Section of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Cancer. 2010 Apr 1;116(7):1629-37. doi: 10.1002/cncr.24879.
Fyn is 59-kDa member of the Src family of kinases that is historically associated with T-cell and neuronal signaling in development and normal cellular physiology. Whereas Src has been heavily studied in cancer, less attention has been traditionally awarded to the other Src kinases such as Fyn. Our group has shown that Fyn is particularly upregulated in prostate cancer in contrast to the alternative members of the Src family. This suggests that it may mediate several important processes attributed to Src kinases in prostate cancer and other malignancies. These functions include not only cellular growth and proliferation but also morphogenesis and cellular motility. Together, these suggest a role for Fyn in both progression and metastasis. As several agents in clinical development affect Fyn activation, understanding the role that Fyn plays in cancer is of great importance in oncology. Cancer 2010. (c) 2010 American Cancer Society.
Fyn 是 Src 家族激酶的 59kDa 成员,在发育和正常细胞生理中与 T 细胞和神经元信号转导历史相关。虽然 Src 在癌症中得到了广泛研究,但传统上对其他 Src 激酶(如 Fyn)的关注较少。我们的研究小组表明,与 Src 家族的其他成员相比,Fyn 在前列腺癌中特别上调。这表明它可能介导归因于前列腺癌和其他恶性肿瘤中 Src 激酶的几个重要过程。这些功能不仅包括细胞生长和增殖,还包括形态发生和细胞迁移。总之,这表明 Fyn 在进展和转移中都发挥作用。由于几种处于临床开发阶段的药物会影响 Fyn 的激活,因此了解 Fyn 在癌症中的作用对于肿瘤学具有重要意义。癌症 2010.(c)2010 美国癌症协会。