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Qiagen	
  Webinar	
  
October	
  5th,	
  2011	
  

Telomere	
  shortening,	
  human	
  disease,	
  and	
  cancer	
  
Rodrigo	
  T	
  Calado
	
  
Associate	
  Professor,	
  Department	
  of	
  Medicine
	
  
University	
  of	
  São	
  Paulo	
  at	
  Ribeirão	
  Preto	
  Medical	
  School
	
  
Ribeirão	
  Preto,	
  SP,	
  Brasil
	
  
TELOMERE	
  STRUCTURE	
  

Calado	
  &	
  Young,	
  Blood	
  2008
	
  
TELOMERES	
  SHORTEN	
  WITH	
  CELL	
  DIVISION	
  

Chromosome	
  
Telomere	
  

No	
  telomerase	
  

Telomere	
  erosion	
  

Telomere	
  

Centrosome	
  

Cell	
  division	
  

+	
  Telomerase	
  
TELOMERE	
  LENGTH	
  MEASUREMENT	
  

Calado	
  &	
  Young,	
  NEJM	
  2009
	
  
TELOMERES	
  ARE	
  SHORT	
  IN	
  ACQUIRED	
  APLASTIC	
  ANEMIA	
  
DYSKERATOSIS	
  CONGENITA	
  

Bone	
  Marrow	
  Failure	
  Associated	
  with	
  Mucocutaneous	
  Triad	
  

Nail	
  dystrophy	
  

Leukoplakia	
  
ACQUIRED	
  APLASTIC	
  ANEMIA	
  

Telomerase	
  MutaEons	
  in	
  PaEents	
  without	
  Clinical	
  Features	
  of	
  DKC	
  
Cohort	
  of	
  205	
  pa^ents	
  with	
  acquired	
  aplas^c	
  anemia:	
  
Muta4on	
  

Pa4ent	
  

Diagnosis	
  

Family	
  History	
  

Ala	
  202	
  Thr	
  

41	
  M	
  Hispanic	
  

SAA	
  

-­‐-­‐	
  

Ala	
  202	
  Thr	
  

75	
  F	
  Hispanic	
  

MAA	
  

brother	
  MDS	
  

His	
  412	
  Tyr	
  

56	
  M	
  White	
  

MAA	
  

mother	
  MDS	
  

His	
  412	
  Tyr	
  

31	
  M	
  Hispanic	
  

SAA	
  

-­‐-­‐	
  

Val	
  694	
  Met	
  

34	
  M	
  White	
  

MAA	
  

sister	
  MDS/AML	
  

Tyr	
  772	
  Cys	
  

53	
  M	
  White	
  

MAA	
  

sister	
  “anemia”	
  

Val	
  1090	
  Met	
  

64	
  F	
  Hispanic	
  

SAA	
  

-­‐-­‐	
  

Yamaguchi	
  et	
  al.,	
  NEJM	
  2005
	
  
ACQUIRED	
  APLASTIC	
  ANEMIA
	
  

Telomeres	
  Are	
  Short	
  in	
  PaEents	
  in	
  with	
  Telomerase	
  MutaEons
	
  

telomere	
  length,	
  kb	
  

16	
  
14	
  

controls	
  
pa^ents	
  

12	
  
10	
  
8	
  
6	
  
4	
   His	
  412	
  Tyr	
  
2	
  
0	
  

Val	
  694	
  Met	
  

0	
  

20	
  

Ala	
  202	
  Thr	
  

Val	
  1090	
  Met	
  
Cys	
  772	
  Tyr	
  

40	
  

60	
  

80	
  

100	
  

age,	
  years	
  
Yamaguchi	
  et	
  al.,	
  NEJM	
  2005
	
  
FUNCTIONAL	
  ASSAYS	
  OF	
  TELOMERASE	
  ACTIVITY	
  
Primary	
  cells
	
  

Transfec^on	
  of	
  TERT	
  Mutants
	
  

Co-­‐transfec^on
	
  

loss	
  of	
  func^on	
  
(hypomorphic)	
  

haploinsufficiency	
  

IC	
  
-­‐	
  +	
  -­‐	
  	
  

