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Saffran DC, Parolini O, Fitch-Hilgenberg ME, Rawlings DJ, Afar DE, Witte ON, Conley ME. Brief report: a point mutation in the SH2 domain of Bruton's tyrosine kinase in atypical X-linked agammaglobulinemia. N Engl J Med 1994; 330:1488-91. [PMID: 8164701 DOI: 10.1056/nejm199405263302104] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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- D C Saffran
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles
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Corey SJ, Burkhardt AL, Bolen JB, Geahlen RL, Tkatch LS, Tweardy DJ. Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor receptor signaling involves the formation of a three-component complex with Lyn and Syk protein-tyrosine kinases. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:4683-7. [PMID: 8197119 PMCID: PMC43852 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.11.4683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) is a glycoprotein that critically regulates the viability, proliferation, and differentiation of granulocytic precursors and the function of neutrophils by signaling through its receptor. Cloning of the human G-CSF receptor (G-CSFR) cDNA has demonstrated sequence homology with other members of the hematopoietic/cytokine receptor superfamily. G-CSF stimulates the appearance of phosphotyrosine proteins in several types of human and murine myeloid cells. Since the receptor does not possess intrinsic tyrosine kinase activity, we hypothesized that G-CSFR interacts with and activates cytosolic protein-tyrosine kinases (PTKs). In vitro protein kinase assay of human G-CSFR immunoprecipitates demonstrated at least two tyrosine phosphoproteins, pp55 and pp70. We observed that G-CSF activated p53/p56lyn, a Src-related PTK, and p72syk, a non-Src-related PTK. Lyn and Syk were recovered in anti-G-CSFR immunoprecipitates; Lyn was detected in the absence of ligand. In addition, upon G-CSF stimulation, Lyn coimmunoprecipitated with Syk. Analysis of the G-CSFR amino acid sequence revealed a potential receptor activation motif for Syk. On the basis of immunoprecipitation and sequence analysis data, we propose that the human G-CSFR forms a three-component signaling complex with Lyn and Syk. Their sequential recruitment into the G-CSFR signaling complex demonstrates the coordinated involvement of two PTKs with a member of the hematopoietic/cytokine receptor superfamily.
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- S J Corey
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA
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Aoki Y, Isselbacher KJ, Cherayil BJ, Pillai S. Tyrosine phosphorylation of Blk and Fyn Src homology 2 domain-binding proteins occurs in response to antigen-receptor ligation in B cells and constitutively in pre-B cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1994; 91:4204-8. [PMID: 7514299 PMCID: PMC43753 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.10.4204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Proteins that bind to discrete domains of the Blk, Fyn, Lyn, and Btk protein tyrosine kinases were examined in pre-B cells that had not been subjected to any external stimulation, as well as in nonstimulated and antigen-receptor-ligated B cells. Proteins that bind to the Src homology 2 domains of Blk and Fyn were identified in B cells that had been activated with anti-IgM but were not identified in unstimulated B cells. A number of Blk and Fyn Src homology 2 domain-binding phosphoproteins were also observed in pre-B cells that had not been stimulated in vitro. The phosphoproteins seen in activated B cells potentially represent substrates that play a role in the pathway of antigen-receptor-mediated signaling. Distinct signaling pathways involving distinguishable kinase substrates may be relevant in pre-B-cell-receptor-mediated cell survival during ontogeny. These results indirectly support models that predict constitutive ligand-independent signaling by the pre-antigen receptor during lymphoid ontogeny.
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- Y Aoki
- Cancer Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02129
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LABORATORY ASSESSMENT OF IMMUNE DEFICIENCY DISORDERS. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8561(22)00775-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Conley ME, Parolini O, Rohrer J, Campana D. X-linked agammaglobulinemia: new approaches to old questions based on the identification of the defective gene. Immunol Rev 1994; 138:5-21. [PMID: 8070817 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1994.tb00844.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The identification of a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase, Btk, as the defective protein in human XLA and xid in the mouse, supports the hypothesis that both disorders are due to defects in B-cell activation or differentiation. Phenotypic analysis of B-lineage cells and studies on X-chromosome inactivation patterns in both mice and human patients suggest that mutations in Bth do not affect entry of stem cells into the B-lineage pathway but they do inhibit progression at multiple steps along that pathway. Although the exact function of Btk in signal transduction is not yet known, it is probable that studies which correlate specific mutations in different patients with alterations in Btk function will provide clues about critical sites in the molecule. Diagnosis and genetic counseling for families at risk of carrying the gene for XLA will be improved almost immediately by the identification of the responsible gene. Improvements in therapy may come more slowly. The possibility of curative gene therapy is attractive; however, there are several features of Btk that suggest that this will be a challenging undertaking. Overexpression or expression in inappropriate cell lineages may carry unacceptable risks. Mutant proteins may interfere with the function of wild-type proteins provided by gene therapy. However, it is likely that a better understanding of Btk function and regulation will benefit not only patients with XLA but also other patients with defects in B-cell function.
