کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1939409 1050760 2006 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
A novel 21-kDa cytochrome c-releasing factor is generated upon treatment of human leukemia U937 cells with geranylgeraniol
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
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A novel 21-kDa cytochrome c-releasing factor is generated upon treatment of human leukemia U937 cells with geranylgeraniol
چکیده انگلیسی

Geranylgeraniol (GGO) induces apoptosis in various lines of human tumor cells through a mitochondrion-dependent pathway. The present study describes identification of a 21-kDa cytochrome c-releasing factor that appears in the cytosolic fraction after treatment of human leukemia U937 cells with GGO. Incubation of isolated mitochondria with a lysate of U937 cells that had been treated with GGO resulted in the release of cytochrome c from the mitochondria. Utilizing this cell-free system, we purified a 21-kDa protein that induced the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria and appeared to be involved in the apoptosis that is induced in U937 cells by GGO. We designated this protein cytochrome c-releasing factor 21 (CRF21). Overexpression of CRF21 in HeLa cells induced the release of cytochrome c from mitochondria, with subsequent apoptosis. Our results suggest that CRF21 might play an important role in the induction of apoptosis by GGO in leukemia U937 cells.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications - Volume 346, Issue 2, 28 July 2006, Pages 454–460
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