-­‐	
  	
  +	
  
-­‐	
  	
  +	
  

codon	
  

Codon	
  

WT:Codon	
  
Yamaguchi	
  et	
  al.,	
  NEJM	
  2005
	
  
HEMATOPOIESIS	
  IN	
  “NORMAL”	
  RELATIVES	
  WITH	
  TERC	
  MUTATIONS	
  
Hematology:	
  

Hematopoiesis:	
  

	
  	
  	
  normal	
  peripheral	
  blood	
  counts	
  
	
  	
  	
  mild	
  anemia	
  with	
  macrocytosis	
  
	
  	
  	
  mild	
  thrombocytopenia	
  

	
  	
  	
  severely	
  hypoplas^c	
  
	
  	
  	
  ↓CD34	
  number	
  
	
  	
  	
  ↓colony	
  forma^on	
  
	
  	
  	
  ↑erythropoie^n,	
  thrombopoie^n	
  

proband
	
  

affected	
  sister
	
  

affected	
  niece
	
  

unaffected	
  brother
	
  

Fogarty	
  et	
  al.,	
  Lancet	
  2003
	
  
TELOMERE	
  LENGTH	
  IN	
  PATIENTS	
  WITH
	
  
ACQUIRED	
  APLASTIC	
  ANEMIA
	
  
183	
  ConsecuEve	
  PaEents	
  Treated	
  with	
  IST
	
  

Longer	
  telomeres	
  

Shorter	
  telomeres	
  
Telomere Length and Relapse
RELAPSE RATE BY TELOMERE QUARTILES

Scheinberg	
  et	
  al.	
  JAMA	
  2010
	
  
EVOLUTION RATE
BY TELOMERE LENGTH

MONOSOMY 7 RATE
BY TELOMERE LENGTH

Scheinberg	
  et	
  al.	
  JAMA	
  2010
	
  
SURVIVAL PROBABILITY
BY TELOMERE LENGTH

SURVIVAL PROBABILITY BY
TELOMERE LENGTH & ARC

Scheinberg	
  et	
  al.	
  JAMA	
  2010
	
  
INCREASED	
  TELOMERE-­‐FREE	
  ENDS	
  IN	
  MARROW	
  CELLS	
  
OF	
  AA	
  PATIENTS	
  WITH	
  SHORTER	
  TELOMERES	
  

Shorter	
  telomeres	
  

%	
  Telomere-­‐free	
  ends	
  

Long	
  telomeres	
  

Calado	
  et	
  al.	
  Leukemia,	
  in	
  press
	
  
APLASTIC	
  ANEMIA	
  PATIENTS	
  WITH	
  SHORTER	
  TELOMERES	
  AT	
  
DIAGNOSIS	
  ALSO	
  DISPLAY	
  MORE	
  ANEUPLOIDY	
  
%	
  Monosomy	
  7	
  cells	
  in	
  BM	
  
Short	
  telomeres	
  

Long	
  telomeres	
  

Calado	
  et	
  al.	
  Leukemia,	
  in	
  press
	
  
CHROMOSOMAL	
  INSTABILITY	
  IN	
  APLASTIC	
  ANEMIA	
  PATIENTS	
  
	
  WITH	
  SHORTER	
  TELOMERES	
  
t(10;19)	
  
Rob(14;22)	
  
del(1)(p11.2)	
  

t(5;18)	
  

ins(2;10)	
  

t(X;8)	
  

Calado	
  et	
  al.	
  Leukemia,	
  in	
  press
	
  
“SHANK’S	
  DISEASE”	
  IN	
  A	
  MENNONITE	
  FAMILY	
  
died age 65 yr “blood
disease” with pallor

71 y/o
thyroid disease
38 y/o liver
transplant

died age 33 yr
MDS/AML
47 y/o
44 y/o
macrocytosis
androgenresponsive AA
Liver disease
IPF
26 y/o