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- M E Conley
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis
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During B-cell development, immature and mature forms of the B cell antigen receptor complex are deployed in a regulated fashion; thus, B cell antigen receptor complexes play essential roles in the transit of cells through ontogeny. The past year has seen progress in our understanding of how antigen receptor gene assembly is controlled and in defining the requirements for antigen receptor mediated signaling at specific developmental stages. The discovery that a defective protein tyrosine kinase is responsible for X-linked agammaglobulinemia in man and X-linked immunodeficiency in the mouse is particularly interesting, as it may provide the means to link a specific intracellular signaling pathway with a particular step in B-cell development.
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- S Desiderio
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205-2185
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Affiliation(s)
- D J Rawlings
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles 90024
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Rosenberg N, Kincade PW. B-lineage differentiation in normal and transformed cells and the microenvironment that supports it. Curr Opin Immunol 1994; 6:203-11. [PMID: 8011205 DOI: 10.1016/0952-7915(94)90093-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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B-cell differentiation is a complex process mediated through interactions with the microenvironment of the bone marrow and fetal liver. These interactions alter patterns of gene expression and allow precursors to develop into Ig+ B cells. Recent work has shown that some of these events can be triggered in B-cell precursors transformed by Abelson virus. Other advances have refined our understanding of the role of cytokines, hormones and stromal cells in the differentiation process.
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Mice homozygous for the autosomal recessive motheaten (me) or the allelic viable motheaten (mev) mutations manifest a unique immunological disease associated with severe immunodeficiency and autoimmunity. Over the past few years, our group has used the motheaten mouse as a model system for elucidating the genetic and cellular events that contribute to expression of normal hematopoietic and immune cell function. To this end, we have sought to identify the gene responsible for the motheaten phenotype. In our initial studies, our general approach involved the use of subtractive hybridization to identify genes that were differentially expressed in the mutant versus control mice and which might thus provide clues as to the primary gene defect. Using this approach, we showed that genes encoding stefin A cysteine proteinase inhibitors are markedly overexpressed in bone marrow cells of me and mev mice compared to bone marrow cells of normal congenic animals. However, the motheaten mutation has been mapped to mouse choromosome 6 while the stefin A gene cluster was localized to mouse chromosome 16. Stefin gene therefore does not represent the primary gene defect. Our second strategy aimed at identifying the primary gene defect underlying the motheaten phenotype was prompted by the recent localization of a protein tyrosine phosphatase gene to human chromosome 12p12-p13, a region containing a large segment of homology with the region on mouse chromosome 6 where the motheaten locus has been mapped. We have shown that abnormal Hcph transcripts are expressed in me and mev bone marrow cells and that the generation of these altered transcripts is due to RNA splicing defects caused by single basepair changes in the Hcph genes of the mutant mice. These mutant mice thus provide a valuable model system for elucidating the biological roles of HCP in vivo and defining the mechanism whereby defective function of a hematopoietic cell phosphatase leads to expression of the motheaten phenotype of severe immunodeficiency and systemic autoimmunity.
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- F W Tsui
- Arthritis Centre Research Unit, Toronto Hospital Research Institute, Canada
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Ihle JN, Witthuhn B, Tang B, Yi T, Quelle FW. Cytokine receptors and signal transduction. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY 1994; 7:17-48. [PMID: 7518712 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-3536(05)80005-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
The past few years have seen an explosion in the identification, cloning and characterization of cytokines and their receptors. The pleiotropic effects of many of the growth factors and the considerable redundancy in the actions of growth factors have contributed to a mass of descriptive literature that often seems to defy summary. Only recently have common concepts begun to emerge. First, cytokines mediate their effects through a large family of receptors that have evolved from a common progenitor and retain structural and functional similarities. Within the haematopoietic system, the cytokines are not usually instructive in differentiation, but rather supportive, and may contribute to some differentiation-specific responses. The patterns of expression of cytokine receptors are therefore a product of differentiation and provide for changes in physiological regulation. The second important concept that is emerging is that the cytokines mediate their mitogenic effects through a common signal-transducing pathway involving tyrosine phosphorylation. Thus, although the cytokine receptor superfamily members do not have intrinsic protein tyrosine kinase activity, by coupling to activation of tyrosine phosphorylation they may affect cell growth by pathways that are common with the large family of growth factor receptors that contain intrinsic protein tyrosine kinase activity. The coupling of cytokine binding to tyrosine phosphorylation and mitogenesis requires a relatively small membrane-proximal domain of the receptors. This region has limited sequence similarity which may be required for the association of individual receptors with an appropriate kinase. Activation of kinase activity results from the dimerization or oligomerization of receptor homodimers or heterodimers. Again this requirement is similar to that seen with the growth factor receptors which have intrinsic protein tyrosine kinase activity. The protein tyrosine kinases that couple cytokine binding to tyrosine phosphorylation are members of the Jak family of kinases. The ubiquitous expression of these kinases provides a common cellular background on which the cytokine receptors can function and on which unique functionally distinct receptors have evolved. In particular, tyk2 is required for the responses initiated by IFN-alpha while Jak2 has been implicated in the responses to G-CSF, IL-3, EPO, growth hormone, prolactin and IFN-gamma.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- J N Ihle
