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The AATYK gene encodes a tyrosine kinase whose expression is up-regulated during the apoptosis and differentiation of 32Dcl3 myelobalstic cells. Because high levels of AATYK mRNA have also been detected in the brain, and because these transcripts differ in size from that observed in the 32Dcl3 cell line, it was of interest to determine whether this gene encodes mRNAs that are alternatively spliced and whether these mRNAs are expressed in a tissue-specific manner. We have isolated a novel, alternatively spliced AATYK mRNA using cDNA library screening and RT–PCR, whose expression is readily detected in the brain but not myeloid cells. Western blot analysis revealed that the AATYK protein was expressed in virtually all regions of the adult rat brain in which neurons are present, including olfactory bulb, forebrain, cortex, midbrain, cerebellum and pons. Immunohistochemical labeling of adult brain sections showed the highest levels of AATYK expression in the cerebellum and olfactory bulb. Expression of AATYK was also up-regulated as a function of RA-induced neuronal differentiation of p19 embryonal carcinoma cells, supporting a role for this protein in mature neurons and neuronal differentiation.
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This work was supported by a grant from NIEHS, ES09225 and a Lund Family American Cancer Society Grant (PF-99-039-01-CCG) to SJ Baker.
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Baker, S., Sumerson, R., Reddy, C. et al. Characterization of an alternatively spliced AATYK mRNA: Expression pattern of AATYK in the brain and neuronal cells. Oncogene 20, 1015–1021 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.onc.1204209
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