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    PURA purine rich element binding protein A [ Homo sapiens (human) ]

    Gene ID: 5813, updated on 17-Jun-2024

    GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

    GeneRIFPubMed TitleDate
    PURA syndrome-causing mutations impair PUR-domain integrity and affect P-body association.

    PURA syndrome-causing mutations impair PUR-domain integrity and affect P-body association.
    Proske M, Janowski R, Bacher S, Kang HS, Monecke T, Koehler T, Hutten S, Tretter J, Crois A, Molitor L, Varela-Rial A, Fino R, Donati E, De Fabritiis G, Dormann D, Sattler M, Niessing D., Free PMC Article

    05/13/2024
    DUSP8 induces TGF-beta-stimulated IL-9 transcription and Th9-mediated allergic inflammation by promoting nuclear export of Pur-alpha.

    DUSP8 induces TGF-β-stimulated IL-9 transcription and Th9-mediated allergic inflammation by promoting nuclear export of Pur-α.
    Chuang HC, Hsueh CH, Hsu PM, Tsai CY, Shih YC, Chiu HY, Chen YM, Yu WK, Chen MH, Tan TH., Free PMC Article

    11/3/2023
    Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screening identifies a targetable MEST-PURA interaction in cancer metastasis.

    Genome-wide CRISPR/Cas9 screening identifies a targetable MEST-PURA interaction in cancer metastasis.
    Xu WW, Liao L, Dai W, Zheng CC, Tan XP, He Y, Zhang QH, Huang ZH, Chen WY, Qin YR, Chen KS, He ML, Law S, Lung ML, He QY, Li B., Free PMC Article

    06/21/2023
    Depletion of the RNA-binding protein PURA triggers changes in posttranscriptional gene regulation and loss of P-bodies.

    Depletion of the RNA-binding protein PURA triggers changes in posttranscriptional gene regulation and loss of P-bodies.
    Molitor L, Klostermann M, Bacher S, Merl-Pham J, Spranger N, Burczyk S, Ketteler C, Rusha E, Tews D, Pertek A, Proske M, Busch A, Reschke S, Feederle R, Hauck SM, Blum H, Drukker M, Fischer-Posovszky P, König J, Zarnack K, Niessing D., Free PMC Article

    02/28/2023
    Forming cytoplasmic stress granules PURalpha suppresses mRNA translation initiation of IGFBP3 to promote esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression.

    Forming cytoplasmic stress granules PURα suppresses mRNA translation initiation of IGFBP3 to promote esophageal squamous cell carcinoma progression.
    Tian L, Xie X, Das U, Chen Y, Sun Y, Liu F, Lu H, Nan P, Zhu Y, Gu X, Deng H, Xie J, Zhao X., Free PMC Article

    10/1/2022
    PURalpha Promotes the Transcriptional Activation of PCK2 in Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells.

    PURα Promotes the Transcriptional Activation of PCK2 in Oesophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Cells.
    Sun Y, Gao J, Jing Z, Zhao Y, Sun Y, Zhao X., Free PMC Article

    07/24/2021
    Silencing of miR-144 significantly decreased the migration, invasion and colony formation potential of esophageal carcinoma cell line KYSE-410

    miR-144 functions as an oncomiR in KYSE-410 human esophageal carcinoma cell line in vitro and targets PURA.
    Sharma P, Sharma R.

    07/6/2019
    Three genes in our epilepsy cohort (COQ4, DNM1, and PURA), accounting for 14% (3/21) of all novel genetic etiologies identified in patients with epilepsy, were subsequently confirmed in independent publications.

    Diagnostic exome sequencing provides a molecular diagnosis for a significant proportion of patients with epilepsy.
    Helbig KL, Farwell Hagman KD, Shinde DN, Mroske C, Powis Z, Li S, Tang S, Helbig I.

    12/16/2017
    PURA may be a potential target of miR-144 and observed downregulation of PURA may be caused by increased expression of miR-144. The other predicted target of miR-144 SPRED1, was found to be downregulated in 69 per cent EC tissues as compared to matched distant non-malignant tissues.

    Potential diagnostic implications of miR-144 overexpression in human oesophageal cancer.
    Sharma P, Saraya A, Sharma R., Free PMC Article

    06/3/2017
    The results of this study emphasizes the importance of stress granules in ALS pathogenesis and identifies Pur-alpha as a novel regulator of cytoplasmic stress granules dynamics.

    Pur-alpha regulates cytoplasmic stress granule dynamics and ameliorates FUS toxicity.
    Daigle JG, Krishnamurthy K, Ramesh N, Casci I, Monaghan J, McAvoy K, Godfrey EW, Daniel DC, Johnson EM, Monahan Z, Shewmaker F, Pasinelli P, Pandey UB., Free PMC Article

    12/17/2016
    These findings provide definitive evidence for the role of PURA in causing a variable syndrome of neurodevelopmental delay, learning disability, neonatal hypotonia, feeding difficulties, abnormal movements and epilepsy in humans

    Whole exome sequencing in family trios reveals de novo mutations in PURA as a cause of severe neurodevelopmental delay and learning disability.
    Hunt D, Leventer RJ, Simons C, Taft R, Swoboda KJ, Gawne-Cain M, DDD study, Magee AC, Turnpenny PD, Baralle D., Free PMC Article

    07/25/2015
    Mutations in PURA cause profound neonatal hypotonia, seizures, and encephalopathy in 5q31.3 microdeletion syndrome.