- Department of Biochemistry, St Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105
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Within a short time interval the specific gene defects causing three X-linked human immunodeficiencies, agammaglobulinemia (XLA), hyper-IgM syndrome (HIGM), and severe combined immunodeficiency (XSCID), have been identified. These represent the first human disease phenotypes associated with each of three gene families already recognized to be important in lymphocyte development and signaling: XLA is caused by mutations of a B cell-specific intracellular tyrosine kinase; HIGM, by mutations in the TNF-related CD40 ligand, through which T cells deliver helper signals by direct contact with B cell CD40; and XSCID, by mutations in the gamma chain of the lymphocyte receptor for IL-2. Each patient mutation analyzed to date has been unique, representing both a challenge for genetic diagnosis and management and an important resource for dissecting molecular domains and understanding the physiologic function of the gene products.
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- J M Puck
- Immunological Genetics Section, National Center for Human Genome Research, Bethesda, Maryland 20892
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Cumano A, Kee BL, Ramsden DA, Marshall A, Paige CJ, Wu GE. Development of B lymphocytes from lymphoid committed and uncommitted progenitors. Immunol Rev 1994; 137:5-33. [PMID: 8034337 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1994.tb00657.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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- A Cumano
- Wellesley Hospital Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Reid TE, Shearer WT. RECURRENT SINUSITIS AND IMMUNODEFICIENCY. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0889-8561(22)00683-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Cambier JC, Jensen WA. The hetero-oligomeric antigen receptor complex and its coupling to cytoplasmic effectors. Curr Opin Genet Dev 1994; 4:55-63. [PMID: 8193541 DOI: 10.1016/0959-437x(94)90091-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
T-cell and B-cell antigen receptors are representative of a family of multisubunit receptors that utilize Src-family kinases as proximal cytoplasmic effectors in signal transduction. Recent studies have shown that distinct receptor subunits mediate ligand and effector interactions and demonstrate that physical interaction with effectors, and their activation, is a function of a 26 amino acid motif found in multiple receptor subunits. Further, receptor ligation induces tyrosine phosphorylation of this motif, and this initiates SH2-mediated association and activation of Src-family kinases and, apparently, ZAP70 kinases. Finally, this association triggers SH3-mediated binding of Lyn and Fyn to PI3-K, resulting in PI3-K activation. An integrated model of signal transduction is presented.
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MESH Headings
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Cytoplasm/immunology
- Cytoplasm/metabolism
- Humans
- Models, Biological
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Receptors, Antigen/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
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- J C Cambier
- Department of Pediatrics, National Jewish Center for Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Denver, Colorado 80206
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Ren CL, Morio T, Fu SM, Geha RS. Signal transduction via CD40 involves activation of lyn kinase and phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase, and phosphorylation of phospholipase C gamma 2. J Exp Med 1994; 179:673-80. [PMID: 7507510 PMCID: PMC2191357 DOI: 10.1084/jem.179.2.673] [Citation(s) in RCA: 198] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
Abstract
CD40 is a 50-kD glycoprotein that plays an important role in B cell survival, memory, and immunoglobulin isotype switch. Engagement of the CD40 antigen by monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) results in increased protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) activity, which plays an important role in mediating the biologic effects of CD40. We demonstrate, using an in situ phosphorylation technique, that CD40 cross-linking by the anti-CD40 mAb 626.1 resulted within 1 min in increased phosphorylation of the src type kinase, lyn, in Daudi B cell lines and remained sustained for up to 20 min. The activity of lyn kinase, as measured by immune complex kinase assay, was also increased after CD40 engagement, with similar kinetics. In contrast, the phosphorylation and activity of fyn, fgr, and lck kinases demonstrated minimal changes following stimulation of Daudi cells with mAb 626.1 over this same time period. CD40 engagement also resulted in phosphorylation of phospholipase C gamma 2 of phosphatidylinositol (PLC gamma 2) and phosphatidylinositol (PI)-3-kinase. Phosphorylation of PI-3-kinase was shown to be associated with an increase in its enzymatic activity. These results suggest that lyn plays an important role in CD40-mediated PTK activation and identify PLC gamma 2 and PI-3-kinase targets for CD40-mediated phosphorylation, suggesting a role for these two enzymes in CD40 signal transduction.
