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Treating cancer by
telomeres and telomerase
Cancer:
On the cellular and molecular levels, Cancer
is only a few diseases that result from faulty
or abnormal genetic expression caused by
changes in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA).
a) The transcription of DNA into a single
strand of messenger ribonucleic acid
(mRNA) may be changed.
b) When abnormal mRNA exists, the
sequence of amino acids is changed,
resulting in abnormal protein synthesis
Telomeres :
Region in each end of chromosome,
composed of large noncoding
sequences of approximately 1000–
2000 (5’TTAGGG 3’) tandem base pair
and maintained by an enzyme called
telomerase, protect chromosome
ends from fusion.
Sheltering
• Human telomeres are bound
by a six-protein complex
called sheltering, comprised
of TRF1, TRF2, POT1, RAP1,
TIN2 and TPP1.
• Telomere-associated proteins
have a conserved function,
which is to assemble a
protective cap that ensures
telomeres are maintained at
an appropriate length and are
protected from being
recognized and processed as
broken DNA.
While replicating DNA, the eukaryotic
DNA replication enzymes cannot replicate
the sequences present at the ends of the
chromosomes these sequences and the
information they carry may get lost.
But the cell has an enzyme called
telomerase, which carries out the task of
adding repetitive nucleotide sequences to
the ends of the DNA. Telomerase
"replenishes" the telomere "cap.“ In
most multicellular eukaryotic organisms.
The steady shortening of telomeres with
each replication in somatic (body) cells
may have a role in senescence and in the
prevention of cancer.
Telomerase
Contains tow main composed :
1- Catalytic protein subunit (hTERT).
2- RNA subunit (hTR), RNA sequence in building repetitive
sequences of telomere.
• Note: Telomerase is inactive in normal somatic
cells. These cells, therefore, lose telomeres
over time and when telomere length reaches
below a critical limit, cells either senesce or
die.
• Several studies indicate that shorter telomeres
are a risk factor for cancer.
Normal cell VS cancer cell
There are two general strategies to inhibit
telomerase activity in cancer cells:
1- Direct mechanism:
using compounds that directly cause telomerase
inhibition by inhibiting the activity of the catalytic
subunit (hTERT), the RNA template (hTR) or the
telomere structure.
2- Indirect mechanism:
blocking telomerase access to telomeres by using
G-quadruplexes stabilizers, or by inhibiting
binding of telomerase-associated proteins leading
to telomere uncapping and cell apoptosis.
GRN163L
• Which is known as IMETELSTAT and is a 13-nucleotide
sequence .
• The sequence of GRN163L
• (5’-palmitate TAGGGTTAGACAA- NH2-3’) targets the 13-
nucleotide region of the (hTR), preventing it from
forming an active complex with (hTERT). Because
telomerase inhibitors may require a period of
treatment to produce telomeres short enough to
trigger cancer cell death, telomerase inhibition therapy
may be most effective when used in conjunction with
conventional chemotherapies, radiation or other
targeted therapeutics.
G-quadruplex
• Indirectly inhibit telomerase activity by blocking hTR binding.
• If telomeres could be stabilized using a G-quadruplex structure,
the cells could be prevented from infinite proliferation
characteristic of cancer inhibit telomerase activity.
• The three most commonly studied G-quadruplex stabilizing
agents are telomestatin, BRACO-19 and RHPS4
Thank you
By: Athal Falah Alanazi

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Treating cancer

  • 2. Cancer: On the cellular and molecular levels, Cancer is only a few diseases that result from faulty or abnormal genetic expression caused by changes in deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). a) The transcription of DNA into a single strand of messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) may be changed. b) When abnormal mRNA exists, the sequence of amino acids is changed, resulting in abnormal protein synthesis
  • 3. Telomeres : Region in each end of chromosome, composed of large noncoding sequences of approximately 1000– 2000 (5’TTAGGG 3’) tandem base pair and maintained by an enzyme called telomerase, protect chromosome ends from fusion.
  • 4. Sheltering • Human telomeres are bound by a six-protein complex called sheltering, comprised of TRF1, TRF2, POT1, RAP1, TIN2 and TPP1. • Telomere-associated proteins have a conserved function, which is to assemble a protective cap that ensures telomeres are maintained at an appropriate length and are protected from being recognized and processed as broken DNA.
  • 5. While replicating DNA, the eukaryotic DNA replication enzymes cannot replicate the sequences present at the ends of the chromosomes these sequences and the information they carry may get lost. But the cell has an enzyme called telomerase, which carries out the task of adding repetitive nucleotide sequences to the ends of the DNA. Telomerase "replenishes" the telomere "cap.“ In most multicellular eukaryotic organisms. The steady shortening of telomeres with each replication in somatic (body) cells may have a role in senescence and in the prevention of cancer.
  • 6. Telomerase Contains tow main composed : 1- Catalytic protein subunit (hTERT). 2- RNA subunit (hTR), RNA sequence in building repetitive sequences of telomere.
  • 7. • Note: Telomerase is inactive in normal somatic cells. These cells, therefore, lose telomeres over time and when telomere length reaches below a critical limit, cells either senesce or die. • Several studies indicate that shorter telomeres are a risk factor for cancer.
  • 8. Normal cell VS cancer cell
  • 9. There are two general strategies to inhibit telomerase activity in cancer cells: 1- Direct mechanism: using compounds that directly cause telomerase inhibition by inhibiting the activity of the catalytic subunit (hTERT), the RNA template (hTR) or the telomere structure. 2- Indirect mechanism: blocking telomerase access to telomeres by using G-quadruplexes stabilizers, or by inhibiting binding of telomerase-associated proteins leading to telomere uncapping and cell apoptosis.
  • 10. GRN163L • Which is known as IMETELSTAT and is a 13-nucleotide sequence . • The sequence of GRN163L • (5’-palmitate TAGGGTTAGACAA- NH2-3’) targets the 13- nucleotide region of the (hTR), preventing it from forming an active complex with (hTERT). Because telomerase inhibitors may require a period of treatment to produce telomeres short enough to trigger cancer cell death, telomerase inhibition therapy may be most effective when used in conjunction with conventional chemotherapies, radiation or other targeted therapeutics.
  • 11.
  • 12. G-quadruplex • Indirectly inhibit telomerase activity by blocking hTR binding. • If telomeres could be stabilized using a G-quadruplex structure, the cells could be prevented from infinite proliferation characteristic of cancer inhibit telomerase activity. • The three most commonly studied G-quadruplex stabilizing agents are telomestatin, BRACO-19 and RHPS4
  • 13. Thank you By: Athal Falah Alanazi