title: Interleukin-4-dependent proliferation dissociates p44erk-1, p42erk-2, and p21ras activation from cell growth.
abstract: The activation of erk/mitogen-activated protein kinases and p21ras is strongly associated with progression through the cell cycle. Cell growth induced by the cytokine interleukin-4 (IL-4) effectively dissociates the activation of p44erk-1 and p42erk-2 mitogen-activated protein kinases and p21ras from cell proliferation. In two cell lines of T lymphocyte and myeloid origin that were dependent upon IL-4 for continuous growth, IL-4 failed to detectably activate or induce tyrosine phosphorylation of p44erk-1 and p42erk-2. The activation of p21ras was also not detectably affected by IL-4 treatment of these cells. Treatment of the same cells with other growth factors (colony-stimulating factor-1 and Steel factor) or phorbol esters induced the tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of p44erk-1 and p42erk-2 and stimulated p21ras activity. The presence of IL-4 neither diminished nor enhanced the activation of p44erk-1 and p42erk-2 by colony-stimulating factor-1, Steel factor, or 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate. Furthermore, IL-4 also failed to activate p44erk-1, p42erk-2, and p21ras in normal T lymphocytes and mast cells derived from spleen and bone marrow, respectively. Significantly, these findings demonstrate that IL-4-induced cell growth may be dissociated from the activation of p44erk-1, p42erk-2, and p21ras, suggesting that their activation may not be an absolute requirement for growth factor-stimulated mitogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Welham
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Duronio
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Schrader
mesh_terms: D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002455:Cell Division / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D006801:Humans; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000502:physiology*; D008407:Mast Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D015689:Oncogene Protein p21(ras) / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015847:Interleukin-4; D014443:Tyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D015689:Oncogene Protein p21(ras)