Abdulrahman Hamasy, Alamdar Hussain, Dara K Mohammad, Qing Wang, Manuela Gustafsson Sfetcovici, Beston F Nore, Abdalla J Mohamed, Rula Zain, C I Edvard Smith
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Abstract
ITK-SYK and TEL-SYK (also known as ETV6-SYK) are human tumor-causing chimeric proteins containing the kinase region of SYK, and the membrane-targeting, N-terminal, PH-TH domain-doublet of ITK or the dimerizing SAM-PNT domain of TEL, respectively. ITK-SYK causes peripheral T cell lymphoma, while TEL-SYK was reported in myelodysplastic syndrome. BTK is a kinase highly related to ITK and to further delineate the role of the N-terminus, we generated the corresponding fusion-kinase BTK-SYK. By generating and analyzing these fusion kinases, we aim to understand the contribution of N-terminal domains to their distinct cellular behavior and oncogenic properties. The fusion kinases were found to behave differently. TEL-SYK showed stronger oncogenic capacity when compared with ITK-SYK and BTK-SYK. Furthermore, ITK-SYK and BTK-SYK triggered IL-3-independent growth of BAF3 pro-B cells. In contrast to BTK-SYK and TEL-SYK, which predominantly localized in perinuclear region and cytoplasm respectively, ITK-SYK exhibits a more diverse cellular distribution, being present in the nucleus, cytoplasm and membrane-bound compartments. Notably, we observed that ITK-SYK undergoes activation-mediated nuclear translocation, a phenomenon that is uncommon among kinases. This unique feature of ITK-SYK is therefore of particular interest due to its potential connection to its transforming capability.
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