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Song-Lin Peng, Chao-Liu Dai, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the Affiliated Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning Province, China
Correspondence to: Chao-Liu Dai, Professor, Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, the Affiliated Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, 36 Sanhao Street, Heping District, Shenyang 110004, Liaoning Province, China. daicl@sj-hospital.org
Received: April 28, 2013 Revised: May 29, 2013 Accepted: June 5, 2013 Published online: July 28, 2013
The dysfunction of cell apoptosis signaling is involved in carcinogenesis. P53 up-regulated modulator of apoptosis (PUMA), a pro-apoptosis gene that has been found for a decade, encodes a protein that is one of Bcl-2 members and can induce apoptosis via the mitochondrial pathway. It is considered that mutation of the PUMA gene is not involved in carcinogenesis, because mutation of the PUMA gene has not been found in many types of tumors until now. The expression of PUMA protein is regulated transcriptionally via ER stress, p53, JNK, FOXO3a and E2F1 signaling or post-translationally by phosphorylation. Several studies have showed that the down-regulation of PUMA protein in cancer tissue is associated with carcinogenesis, lymph node metastasis and tumor prognosis, and that up-regulation of PUMA induces the inhibition of cancer cell proliferation. Increasing new findings on the precise role of PUMA in the regulation of cancer development provide new insights into the potential use of PUMA as a target for the prevention and treatment of cancer.
Key Words: Cancer; P53 up-regulated modulator of apoptosis; Apoptosis
Citation: Peng SL, Dai CL. Pro-apoptosis gene PUMA and cancer. Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2013; 21(21): 2057-2062
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