Janus kinase 3 (Jak3) is essential for common cytokine receptor gamma chain (gamma(c))-dependent signaling: comparative analysis of gamma(c), Jak3, and gamma(c) and Jak3 double-deficient mice - PubMed (original) (raw)

Janus kinase 3 (Jak3) is essential for common cytokine receptor gamma chain (gamma(c))-dependent signaling: comparative analysis of gamma(c), Jak3, and gamma(c) and Jak3 double-deficient mice

K Suzuki et al. Int Immunol. 2000 Feb.

Abstract

The common cytokine receptor gamma chain (gamma(c)) is an essential receptor component for IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-9 and IL-15, and thereby gamma(c)-deficient mice exhibit impaired T cell and B cell development. The Janus family tyrosine kinase 3 (Jak3) is known to be associated with gamma(c), and the reported phenotypes of gamma(c)-deficient (gamma(c)(-)) and Jak3-deficient (Jak3(-)) mice are similar, indicating that Jak3 is an essential transducer of gamma(c)-dependent signals. Nevertheless, certain differences have been suggested related to the range of actions of gamma(c) and Jak3. To clarify whether gamma(c)-dependent cytokines can partially transduce their signals without Jak3, we compared lymphocyte development in gamma(c)(-), Jak3(-), and gamma(c) and Jak3 double-deficient (gamma(c)(-)Jak3(-)) mice in the same genetic background. With the exception that T and B cells in Jak3(-) mice express high levels of gamma(c), the defects in thymocyte and peripheral T cell and B cell development are indistinguishable among gamma(c)(-), Jak3(-) and gamma(c)(-)Jak3(-) mice. Interestingly, although Bcl-2 induction was previously suggested to be Jak3-independent, IL-7 cannot induce Bcl-2 expression in CD4 single-positive (SP) thymocytes in either gamma(c)(-) or Jak3(-) mice nor can IL-7 rescue CD4 SP thymocytes from dexamethasone-induced cell death in gamma(c)(-) or Jak3(-) mice. These results indicate that Jak3 is absolutely essential for gamma(c)-dependent T cell and B cell development, and for gamma(c)-dependent prevention of thymocyte apoptosis.

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Janus kinase 3 (Jak3) is essential for common cytokine receptor gamma chain (gamma(c))-dependent signaling: comparative analysis of gamma(c), Jak3, and gamma(c) and Jak3 double-deficient mice - PubMed (original) (raw)