a faster growth in which telomere length had recently been demonstrated to be a powerful prognostic marker. These results manifest that radioresistant Hep-2R cell lines showed certain changes in gene expression and bionomical profiles that are different from the profile changes of the more-sensitive Hep-2 cell lines, and that evaluation of telomere-associated genes may be a prognostic marker for response to radiotherapy in larynx squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC). FAU - Tang, Tian AU - Tang T AD - Department of Radio-Chemotherapy, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, P.R. China. FAU - Zhou, Fu-Xiang AU - Zhou FX FAU - Lei, Han AU - Lei H FAU - Yu, Hai-Jun AU - Yu HJ FAU - Xie, Cong-Hua AU - Xie CH FAU - Zhou, Yun-Feng AU - Zhou YF FAU - Liu, Shi-Quan AU - Liu SQ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Greece TA - Oncol Rep JT - Oncology reports JID - 9422756 RN - 0 (ACD protein, human) RN - 0 (POT1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Shelterin Complex) RN - 0 (Telomere-Binding Proteins) SB - IM MH - Blotting, Western MH - Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - Cell Cycle/radiation effects MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cell Proliferation/radiation effects MH - Cell Survival/radiation effects MH - Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation MH - Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic/radiation effects MH - Humans MH - Laryngeal Neoplasms/genetics/*metabolism/pathology MH - *Radiation Tolerance MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Shelterin Complex MH - Telomere-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism/*radiation effects MH - Up-Regulation EDAT- 2009/05/09 09:00 MHDA- 2009/07/10 09:00 CRDT- 2009/05/09 09:00 PHST- 2009/05/09 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/05/09 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/07/10 09:00 [medline] AID - 10.3892/or_00000381 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Oncol Rep. 2009 Jun;21(6):1505-9. doi: 10.3892/or_00000381.