Activation of Stat5 by interleukin 2 requires a carboxyl-terminal region of the interleukin 2 receptor beta chain but is not essential for the proliferative signal transmission - PubMed (original) (raw)

Activation of Stat5 by interleukin 2 requires a carboxyl-terminal region of the interleukin 2 receptor beta chain but is not essential for the proliferative signal transmission

H Fujii et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1995.

Abstract

The high-affinity interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptor (IL-2R) consists of three subunits: the IL-2R alpha, IL-2R beta c, and IL-2R gamma c chains. Two members of the Janus kinase family, Jak1 and Jak3, are associated with IL-2R beta c and IL-2R gamma c, respectively, and they are activated upon IL-2 stimulation. The cytokine-mediated Jak kinase activation usually results in the activation of a family of latent transcription factors termed Stat (signal transducer and activator of transcription) proteins. Recently, the IL-2-induced Stat protein was purified from human lymphocytes and found to be the homologue of sheep Stat5/mammary gland factor. We demonstrate that the human Stat5 is activated by IL-2 and that Jak3 is required for the efficient activation. The cytoplasmic region of the IL-2R beta c chain required for activation of Stat5 is mapped within the carboxyl-terminal 147 amino acids. On the other hand, this region is not essential for IL-2-induced cell proliferation.

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