18 y/o

23 y/o

21 y/o
macrocytosis

26 y/o AA

wt hTERT
heterozygous K570N
not tested
dead

4 y/o

Xin,	
  Calado	
  et	
  al.,	
  Blood	
  2007
	
  
TERT	
  MUTATIONS	
  IN	
  ACUTE	
  MYELOID	
  LEUKEMIA
	
  
Brazil	
  Cohort	
  
N=133	
  consecuEve	
  AML	
  pa^ents	
  (200	
  matched	
  blood	
  donors;	
  p	
  =	
  0.0001)	
  
11	
  TERT	
  muta^ons:	
  	
  7	
  heterozygous,	
  1	
  homozygous	
  for	
  A1062T	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  1	
  heterozygous	
  H412Y	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  1	
  heterozygous	
  R522K	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  1	
  heterozygous	
  P65A	
  
TERT-­‐	
  AML:	
  	
  2	
  inv(16),	
  1	
  complex,	
  t(5;11)(q35;q13)	
  +	
  del(10)(p15),	
  3	
  t(15,17)	
  
MD	
  Anderson	
  Cohort	
  
N=	
  89	
  selected	
  AML	
  by	
  cytogene^cs	
  (528	
  healthy	
  controls;	
  P=0.028)	
  
4	
  TERT	
  muta^ons:	
  	
  	
  2	
  heterozygous	
  for	
  A1062T	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  1	
  homozygous	
  for	
  411E	
  dele^on	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  1	
  heterozygous	
  for	
  V299M	
  
Muta^ons	
  associated	
  with	
  trisomy	
  8	
  and	
  inv(16)	
  
TERT	
  muta^ons	
  are	
  cons^tu^onal	
  and	
  dominant	
  loss-­‐of-­‐func^on.	
  
Calado	
  et	
  al.,	
  PNAS	
  2009
	
  
DYSKERATOSIS	
  CONGENITA	
  
Predisposes	
  to	
  Cancer	
  

Cumula^ve	
  incidence	
  of	
  cancer	
  

Cumula^ve	
  incidence	
  of	
  MDS	
  

Types	
  of	
  cancers	
  and	
  observed/expected	
  (O/E)	
  ra^o	
  
Cancer 	
  
	
  
	
  O/E
	
  
	
  95%	
  C.I.	
  
All	
  sites 	
  
	
  
	
  11*
	
  
	
  4-­‐23	
  
Tongue 	
  
	
  
	
  1154* 	
  
	
  232-­‐3372	
  
AML
	
  
	
  
	
  196*
	
  
	
  22-­‐707	
  
Cervical	
  SCC
	
  
	
  43*
	
  
	
  0.6-­‐236	
  
*P<0.05	
  
Alter	
  et	
  al.,	
  Blood	
  2009
	
  
TERT	
  LOCUS	
  AND	
  CANCER
	
  

Genome-­‐Wide	
  AssociaEon	
  Studies	
  (GWAS)
	
  
CANCER	
  INCIDENCE	
  AND	
  CANCER	
  MORTALITY	
  AND	
  TELOMERE	
  LENGTH
	
  
General	
  PopulaEon	
  >	
  40	
  years,	
  The	
  Bruneck	
  Study,	
  Italy
	
  

Willeit,	
  P.	
  et	
  al.	
  JAMA	
  2010;304:69-­‐75.	
  
Telomere	
  Erosion	
  

Chromosomal	
  
Instability	
  

↑p53	
  

Senescence	
  
Apoptosis	
  

Marrow	
  Failure	
  
Malignant	
  Transforma^on	
  
TELOMERE	
  EROSION	
  AND	
  CANCER	
  RISK	
  
TERT	
  locus	
  and
	
  
general	
  cancer	
  risk
	
  

Lung	
  cancer,	
  basal	
  cell	
  
carcinoma,	
  urinary	
  bladder	
  
cancer,	
  cervical	
  cancer,	
  
glioma
	
  

Aplas4c	
  anemia
	
  
MDS,	
  AML
	
  

Inflammatory	
  
bowel	
  disease
	
  

