title: Signaling through the interleukin 2 receptor beta chain activates a STAT-5-like DNA-binding activity.
abstract: To explore the possible involvement of STAT factors ("signal transducers and activators of transcription") in the interleukin 2 receptor (IL-2R) signaling cascade, murine HT-2 cells expressing chimeric receptors composed of the extracellular domain of the erythropoietin receptor fused to the cytoplasmic domains of the IL-2R beta or -gamma c chains were prepared. Erythropoietin or IL-2 activation of these cells resulted in rapid nuclear expression of a DNA-binding activity that reacted with select STAT response elements. Based on reactivity with specific anti-STAT antibodies, this DNA-binding activity was identified as a murine homologue of STAT-5. Induction of nuclear expression of this STAT-5-like factor was blocked by the addition of herbimycin A, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, but not by rapamycin, an immunophilin-binding antagonist of IL-2-induced proliferation. The IL-2R beta chain appeared critical for IL-2-induced activation of STAT-5, since a mutant beta chain lacking all cytoplasmic tyrosine residues was incapable of inducing this DNA binding. In contrast, a gamma c mutant lacking all of its cytoplasmic tyrosine residues proved fully competent for the induction of STAT-5. Physical binding of STAT-5 to functionally important tyrosine residues within IL-2R beta was supported by the finding that phosphorylated, but not nonphosphorylated, peptides corresponding to sequences spanning Y392 and Y510 of the IL-2R beta tail specifically inhibited STAT-5 DNA binding.
authors.affiliation: Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Gaffen
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gouilleux
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Groner
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Greene
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008894:Milk Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000494:pharmacology; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050799:STAT5 Transcription Factor; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D007376:Interleukin-2; D008894:Milk Proteins; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D050799:STAT5 Transcription Factor; D015534:Trans-Activators; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D004247:DNA