@article{7c80f6955a934ed6b39d3ede819b55e2,
title = "Tetraspanin CD37 Directly Mediates Transduction of Survival and Apoptotic Signals",
abstract = "Tetraspanins are commonly believed to act only as {"}molecular facilitators,{"} with no direct role in signal transduction. We herein demonstrate that upon ligation, CD37, a tetraspanin molecule expressed on mature normal and transformed B cells, becomes tyrosine phosphorylated, associates with proximal signaling molecules, and initiates a cascade of events leading to apoptosis. Moreover, we have identified two tyrosine residues with opposing regulatory functions: one lies in the N-terminal domain of CD37 in a predicted {"}ITIM-like{"} motif and mediates SHP1-dependent death, whereas the second lies in a predicted {"}ITAM motif{"} in the C-terminal domain of CD37 and counteracts death signals by mediating phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-dependent survival.",
author = "Rosa Lapalombella and Yeh, {Yuh Ying} and Liwen Wang and Asha Ramanunni and Sarwish Rafiq and Shruti Jha and Justin Staubli and Lucas, {David M.} and Rajeswaran Mani and Herman, {Sarah E.M.} and Johnson, {Amy J.} and Arletta Lozanski and Leslie Andritsos and Jeffrey Jones and Flynn, {Joseph M.} and Brian Lannutti and Peter Thompson and Paul Algate and Scott Stromatt and David Jarjoura and Xiaokui Mo and Dasheng Wang and Chen, {Ching Shih} and Gerard Lozanski and Heerema, {Nyla A.} and Susheela Tridandapani and Freitas, {Michael A.} and Natarajan Muthusamy and Byrd, {John C.}",
note = "Funding Information: We thank the members of the CLL Experimental Therapeutics laboratory, Freitas laboratory, and Dr. Guido Marcucci, for critical comments and review of the final manuscript, and Dr. Shu-Huei Wang for BIM promoter reporter plasmids. We are grateful for research support from The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the National Cancer Institute (grants P50 CA140158, PO1 CA95426, PO1 CA81534, 1K12 CA133250, and RO1 CA107106). Mr. and Mrs. Michael Thomas, The Harry Mangurian Foundation, and The D. Warren Brown Foundation also supported this work. ",
year = "2012",
month = may,
day = "25",
doi = "10.1016/j.ccr.2012.03.040",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "21",
pages = "694--708",
journal = "Cancer Cell",
issn = "1535-6108",
publisher = "Cell Press",
number = "5",
}