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- C L Ren
- Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Abstract
Recent progress in understanding signal transduction owes much to new genetic approaches, first by unraveling the molecular basis of classic mutations, and then by the use of gene targeting. Recent studies have examined mammalian signal transduction from cell surface to nucleus, especially ligand-receptor systems and cytosolic signal transducers.
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- A Imamoto
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Program in Molecular Medicine, Seattle, Washington 98104
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Lee J, Wang Z, Luoh SM, Wood WI, Scadden DT. Cloning of FRK, a novel human intracellular SRC-like tyrosine kinase-encoding gene. Gene 1994; 138:247-51. [PMID: 7510261 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)90817-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
Abstract
We report the cloning of a novel tyrosine kinase (TyK)-encoding gene (TYK) from the human hepatoma cell line Hep3B. Using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and oligodeoxyribonucleotide primers based on conserved TYK motifs, a 180-bp fragment was cloned and used to obtain full-length cDNA clones of 2.9 kb, with an open reading frame of 505 amino acids (aa). Restricted expression was detected by Northern blotting or reverse-transcribed PCR in a broad range of cell lines. The predicted aa sequence contains characteristic TyK motifs without a transmembrane region, suggesting an intracellular localization. There was 49% aa sequence identity with human FYN product and 47% with human SRC product; however, several structural differences distinguish this clone from other SRC subfamily members. This clone, FYN-related kinase or FRK, is a novel member of the intracellular TYK gene family.
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- J Lee
- Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
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Abstract
The CBA/N mouse carries the X-linked immunodeficiency xid, resulting in defective B cell development. B cells from these animals cannot mount antibody responses to type 2 T-independent antigens, and do not synthesize DNA when stimulated with anti-immunoglobulin (Ig) antibodies which are mitogenic for normal B cells. The primary antibody responses of CBA/N mice to T-dependent antigens have also been reported to be abnormal. Here we describe the results of experiments which demonstrate that the B cells from these animals respond abnormally to ligation of CD40, a B cell surface molecule now known to play a key role during T cell-B cell interactions, via its interaction with the counterligand (CD40L) expressed by activated T cells. Hence, xid B cells fail to proliferate when cultured with preactivated T helper type 2 (Th2)T cells (known to express CD40L), with a soluble CD40L-CD8 fusion protein, or in response to monoclonal antibodies to CD40, even in the presence of IL-4 and/or anti-Ig reagents. However, xid B cells do receive abortive activation signals following ligation of CD40, as manifested by up-regulation of class II major histocompatibility complex and CD23 antigens. Since the xid defect has now been identified as a point mutation in the protein tyrosine kinase Btk, our results point to an important role for this kinase in the downstream signaling cascade elicited in response to ligation of either surface Ig or CD40.
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- J Hasbold
- National Institute for Medical Research, London, GB
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Schwartz RS, Stollar BD. Heavy-chain directed B-cell maturation: continuous clonal selection beginning at the pre-B cell stage. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1994; 15:27-32. [PMID: 8136008 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(94)90022-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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A number of laboratories have demonstrated a biased representation of certain V-region segments in the primary B-cell repertoire. This may reflect clonal selection at the pre-B cell stage of differentiation. Here, Robert Schwartz and David Stollar suggest that pre-B cells undergo positive selection directed by the presence of surface heavy chain with low affinity to autoantigen. This mechanism would account for the anti-self property of the pre-immune B-cell repertoire.
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- R S Schwartz
- Dept of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111
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Islam KB, Baskin B, Christensson B, Hammarström L, Smith CI. In vivo expression of human immunoglobulin germ-line mRNA in normal and in immunodeficient individuals. Clin Exp Immunol 1994; 95:3-9. [PMID: 8287606 PMCID: PMC1534613 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.1994.tb06006.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
Abstract
Previous in vitro studies suggest that transcription of the unrearranged immunoglobulin switch region and its 5' flanking region precedes isotype switching. These transcripts, which are devoid of a variable region, contain unique exons and are called germ-line (GL) mRNA. A crucial point in this regard is whether such transcripts could be detected in vivo, and if their expression correlates with immunoglobulin class switching in health and disease. To understand the in vivo role of this transcriptional activity we have adapted the reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to analyse the GL transcripts from unstimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) in healthy individuals and in different immunological diseases. Furthermore, mononuclear cells from different human organs were also analysed. We report here that GL (I alpha, I gamma and I epsilon used to designate the GL mRNA for IgA, IgG and IgE, respectively) mRNA are expressed differentially during ontogeny of B cells. Unexpectedly, no difference of I alpha mRNA expression between the PBMC and the secondary lymphoid organs was detected. Rather, the levels of GL transcripts were correlated to the number of sIgM+ cells. GL mRNA of all three isotypes could be detected in PBMC from healthy donors, whereas there was a decrease of specific GL transcript synthesis in individuals with immunoglobulin deficiency. Furthermore, during the in vivo immune response in a parasitic infection, we could demonstrate an induction of GL I epsilon mRNA during in vivo immune response. Concomitantly, there was also increased synthesis of productive epsilon transcripts. These findings implicate a potential role of GL transcription during in vivo immunoglobulin class switching.
