Zou Dongling,Wang Dong,Liu Haixia.Function and significance of Puma inhibiting ovarian carcinoma growth through inducing cell apoptosis[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2014,36(14):1477-1780.
Zou Dongling,Wang Dong,Liu Haixia.Function and significance of Puma inhibiting ovarian carcinoma growth through inducing cell apoptosis[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2014,36(14):1477-1780.DOI:
Function and significance of Puma inhibiting ovarian carcinoma growth through inducing cell apoptosis
Objective To investigate the function and mechanism of p53 up-regulated modulator of apoptosis (Puma) in inhibiting ovarian carcinoma cell growth in vitro and in vivo. Methods Overexpression of Puma in ovarian carcinoma cell line COC1 was achieved by adenovirus vectors. Cell proliferation was detected using CCK-8 kit
meanwhile the percentage of apoptotic cells was identified by Annexin V staining. The mouse xenograft model was established to detect the inhibition on ovarian carcinoma cell growth in vivo. The expression of caspase 9 and Bax was detected by Western blotting. R
esults Puma was successfully over-expressed in COC1 cells using the established adenovirus expression vector. Over-expression of Puma inhibited the cell proliferation of COC1 cells evidently (
P
0.05) and increased the percentage of apoptotic cells to 29% as compared to 7.2% in the control (
P
0.05). Meanwhile
Puma inhibited the tumorigenicity of ovarian carcinoma cells in vivo. The average weight of xenografts was 0.22 g in the Puma overexpression group
significantly lower than 0.53 g in the control group (
P
0.05). Conclusion Puma plays a tumor-suppressor role in ovarian carcinoma. Puma inhibits cell proliferation
induces cell apoptosis partially through activating caspase 9 and inducing Bax translocation to mitochondria and also inhibits the tumorigenicity in vivo.