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Thoas Fioretos

Thoas Fioretos

Research team manager

Thoas Fioretos

Regional localization and developmental expression of the BCR gene in rodent brain

Author

  • Thoas Fioretos
  • J W Voncken
  • T Z Baram
  • F Kamme
  • J Groffen
  • N Heisterkamp

Summary, in English

The BCR gene is implicated in the development of Ph-positive leukemia through its fusion with the nonreceptor tyrosine kinase gene ABL. The normal 160 kDa Bcr protein has several functional domains, and recently one specific role for Bcr was established in the regulation of respiratory burst activity in white blood cells. Bcr expression levels are relatively constant throughout mouse development until adulthood in brain and in hematopoietic tissues, a pattern that is distinctly different from that of the functionally related n-chimerin gene. In the present study, RNA in situ hybridization was used to explore the normal cellular function of Bcr in rodent brain and hematopoietic organs. The data pinpoint the high bcr expression in the brain to the hippocampal pyramidal cell layer and the dentate gyrus, and to the piriform cortex and the olfactory nuclei, reflecting a potentially interesting function for Bcr in these highly specialized brain regions.

Department/s

  • Division of Clinical Genetics

Publishing year

1995

Language

English

Pages

97-102

Publication/Series

Cellular & molecular biology research

Volume

41

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Elsevier

Topic

  • Medical Genetics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0968-8773