| Literature DB >> 11536015 |
Abstract
The role of ARC (Apoptosis Repressor with Caspase Recruitment Domain) in PC12 cell serum withdrawal driven apoptosis was studied. A progressive and massive increase in ARC protein occurs during serum withdrawal that correlates with declining survival and processing of caspase-2, previously shown to associate with ARC. This accumulation of ARC occurs in a transcriptional and translational independent manner. Additionally, ARC is localized exclusively in the nucleus of PC12 cells. Furthermore, transfection of PC12 cells with hARC-Flag promotes death and fails to protect the cells from apoptosis by serum withdrawal. Therefore, ARC functions in a pro-apoptotic manner in PC12 cell serum withdrawal induced apoptosis.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11536015 DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400855
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Cell Death Differ ISSN: 1350-9047 Impact factor: 15.828