Critical and Distinct Roles of p16 and Telomerase in Regulating the Proliferative Life Span of Normal Human Prostate Epithelial Progenitor Cells*
Bhatia B, Jiang M, Suraneni M, Patrawala L, Badeaux M, Schneider-Broussard R, Multani AS, Jeter CR, Calhoun-Davis T, Hu L, Hu J, Tsavachidis S, Zhang W, Chang S, Hayward SW, Tang DG. Critical and Distinct Roles of p16 and Telomerase in Regulating the Proliferative Life Span of Normal Human Prostate Epithelial Progenitor Cells*. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 2008, 283: 27957-27972. PMID: 18662989, PMCID: PMC2562067, DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m803467200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProliferative life spanNHP cellsMolecular mechanismsProgenitor cellsSuppression of p16Normal human prostate epithelial cellsGene expression profilesLife spanProstate epithelial progenitor cellsHuman prostate epithelial cellsRegulation of p16Activation of p53Prostate epithelial cellsEpithelial progenitor cellsCell proliferative capacityExpression profilesBasal-like cellsProgenitor markersMultilineage differentiationTelomerase expressionDistinct rolesCell life spanCell marker CD44P16 inhibitionEpithelial cellsEvidence that senescent human prostate epithelial cells enhance tumorigenicity: Cell fusion as a potential mechanism and inhibition by p16INK4a and hTERT
Bhatia B, Multani AS, Patrawala L, Chen X, Calhoun‐Davis T, Zhou J, Schroeder L, Schneider‐Broussard R, Shen J, Pathak S, Chang S, Tang DG. Evidence that senescent human prostate epithelial cells enhance tumorigenicity: Cell fusion as a potential mechanism and inhibition by p16INK4a and hTERT. International Journal Of Cancer 2008, 122: 1483-1495. PMID: 18059027, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23222.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman prostate epithelial cellsNHP cellsProstate epithelial cellsCell fusionVivo tumorigenicityTumor cellsTumor developmentNormal human prostate epithelial cellsEpithelial cellsAR mRNA expressionCell-cell fusionProstate cancer cell linesPotential mechanismsGene expression analysisP16INK4a protein expressionModel cell systemGenomic stabilityLNCaP prostate cancerCancer cell linesExogenous p16Expression analysisProstate cancerSenescent fibroblastsProgenitor markersProstate tumorigenesis