    Mutations in PURA cause profound neonatal hypotonia, seizures, and encephalopathy in 5q31.3 microdeletion syndrome.
    Lalani SR, Zhang J, Schaaf CP, Brown CW, Magoulas P, Tsai AC, El-Gharbawy A, Wierenga KJ, Bartholomew D, Fong CT, Barbaro-Dieber T, Kukolich MK, Burrage LC, Austin E, Keller K, Pastore M, Fernandez F, Lotze T, Wilfong A, Purcarin G, Zhu W, Craigen WJ, McGuire M, Jain M, Cooney E, Azamian M, Bainbridge MN, Muzny DM, Boerwinkle E, Person RE, Niu Z, Eng CM, Lupski JR, Gibbs RA, Beaudet AL, Yang Y, Wang MC, Xia F., Free PMC Article

    01/31/2015
    Data show that protein PURalpha is specifically involved in the transcriptional activation of the secondary promoter and may exert its function by forming a complex with E2F-1 and RNA polymerase II.

    Identification of a secondary promoter of CASP8 and its related transcription factor PURα.
    Lin Z, Guo Z, Xu Y, Zhao X., Free PMC Article

    01/17/2015
    Suggest dynamic interplay between transcriptional activators Pur-alpha/Pur-beta and repressors in regulating SMalphaA gene output during myofibroblast differentiation.

    The Purα/Purβ single-strand DNA-binding proteins attenuate smooth-muscle actin gene transactivation in myofibroblasts.
    Hariharan S, Kelm RJ Jr, Strauch AR.

    07/26/2014
    This study showed that Pur-alpha showed inadequate expression in monocytes, and the translation of Pur-alpha mRNA was repressed by cell-expressed microRNA.

    Translation of Pur-α is targeted by cellular miRNAs to modulate the differentiation-dependent susceptibility of monocytes to HIV-1 infection.
    Shen CJ, Jia YH, Tian RR, Ding M, Zhang C, Wang JH.

    02/2/2013
    The study identifies three functionally distinct PURA promoters and show that these are utilized differentially in human cell types and that they respond differently to cytomegalovirus infection.

    Regulation of PURA gene transcription by three promoters generating distinctly spliced 5-prime leaders: a novel means of fine control over tissue specificity and viral signals.
    Wortman MJ, Hanson LK, Martínez-Sobrido L, Campbell AE, Nance JA, García-Sastre A, Johnson EM., Free PMC Article

    02/26/2011
    Effects of the DNA damage-inducing cancer chemotherapeutic agent cisplatin on mouse embryo fibroblasts (MEFs) from PURA negative knockout mice.

    Protective role of Puralpha to cisplatin.
    Kaminski R, Darbinyan A, Merabova N, Deshmane SL, White MK, Khalili K., Free PMC Article

    01/21/2010
    Regulation of PURalpha expression in prostate cancer cells may serve as a therapeutic target for hormone refractory prostate cancer.

    Purine-rich element binding protein (PUR) alpha induces endoplasmic reticulum stress response, and cell differentiation pathways in prostate cancer cells.
    Inoue T, Maeno A, Talbot C Jr, Zeng Y, Yeater DB, Leman ES, Kulkarni P, Ogawa O, Getzenberg RH.

    01/21/2010
    Using shotgun mass spectrometry, we found this protein differentially expressed in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex from patients with schizophrenia.

    Prefrontal cortex shotgun proteome analysis reveals altered calcium homeostasis and immune system imbalance in schizophrenia.
    Martins-de-Souza D, Gattaz WF, Schmitt A, Rewerts C, Maccarrone G, Dias-Neto E, Turck CW.

    01/28/2009
    Pur-alpha protein is associated with Alzheimer's disease.

    Negative regulation of AbetaPP gene expression by pur-alpha.
    Darbinian N, Cui J, Basile A, Del Valle L, Otte J, Miklossy J, Sawaya BE, Amini S, Khalili K, Gordon J.

    01/21/2010
    Stably overexpressing PURalpha in PC3 and DU145 cells negatively regulates cell proliferation, resulting in decreases in PCNA expression

    The potential role of purine-rich element binding protein (PUR) alpha as a novel treatment target for hormone-refractory prostate cancer.
    Inoue T, Leman ES, Yeater DB, Getzenberg RH.

    01/21/2010
    the partnership of Puralpha with Rev is beneficial for Rev-mediated expression of the HIV-1 genome.

    Puralpha as a cellular co-factor of Rev/RRE-mediated expression of HIV-1 intron-containing mRNA.
    Kaminski R, Darbinian N, Sawaya BE, Slonina D, Amini S, Johnson EM, Rappaport J, Khalili K, Darbinyan A., Free PMC Article

    01/21/2010
    A transcriptional repressor complex that binds a specific sequence (repressor element) in the androgen recptor gene 5'-untranslated region in prostate cancer contains Pur alpha.

    Androgen receptor overexpression in prostate cancer linked to Pur alpha loss from a novel repressor complex.
    Wang LG, Johnson EM, Kinoshita Y, Babb JS, Buckley MT, Liebes LF, Melamed J, Liu XM, Kurek R, Ossowski L, Ferrari AC.

    01/21/2010
    that the recruitment of YB1, PURalpha, and H1.2 to the p53 target gene Bax is required for repression of p53-induced transcription.

    Isolation and characterization of a novel H1.2 complex that acts as a repressor of p53-mediated transcription.
    Kim K, Choi J, Heo K, Kim H, Levens D, Kohno K, Johnson EM, Brock HW, An W., Free PMC Article

    01/21/2010
    Hypoxia induces a coordinated up-regulation in beta2 integrin expression that is dependent upon transcriptional mechanisms mediated by HIF-1 and Pur alpha.

    Identification of Pur alpha as a new hypoxia response factor responsible for coordinated induction of the beta 2 integrin family.
    Kong T, Scully M, Shelley CS, Colgan SP.

    01/21/2010
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