Mechanism of Regulation of Tyrosine Kinase Signaling

大多数生长因子受体通过胞内结构域编码的酪氨酸激酶或非共价结合的JAK激酶如细胞因子受体传递信号。酪氨酸激酶的组成性激活经常与肿瘤和白血病的发展有关，例如慢性髓细胞性白血病的Bcr-Abl。此外，下游分子Ras和STAT在细胞内信号传导和肿瘤发生中起重要作用，而细胞因子信号通过调控免疫系统和细胞生长在肿瘤发生和发展中起重要作用。约20%的肿瘤被认为是由炎症引起的，然而，关于炎症细胞因子及其信号与肿瘤发生的关系仍有许多问题有待解决。最近，TNF/NF-kB通路与炎症衍生的癌症有关，而我们研究了STAT通路，这是炎症衍生的癌症的另一个重要信号。 ...更多信息 f炎症细胞因子。我们还研究了Ras/MAP激酶调节剂Sprouty/Spred家族蛋白。SOCS 1是细胞因子信号传导的负调节因子，其抗肿瘤活性已被许多研究小组报道。SOCS 1基因的甲基化导致SOCS 1在肝癌细胞中的表达显著降低，因此SOCS 1可能抑制肝癌的发生和/或进展。为了支持这一点，我们已经表明，SOCS 1杂合子小鼠对二甲基亚硝胺诱导的肝癌发生过敏。此外，我们还发现SOCS 1表达的减少与肝炎和纤维化密切相关。因此，SOCS 1是一种独特的抗癌基因，可以预防炎症诱导的癌症。我们还发现SOCS 1与HPV的癌基因产物E7结合，并诱导E7降解，从而抑制宫颈癌细胞的增殖。另外，我们发现Spred-1不仅与Ras相互作用，还与Rho相互作用，从而抑制癌细胞的运动和转移。少

Most of growth factor receptors transmit signals through tyrosine kinases which is encoded in the intracellular domain, or non-covalently associated JAK kinases like cytokine receptors. Constitutive activation of tyrosine kinase is frequently associated with neoplasm and leukemic development ; for example Bcr-Abl for chronicmyelogenous leukemia. Furthermore, downstream moleculessuchas Ras and STATs play important roles in intracellular signal transduction as well as cancer development.On the other hand, signal of cytokine plays important role on development of carcinogenesis and cancer through control of immune system as well as cell growth. About 20% of carcinoma has been thought to be derived from inflammation, however, there are many questions remained to be solved about inflammatory cytokines and their signals and carcinogenesis. Recently the TNF/NF-kB pathway has been implicated in inflammation-derived cancer, while we have investigated the STAT pathway, another important signal o … More f inflammatory cytokines. We have also investigated Ras/MAP kinase regulator Sprouty/Spred family proteins. Anti-tumor activity of SOCS1, a negative regulator of cytokine signaling, has been reported by many groups. SOCS1 may inhibit the development and/or progression of hepatocellular carcinoma, since SOCS1 expression is significantly reduced in HCC cells due to hyper-methylation of SOCS1 gene. In support of this, We have shown that SOCS1 heterozygous mice are hypersensitive to dimethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocarcinogenesis. In addition we have shown that reduction of SOCS1 expression is strongly associated with hepatitis and fibrosis. Thus, SOCS1 is a unique anti-oncogene that prevents inflammation-induced cancer. We also found that SOCS1 bound to oncogene product E7 of HPV, and induces degradation of E7, which results in the suppression of proliferation of cervical tumor cells, In addition, we found that Spred-1 interacts with not only Ras but also Rho and inhibits cell motility and metastasis of cancer cell. Less