化学
计算生物学
细胞生物学
计算机科学
生物物理学
生物
作者
Ian M. Kerr,Ana P. Costa‐Pereira,Björn F. Lillemeier,Birgit Strobl
出处
期刊:FEBS Letters
[Wiley]
日期:2003-04-26
卷期号:546 (1): 1-5
被引量:76
标识
DOI:10.1016/s0014-5793(03)00411-3
摘要
Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/STAT) signalling is essential but not sufficient for full responses to the interferons (IFNs), most cytokines and some growth factors. The IFN‐γ and interleukin‐6 (IL‐6) response pathways have been used as model systems to investigate both the signals involved and their organisation. Activated STAT1 diffuses freely in the cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments of the cell providing a ‘random walk’ element in the IFN‐γ response. Completely foreign chimeric receptors and, remarkably, in the absence of STAT3, the endogenous IL‐6 receptor can efficiently mediate an IFN‐γ‐like response. Accordingly all of the signals required for an IFN‐γ response can be generated through physiological levels of a foreign ligand. JAK/STAT signalling, therefore, appears ‘soft‐wired’, modular and highly flexible with substantial overlap between different response pathways. The data are consistent with a generic or ‘core’ set of signals from JAK/receptor complexes with ‘add‐on’ modulation through specific receptor motifs. The cellular background likely profoundly affects the nature of the response.
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