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- K B Islam
- Centre for BioTechnology, Karolinska Institute, NOVUM, Huddinge, Sweden
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Hendriks RW, Reed V, Boyd Y. Mapping of the agammaglobulinemia tyrosine kinase gene on the mouse X chromosome with interspecific crosses. Mamm Genome 1994; 5:60-1. [PMID: 8111133 DOI: 10.1007/bf00360573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- R W Hendriks
- Department of Immunohaematology, University Hospital, Leiden, The Netherlands
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Tsukada S, Witte ON. X-linked agammaglobulinemia and Bruton's tyrosine kinase. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1994; 365:233-8. [PMID: 7887309 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0987-9_24] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- S Tsukada
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1662
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Perlmutter RM, Anderson SJ. Control of lymphopoiesis by non-receptor protein tyrosine kinases. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 1994; 365:121-30. [PMID: 7887298 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4899-0987-9_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- R M Perlmutter
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Washington, Seattle 98195
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Takatsu K, Takaki S, Hitoshi Y. Interleukin-5 and its receptor system: implications in the immune system and inflammation. Adv Immunol 1994; 57:145-90. [PMID: 7872157 DOI: 10.1016/s0065-2776(08)60673-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- K Takatsu
- Department of Immunology, University of Tokyo, Japan
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de Weers M, Verschuren MC, Kraakman ME, Mensink RG, Schuurman RK, van Dongen JJ, Hendriks RW. The Bruton's tyrosine kinase gene is expressed throughout B cell differentiation, from early precursor B cell stages preceding immunoglobulin gene rearrangement up to mature B cell stages. Eur J Immunol 1993; 23:3109-14. [PMID: 8258324 DOI: 10.1002/eji.1830231210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is an immunodeficiency disease in man, resulting from an arrest in early B cell differentiation. The gene defective in XLA has recently been identified and encodes a cytoplasmic protein tyrosine kinase, named Bruton's tyrosine kinase (btk), essential for cell differentiation and proliferation at the transition from pre-B to later B cell stages. In this study we investigated btk expression by Northern blotting experiments in a series of human (precursor-) B cell lines, acute lymphoblastic leukemias and plasmacytomas. btk was found to be already expressed in very early stages of B cell differentiation, even prior to immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy (H) or light (L) chain gene rearrangements. Transcripts were also detected at the pre-B cell stage and in mature B cells, irrespective of the Ig H chain class expressed. Approximately at the transition from mature B cells to plasma cells, expression of the btk gene is down-regulated. In addition, the btk gene was found to be expressed in myeloid cell lines and acute myeloid leukemias. btk expression in myeloid cells is probably not a prerequisite for myeloid differentiation, since myeloid cells in XLA patients seem not to be affected. No btk expression was found in T-lineage cells. The btk expression profile, i.e. from early precursor-B cell stages preceding Ig rearrangement up to mature B cells, supports the hypothesis that the XLA defect resides in a critical step of B cell development which is independent of the Ig gene recombination machinery.
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- M de Weers
- Department of Immunohematology, University Hospital, The Netherlands
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Burrows PD, Kearney JF, Schroeder HW, Cooper MD. Normal B lymphocyte differentiation. BAILLIERE'S CLINICAL HAEMATOLOGY 1993; 6:785-806. [PMID: 8038490 DOI: 10.1016/s0950-3536(05)80176-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Normal differentiation of B lineage cells has been the subject of intensive investigation over the past three decades. Current models of this process in humans are melded from the results of studies in a variety of organisms, including humans, mice and birds. Several recent developments have significantly reshaped and refined these models. The technique of homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells has allowed the production of mice with selectively disrupted genes that are important for B cell development in mice. At the same time, functional studies of human B cell differentiation, together with analysis of naturally occurring mutations that disrupt this process, have progressed rapidly. This has provided insight into the pathogenesis of lymphoproliferative and immunodeficiency diseases as well as a clearer view of normal developmental events. In this chapter we have reviewed human B cell differentiation with particular emphasis on newly emerging concepts. We also discussed CD5, a pan-T cell antigen that is expressed in low levels on a subpopulation of B cells implicated in the pathogenesis of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL). Finally, we discussed the issue of restricted variable region gene usage during B cell ontogeny and in CLL.
