title: Interleukin-2 receptor gamma chain: a functional component of the interleukin-4 receptor.
abstract: The interleukin-2 (IL-2) receptor gamma chain (IL-2R gamma) is an essential component of high- and intermediate-affinity IL-2 receptors. IL-2R gamma was demonstrated to be a component of the IL-4 receptor on the basis of chemical cross-linking data, the ability of IL-2R gamma to augment IL-4 binding affinity, and the requirement for IL-2R gamma in IL-4-mediated phosphorylation of insulin receptor substrate-1. The observation that IL-2R gamma is a functional component of the IL-4 receptor, together with the finding that IL-2R gamma associates with the IL-7 receptor, begins to elucidate why deficiency of this common gamma chain (gamma c) has a profound effect on lymphoid function and development, as seen in X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency.
authors.affiliation: Section on Pulmonary and Molecular Immunology, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Keegan
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noguchi
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leland
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Friedmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miyajima
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Puri
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000378:metabolism; D007739:L Cells; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D019948:Receptors, Interleukin-4; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016511:Severe Combined Immunodeficiency / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014162:Transfection; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: C526292:IRS1 protein, human; D055504:Insulin Receptor Substrate Proteins; C526295:Irs1 protein, mouse; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D019948:Receptors, Interleukin-4; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen; D015847:Interleukin-4