title: Hepatocyte growth factor induces delayed STAT3 phosphorylation through interleukin-6 expression.
abstract: Met receptor tyrosine kinase mediates pleiotropic cellular responses following its activation by hepatocyte growth factor or scatter factor (HGF/SF). STAT3 was reported to be one of direct downstream molecules in HGF/SF-Met signaling. In the present study, however, we observed that Tyr705 of STAT3 was phosphorylated from 2 h or 6 h in NIH3T3 and Chang liver cells, respectively, after HGF/SF treatment. Blocking of the phosphorylation by cycloheximide or actinomycin D and the rapid STAT3 phosphorylation with the conditioned medium from HGF/SF-treated NIH3T3 cells suggested that a newly synthesized secretory protein was responsible for the delayed STAT3 phosphorylation. Among the known mediators to induce STAT3 phosphorylation, interleukin-6 (IL-6) mRNA and protein were induced by HGF/SF, and the released IL-6 was accumulated in the conditioned medium after HGF/SF treatment. Furthermore, the neutralizing IL-6 antibody abolished the STAT3 phosphorylation. Treatment with LY294002, a PI3 kinase inhibitor, but not with other signal inhibitors, resulted in the loss of delayed STAT3 phosphorylation by HGF/SF, showing the involvement of PI3 kinase pathway. Collectively, these results demonstrate that HGF/SF-Met signal cascade stimulates IL-6 production via PI3 kinase pathway, leading to STAT3 phosphorylation as a secondary effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Ajou University Medical School, 5 Wonchon-Dong, Yeongtong-Gu, Suwon 443-721, South Korea.
authors.forename: Bok-Soon
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Minseon
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Hyun-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Jae-Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D010766:Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D017228:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; D015850:Interleukin-6; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases; D000081082:Phosphoinositide-3 Kinase Inhibitors; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D050796:STAT3 Transcription Factor; C494087:Stat3 protein, mouse