Colorectal	
  cancer
	
  

BarreO’s	
  
esophagi4s
	
  

Dyskeratosis	
  
congenita
	
  
Tongue	
  SCC,
	
  
MDS,	
  AML
	
  

Adenocarcinoma
	
  
TERT	
  MUTATION	
  ASSOCIATES	
  WITH	
  SEVERE	
  LIVER	
  DISEASE	
  	
  

wt TERT
heterozygous K570N
not tested
severe liver disease

TERC 28-34 deletion

TERC 341-360 deletion
Barrett
esophagus

pancytopenia,
cirrhosis,
esophageal cancer

pulmonary fibrosis,
cirrhosis, pancytopenia

esophageal
cancer

MDS
COPD

aplastic anemia

“alcoholic cirrhosis”

NASH,
hypoplastic
marrow

Liver nodular
regenerative hyperplasia

Calado	
  et	
  al.,	
  PLoS	
  ONE	
  2009
	
  
TERT	
  Muta^ons	
  and	
  Severe	
  Liver	
  Disease	
  

Calado	
  et	
  al.,	
  PLoS	
  ONE	
  2009
	
  
TELOMERASE	
  MUTATIONS	
  AND	
  PULMONARY	
  FIBROSIS	
  
PULMONARY FIBROSIS IN TERT MUTANT PATIENT
PULMONARY FIBROSIS IN TERT MUTANT PATIENT

El-­‐Chemaly	
  et	
  al,	
  Chest,	
  2010
	
  
TELOMERES ARE SHORT IN PULMONARY FIBROSIS

Alder	
  et	
  al,	
  PNAS,	
  2008
	
  
TELOMERE	
  EROSION	
  AND	
  HUMAN	
  DISEASES	
  
Smoking	
  
EtOH	
  
HCV	
  

Virus	
  
Chemicals	
  

Liver	
  
cirrhosis

Pulmonary	
  
fibrosis

Mucocutaneous	
  
Aplas^c	
  
anomalies
anemia
Hematocrit	
  

48%	
  

16%	
  

May/90	
  

Feb/92	
  
SEX	
  HORMONES	
  INCREASE	
  TELOMERASE	
  ACTIVITY	
  IN	
  
CULTURED	
  HUMAN	
  LYMPHOCYTES	
  
900	
  

Telomerase	
  Ac^vity	
  
(TPG	
  units)	
  

(n=10)	
  

600	
  

300	
  

0	
  

0	
  	
  	
  0.5	
  	
  5μM	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  0	
  	
  5μM	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  0	
  	
  5μM	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  0	
  	
  1μM	
  	
  
Methyltrienolone	
   Nandrolone	
   6β-­‐Hydroxy-­‐	
   β-­‐Estradiol	
  
(synthe^c)	
  
Testosterone	
  

Androgens
	
  
Calado	
  	
  et	
  al,	
  Blood,	
  2009
	
  
SEX	
  HORMONES	
  MODULATE	
  TERT	
  ACTIVITY
	
  
OH

Androgens

O
O – C – CH2(CH2)7CH3

CH3

OH

Estradiol

O

O

O
OH

Aromatase
	
  

Estrogen

+
O

Estrogen receptors

Estrogenestrogen receptors
TERT gene

Estrogen-response
element
mRNA
TERT protein
Telomerase activity

Calado	
  	
  et	
  al,	
  Blood,	
  2009
	
  
TELOMERE	
  LENGTH	
  MEASUREMENT	
  

Calado	
  &	
  Young,	
  NEJM	
  2009
	
  
TELOMERE	
  LENGTH	
  MEASUMENT
	
  
Southern	
  blot
	
  
• 	
  “Gold	
  standard”	
  
• 	
  Time-­‐consuming	
  (3	
  to	
  4	
  days)	
  

Molecular Weight

• 	
  Limited	
  number	
  of	
  samples	
  
TELOMERE	
  LENGTH	
  MEASUREMENT
	
  
Flow-­‐FISH
	
  

• 	
  Telomere	
  length	
  in	
  cell	
  subsets	
  	
  	
  
