Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10759484 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2013 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
DNA methylation plays an important role in many biological processes, including regulation of gene expression, maintenance of chromatin conformation and genomic stability. TET-family proteins convert 5-methylcytosine (5mC) to 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC), which indicates that these enzymes may participate in DNA demethylation. The function of TET1 has not yet been well characterized in somatic cells. Here, we show that depletion of Tet1 in NIH3T3 cells inhibits cell growth. Furthermore, Tet1 knockdown blocks cyclin D1 accumulation in G1 phase, inhibits Rb phosphorylation and consequently delays entrance to G1/S phase. Taken together, this study demonstrates that Tet1 is required for cell proliferation and that this process is mediated through the Rb pathway.
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Authors
Shengsong Huang, Ziqi Zhu, Yiqin Wang, Yanru Wang, Longxia Xu, Xuemei Chen, Qing Xu, Qimin Zhang, Xin Zhao, Yi Yu, Denglong Wu,