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Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation
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The IL (interleukin)-6-type cytokines IL-6, IL-11, LIF (leukaemia inhibitory factor), OSM (oncostatin M), ciliary neurotrophic factor, cardiotrophin-1 and cardiotrophin-like cytokine are an important family of mediators involved in the regulation of the acute-phase response to injury and infection. Besides their functions in inflammation and the immune response, these cytokines play also a crucial role in haematopoiesis, liver and neuronal regeneration, embryonal development and fertility. Dysregulation of IL-6-type cytokine signalling contributes to the onset and maintenance of several diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis and various types of cancer (e.g. multiple myeloma and prostate cancer). IL-6-type cytokines exert their action via the signal transducers gp (glycoprotein) 130, LIF receptor and OSM receptor leading to the activation of the JAK/STAT (Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription) and MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinase) cascades. This review focuses on recent progress in the understanding of the molecular mechanisms of IL-6-type cytokine signal transduction. Emphasis is put on the termination and modulation of the JAK/STAT signalling pathway mediated by tyrosine phosphatases, the SOCS (suppressor of cytokine signalling) feedback inhibitors and PIAS (protein inhibitor of activated STAT) proteins. Also the cross-talk between the JAK/STAT pathway with other signalling cascades is discussed.
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This review summarizes IL-6-type cytokine signalling through gp130, LIFR and OSMR, covering JAK/STAT and MAPK activation and the mechanisms that terminate or modulate these pathways. It emphasizes negative regulation by tyrosine phosphatases, SOCS feedback inhibitors and PIAS proteins, as well as cross-talk with other signalling cascades.
Key findings
- IL-6-type cytokines (IL-6, IL-11, LIF, OSM, CNTF, CT-1 and CLC) signal via gp130 homodimers or gp130–LIFR/OSMR heterodimers; all potently activate STAT3 and, to a lesser extent, STAT1 through gp130, while OSMR is the most potent activator of STAT5.
- Receptor activation requires more than simple dimerization: efficient gp130 activation by monoclonal antibodies required two distinct antibodies, with the minimal requirement being one intact antibody plus the Fab of a second; insertion of one to four alanines into the gp130 membrane-proximal intracellular region gave full activation only with wild-type and the +3A mutant, interpreted as an approx. 110° twist per alanine and approx. 330° for three.
- JAK1 is essential for IL-6 signalling; gp130, LIFR and OSMR bind JAK1, JAK2 and TYK2. JAK1 mobility is approx. 100-fold lower than that of a typical cytoplasmic protein, and gp130 residues including box1 prolines and Trp666 are critical for JAK binding, while W652A abrogates JAK1 activation without affecting JAK1 association.
- Signal termination involves SHP2 and SOCS3 at gp130 pTyr759, with SOCS3 binding gp130 peptides with slightly higher affinity than SHP2; SOCS1 and SOCS3 inhibit JAKs, PIAS1 inhibits STAT1 and PIAS3 inhibits STAT3. Reported half-lives include SOCS1 1.5 h, SOCS2 1 h, SOCS3 1.6 h, IL-6Rα 2–3 h, gp130 2.5 h, JAK1 3.2 h, JAK2 1.9 h, TYK2 2 h, STAT3α 8.5 h, STAT3β 4.5 h, STAT1 16 h and SHP-2 18–20 h.
Methods
- Narrative review of molecular mechanisms of IL-6-type cytokine signal transduction, focusing on advances made during the previous 5 years in receptor activation, JAK–receptor interactions, STAT activation, signal modulation and cross-talk.
- Synthesizes structural, mutagenesis, biochemical and in vivo findings from the literature; no primary experimental dataset is presented, and the text includes models and a table of half-lives drawn from cited studies.
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- The authors state that key structural data are still missing, including the structure and conformational states of the cytoplasmic parts of cytokine receptors, and that three-dimensional structures of JAKs and SOCS proteins would be extremely valuable.
- The authors state that mathematical models of this complexity suffer from a lack of sufficient quantitative experimental data, and that cross-talk and biological outcomes depend on cell type and differentiation state.