• 	
  Time-­‐consuming	
  
• 	
  Sensi^ve	
  technique	
  

metaphase	
  

interphase	
  
Courtesy	
  of	
  Peter	
  Lansdorp,	
  UBC
	
  
TELOMERE	
  LENGTH	
  MEASUREMENT
	
  
qPCR
	
  

• 	
  High-­‐throughput	
  (hundreds	
  to	
  thousands	
  of	
  samples/day	
  
• 	
  Reproducible	
  
• 	
  Telomere	
  length	
  given	
  in	
  a	
  “ra^o”	
  

Cawthon,	
  NAS,	
  2002
	
  
TELOMERE	
  LENGTH	
  MEASUREMENT
	
  
qPCR
	
  

Cawthon,	
  NAS,	
  2002
	
  
TELOMERE	
  LENGTH	
  MEASUREMENT
	
  
qPCR
	
  

Cawthon,	
  NAS,	
  2009
	
  
TELOMERE	
  LENGTH	
  MEASUREMENT
	
  
qPCR
	
  

qPCR for telomere length
using the Rotor Gene-Q
system
TELOMERE	
  LENGTH	
  MEASUREMENT
	
  
qPCR
	
  

Telomere length of 300 healthy
subjects from 0 to 99 years

Correlation between qPCR and
Southern blot
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS	
  
NHLBI:	
  
Neal	
  Young	
  
Elaine	
  Sloand	
  
Jeffrey	
  Abrams	
  
Jen	
  Brudno	
  
James	
  Cooper	
  
Jake	
  Decker	
  
Solomon	
  Graf	
  
Sachiko	
  Kajigaya	
  
Keyvan	
  Keyvanfar	
  
Daniela	
  Malide	
  
Paulomi	
  Mehta	
  
Nate	
  Peterson	
  
Joshua	
  Regal	
  
Phillip	
  Scheinberg	
  

NCI:	
  
Stephen	
  Chanock	
  
David	
  Kleiner	
  
Hesed	
  Padilla-­‐Nash	
  
Tom	
  Ried	
  
Sharon	
  Savage	
  
University	
  of	
  BriEsh	
  Columbia:	
  
Peter	
  Lansdorp	
  
Mark	
  Hills	
  
Irma	
  Vulto	
  
M.D.	
  Anderson	
  Cancer	
  Center:	
  
Elihu	
  Estey	
  
University	
  of	
  Arizona:	
  
Thomas	
  Boyer	
  

University	
  of	
  São	
  Paulo:	
  
