title: Involvement of SHP-2 in multiple aspects of IL-2 signaling: evidence for a positive regulatory role.
abstract: Binding of IL-2 to its receptor activates several biochemical pathways, but precisely how these pathways are linked is incompletely understood. Here, we report that SHP-2, an SH2-domain containing tyrosine phosphatase, associates with different molecules of the IL-2 signaling cascade. Upon IL-2 stimulation, SHP-2 was coimmunoprecipitated with Grb2 and the p85 subunit of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase. In contrast, SHP-2 was constitutively associated with JAK1 and JAK3. Finally, SHP-2 expression amplified STAT-dependent transcriptional activation whereas a dominant negative allele inhibited transactivation and the IL-2-induced activation of MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase). These results demonstrate the involvement of SHP-2 in multiple pathways of the IL-2 signaling cascade and provide evidence for its positive regulatory role.
authors.affiliation: Lymphocyte Cell Biology Section, Arthritis and Rheumatism Branch, National Institute of Arthritis Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA. massimog@helix.nih.gov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gadina
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Stancato
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bacon
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Larner
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: O'Shea
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D053616:Janus Kinase 3; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000502:physiology*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D054593:SH2 Domain-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D051380:GRB2 Adaptor Protein; C495948:GRB2 protein, human; D007376:Interleukin-2; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C507933:JAK3 protein, human; D053616:Janus Kinase 3; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; C516724:PTPN11 protein, human; C509249:PTPN6 protein, human; D054592:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 11; D053824:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatase, Non-Receptor Type 6; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases; D054593:SH2 Domain-Containing Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases