title: Dok-1 is a positive regulator of IL-4 signalling and IgE response.
abstract: Interleukin-4 (IL-4) plays an essential role in the control of humoral immunity by regulating lymphocyte proliferation and differentiation, including the T helper type 2 lineage commitment of CD4(+) T cells as well as the isotype switching to IgE in B cells. The adaptor protein Dok-1 is known to have an essential role in the negative regulation of a variety of cytokine signalling events. However, here we have found that the loss of Dok-1 impaired the proliferative response of CD4(+) T cells and B cells to IL-4. Conversely, the forced expression of Dok-1 in the myeloid cell line 32D augmented the IL-4-induced proliferation, indicating a positive role for Dok-1. Tyrosine phosphorylation, and thereby the activation of Stat6 and IRS-2, is critical for IL-4 signalling; however, only the activation of Stat6, not the IRS-2-dependent phosphorylation of Akt, was perturbed in Dok-1-deficient cells stimulated with IL-4. Furthermore, mice lacking Dok-1 showed an impaired IgE response to thymus-dependent antigen. Thus, Dok-1 is a positive regulator of IL-4 signalling and IgE response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Regulation, Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Yushima 1-5-45, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8510.
authors.forename: Akane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Tomoharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamanashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D007073:Immunoglobulin E / Q000097:blood*; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016601:RNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D050800:STAT6 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D006377:T-Lymphocytes, Helper-Inducer / Q000378:metabolism