- Evident from the text: as a narrative review, it does not use a systematic search or meta-analysis, and it includes unpublished work/personal communications and unresolved conflicting findings, such as JNK versus p38 involvement in STAT3 Ser727 phosphorylation and the positive versus negative regulatory functions reported for STAT3β.
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“Human OSM has the exceptional capability to recruit two different receptor complexes.It forms both LIFR-gp130 and OSMR-gp130 heterodimers.”
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“LIF and OSM directly engage their signalling receptor subunits without requirement for additional α-receptor subunits (Figure 2) [4,6].”
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“Soluble forms of cytokine receptors in vivo are formed either by limited proteolysis (shedding) of membrane-bound receptors or by translation from an alternatively spliced mRNA [4].”
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“It has been demonstrated that sIL-6Rα potentiates the antagonistic activity of sgp130.”
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“In contrast with IL-6, and presumably also IL-11, where all the helices are straight, the A helix of LIF, OSM and CNTF is kinked [17,18].”
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“The minimal requirement for receptor activation is one intact antibody and the Fab (fragment antigen binding) of the second antibody.”
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“It has been shown that these domains are necessary for coupling ligand binding and signal transduction, since deletion of these domains leads to signalling incompetent receptors [36,37].”
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“Thus in the homodimer two different binding epitopes of gp130 are involved in ligand recognition [23].”
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“The interaction sites predicted by mutagenesis studies have recently been confirmed by the X-ray structure of KSHV-IL-6 bound to a soluble gp130 fragment comprising the CBM and the Ig-like domain [24].”
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“In contrast with the α-receptors, the receptors that initiate signal transduction have three additional membrane-proximal FNIII domains [4].”
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“This structural divergence might reflect differences in the mechanisms of receptor recruitment, since the straight cytokines signal via gp130 homodimers, whereas the kinked cytokines signal via LIFR-gp130 or OSMR-gp130 heterodimers.”
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“Of these, JAK1 plays an essential role, because in cells lacking JAK1 IL-6 signal transduction is greatly impaired [51,52,134].”
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“This finding has been interpreted in a way that the bivalent intact antibody enforces receptor dimerization and the monovalent Fab adjusts the conformation required for JAK activation and downstream signalling [40].”
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“Some evidence has been provided that under certain circumstances gp130 and LIFR are degraded after internalization [30][31][32].”
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“While for gp130, the STATs were found to depend on a specific conformation in order to become phosphorylated, for the EpoR the receptor phosphorylation seems to be sensitive to changes in orientation.”
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“KSHV-IL-6 binds the gp130 homodimer in the absence of any α-receptor [16], but with lower affinity as compared with IL-6-IL-6Rα-gp130 ternary complexes.”
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“Internalization of gp130 seems to be independent from ligand binding [28], and is modulated by phosphorylation at Ser 782 [29] which is located adjacent to the dileucine motif.”
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“ErbB2 forms a complex with gp130 in an IL-6-dependent manner in prostate carcinoma cells [35].”
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“In certain cell types, a localization of gp130 in plasma membrane microdomains, such as lipid rafts and caveolae, has been observed [9][10][11].”
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“After secretion of the CLC-CLF-1 or CLC-CNTFRα complexes, signalling is dependent on CNTFRα and occurs via gp130-LIFR heterodimers.”
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“Constantinescu et al. [46] identified a hydrophobic motif in the EpoR membrane-proximal domain (Leu 253 , Ile 257 and Trp 258 ) which is conserved in many cytokine receptors and needs to be precisely orientated in order to promote signalling.”
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“PKCδ enhances the association of STAT3 with the receptor, which possibly involves the phosphorylation of Thr 890 of gp130 [67].”
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“All IL-6-type cytokines potently activate STAT3, and to a minor extent STAT1 through their common receptor subunit gp130 [4].”
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“The Cterminal tyrosine kinase domain is preceded by a pseudokinase domain, which itself is devoid of catalytic activity, but regulates the activity of the kinase domain [3].”
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“In the cases of LIFR and OSMR, STAT3 and STAT1, as well as STAT5, activation has been observed, with OSMR being the most potent activator of STAT5 [56].”
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“These results were confirmed by Chung et al. [105], who also observed that IL-6-induced STAT3 activation is MAPK independent, but sensitive to H7.”
