SYK and LYN Mediate B-cell Receptor-independent Calcium-induced Apoptosis in DT-40 Lymphoma B-cells

Autor: Heather E. Tibbles, De-Min Zhu, Alexei O. Vassilev, Fatih M. Uckun
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Leukemia & Lymphoma. 43:2165-2170
ISSN: 1029-2403
1042-8194
Popis: Here, we report that the calcium ionophore ionomycin induces a massive Ca2+-dependent apoptosis in wildtype DT-40 chicken B lymphoma cells, as well as in BTK-deficient, PLCgamma2-deficient and IP3 receptor-deficient DT-40 cells, but not in LYN- or SYK-deficient DT-40 cells. Notably, the deficiency of CSK, a negative regulator of Src-family PTK, promoted ionomycin-induced apoptosis of DT-40 cells. Reconstitution of SYK-deficient cells with wild-type SYK restored the apoptotic response of the cells to ionomycin, but the expression of FYN or LCK in LYN-deficient cells did not restore the apoptotic response of LYN-deficient cells. Taken together, our data suggests that both LYN and SYK, but not BTK, FYN or LCK, are crucial mediators of BCR-independent Ca2+-induced apoptosis in DT-40 lymphoma B cells.
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