title: Reconstitution of functional interleukin 2 receptor complexes on fibroblastoid cells: involvement of the cytoplasmic domain of the gamma chain in two distinct signaling pathways.
abstract: We have previously shown that the interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptor gamma chain is a member of the cytokine receptor superfamily and is indispensable for the formation of receptor complexes with high and intermediate affinities for IL-2. The present study demonstrates that the alpha beta gamma heterotrimer and beta gamma heterodimer complexes of IL-2 receptor reconstituted on murine fibroblast L929 cells can transduce IL-2-mediated signals for activation of tyrosine kinase and for induction of c-myc, c-fos, and c-jun expression. A mutant of the gamma chain lacking the C-terminal 68 amino acids in its cytoplasmic region showed a loss of such signal-transducing ability when incorporated into the IL-2 receptor complexes but brought no effect on IL-2 binding and IL-2 internalization. Another mutant, with a C-terminal deletion of 30 amino acids, retained the ability to activate a tyrosine kinase and to induce c-myc expression but lost the ability to induce c-fos and c-jun expression. These results suggest that at least two distinct signals, one for c-myc induction, which parallels tyrosine kinase activation, and the other for c-fos and c-jun induction, can be transduced from the IL-2 receptor complexes reconstituted on fibroblastoid cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asao
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumaki
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugamura
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D003062:Codon; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007700:Kinetics; D007739:L Cells; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D010957:Plasmids; D012313:RNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013728:Terminator Regions, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D007376:Interleukin-2; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010710:Phosphates; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D019000:Phosphotyrosine; D014443:Tyrosine; D012313:RNA