Tyrosine phosphorylation is required for up-regulation of the HOX-11 (TCL-3) homeobox proto-oncogene in T cells.
HOX-11 (TCL-3) is a homeobox proto-oncogene isolated from the breakpoint region of the t(10;14) chromosomal translocation associated with pediatric T-cell acute leukemia. To better understand the transcriptional regulation of the HOX-11 gene in response to extracellular signals, the levels of HOX-11 RNA were examined in normal and leukemic human T cells upon phytohemagglutinin and hematopoietic growth factor stimulation. While individual hematopoietic growth factors tested did not show any effect on HOX-11 gene expression, a drastic increase in HOX-11 RNA was observed under the induction of phytohemagglutinin. In the presence of cycloheximide, a protein synthesis inhibitor, phytohemagglutinin-induced HOX-11 up-regulation was suppressed, indicating that HOX-11 acts as a delayed early response gene which requires protein synthesis. The HOX-11 gene expression was also suppressed by the tyrosine kinase inhibitors tryphostin and lavendustin A. Our data therefore suggest that the delayed early response of HOX-11 up-regulation in T cells requires a tyrosine phosphorylation signal.[1]References
- Tyrosine phosphorylation is required for up-regulation of the HOX-11 (TCL-3) homeobox proto-oncogene in T cells. Zhang, N., Shen, W.F., Ho, A.D., Lu, M. Cancer Res. (1995) [Pubmed]
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