Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8292912 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Alternative splicing is a routine phenomenon which greatly increases the diversity of proteins in eukaryotic cells. In humans, most multi-exonic genes are alternatively spliced and their splice variants confer distinct functions. Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1, 32 kDa) is an inducible stress responsive protein, which possesses multiple functions in many cellular processes. In the current study, we identified a novel alternative splice isoform of 14 kDa HO-1 generated through exclusion of exon 3, and it is highly expressed in immortalized cells. In contrast to nuclear accumulation of the full-length 32 kDa HO-1, the novel 14 kDa HO-1 isoform is retained in the cytoplasm under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation. Interestingly, the 14 kDa HO-1 is shown to promote cell proliferation and an increase in relative telomere lengths in vivo and in vitro. Thus, we are pioneer to report and confirm the presence of a novel splice form of HO-1 and its distinct role in modulating telomere length and tumor growth.
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Authors
Chunxiang Bian, Maojiao Zhong, Muhammad Farrukh Nisar, Yan Wu, Mingyue Ouyang, Jörg W. Bartsch, Julia Li Zhong,