title: Protein-tyrosine kinase p72syk in Fc gamma RI receptor signaling.
abstract: In this report we show that gamma-interferon (IFN) induces the expression of the nonreceptor protein tyrosine kinase, p72syk, and that cross-linking the Fc gamma RI receptor in IFN-differentiated U937 cells (U937IF cells) results in the activation of syk kinase. We show that syk is tyrosine phosphorylated (12-fold increase) after Fc gamma RI cross-linking. In vitro kinase assays demonstrate that the specific kinase activity of syk increased eightfold after Fc gamma RI cross-linking. The activation of signal transduction through the Fc gamma RI receptor, as measured by the respiratory burst, is associated with the tyrosine phosphorylation and catalytic activation of the syk kinase. We show that syk coprecipitates with the gamma subunit of the Fc gamma RI, Fc gamma RI gamma. The data suggest that p72syk is involved in signal transduction through the Fc gamma RI receptor, involving the Fc gamma RI gamma subunit.
authors.affiliation: Neil Bogart Memorial Laboratories, Department of Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital Los Angeles 90027.
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Durden
authors.forename: Y B
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007372:Interferons / Q000494:pharmacology; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011485:Protein Binding; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017452:Receptors, IgG / Q000502:physiology*; D016897:Respiratory Burst; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000072377:Syk Kinase
chemical_list: D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D017452:Receptors, IgG; D007372:Interferons; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C000606896:SYK protein, human; D000072377:Syk Kinase