title: RANTES and MIP-1alpha activate stats in T cells.
abstract: The chemokines RANTES (regulated on activation, normal T cell expressed and secreted) and MIP (macrophage inflammatory protein)-1alpha have been implicated in regulating T cell functions. RANTES-induced T cell activation is apparently mediated via two distinct signal transduction cascades: one linked to recruitment of pertussis toxin-sensitive G proteins and the other linked to protein-tyrosine kinase activation. In this report, we identified that the transcription factors Stat1 and Stat3 (for signal transducers and activators of transcription) are rapidly activated in T cells in response to RANTES and MIP-1alpha. Nuclear extracts from MOLT-4 and Jurkat T cells treated with RANTES or MIP-1alpha contain tyrosine-phosphorylated Stat1:1 and Stat1:3 dimers that exhibit DNA-binding activity. We demonstrated that RANTES and MIP-1alpha treatment of Jurkat cells resulted in transcriptional activation of a Stat-inducible gene, c-fos, with kinetics consistent with Stat activation by these chemokines. RANTES and MIP-1alpha mediate their effects via shared chemokine receptors (CCRs): CCR1, CCR4, and CCR5. Our data revealed a concordance between chemokine-induced Stat activation and c-fos induction and CCR4 and CCR5 expression. These findings indicate that chemokine-mediated activation of G-protein-coupled receptors leads to signal transduction that invokes intracellular phosphorylation intermediates used by other cytokine receptors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3E2, Canada.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Fish
mesh_terms: D054405:Chemokine CCL3; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D018946:Chemokine CCL5 / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D016762:Genes, fos; D006801:Humans; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D054405:Chemokine CCL3; D054407:Chemokine CCL4; D018946:Chemokine CCL5; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D019402:Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; C494079:STAT1 protein, human; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; C494086:STAT3 protein, human; D015534:Trans-Activators