Cbl and human myeloid neoplasms: the Cbl oncogene comes of age.
Cbl and human myeloid neoplasms: the Cbl oncogene comes of age.
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DOI:
10.1158/0008-5472.can-10-0610
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发表时间:
2010-06-15
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影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
Lipkowitz S
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作者:
Kales SC;Ryan PE;Nau MM;Lipkowitz S
Cbl was originally discovered in 1989 as the cellular homologue of the v-Cbl oncogene, the transforming gene of the Cas NS-1 murine retrovirus which causes myeloid leukemia and lymphomas in mice. Cbl is a member of a family of RING finger ubiquitin ligases which negatively regulate signaling by tyrosine kinases and which function as adaptor proteins to regulate signaling positively. Until the past two years, there was little evidence that Cbl proteins were involved in human malignancies. Recent publications have demonstrated homozygous mutations in Cbl in human myeloid neoplasms. While in vitro and animal transformation models suggested that mutant forms of Cbl acted as an oncogene, the cellular role suggested that the protein could serve as a tumor suppressor gene. The recent data begin to reconcile this paradox as the loss of ubiquitin ligase function (the tumor suppressor function) is coupled to the maintenance of the positive signaling function (the oncogene function). These data also provide insight into potential therapeutic approaches to myeloid disorders harboring Cbl mutations.