Purification of a 72-kDa protein-tyrosine kinase from rat liver and its identification as Syk: Involvement of Syk in signaling events of hepatocytes
Purification of a 72-kDa protein-tyrosine kinase from rat liver and its identification as Syk: Involvement of Syk in signaling events of hepatocytes
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DOI:
10.1093/oxfordjournals.jbchem.a022610
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发表时间:
2000-02-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Yamamura, H
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作者:
Tsuchida, S;Yanagi, S;Yamamura, H
Syk protein-tyrosine kinase (PTK) has been implicated in a variety of hematopoietic cell responses including immunoreceptor signaling. However, so far, there has been no evidence of the expression of Syk or Syk-related PTK in non-hematopoietic tissues. In this study, we have purified from blood cell-depleted rat liver a 72-kDa cytoplasmic PTK which shows cross-reactivity with anti-Syk antibody, Partial amino acid sequence analysis revealed that this 72-kDa PTK is identical to Syk, Immunohistochemical and RT-PCR analyses demonstrated that Syk is expressed in human hepatocytes and two rat liver-derived cell lines, JTC-27 and RLC-16. Furthermore, Syk is significantly tyrosine-phosphorylated in response to angiotensin II in JTC-27 cells, and angiotensin II-induced MAP kinase activation is blocked by the treatment of cells with a Syk-selective inhibitor piceatannol. These results suggest that Syk plays an important role in signaling events of hepatocytes, such as signaling steps leading to MAP kinase activation by G-protein-coupled receptors, This is the first report of the expression of Syk in non-hematopoietic tissue.