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Molecular and Cellular Biology, July 2006, p. 4949-4957, Vol. 26, No. 13
0270-7306/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.01901-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Protein Tyrosine Kinase 6 Negatively Regulates Growth and Promotes Enterocyte Differentiation in the Small Intestine

Andrea Haegebarth,1 Wenjun Bie,1 Ruyan Yang,1 Susan E. Crawford,2 Valeri Vasioukhin,3 Elaine Fuchs,4 and Angela L. Tyner1*

Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics and Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60607,1 Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611,2 Division of Human Biology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington 98109,3 Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 100214

Received 28 September 2005/ Returned for modification 7 February 2006/ Accepted 8 April 2006

Protein tyrosine kinase 6 (PTK6) (also called Brk or Sik) is an intracellular tyrosine kinase that is expressed in breast cancer and normal epithelial linings. In adult mice, PTK6 expression is high in villus epithelial cells of the small intestine. To explore functions of PTK6, we disrupted the mouse Ptk6 gene. We detected longer villi, an expanded zone of PCNA expression, and increased bromodeoxyuridine incorporation in the PTK6-deficient small intestine. Although differentiation of major epithelial cell types occurred, there was a marked delay in expression of intestinal fatty acid binding protein, suggesting a role for PTK6 in enterocyte differentiation. However, fat absorption was comparable in wild-type and Ptk6–/– mice. It was previously shown that the serine threonine kinase Akt is a substrate of PTK6 and that PTK6-mediated phosphorylation of Akt on tyrosine resulted in inhibition of Akt activity. Consistent with these findings, we detected increased Akt activity and nuclear ß-catenin in intestines of PTK6-deficient mice and decreased nuclear localization of the Akt substrate FoxO1 in villus epithelial cells. PTK6 contributes to maintenance of tissue homeostasis through negative regulation of Akt in the small intestine and is associated with cell cycle exit and differentiation in normal intestinal epithelial cells.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Illinois College of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, M/C 669, 900 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60607. Phone: (312) 996-7964. Fax: (312) 413-0353. E-mail: atyner{at}uic.edu.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, July 2006, p. 4949-4957, Vol. 26, No. 13
0270-7306/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.01901-05
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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