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Query: UNIPROT:P10415 (Bcl-2)
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In a recent report, it has been postulated that the ubiquitous RBM proteins might constitute a novel family of apoptosis modulators. We measured the expression of the X-chromosome RBM genes (RBMX, RBM3, and RBM10) in 122 breast cancers by means of differential RT-PCR. Using the same method, we also studied the expression of the apoptosis-related genes Bcl-2 and Bax. Markers of hormone dependence (estrogen and progesterone receptors), proliferation (Ki67 and DNA-ploidy), angiogenesis (VEGF and CD105), as well as oncogene (c-erb-B2), and tumor suppressor gene (p53) expression were also analyzed. The expression of all X-chromosome RBM genes was significantly associated with the expression of the proapoptotic Bax gene (RBMX, P=0.039; RBM3, P<0.001; RBM10 large variant, P<0.001; RBM10 small variant, P<0.001). Furthermore, the expression of both RBM10 variants was significantly associated with the expression of the VEGF gene (large variant, P=0.004; small variant, P=0.003). We also found an association of borderline significance (P=0.05) between the expression of RBM3, the large variant of RBM10 and wild-type p53. Expression of the small RBM10 variant, finally, was associated with high proliferation of the tumors (Ki67>or=20%; P=0.037). The expression of both RBM10 variants seems to be interdependent to a significant degree (r=0.26, P=0.006). From these results, it seems that the X-chromosome, through its RBM genes, plays a formerly unknown role in the regulation of programmed cell death (apoptosis) in breast cancer.
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PMID:Positive correlation between the expression of X-chromosome RBM genes (RBMX, RBM3, RBM10) and the proapoptotic Bax gene in human breast cancer. 1655 54

Induced by hypothermia, cold-inducible protein RBM3 (RNA-binding protein motif 3), has been implicated in neuroprotection against various toxic insults such as hypoxia and ischemia. However, whether mild hypothermia and RBM3 prevent neural cells from UV irradiation-elicited apoptosis is unclear. In the present study, human neuroblastoma cell line SH-SY5Y was used as a cell model for neural cell death, and it was demonstrated that mild hypothermia protects SH-SY5Y cells from UV irradiation-induced apoptosis. However, the protective effect of mild hypothermia was abrogated when RBM3 was silenced. Conversely, the overexpression of RBM3 rescued SH-SY5Y cells from UV-induced apoptosis, as indicated by the decreased levels of cleaved caspase-3 and PARP, and increased cell survival. The analysis on the mechanism underlying RBM3-mediated neuroprotection against UV insult showed that RBM3 could substantially block the activation of p38 and JNK signaling pathways. In addition, the overexpression of RBM3 reduced the expression of pro-apoptotic proteins Bax and Bad, leaving the pro-survival protein Bcl-2 unaffected. In conclusion, RBM3 is the key mediator of mild hypothermia-related protection against UV in neuroblastoma cells, and the neuroprotective effect might be exerted through interfering with pro-apoptotic signaling pathways p38 and JNK and regulating pro-apoptotic proteins Bax and Bad.
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PMID:Cold-Inducible Protein RBM3 Protects UV Irradiation-Induced Apoptosis in Neuroblastoma Cells by Affecting p38 and JNK Pathways and Bcl2 Family Proteins. 2883 92