Title : Puma is a novel target of soy isoflavone genistein but is dispensable for genistein-induced cell fate determination.

Pub. Date : 2008 Apr

PMID : 18324703






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1 Using analysis of proteins related to cell cycle and apoptotic pathways, we confirmed an elevated level of p53 accompanying p21 Waf1/Cip1 protein in genistein-treated or genistin-treated A549 and WI-38 cells, but not in HeLa cells. Genistein tumor protein p53 Homo sapiens
2 In addition, a p53-upregulated modulator of apoptosis (Puma) protein accumulated significantly in genistein-treated A549 and WI-38 cells, but not in genistin-treated or beta-estradiol-treated cells, though the growth of any ingredient-treated cells was severely inhibited. Genistein tumor protein p53 Homo sapiens
3 Intriguingly, the caspase-3 activity of genistein-treated A549 cells, in which Puma or p53 expression was knocked-down by RNA interference (RNAi), remained unaltered compared to that in cells transfected with irrelevant RNAi. Genistein tumor protein p53 Homo sapiens