title: Jak-STAT signaling induced by the v-abl oncogene.
abstract: The effect of the v-abl oncogene of the Abelson murine leukemia virus (A-MuLV) on the Jak-STAT pathway of cytokine signal transduction was investigated. In murine pre-B lymphocytes transformed with A-MuLV, the Janus kinases (Jaks) Jak1 and Jak3 exhibited constitutive tyrosine kinase activity, and the STAT proteins (signal transducers and activators of transcription) normally activated by interleukin-4 and interleukin-7 were tyrosine-phosphorylated in the absence of these cytokines. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments revealed that in these cells v-Abl was physically associated with Jak1 and Jak3. Inactivation of v-Abl tyrosine kinase in a pre-B cell line transformed with a temperature-sensitive mutant of v-abl resulted in abrogation of constitutive Jak-STAT signaling. A direct link may exist between transformation by v-abl and cytokine signal transduction.
authors.affiliation: Integrated Program in Molecular, Cellular, and Biophysical Studies, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA.
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Danial
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pernis
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Rothman
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016313:Genes, abl; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000378:metabolism; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000378:metabolism; D015851:Interleukin-7 / Q000378:metabolism; D053613:Janus Kinase 1; D053616:Janus Kinase 3; D051379:Mice; D008894:Milk Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D050799:STAT5 Transcription Factor; D050800:STAT6 Transcription Factor; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013696:Temperature; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015851:Interleukin-7; D008894:Milk Proteins; D050799:STAT5 Transcription Factor; D050800:STAT6 Transcription Factor; C494100:Stat6 protein, mouse; D015534:Trans-Activators; D015847:Interleukin-4; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C507905:Jak1 protein, mouse; C507935:Jak3 protein, mouse; D053613:Janus Kinase 1; D053616:Janus Kinase 3