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“Cdk9 (cyclin-dependent kinase 9) was also found to bind to gp130, and the association increased upon IL-6 stimulation of HEK 293 cells over-expressing gp130 and Cdk9 [66].”
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“Deletion of these amino acids reduces IL-6-induced Hck kinase activity, ERK (extracellular-regulated kinase) activation, dephosphorylation of Pyk2 and proliferation of transfected pro-B Ba/F3 cells [65].”
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“A conformational change in the SH2 domain may account for this dual specificity [91].”
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“The recruitment of STATs to the activated receptors has been shown to be mediated by their SH2 domain and requires the phosphorylation of receptor tyrosine motifs [74,[81][82][83].”
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“substitution of Trp 652 with alanine (W652A) within the box1 region has no effect on JAK1 association but abrogates JAK1 activation.”
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“Mutations with similar consequences (no JAK activation in spite of JAK association) have been described for the EpoR [59], indicating that cytokine receptors in general contribute to the JAK-activation process.”
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“human fibrosarcoma cells lacking JAK1 express less OSMR at their surface compared with the parental cells, but transient transfection of JAK1 can again increase the amount of surface-expressed receptors [49].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Another face of JAKs: determination of the receptor's fate
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“Box2 of gp130, a sequence dominated by hydrophobic amino acids followed by charged ones, contributes to JAK binding, presumably by increasing the affinity; a gp130 construct lacking box2 coprecipitates with JAK1 only when the kinase is over-expressed [55].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Receptor-JAK interaction: more than just a rendez-vous
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“This leads to the formation of active STAT dimers, also shown to be mediated by their SH2 domains [90].”
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“In response to IL-6, Gab1 is tyrosine phosphorylated and interacts subsequently with SHP2 and PI3K.”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Activation of MAPK cascades: one tyrosine to make things more complicated
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“A recent study [112] on STAT3 activation in response to EGF (epidermal growth factor) suggests that receptor-mediated endocytosis is required for shuttling of STAT3 from the plasma membrane to the perinuclear region.”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > STAT nuclear translocation: not a one way ticket
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“In the DNA-binding domain of STAT1, initially an NES was postulated that comprises residues 399-410 [108].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > STAT nuclear translocation: not a one way ticket
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“Compared with the unmethylated protein, methylated STAT1 has a higher tendency to associate with DNA, since its interaction with PIAS (protein inhibitor of activated STATs) 1 (see the subsection below entitled 'PIAS -more than inhibitors of activated STATs?') seems to be weaker [106].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Methylation of STATs
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“The family of IL-6-type cytokines not only activates ERK1/2, a MAPK known for cellular processes that maintain cell survival, but also the stress-activated members of the MAPK family: p38 and JNK [140-142] (Figure 6).”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Activation of MAPK cascades: one tyrosine to make things more complicated
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“Sensitivity to leptomycin suggests that nuclear export of STAT1 involves the nuclear export receptor CRM-1 that also acts in a Randependent manner [108,109].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > STAT nuclear translocation: not a one way ticket
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“However, from an earlier study [113], it was concluded that nuclear translocation of STAT1 in response to IFNγ does not require cytoskeletal structures, such as actin filaments or microtubules.”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > STAT nuclear translocation: not a one way ticket
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“According to the current view of the SHP2-dependent activation of MAPKs adopted from EGF and PDGF (platelet-derived growth factor) signal transduction, SHP2 links the Grb2-SOS (growthfactor-receptor-bound protein/Son of Sevenless) complex and/or Gab1 (Grb2-associated binder-1) to gp130 [127,129,130].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Activation of MAPK cascades: one tyrosine to make things more complicated
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“In response to IL-2, Epo, EGF, and PDGF, SOCS3 (suppressor of cytokine signalling 3) becomes tyrosine phosphorylated, and subsequently binds and inactivates Ras/GTPase-activating protein.This results in the inhibition of the GTPase activity of Ras, leading to a sustained Ras/GTP and MAPK activity [139].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Activation of MAPK cascades: one tyrosine to make things more complicated
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“SHP2 is rapidly recruited to tyrosine-phosphorylated gp130 and becomes also phosphorylated in a JAK1-dependent manner [131].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Activation of MAPK cascades: one tyrosine to make things more complicated
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“Dimerization of IL-6-type cytokine receptors does not only lead to activation of the JAK/STAT-signalling pathway, but also to the induction of the MAPK cascade.”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Activation of MAPK cascades: one tyrosine to make things more complicated
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“Furthermore, nuclear accumulation of constitutively active STAT proteins is independent from endocytosis, because in these cases the STATs are not recruited to any plasma membrane receptor [110,114].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > STAT nuclear translocation: not a one way ticket
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“PIAS1 inhibits STAT1 signalling [179], but conversely enhances the transcriptional activity of nuclear hormone receptors [180].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > PIAS -more than inhibitors of activated STATs?
