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Drosophila C-Terminal Src Kinase Negatively Regulates Organ Growth and Cell Proliferation through Inhibition of the Src, Jun N-Terminal Kinase, and STAT Pathways

Department of Molecular Biology and Pharmacology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110,¹ Department of Pharmacology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York 10012²

Received 20 October 2003/ Returned for modification 7 December 2003/ Accepted 28 March 2004

Src family kinases regulate multiple cellular processes including proliferation and oncogenesis. C-terminal Src kinase (Csk) encodes a critical negative regulator of Src family kinases. We demonstrate that the Drosophila melanogaster Csk ortholog, dCsk, functions as a tumor suppressor: dCsk mutants display organ overgrowth and excess cellular proliferation. Genetic analysis indicates that the dCsk^–/– overgrowth phenotype results from activation of Src, Jun kinase, and STAT signal transduction pathways. In particular, blockade of STAT function in dCsk mutants severely reduced Src-dependent overgrowth and activated apoptosis of mutant tissue. Our data provide in vivo evidence that Src activity requires JNK and STAT function.

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