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- P D Burrows
- University of Alabama School of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Wallace Tumor Institute, Birmingham 35294-3300
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Single-locus mutations in mice associated with autoimmune manifestations or influencing them, including lpr, motheaten and xid have been characterized at the molecular level. Mutations have been described in the genes encoding Fc gamma RI, interleukin-2 and natural resistance associated macrophage protein, which are all candidate genes for susceptibility loci associated with autoimmune diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice. Twelve regions of DNA that are associated with disease susceptibility have now been identified in this polygenic model of autoimmunity. In human autoimmune diseases, the region of DNA surrounding the insulin gene that is associated with susceptibility to insulin dependent diabetes mellitus has been narrowed down to 4.1 kilobases.
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Kinnon C, Hinshelwood S, Levinsky RJ, Lovering RC. X-linked agammaglobulinemia--gene cloning and future prospects. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1993; 14:554-8. [PMID: 8274198 DOI: 10.1016/0167-5699(93)90187-p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The btk gene has recently been identified as the causative gene in X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA). This has opened up many new possibilities for the treatment of this B-cell immunodeficiency. Christine Kinnon and colleagues review the high degree of sequence of homology of btk to the non-receptor tyrosine kinases and speculate on putative roles for this gene in B-cell development.
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- C Kinnon
- Molecular Immunology Unit, University of London, UK
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Penninger JM, Wallace VA, Kishihara K, Mak TW. The role of p56lck and p59fyn tyrosine kinases and CD45 protein tyrosine phosphatase in T-cell development and clonal selection. Immunol Rev 1993; 135:183-214. [PMID: 8282313 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-065x.1993.tb00649.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Cao X, Kozak CA, Liu YJ, Noguchi M, O'Connell E, Leonard WJ. Characterization of cDNAs encoding the murine interleukin 2 receptor (IL-2R) gamma chain: chromosomal mapping and tissue specificity of IL-2R gamma chain expression. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1993; 90:8464-8. [PMID: 8378320 PMCID: PMC47377 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.90.18.8464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The IL-2R gamma chain (IL-2R gamma) is an essential component of high- and intermediate-affinity IL-2Rs, playing critical roles for ligand binding and internalization. Recently, our laboratory has demonstrated that IL-2R gamma mutation results in X chromosome-linked severe combined immunodeficiency in humans, suggesting that IL-2R gamma plays a vital role in thymic maturation of human T cells. We now report the isolation and characterization of cDNAs encoding murine IL-2R gamma. The open reading frame encodes 369 aa, identical in length to that encoded by the human IL-2R gamma cDNA. Murine IL-2R gamma and human IL-2R gamma have 69% and 70% identity at the nucleotide and amino acid levels, respectively. As expected, the murine IL-2R gamma retains the WSXWS motif and four cysteine residues characteristic of cytokine receptor superfamily members. IL-2R gamma mRNA distribution shows significant tissue specificity, with particularly high-level expression in spleen and thymus, and higher expression in single-positive (CD4+8- or CD4-8+)-enriched thymocytes than in double-negative (CD4-8-) thymocytes. Finally, we have localized the murine IL-2R gamma gene, Il2rg, to the X chromosome between Rsvp and Plp and demonstrated that a defect in IL-2R gamma is not responsible for the X chromosome-linked xid mutation, which maps to this same region. The cloning of the murine IL-2R gamma cDNA will facilitate the investigation of the role of this protein in lymphocyte function and thymic development.
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- X Cao
- Section on Pulmonary and Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Tsygankov A, Bolen J. The Src family of tyrosine protein kinases in hemopoietic signal transduction. Stem Cells 1993; 11:371-80. [PMID: 7694720 DOI: 10.1002/stem.5530110504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The Src family of tyrosine protein kinases (TPKs) represents a class of closely related intracellular enzymes that participate in the signal transduction pathways in a variety of hemopoietic cells. The Src TPKs associate with multiple cell surface molecules rendering these receptors capable of activating tyrosine phosphorylation of cellular protein targets. Despite phenotypic differences between various hemopoietic cells, the signal transduction pathways that involve Src TPKs demonstrate clear similarities. Accumulating data on the antigen-induced activation in T cells, B cells, and mast cells indicate that the Src TPKs participate in early antigen receptor responses in these cells.