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“Whereas SHP2 modulates the amount and amplitude of STAT3 activity [131,158], PTPεC affects the kinetics of the onset of STAT3 activation [169].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs): what goes up must come down
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“It should be noted, however, that PI3K activation upon IL-6 treatment is observed in a cell-type specific manner; e.g.no significant Akt activation could be observed in IL-6treated HepG2 hepatoma cells [149].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Activation of the PI3K cascade: the lipid connection
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“This enzyme modifies certain phosphatidylinositides, so that the serine/threonine kinase protein kinase B/Akt is recruited to the plasma membrane, where it becomes activated through phosphorylation by PDK1 (phosphoinositide-dependent kinase-1).”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Activation of the PI3K cascade: the lipid connection
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“Early results suggested the presence of a nuclear phosphatase which counteracts IFNγ -activated STAT1 and contributes to its nuclear export [121,173].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs): what goes up must come down
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“Interaction of SHP2 with JAK1, JAK2 and TYK2, and phosphorylation of SHP2 by JAK1 and JAK2, have at least been shown to occur in vitro [131,162].”
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“IL-6-induced activation of the PI3K/Akt pathway is involved in protection against apoptosis, as well as in enhanced proliferation of multiple myeloma cells [145][146][147].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Activation of the PI3K cascade: the lipid connection
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“The cytoplasmic variant of PTPε, PTPεC, is expressed in haematopoietic cells and has been shown to selectively inhibit IL-6-induced gp130, JAK and STAT activation [168].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs): what goes up must come down
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“On the other hand, the IL-6induced activation of the MAPK cascade is impaired by mutation of Tyr 759 within gp130, indicating that SHP2, as an adaptor, has a positive function on the activation of the MAPK cascade (as shown in Figure 1).”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs): what goes up must come down
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“The family of PIAS comprises five mammalian members: PIAS1, PIAS3, PIASxα, PIASxβ, and PIASy.”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > PIAS -more than inhibitors of activated STATs?
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“Thus methylation not only supports STAT activity (by preventing PIAS association), but also promotes its inactivation by dephosphorylation.”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs): what goes up must come down
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“Experiments in vivo underscore the in vitro findings in demonstrating that mice expressing gp130 lacking Tyr 759 display splenomegaly, lymphadenopathy and an enhanced acute-phase reaction [161].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs): what goes up must come down
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“These differences suggest that signalling components requiring posttranslational modifications for their activation are long-lived, whereas the activity of short-lived proteins is regulated mainly at the transcriptional level.”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Half-lives of signalling components: party as long as you live
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“Whereas the feedback inhibitors SOCS1, SOCS2 and SOCS3 are very short-lived, STAT1, STAT3α and SHP2 have slow turnover rates.”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > Half-lives of signalling components: party as long as you live
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“The eight members of this family (CIS and SOCS1-SOCS7) contain a central SH2 domain, as well as a C-terminal domain called a SOCS box (Figure 4).”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > The SOCS family of feedback inhibitors: natural born terminators
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“For gp130, SOCS3 has been found to bind to the phosphotyrosine motif 759 [197,198], which is also the binding site for SHP2.”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > The SOCS family of feedback inhibitors: natural born terminators
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“Phosphorylation occurs at two tyrosine residues (Tyr 204 and Tyr 221 ) within the SOCS box and phosphorylation of Tyr 221 recruits p120 RasGAP leading to sustained ERK activation [139].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > The SOCS family of feedback inhibitors: natural born terminators
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“Other reports, however, suggest that elongin C binding can stabilize SOCS1 and that the disruption of the interaction leads to proteasomal degradation of SOCS1 [206,215].”
