title: STAT3 as an adapter to couple phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase to the IFNAR1 chain of the type I interferon receptor.
abstract: STAT (signal transducers and activators of transcription) proteins undergo cytokine-dependent phosphorylation on serine and tyrosine. STAT3, a transcription factor for acute phase response genes, was found to act as an adapter molecule in signal transduction from the type I interferon receptor. STAT3 bound to a conserved sequence in the cytoplasmic tail of the IFNAR1 chain of the receptor and underwent interferon-dependent tyrosine phosphorylation. The p85 regulatory subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, which activates a series of serine kinases, bound to phosphorylated STAT3 and subsequently underwent tyrosine phosphorylation. Thus, STAT3 acts as an adapter to couple another signaling pathway to the interferon receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Pfeffer
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Mullersman
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Pfeffer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Murti
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000730:Androstadienes / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D019556:COS Cells; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D010766:Phosphorylation; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor) / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017354:Point Mutation; D011485:Protein Binding; D053633:Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta; D017471:Receptors, Interferon / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D000077191:Wortmannin
chemical_list: D000209:Acute-Phase Proteins; D000730:Androstadienes; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; D015534:Trans-Activators; D053633:Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta; D014443:Tyrosine; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D017853:Phosphotransferases (Alcohol Group Acceptor); D000077191:Wortmannin