Raquel	
  Paiva	
  
Barbara	
  Santana	
  
Diego	
  Clé	
  
Flavia	
  Donaires	
  
Felipe	
  Silva	
  
Natália	
  Scatena	
  
Fernanda	
  Gu^errez	
  

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Telomere and q pcr 2013

  • 1. Qiagen  Webinar   October  5th,  2011   Telomere  shortening,  human  disease,  and  cancer   Rodrigo  T  Calado   Associate  Professor,  Department  of  Medicine   University  of  São  Paulo  at  Ribeirão  Preto  Medical  School   Ribeirão  Preto,  SP,  Brasil  
  • 2. TELOMERE  STRUCTURE   Calado  &  Young,  Blood  2008  
  • 3. TELOMERES  SHORTEN  WITH  CELL  DIVISION   Chromosome   Telomere   No  telomerase   Telomere  erosion   Telomere   Centrosome   Cell  division   +  Telomerase  
  • 4. TELOMERE  LENGTH  MEASUREMENT   Calado  &  Young,  NEJM  2009  
  • 5.
  • 6. TELOMERES  ARE  SHORT  IN  ACQUIRED  APLASTIC  ANEMIA  
  • 7. DYSKERATOSIS  CONGENITA   Bone  Marrow  Failure  Associated  with  Mucocutaneous  Triad   Nail  dystrophy   Leukoplakia  
  • 8.
  • 9. ACQUIRED  APLASTIC  ANEMIA   Telomerase  MutaEons  in  PaEents  without  Clinical  Features  of  DKC   Cohort  of  205  pa^ents  with  acquired  aplas^c  anemia:   Muta4on   Pa4ent   Diagnosis   Family  History   Ala  202  Thr   41  M  Hispanic   SAA   -­‐-­‐   Ala  202  Thr   75  F  Hispanic   MAA   brother  MDS   His  412  Tyr   56  M  White   MAA   mother  MDS   His  412  Tyr   31  M  Hispanic   SAA   -­‐-­‐   Val  694  Met   34  M  White   MAA   sister  MDS/AML   Tyr  772  Cys   53  M  White   MAA   sister  “anemia”   Val  1090  Met   64  F  Hispanic   SAA   -­‐-­‐   Yamaguchi  et  al.,  NEJM  2005  
  • 10. ACQUIRED  APLASTIC  ANEMIA   Telomeres  Are  Short  in  PaEents  in  with  Telomerase  MutaEons   telomere  length,  kb   16   14   controls   pa^ents   12   10   8   6   4   His  412  Tyr   2   0   Val  694  Met   0   20   Ala  202  Thr   Val  1090  Met   Cys  772  Tyr   40   60   80   100   age,  years   Yamaguchi  et  al.,  NEJM  2005  
  • 11. FUNCTIONAL  ASSAYS  OF  TELOMERASE  ACTIVITY   Primary  cells   Transfec^on  of  TERT  Mutants   Co-­‐transfec^on   loss  of  func^on   (hypomorphic)   haploinsufficiency   IC   -­‐  +  -­‐     -­‐    +   -­‐    +   codon   Codon   WT:Codon   Yamaguchi  et  al.,  NEJM  2005  
  • 12. HEMATOPOIESIS  IN  “NORMAL”  RELATIVES  WITH  TERC  MUTATIONS   Hematology:   Hematopoiesis:        normal  peripheral  blood  counts        mild  anemia  with  macrocytosis        mild  thrombocytopenia        severely  hypoplas^c        ↓CD34  number        ↓colony  forma^on        ↑erythropoie^n,  thrombopoie^n   proband   affected  sister   affected  niece   unaffected  brother   Fogarty  et  al.,  Lancet  2003  
  • 13. TELOMERE  LENGTH  IN  PATIENTS  WITH   ACQUIRED  APLASTIC  ANEMIA   183  ConsecuEve  PaEents  Treated  with  IST   Longer  telomeres   Shorter  telomeres  
  • 14. Telomere Length and Relapse RELAPSE RATE BY TELOMERE QUARTILES Scheinberg  et  al.  JAMA  2010  
  • 15. EVOLUTION RATE BY TELOMERE LENGTH MONOSOMY 7 RATE BY TELOMERE LENGTH Scheinberg  et  al.  JAMA  2010  
  • 16. SURVIVAL PROBABILITY BY TELOMERE LENGTH SURVIVAL PROBABILITY BY TELOMERE LENGTH & ARC Scheinberg  et  al.  JAMA  2010  
