title: Characterization of two mosquito STATs, AaSTAT and CtSTAT. Differential regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation and DNA binding activity by lipopolysaccharide treatment and by Japanese encephalitis virus infection.
abstract: Two mosquito STATs, AaSTAT and CtSTAT, have been cloned from Aedes albopictus and Culex tritaeniorhynchus mosquitoes, respectively. These two STATs are more similar to those of Drosophila, Anopheles, and mammalian STAT5 in the DNA binding and Src homology 2 domains. The mRNA transcripts are expressed at all developmental stages, and the proteins are present predominantly at the pupal and adult stages in both mosquitoes. Stimulation with lipopolysaccharide resulted in an increase of tyrosine phosphorylation and DNA binding activity of AaSTAT and CtSTAT as well as an increase of luciferase activity of a reporter gene containing Drosophila STAT binding motif in mosquito C6/36 cells. After being infected with Japanese encephalitis virus, nuclear extracts of C6/36 cells revealed a decrease of tyrosine phosphorylation and DNA binding activity of AaSTAT which could be restored by sodium orthovanadate treatment. Taking all of the data together, this is the first report to clone and characterize two mosquito STATs with 81% identity and to demonstrate a different response of tyrosine phosphorylation and DNA binding of these two STATs by lipopolysaccharide treatment and by Japanese encephalitis virus infection.
authors: Graduate Institute of Life Science, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 114, Taiwan.
authors: Chang-Chi
authors: CC
authors: Lin
authors: Chih-Ming
authors: CM
authors: Chou
authors: Ya-Li
authors: YL
authors: Hsu
authors: Jih-Ching
authors: JC
authors: Lien
authors: Yu-Ming
authors: YM
authors: Wang
authors: Shui-Tsung
authors: ST
authors: Chen
authors: Shu-Chuan
authors: SC
authors: Tsai
authors: Pei-Wen
authors: PW
authors: Hsiao
authors: Chang-Jen
authors: CJ
authors: Huang
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D009033:Culicidae / Q000821:virology; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004330:Drosophila; D004664:Encephalitis Virus, Japanese / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D006801:Humans; D019476:Insect Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010766:Phosphorylation; D010802:Phylogeny; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D050791:STAT Transcription Factors; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D012737:Sex Factors; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013997:Time Factors; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014443:Tyrosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D014638:Vanadates / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D050791:STAT Transcription Factors; C482342:STAT protein, Aedes albopictus; C482343:STAT protein, Culex tritaeniorhynchus; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014638:Vanadates; D014443:Tyrosine