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Publication : Tumor suppressor function of Bruton tyrosine kinase is independent of its catalytic activity.

First Author  Middendorp S Year  2005
Journal  Blood Volume  105
Issue  1 Pages  259-65
PubMed ID  15331445 Mgi Jnum  J:94768
Mgi Id  MGI:3514124 Doi  10.1182/blood-2004-07-2708
Citation  Middendorp S, et al. (2005) Tumor suppressor function of Bruton tyrosine kinase is independent of its catalytic activity. Blood 105(1):259-65
abstractText  During B-cell development in the mouse, Bruton tyrosine kinase (Btk) and the adaptor protein SLP-65 (Src homology 2 [SH2] domain-containing leukocyte protein of 65 kDa) limit the expansion and promote the differentiation of pre-B cells. Btk is thought to mainly function by phosphorylating phospholipase Cgamma2, which is brought into close proximity of Btk by SLP-65. However, this model was recently challenged by the identification of a role for Btk as a tumor suppressor in the absence of SLP-65 and by the finding that Btk function is partially independent of its kinase activity. To investigate if enzymatic activity is critical for the tumor suppressor function of Btk, we crossed transgenic mice expressing the kinase-inactive K430R-Btk mutant onto a Btk/SLP-65 double-deficient background. We found that K430R-Btk expression rescued the severe developmental arrest at the pre-B-cell stage in Btk/SLP-65 double-deficient mice. Moreover, K430R-Btk could functionally replace wild-type Btk as a tumor suppressor in SLP-65(-) mice: at 6 months of age, the observed pre-B-cell lymphoma frequencies were approximately 15% for SLP-65(-) mice, 44% for Btk/SLP-65-deficient mice, and 14% for K430R-Btk transgenic mice on the Btk/SLP-65-deficient background. Therefore, we conclude that Btk exerts its tumor suppressor function in pre-B cells as an adaptor protein, independent of its catalytic activity. (Blood. 2005;105:259-265).
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