  • 17. INCREASED  TELOMERE-­‐FREE  ENDS  IN  MARROW  CELLS   OF  AA  PATIENTS  WITH  SHORTER  TELOMERES   Shorter  telomeres   %  Telomere-­‐free  ends   Long  telomeres   Calado  et  al.  Leukemia,  in  press  
  • 18. APLASTIC  ANEMIA  PATIENTS  WITH  SHORTER  TELOMERES  AT   DIAGNOSIS  ALSO  DISPLAY  MORE  ANEUPLOIDY   %  Monosomy  7  cells  in  BM   Short  telomeres   Long  telomeres   Calado  et  al.  Leukemia,  in  press  
  • 19. CHROMOSOMAL  INSTABILITY  IN  APLASTIC  ANEMIA  PATIENTS    WITH  SHORTER  TELOMERES   t(10;19)   Rob(14;22)   del(1)(p11.2)   t(5;18)   ins(2;10)   t(X;8)   Calado  et  al.  Leukemia,  in  press  
  • 20.
  • 21. “SHANK’S  DISEASE”  IN  A  MENNONITE  FAMILY   died age 65 yr “blood disease” with pallor 71 y/o thyroid disease 38 y/o liver transplant died age 33 yr MDS/AML 47 y/o 44 y/o macrocytosis androgenresponsive AA Liver disease IPF 26 y/o 18 y/o 23 y/o 21 y/o macrocytosis 26 y/o AA wt hTERT heterozygous K570N not tested dead 4 y/o Xin,  Calado  et  al.,  Blood  2007  
  • 22. TERT  MUTATIONS  IN  ACUTE  MYELOID  LEUKEMIA   Brazil  Cohort   N=133  consecuEve  AML  pa^ents  (200  matched  blood  donors;  p  =  0.0001)   11  TERT  muta^ons:    7  heterozygous,  1  homozygous  for  A1062T          1  heterozygous  H412Y          1  heterozygous  R522K          1  heterozygous  P65A   TERT-­‐  AML:    2  inv(16),  1  complex,  t(5;11)(q35;q13)  +  del(10)(p15),  3  t(15,17)   MD  Anderson  Cohort   N=  89  selected  AML  by  cytogene^cs  (528  healthy  controls;  P=0.028)   4  TERT  muta^ons:      2  heterozygous  for  A1062T          1  homozygous  for  411E  dele^on          1  heterozygous  for  V299M   Muta^ons  associated  with  trisomy  8  and  inv(16)   TERT  muta^ons  are  cons^tu^onal  and  dominant  loss-­‐of-­‐func^on.   Calado  et  al.,  PNAS  2009  
  • 23. DYSKERATOSIS  CONGENITA   Predisposes  to  Cancer   Cumula^ve  incidence  of  cancer   Cumula^ve  incidence  of  MDS   Types  of  cancers  and  observed/expected  (O/E)  ra^o   Cancer      O/E    95%  C.I.   All  sites      11*    4-­‐23   Tongue      1154*    232-­‐3372   AML      196*    22-­‐707   Cervical  SCC    43*    0.6-­‐236   *P<0.05   Alter  et  al.,  Blood  2009  
  • 24. TERT  LOCUS  AND  CANCER   Genome-­‐Wide  AssociaEon  Studies  (GWAS)  
  • 25. CANCER  INCIDENCE  AND  CANCER  MORTALITY  AND  TELOMERE  LENGTH   General  PopulaEon  >  40  years,  The  Bruneck  Study,  Italy   Willeit,  P.  et  al.  JAMA  2010;304:69-­‐75.  
  • 26. Telomere  Erosion   Chromosomal   Instability   ↑p53   Senescence   Apoptosis   Marrow  Failure   Malignant  Transforma^on  
  • 27. TELOMERE  EROSION  AND  CANCER  RISK   TERT  locus  and   general  cancer  risk   Lung  cancer,  basal  cell   carcinoma,  urinary  bladder   cancer,  cervical  cancer,   glioma   Aplas4c  anemia   MDS,  AML   Inflammatory   bowel  disease   Colorectal  cancer   BarreO’s   esophagi4s   Dyskeratosis   congenita   Tongue  SCC,   MDS,  AML   Adenocarcinoma  
  • 28. TERT  MUTATION  ASSOCIATES  WITH  SEVERE  LIVER  DISEASE     wt TERT heterozygous K570N not tested severe liver disease TERC 28-34 deletion TERC 341-360 deletion Barrett esophagus pancytopenia, cirrhosis, esophageal cancer pulmonary fibrosis, cirrhosis, pancytopenia esophageal cancer MDS COPD aplastic anemia “alcoholic cirrhosis” NASH, hypoplastic marrow Liver nodular regenerative hyperplasia Calado  et  al.,  PLoS  ONE  2009  
