title: Platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-induced activation of signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat) 5 is mediated by PDGF beta-receptor and is not dependent on c-src, fyn, jak1 or jak2 kinases.
abstract: Several growth factors activate signal transducers and activators of transcription (Stats) but the mechanism of Stat activation in receptor tyrosine kinase signalling has remained elusive. In the present study we have analysed the roles of different platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)-induced tyrosine kinases in the activation of Stat5. Co-expression experiments in insect and mammalian cells demonstrated that both PDGF beta-receptor (PDGF beta-R) and Jak1, but not c-Src, induced the activation of Stat5. Furthermore, immune-complex-purified PDGF beta-R was able to phosphorylate Stat5 directly. The role of the cytoplasmic tyrosine kinases in the PDGF-induced activation of Stat5 was further investigated by overexpressing kinase-negative (KN) and wild-type Jak and c-Src kinases. Jak1-KN or Jak2-KN had no effect but both Src-KN and wild-type c-Src similarly decreased the PDGF-beta-R-induced activation of Stat5. The activation of both Src and Stat5 is dependent on the same tyrosine residues Tyr(579) and Tyr(581) in PDGF beta-R; thus the observed inhibition by Src might result from competition for binding of Stat5 to the receptor. Finally, fibroblasts derived from Src(-/-) and Fyn(-/-) mice showed normal pattern of PDGF-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of Stat5. Taken together, these results indicate that Stat5 is a direct substrate for PDGF beta-R and that the activation does not require Jak1, Jak2, c-Src or Fyn tyrosine kinases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, Haartman Institute, Haartmaninkatu 3, P.O. Box 21, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Paukku
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Valgeirsdóttir
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Saharinen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bergman
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Heldin
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Silvennoinen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D007313:Insecta / Q000166:cytology; D053613:Janus Kinase 1; D053614:Janus Kinase 2; D008322:Mammals; D051379:Mice; D008894:Milk Proteins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn; D020796:Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha / Q000378:metabolism*; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D050799:STAT5 Transcription Factor; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism; D018909:src Homology Domains; D019061:src-Family Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008894:Milk Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D050799:STAT5 Transcription Factor; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014443:Tyrosine; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D020796:Receptor, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha; D017479:Receptors, Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; C494960:Fyn protein, mouse; C507905:Jak1 protein, mouse; C507926:Jak2 protein, mouse; D053613:Janus Kinase 1; D053614:Janus Kinase 2; D051076:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fyn; D019061:src-Family Kinases