title: Purification of a 72-kDa protein-tyrosine kinase from rat liver and its identification as Syk: involvement of Syk in signaling events of hepatocytes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Kobe University School of Medicine, Chuo-ku, Kobe 650-0017, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yanagi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Inatome
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hermann
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsujimura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000804:Angiotensin II / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D004792:Enzyme Precursors / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013267:Stilbenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000072377:Syk Kinase
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D004792:Enzyme Precursors; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D013267:Stilbenes; D000804:Angiotensin II; C041525:3,3',4,5'-tetrahydroxystilbene; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C000606896:SYK protein, human; D000072377:Syk Kinase; C000606898:Syk protein, rat; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins