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Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 2006, p. 230-237, Vol. 26, No. 1
0270-7306/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.26.1.230-237.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade-Mediated Histone H3 Phosphorylation Is Critical for Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Expression/Telomerase Activation Induced by Proliferation

Zheng Ge, Cheng Liu, Magnus Björkholm, Astrid Gruber, and Dawei Xu*

Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden

Received 20 July 2005/ Returned for modification 15 August 2005/ Accepted 13 October 2005

Telomerase activity and telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT), the key component of the telomerase complex, are tightly proliferation regulated in normal and malignant cells both in vitro and in vivo; however, underlying mechanisms are unclear. In the present study, we identified mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) cascade-mediated histone H3 ser10 phosphorylation to be a molecular link between proliferation and induction of hTERT/telomerase activity. In normal human T lymphocytes and fibroblasts, growth or stress stimuli known to drive H3 phosphorylation through the MAPK signaling induce hTERT expression and/or telomerase activity that was preceded by phosphorylated histone H3 (ser10) at the hTERT promoter. Blockade of the MAPK-triggered H3 phosphorylation significantly abrogates hTERT induction and ser10 phosphorylation at this promoter. However, H3 ser10 phosphorylation alone resulted in low, transient hTERT induction, as seen in fibroblasts, whereas H3 phosphorylation followed by its acetylation at lys14 robustly trans-activated the hTERT gene accompanying constitutive telomerase activity in normal and malignant T cells. H3 acetylation without phosphorylation similarly exerted weak effects on hTERT expression. These results define H3 phosphorylation as a key to hTERT transactivation induced by proliferation and reveal a fundamental mechanism for telomerase regulation in both normal human cells and transformed T cells.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Hematology Laboratory, CMM, L8:03, Karolinska University Hospital, SE-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden. Phone: 46-8-5177-6552. Fax: 46-8-5177-3054. E-mail: Dawei.Xu{at}cmm.ki.se.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, January 2006, p. 230-237, Vol. 26, No. 1
0022-538X/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.26.1.230-237.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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