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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
Bax is a pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family protein that regulates programmed cell death through homodimerization and through heterodimerization with Bcl-2. Bax alpha is encoded by six exons and undergoes alternative splicing. Bax kappa, a splice variant of Bax with conserved BH1, BH2 and BH3 binding domains and a C-terminal transmembrane domain (TM), but with an extra 446-bp insert between exons 1 and 2 leading to loss of an N-terminal ART domain, was identified from an ischemic rat brain cDNA library. Expression of Bax kappa mRNA and protein was up-regulated in hippocampus after cerebral ischemic injury. The increased Bax kappa mRNA was distributed mainly in selectively vulnerable hippocampal CA1 neurons that are destined to die after global ischemia. Overexpression of Bax kappa protein in HN33 mouse hippocampal neuronal cells induced cell death, which was partially abrogated by co-overexpression of Bcl-2. Moreover, co-overexpression of Bax kappa and Bax alpha increased HN33 cell death. The results suggest that the Bax kappa may have a role in ischemic neuronal death.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
77
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1508-19
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Alternative Splicing, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Ischemic Attack, Transient, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Neuroblastoma, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11413234-bcl-2-Associated X Protein
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Bax kappa, a novel Bax splice variant from ischemic rat brain lacking an ART domain, promotes neuronal cell death.
pubmed:affiliation
Buck Institute for Age Research, Novato, California, USA. kjin@buckinstitute.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't