Short telomeres on human chromosome 17p

Martens, Uwe M.; Zijlmans, J.Mark J.M.; Poon, Steven S.S.; Dragowska, Wieslawa; Yui, Jane; Chavez, Elizabeth A.; Ward, Rabab K.; Lansdorp, Peter M.

doi:10.1038/ng0198-018

Cited by 393Telomeres, Telomerase, and SenescenceChromosomal and Genetic VariationsGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Short telomeres on human chromosome 17p

Martens, Uwe M., Zijlmans, J.Mark J.M., Poon, Steven S.S., Dragowska, Wieslawa, Yui, Jane, Chavez, Elizabeth A., Ward, Rabab K., Lansdorp, Peter M.·1998·Nature Genetics

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Human chromosomes terminate in a series of T2AG3 repeats, which, together with associated proteins, are essential for chromosome stability. In somatic cells, these sequences are known to be gradually lost through successive cells divisions; however, information about changes on specific chromosomes is not available. Individual telomeres could mediate important biological effects as was shown in yeast, in which loss of a single telomere results in cell-cycle arrest and chromosome loss. We now demonstrate by quantitative fluorescence in situ hybridization (Q-FISH; ref. 7) that the number of T2AG3 repeats on specific chromosome arms is very similar in different tissues from the same donor and varies only to some extent between donors. In all sixteen individuals studied, telomeres on chromosome 17p were shorter than the median telomere length--a finding confirmed by analysis of terminal restriction fragments from sorted chromosomes. These observations provide evidence of chromosome-specific factors regulating the number of T2AG3 repeats in individual telomeres and raise the possibility that the relatively short telomeres on chromosome 17p contribute to the frequent loss of 17p alleles in human cancers.

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Authors: Martens, U. M., Zijlmans, J. M. J. M., Poon, S. S. S., Dragowska, W., Yui, J., Chavez, E. A., Ward, R. K., & Lansdorp, P. M.
Affiliations: University of British Columbia (CA)
ORCID: Martens, Uwe M.
Chavez, Elizabeth A.
Ward, Rabab K.
Lansdorp, Peter M.
Venue: Nature Genetics
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 1998-01
Volume: 18
Issue: 1
Pages: 76-80
ISSN: 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1038/ng0198-018
OpenAlex: W2011734959
Cited by: 393
References: 28
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 9 · 2013: 8 · 2012: 12
FWCI: 18.35
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Nature Genetics (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (publishedVersion)
EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
Funders: National Institutes of Health (1r01gm056162-01)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (GM56162)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI 29524)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Plant Science › Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Aging › Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms
Keywords: telomere length, chromosome 17p, chromosome stability
MeSH terms: Adult, Bone Marrow Cells, Carbocyanines, Cells, Cultured, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17, Fibroblasts, Fluorescent Dyes, Humans, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Indoles, Metaphase, Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Telomere, In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence

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