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- A Tsygankov
- Department of Molecular Biology, Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Princeton, NJ 08543-4000
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Edgington SM. Biotherapies and B-cell differentiation. BIO/TECHNOLOGY (NATURE PUBLISHING COMPANY) 1993; 11:998-1000. [PMID: 7690235 DOI: 10.1038/nbt0993-998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Vorechovsky I, Zhou JN, Hammarström L, Smith CI, Thomas JD, Paul WE, Notarangelo LD, Bernatowska-Matuszkiewicz E. Absence of xid mutation in X-linked agammaglobulinaemia. Lancet 1993; 342:552. [PMID: 8102684 DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)91676-d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Abstract
Mouse strains with defined genetic defects engineered by the method of targeted gene disruption and homologous recombination have furthered our understanding of immune functions at the single gene level. More importantly, these mutant 'gene knockout' mice are powerful in vivo tools to dissect the complex mechanisms of lymphocyte development and function, complementing our broadening knowledge of congenital and acquired human immunodeficiencies.
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- R S Yeung
- University of Toronto, Ontario Cancer Institute, Canada
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Major emphasis is currently being placed on unraveling the molecular basis of various forms of primary human immunodeficiencies. It is clear from recent studies that not only can different mutations give rise to different phenotypes but the same mutation may result in quite diverse clinical pictures. A correct diagnosis at the DNA level therefore becomes increasingly important in view of the possibility of gene therapy.
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- L Hammarström
- Department of Clinical Immunology, Karolinska Institute at Huddinge Hospital, Sweden
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Witthuhn BA, Quelle FW, Silvennoinen O, Yi T, Tang B, Miura O, Ihle JN. JAK2 associates with the erythropoietin receptor and is tyrosine phosphorylated and activated following stimulation with erythropoietin. Cell 1993; 74:227-36. [PMID: 8343951 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90414-l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 911] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Erythropoietin (EPO) regulates the proliferation and differentiation of erythroid cells through interaction with its receptor (EPOR). Although EPOR is a member of the cytokine receptor superfamily and lacks a kinase domain, EPO induces tyrosine phosphorylation, which is correlated with gene transcription and mitogenesis. Here we demonstrate that EPO induces tyrosine phosphorylation of JAK2 kinase and activates its in vitro autophosphorylation. Using EPOR mutants, phosphorylation and activation of kinase activity correlate with the induction of mitogenesis. Furthermore, JAK2 physically associates with a membrane-proximal region of the EPOR cytoplasmic domain that is required for biological activity. The results support the hypothesis that JAK2 is the kinase that couples EPO binding to tyrosine phosphorylation and mitogenesis.
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- B A Witthuhn
- Department of Biochemistry, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee 38105
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Kishihara K, Penninger J, Wallace VA, Kündig TM, Kawai K, Wakeham A, Timms E, Pfeffer K, Ohashi PS, Thomas ML. Normal B lymphocyte development but impaired T cell maturation in CD45-exon6 protein tyrosine phosphatase-deficient mice. Cell 1993; 74:143-56. [PMID: 8334701 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90302-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 406] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The transmembrane tyrosine phosphatase CD45 is expressed in multiple isoforms on all nucleated hematopoietic cells, resulting from alternative splicing of variable exons. We generated mice with a mutation in the variable CD45 exon 6, using homologous recombination. In mice homozygous for the CD45-exon6 mutation, B cells and most T cells did not express CD45. Development of B cells appeared normal, although Ig mu-induced proliferation was completely abrogated. Thymocyte maturation was blocked at the transitional stage from immature CD4+CD8+ to mature CD4+ or CD8+ cells, and only a few T cells could be detected in peripheral lymphoid organs. Clonal deletion of superantigen-reactive T cells still occurred. Cytotoxic T cell responses to lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus were absent in CD45-exon6-/- mice. These data imply that CD45 is differentially required for the development and function of B and T lymphocytes.
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Rawlings DJ, Saffran DC, Tsukada S, Largaespada DA, Grimaldi JC, Cohen L, Mohr RN, Bazan JF, Howard M, Copeland NG. Mutation of unique region of Bruton's tyrosine kinase in immunodeficient XID mice. Science 1993; 261:358-61. [PMID: 8332901 DOI: 10.1126/science.8332901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 674] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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The cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase, Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk, formerly bpk or atk), is crucial for B cell development. Loss of kinase activity results in the human immunodeficiency, X-linked agammaglobulinemia, characterized by a failure to produce B cells. In the murine X-linked immunodeficiency (XID), B cells are present but respond abnormally to activating signals. The Btk gene, btk, was mapped to the xid region of the mouse X chromosome by interspecific backcross analysis. A single conserved residue within the amino terminal unique region of Btk was mutated in XID mice. This change in xid probably interferes with normal B cell signaling mediated by Btk protein interactions.
