IRAK-dependent phosphorylation of Stat1 on serine 727 in response to interleukin-1 and effects on gene expression.

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) induces the phosphorylation of Stat1 on serine 727 but not on tyrosine 701. Analyses of mutant I1A cells, which lack the IL-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK), and of I1A cells reconstituted with deletion mutants of IRAK show that the IL-1-mediated phosphorylation of Stat1 on serine requires the IRAK protein ...
but not its kinase activity and does not involve phosphatidylinositol-3'-kinase (PI3K) or the mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinases p38 or ERK. IRAK and Stat1 interact in vivo, and this interaction is increased in response to IL-1, suggesting that IRAK may serve to recruit the as yet unknown IL-1-induced Stat1 serine kinase. Chemical inhibitors or dominant-negative forms of signaling components required to activate NF-kappa B, ATF, or AP-1 in response to IL-1 do not affect the phosphorylation of Stat1 on serine. IL-1 and tumor necrosis factor (TNF) enhance the serine phosphorylation of Stat1 that occurs in response to interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and potentiate IFN-gamma-mediated, Stat1-driven gene expression, thus contributing to the synergistic activities of these proinflammatory cytokines.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Binding Sites, DNA-Binding Proteins, Gene Expression Regulation, Humans, Interferon-gamma, Interleukin-1, Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinases, Mice, Phosphorylation, Phosphoserine, Protein Kinases, Receptors, Interleukin-1, Recombinant Proteins, STAT1 Transcription Factor, Trans-Activators, Transfection, Tumor Cells, Cultured
J. Interferon Cytokine Res.
Date: Apr. 01, 2003
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