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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-3-16
pubmed:abstractText
Bcl-2 family members regulate apoptosis in response to cytokine withdrawal and a broad range of cytotoxic stimuli. Pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members Bax and Bak are essential for apoptosis triggered by interleukin-3 (IL-3) withdrawal in myeloid cells. The BH3-only protein Puma is critical for initiation of IL-3 withdrawal-induced apoptosis, because IL-3-deprived Puma(-/-) cells show increased capacity to form colonies when IL-3 is restored. To investigate the mechanisms of Puma-induced apoptosis and the interactions between Puma and other Bcl-2 family members, we expressed Puma under an inducible promoter in cells lacking one or more Bcl-2 family members. Puma rapidly induced apoptosis in cells lacking the BH3-only proteins, Bid and Bim. Puma expression resulted in activation of Bax, but Puma killing was not dependent on Bax or Bak alone as Puma readily induced apoptosis in cells lacking either of these proteins, but could not kill cells deficient for both. Puma co-immunoprecipitated with the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members Bcl-x(L) and Mcl-1 but not with Bax or Bak. These data indicate that Puma functions, in the context of induced overexpression or IL-3 deprivation, primarily by binding and inactivating anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 family members.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/BH3 Interacting Domain Death..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bax protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bcl-2-like protein 11, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Bid protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Cytochromes c, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interleukin-3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Membrane Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/PUMA protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/bcl-2-Associated X Protein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1476-5403
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
555-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-9-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-BH3 Interacting Domain Death Agonist Protein, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Cytochromes c, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Immunoblotting, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Immunoprecipitation, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Interleukin-3, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Membrane Potential, Mitochondrial, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-Tumor Suppressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19079139-bcl-2-Associated X Protein
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Puma indirectly activates Bax to cause apoptosis in the absence of Bid or Bim.
pubmed:affiliation
Children's Cancer Centre, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Flemington Road, Parkville, Victoria, Australia. anissa.jabbour@mcri.edu.au
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't