title: Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor induces a unique set of STAT factors in murine dendritic cells.
abstract: Cytokine-mediated signaling pathways were studied in mouse dendritic cells (DC) by analysis of the activation pattern of STAT factors. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays were performed to detect STAT isoform-specific complexes. Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) simultaneously induced complexes containing STAT1, STAT3, STAT5A, STAT5B and STAT6. In non-DC, a similar broad activation pattern of STAT factors by GM-CSF or other cytokines has not been observed so far. By comparison, in peritoneal macrophages, GM-CSF induced a complex with the properties of a truncated form of STAT5. Other cytokines tested on DC either failed to induce STAT factors [interleukin (IL)-1 beta, IL-2, IL-15], or activated the same STAT factors as observed in peritoneal macrophages (IL-4, IFN-gamma). Our results implicate a specific effect of GM-CSF on STAT signaling in DC which might account for the cell type-specific effect of this cytokine on development and function.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Chemie und Biochemie, University of Innsbruck, Austria.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Welte
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Koch
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schuler
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lechner
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Doppler
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Heufler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D003713:Dendritic Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017737:Macrophages, Peritoneal / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008894:Milk Proteins; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; D050799:STAT5 Transcription Factor; D050800:STAT6 Transcription Factor; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008894:Milk Proteins; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; D050799:STAT5 Transcription Factor; D050800:STAT6 Transcription Factor; C494080:Stat1 protein, mouse; C494087:Stat3 protein, mouse; C494093:Stat5a protein, mouse; C494096:Stat5b protein, mouse; C494100:Stat6 protein, mouse; D015534:Trans-Activators; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor