PMID- 26051938 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160324 LR - 20150618 IS - 2211-1247 (Electronic) VI - 11 IP - 10 DP - 2015 Jun 16 TI - Aurora Kinase B Regulates Telomerase Activity via a Centromeric RNA in Stem Cells. PG - 1667-78 LID - S2211-1247(15)00527-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.05.015 [doi] AB - Non-coding RNAs can modulate histone modifications that, at the same time, affect transcript expression levels. Here, we dissect such a network in mouse embryonic stem cells (ESCs). It regulates the activity of the reverse transcriptase telomerase, which synthesizes telomeric repeats at the chromosome ends. We find that histone H3 serine 10 phosphorylation set by Aurora kinase B (AURKB) in ESCs during the S phase of the cell cycle at centromeric and (sub)telomeric loci promotes the expression of non-coding minor satellite RNA (cenRNA). Inhibition of AURKB induces silencing of cenRNA transcription and establishment of a repressive chromatin state with histone H3 lysine 9 trimethylation and heterochromatin protein 1 accumulation. This process results in a continuous shortening of telomeres. We further show that AURKB interacts with both telomerase and cenRNA and activates telomerase in trans. Thus, in mouse ESCs, telomere maintenance is regulated via expression of cenRNA in a cell-cycle-dependent manner. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Mallm, Jan-Philipp AU - Mallm JP AD - Research Group Genome Organization and Function, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Bioquant Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: j.mallm@dkfz.de. FAU - Rippe, Karsten AU - Rippe K AD - Research Group Genome Organization and Function, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany; Bioquant Center, Im Neuenheimer Feld 267, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany. Electronic address: karsten.rippe@dkfz.de. LA - eng SI - GEO/GSE67133 PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150604 PL - United States TA - Cell Rep JT - Cell reports JID - 101573691 RN - 63231-63-0 (RNA) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Aurora Kinase B) RN - EC 2.7.7.49 (Telomerase) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Aurora Kinase B/genetics/*metabolism MH - Centromere/*metabolism MH - Embryonic Stem Cells/*enzymology MH - Mice MH - RNA/*metabolism MH - Telomerase/*metabolism EDAT- 2015/06/09 06:00 MHDA- 2016/03/25 06:00 CRDT- 2015/06/09 06:00 PHST- 2015/01/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/03/28 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/05/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/06/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/06/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/03/25 06:00 [medline] AID - S2211-1247(15)00527-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.05.015 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Rep. 2015 Jun 16;11(10):1667-78. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.05.015. Epub 2015 Jun 4.