  • 29. TERT  Muta^ons  and  Severe  Liver  Disease   Calado  et  al.,  PLoS  ONE  2009  
  • 30. TELOMERASE  MUTATIONS  AND  PULMONARY  FIBROSIS  
  • 31. PULMONARY FIBROSIS IN TERT MUTANT PATIENT
  • 32. PULMONARY FIBROSIS IN TERT MUTANT PATIENT El-­‐Chemaly  et  al,  Chest,  2010  
  • 33. TELOMERES ARE SHORT IN PULMONARY FIBROSIS Alder  et  al,  PNAS,  2008  
  • 34. TELOMERE  EROSION  AND  HUMAN  DISEASES   Smoking   EtOH   HCV   Virus   Chemicals   Liver   cirrhosis Pulmonary   fibrosis Mucocutaneous   Aplas^c   anomalies anemia
  • 35. Hematocrit   48%   16%   May/90   Feb/92  
  • 36. SEX  HORMONES  INCREASE  TELOMERASE  ACTIVITY  IN   CULTURED  HUMAN  LYMPHOCYTES   900   Telomerase  Ac^vity   (TPG  units)   (n=10)   600   300   0   0      0.5    5μM                0    5μM                    0    5μM                    0    1μM     Methyltrienolone   Nandrolone   6β-­‐Hydroxy-­‐   β-­‐Estradiol   (synthe^c)   Testosterone   Androgens   Calado    et  al,  Blood,  2009  
  • 37. SEX  HORMONES  MODULATE  TERT  ACTIVITY   OH Androgens O O – C – CH2(CH2)7CH3 CH3 OH Estradiol O O O OH Aromatase   Estrogen + O Estrogen receptors Estrogenestrogen receptors TERT gene Estrogen-response element mRNA TERT protein Telomerase activity Calado    et  al,  Blood,  2009  
  • 38. TELOMERE  LENGTH  MEASUREMENT   Calado  &  Young,  NEJM  2009  
  • 39. TELOMERE  LENGTH  MEASUMENT   Southern  blot   •   “Gold  standard”   •   Time-­‐consuming  (3  to  4  days)   Molecular Weight •   Limited  number  of  samples  
  • 40. TELOMERE  LENGTH  MEASUREMENT   Flow-­‐FISH   •   Telomere  length  in  cell  subsets       •   Time-­‐consuming   •   Sensi^ve  technique   metaphase   interphase   Courtesy  of  Peter  Lansdorp,  UBC  
  • 41. TELOMERE  LENGTH  MEASUREMENT   qPCR   •   High-­‐throughput  (hundreds  to  thousands  of  samples/day   •   Reproducible   •   Telomere  length  given  in  a  “ra^o”   Cawthon,  NAS,  2002  
  • 42. TELOMERE  LENGTH  MEASUREMENT   qPCR   Cawthon,  NAS,  2002  
  • 43. TELOMERE  LENGTH  MEASUREMENT   qPCR   Cawthon,  NAS,  2009  
  • 44. TELOMERE  LENGTH  MEASUREMENT   qPCR   qPCR for telomere length using the Rotor Gene-Q system
  • 45. TELOMERE  LENGTH  MEASUREMENT   qPCR   Telomere length of 300 healthy subjects from 0 to 99 years Correlation between qPCR and Southern blot
  • 46. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS   NHLBI:   Neal  Young   Elaine  Sloand   Jeffrey  Abrams   Jen  Brudno   James  Cooper   Jake  Decker   Solomon  Graf   Sachiko  Kajigaya   Keyvan  Keyvanfar   Daniela  Malide   Paulomi  Mehta   Nate  Peterson   Joshua  Regal   Phillip  Scheinberg   NCI:   Stephen  Chanock   David  Kleiner   Hesed  Padilla-­‐Nash   Tom  Ried   Sharon  Savage   University  of  BriEsh  Columbia:   Peter  Lansdorp   Mark  Hills   Irma  Vulto   M.D.  Anderson  Cancer  Center:   Elihu  Estey   University  of  Arizona:   Thomas  Boyer   University  of  São  Paulo:   Raquel  Paiva   Barbara  Santana   Diego  Clé   Flavia  Donaires   Felipe  Silva   Natália  Scatena   Fernanda  Gu^errez