title: IL-4 and IL-13 activate the JAK2 tyrosine kinase and Stat6 in cultured human vascular endothelial cells through a common pathway that does not involve the gamma c chain.
abstract: IL-4 and IL-13 each act on human endothelial cells (ECs) to induce expression of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1. On hematopoietic cells. IL-4 responses may be mediated either through a pathway involving gc, the common signaling subunit of the IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-9, and IL-15 receptors, or through a gc-independent pathway that may be alternatively activated by IL-13. We find that human ECs do not express gc, as detected by indirect immunofluorescence and FACS analysis or by a reverse transcription-PCR method. Like IL-4, IL-13 activates a protein tyrosine kinase that phosphorylates the IL-4R binding protein. In addition, we find that IL-4 and IL-13 each induce tyrosine phosphorylation of the JAK2 tyrosine kinase. Furthermore, both IL-4 and IL-13 induce binding of the Stat6 transcription factor to a consensus sequence oligonucleotide. We conclude that the IL-4 response of human ECs involves the IL-13 shared pathway that is independent of gc, and uses JAK2-Stat6 signaling.
authors.affiliation: Boyer Center for Molecular Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06536-0812, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Palmer-Crocker
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Pober
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D053614:Janus Kinase 2; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000502:physiology*; D050800:STAT6 Transcription Factor; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D007377:Interleukin-3; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D050800:STAT6 Transcription Factor; C494101:STAT6 protein, human; D015534:Trans-Activators; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D015847:Interleukin-4; D014443:Tyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C507924:JAK2 protein, human; D053614:Janus Kinase 2