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- D J Rawlings
- Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles 90024
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Thomas JD, Sideras P, Smith CI, Vorechovský I, Chapman V, Paul WE. Colocalization of X-linked agammaglobulinemia and X-linked immunodeficiency genes. Science 1993; 261:355-8. [PMID: 8332900 DOI: 10.1126/science.8332900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 498] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Mice that bear the X-linked immunodeficiency (xid) mutation have a B lymphocyte-specific defect resulting in an inability to make antibody responses to polysaccharide antigens. A backcross of 1114 progeny revealed the colocalization of xid with Bruton's agammaglobulinemia tyrosine kinase (btk) gene, which is implicated in the human immune deficiency, X-linked agammaglobulinemia. Mice that carry xid have a missense mutation that alters a highly conserved arginine near the amino-terminus of the btk protein, Btk. Because this region of Btk lies outside any obvious kinase domain, the xid mutation may define another aspect of tyrosine kinase function.
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- J D Thomas
- Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Shultz LD, Schweitzer PA, Rajan TV, Yi T, Ihle JN, Matthews RJ, Thomas ML, Beier DR. Mutations at the murine motheaten locus are within the hematopoietic cell protein-tyrosine phosphatase (Hcph) gene. Cell 1993; 73:1445-54. [PMID: 8324828 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(93)90369-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 625] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Mice homozygous for the recessive allelic mutation motheaten (me) or viable motheaten (mev) on chromosome 6 develop severe defects in hematopoiesis. In this paper we present the findings that the me and mev mutations are within the hematopoietic cell protein-tyrosine phosphatase (Hcph) gene. High resolution mapping localized me to an area tightly linked to Hcph on chromosome 6. Abnormalities of the Hcph protein product were demonstrated by Western blot analysis and by activity assays in both me/me and mev/mev mice. Molecular analysis of the Hcph cDNA identified abnormal transcripts in both mutants. DNA sequence analyses of cDNA and genomic clones revealed that both the me and mev mutations are point mutations that result in aberrant splicing of the Hcph transcript. These findings provide the first available animal models for a specific protein-tyrosine phosphatase deficiency, thus facilitating determination of the precise role of this signaling molecule in hematopoiesis.
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- L D Shultz
- Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine 04609
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Bernstein A. Molecular genetic approaches to the elucidation of hematopoietic stem cell function. Stem Cells 1993; 11 Suppl 2:31-5. [PMID: 7691325 DOI: 10.1002/stem.5530110806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The past few years have seen considerable advances in the development of the methodologies for discovering novel genes critical to hematopoietic stem cell function and for analyzing their biological role in hematopoiesis. This review briefly discusses some common themes that are emerging from the molecular genetic approaches to hematopoietic stem cell function.
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- A Bernstein
- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Tanaka N, Asao H, Ohtani K, Nakamura M, Sugamura K. A novel human tyrosine kinase gene inducible in T cells by interleukin 2. FEBS Lett 1993; 324:1-5. [PMID: 8504851 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)81520-a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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We have cloned a novel human protein tyrosine kinase gene specific to T cells by the polymerase chain reaction method. This gene encodes a 620 amino-acid polypeptide including a catalytic domain for tyrosine kinase, an SH2 domain and an SH3 domain, seemingly belonging to the src family. However, characteristics of a long unique N-terminal stretch and lack of a myristylation site at the N-terminus and of a kinase regulatory tyrosine residue in the C-terminus classify this molecule into a new subfamily comprising recently cloned mouse tec, itk/tsk and human atk/bpk genes. This gene was transcriptionally induced in normal T cells by interleukin 2 stimulation. These results suggest the crucial roles of this gene in T cell proliferation and differentiation.
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- N Tanaka
- Department of Microbiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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Vorechovsky I, Zhou JN, Vetrie D, Bentley D, Björkander J, Hammarström L, Smith CI, Vorechkovsky I. Molecular diagnosis of X-linked agammaglobulinaemia. Lancet 1993; 341:1153. [PMID: 8097835 DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)93172-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Rosen FS. X-linked immunodeficiency: B-cell diseases. Curr Biol 1993; 3:312-4. [PMID: 15335759 DOI: 10.1016/0960-9822(93)90189-u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- F S Rosen
- Center for Blood Research, Harvard Medical School, 800 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Abstract
The differentiation of B lymphocytes from their progenitors progresses through a series of successive stages that are defined by sequential rearrangement of Ig loci and surface expression of various stage-specific markers, including Ig heavy and light chain proteins. Considerable evidence suggests that the appearance of cells with an orderly progression of Ig gene rearrangements is linked to the expression of the rearranged Ig gene products. Recent experiments have clarified our understanding of mechanisms by which rearrangement of Ig gene segments is controlled and how Ig gene products participate in the regulation of the B-cell differentiation program.
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- J Chen
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Children's Hospital, Boston
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