Detail of FigS8_mVenus-TERT_3



Project
Title
Time-lapse images showing the translocation of mVenus-TERT in HeLa cells during apoptosis induced by oxidative stress
Description
Time-lapse images showing the translocation of mVenus-TERT (Telomerase reverse transcriptase) in HeLa cells during apoptosis induced by oxidative stress.This dataset is composed of 12 series of datasets, each of which is time-lapse image of 5 x 5 tiling data. Channel2; bright field, Channel4; mVenus, Channel5; MitoTracker Deep Red FM, Channe6; SYTOX Blue. The 12 series consist of 4 genotypes, and 2 experimental conditions. Genotypes: Series1-Series3; without transfection, Series4-Series6; mVenus-TERT transfection, Series7-Series9; mVenus-mutant TERT (R3ER6E) transfection, Series10-Series12; mVenus-mutant TERT (Y707F) transfection. Experimental conditions: Series1, 4, 7, 10; without oxidative stress, Series2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12; with oxidative stress.
Release, Updated
2024-12-24
License
CC BY
Kind
Image data
File Formats
.nd2
Data size
141.9 GB

Organism
Homo sapiens ( NCBI:txid9606 )
Strain(s)
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Cell Line
HeLa cell

Datatype
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Molecular Function (MF)
telomerase activity
Biological Process (BP)
regulation of apoptotic process
Cellular Component (CC)
mitochondrion nucleus
Biological Imaging Method
fluorescence microscopy ( Fbbi:00000246 )
time lapse microscopy ( Fbbi:00000249 )
X scale
0.216 micrometer
Y scale
0.216 micrometer
Z scale
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T scale
1 hour

Image Acquisition
Experiment type
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Microscope type
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Acquisition mode
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Contrast method
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Microscope model
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Detector model
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Objective model
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Filter set
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Summary of Methods
Ebata H, Shima T, Iizuka R, Uemura S. Accumulation of TERT in mitochondria exerts two opposing effects on apoptosis. FEBS Open Bio. 2023, Sep;13(9) :1667-1682.
Related paper(s)

Hiroshi Ebata, Tomohiro Shima, Ryo Iizuka, Sotaro Uemura (2023) Accumulation of TERT in mitochondria exerts two opposing effects on apoptosis., FEBS open bio

Published in 2023 Jul 31 (Electronic publication in July 31, 2023, midnight )

(Abstract) Telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) is a protein that catalyzes the reverse transcription of telomere elongation. TERT is also expected to play a noncanonical role beyond telomere lengthening since it localizes not only in the nucleus but also in mitochondria, where telomeres do not exist. Several studies have reported that mitochondrial TERT regulates apoptosis induced by oxidative stress. However, there is still some controversy as to whether mitochondrial TERT promotes or inhibits apoptosis, mainly due to the lack of information on changes in TERT distribution in individual cells over time. Here, we simultaneously detected apoptosis and TERT localization after oxidative stress in individual HeLa cells by live-cell tracking. Single-cell tracking revealed that the stress-induced accumulation of TERT in mitochondria caused apoptosis, but that accumulation increased over time until cell death. The results suggest a new model in which mitochondrial TERT has two opposing effects at different stages of apoptosis: it predetermines apoptosis at the first stage of cell-fate determination, but also delays apoptosis at the second stage. As such, our data support a model that integrates the two opposing hypotheses on mitochondrial TERT's effect on apoptosis. Furthermore, detailed statistical analysis of TERT mutations, which have been predicted to inhibit TERT transport to mitochondria, revealed that these mutations suppress apoptosis independent of mitochondrial localization of TERT. Together, these results imply that the non-canonical functions of TERT affect a wide range of mitochondria-dependent and mitochondria-independent apoptosis pathways.

Contact
Tomohiro Shima, Sotaro Uemura , The University of Tokyo, The University of Tokyo , Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science , Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science
Contributors
Hiroshi Ebata

OMERO Dataset
OMERO Project
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