UTSUGISAWA Taiju    Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine    Position   Associate Professor
Article types	Original article
Language	English
Peer review	Peer reviewed
Title	Pro-apoptotic effect of the c-Abl tyrosine kinase in the cellular response to 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine.
Journal	Formal name：Oncogene Abbreviation：Oncogene ISSN code：09509232/09509232
Domestic / Foregin	Foregin
Volume, Issue, Page	15(16),pp.1947-1952
Author and coauthor	Huang Y, Yuan Z M, Ishiko T, Nakada S, Utsugisawa T, Kato T, Kharbanda S, Kufe D W
Publication date	1997/10
Summary	Treatment of cells with the antimetabolite 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine (ara-C) and other genotoxic agents is associated with activation of the c-Abl protein tyrosine kinase. The functional role of c-Abl in the response to DNA damage, however, remains unclear. The present studies demonstrate that cells expressing a dominant negative, kinase-inactive c-Abl (K-R) are resistant to killing by ara-C. The expression of c-Abl (K-R) blocked ara-C-induced apoptosis by a mechanism that is at least in part independent of the p53 tumor suppressor. Cells null for c-Abl also exhibited resistance to induction of apoptosis. These findings provide support for a pro-apoptotic function of c-Abl in the response to certain genotoxic drugs.
DOI	10.1038/sj.onc.1201376
PMID	9365241