start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=56 cd-vols= no-issue=1 article-no= start-page=22 end-page=28 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2005 dt-pub=200507 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=Effects of histone deacetylase inhibitor FR901228 on expression level of telomerase reverse transcriptase in oral cancer en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=We speculated whether or not the expression level of telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) would be modulated by agents targeting epigenetics in oral cancer cell lines. Although hTERT is known to be targeted by epigenetic changes, it remains unclear how chemoagents targeting epigenetics work on hTERT transcription. In the present study, the epigenetic effects of histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor FR901228 on hTERT transcription were analysed by RT-PCR in oral cancer cell lines. The mRNA expression of hTERT was upregulated after exposure to FR901228 in hTERT-negative Hep2 cells, even in the hTERT highly expressed SAS and KB cells. Moreover, co-treatment of protein synthesis inhibitor cycloheximide (CHX) resulted in the induction of hTERT transcription by FR901228. This suggests that the induction of hTERT by FR901228 requires de novo protein synthesis to some extent and is more likely a direct than an indirect effect on epigenetic changes such as histone acetylation / deacetylation. We further examined the effect of FR901228 on c-myc protein, which is one of the main hTERT transcription activators. FR901228 repressed c-myc protein only in the absence of CHX, dependent of the enhancement of de novo protein synthesis. Our results indicate that c-myc protein is repressed indirectly by FR901228 but may not contribute FR901228-induced hTERT transcription. The present study showed that the HDAC inhibitor FR901228 induced the hTERT gene by a complex mechanism that involved other transcription factors except for c-myc, in addition to the inhibition of histone deacetylation. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=MurakamiJun en-aut-sei=Murakami en-aut-mei=Jun kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=AsaumiJun-ichi en-aut-sei=Asaumi en-aut-mei=Jun-ichi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KawaiNoriko en-aut-sei=Kawai en-aut-mei=Noriko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=TsujigiwaHidetsugu en-aut-sei=Tsujigiwa en-aut-mei=Hidetsugu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=YanagiYoshinobu en-aut-sei=Yanagi en-aut-mei=Yoshinobu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=NagatsukaHitoshi en-aut-sei=Nagatsuka en-aut-mei=Hitoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=InoueTetsuyoshi en-aut-sei=Inoue en-aut-mei=Tetsuyoshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= en-aut-name=KokeguchiSusumu en-aut-sei=Kokeguchi en-aut-mei=Susumu kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=8 ORCID= en-aut-name=KawasakiShoji en-aut-sei=Kawasaki en-aut-mei=Shoji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=9 ORCID= en-aut-name=KurodaMasahiro en-aut-sei=Kuroda en-aut-mei=Masahiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=10 ORCID= en-aut-name=TanakaNoriaki en-aut-sei=Tanaka en-aut-mei=Noriaki kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=11 ORCID= en-aut-name=MatsubaraNagahide en-aut-sei=Matsubara en-aut-mei=Nagahide kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=12 ORCID= en-aut-name=KishiKanji en-aut-sei=Kishi en-aut-mei=Kanji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=13 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Oral Pathology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Oral Pathology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Oral Microbiology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools affil-num=8 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Oral Microbiology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools affil-num=9 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Radiological Technology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools affil-num=10 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Radiology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools affil-num=11 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Surgical Oncology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools affil-num=12 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Surgical Oncology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools affil-num=13 en-affil= kn-affil=Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Field of Tumor Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Dentistry, Okayama University Graduate Schools en-keyword=hTERT kn-keyword=hTERT en-keyword=FR901228 kn-keyword=FR901228 en-keyword=oral cancer kn-keyword=oral cancer en-keyword=HDAC inhibitor kn-keyword=HDAC inhibitor END