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“Expression of SOCS proteins was found to be rapidly up-regulated by IL-6 (CIS, SOCS1, SOCS2 and SOCS3), LIF (CIS, SOCS1, SOCS2 and SOCS3), IL-11 (SOCS3) and OSM (CIS, SOCS1 and SOCS3) [32,190,192,193].”
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“As SOCS proteins are induced via the JAK/STAT pathway and subsequently inhibit STAT-mediated signal transduction, they are acting as classical feedback inhibitors.”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > The SOCS family of feedback inhibitors: natural born terminators
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“These phosphotyrosine residues may be part of an activated receptor or the tyrosine-phosphorylated C-terminal tail of SHP2 (from [156]).”
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“FKHR specifically enhanced the activity of STAT3-dependent promoters, such as the α 2 M promoter, but not that of a STAT5-responsive promoter.”
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“Other signalling pathways have been shown to induce stabilization of cytokine mRNAs as well: the JNK pathway induces stabilization of the short-lived IL-2 mRNA [219], and PI3K activation induces stabilization of IL-3 mRNA [220].”
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“PI3K activation induces stabilization of IL-3 mRNA [220]”
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“The nuclear receptor co-repressor SMRT (silencing mediator of retinoic and thyroid hormone receptors) is a potential binding partner for STAT5 and represses STAT5-dependent transcription [255].”
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“Furthermore, FKHR and STAT3 can be co-immunoprecipitated and co-localize in the nucleus of IL-6-treated HepG2 cells [149].”
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“the JNK pathway induces stabilization of the short-lived IL-2 mRNA [219]”
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“Interestingly, an EZI mutant predominantly localized in the cytoplasm inhibited nuclear localization of STAT3, as well as STAT3-mediated transactivation.”
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“Interestingly, Nmi itself is induced by IL-2 and IFNγ , indicating a positive feedback loop within this signal transduction.”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > STAT action within the transcriptosome: where transcription factors gather
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“This interaction is further modulated by Nmi (N-Myc interactor) which augments CBP recruitment to STAT1 and STAT5, and potentiates IL-2 and IFNγ signalling [253].”
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The membrane-proximal FNIII domains bridge the ~9 nm distance between the CBM C-termini so that the cytoplasmic parts are close enough to become activated by associated JAKs.
“The membrane-proximal FNIII domains might bridge this distance so that the cytoplasmic parts are in close enough proximity to become activated by the associated JAKs (Figure 5).This assumption is supported by a recent study on the role of the gp130 FNIII domains for heterodimerization with the LIFR [38].”
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gp130 is ubiquitously expressed.
“Although gp130 is ubiquitously expressed, the number of cells that respond to a certain IL-6-type cytokine is limited, since the expression of the other receptor subunits, especially of the α-receptors, is more restricted and tightly regulated.”
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IL-6-type cytokines form a subfamily of helix bundle cytokines.
“IL-6-type cytokines form a subfamily of the helix bundle cytokines.”
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All IL-6-type cytokines comprise four long α-helices A-D arranged in an up-up-down-down topology.
“All IL-6-type cytokines comprise four long α-helices termed A, B, C and D, which are arranged in a way that leads to an up-up-down-down topology (Figure 3).”
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Each receptor contains at least one cytokine-binding module (CBM) comprising two FNIII domains.
“Each receptor contains at least one cytokine-binding module (CBM) that comprises two FNIII-domains.”
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JAKs bind to the membrane-proximal region of cytokine receptors, which contains conserved box1 and box2 motifs.
“JAKs bind to the membrane-proximal region of cytokine receptors, which contains conserved so-called box1 and box2 motifs.”
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The N-terminal region of JAKs comprises a FERM domain crucial for receptor association.
“The N-terminal region of JAKs comprises a FERM (fourpoint-one, ezrin, radixin and moesin) domain which is crucial for receptor association.”
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The STAT family encompasses seven mammalian members.
“The STAT family of transcription factors encompasses seven mammalian members, designated STAT1, -2, -3, -4, -5a, -5b and -6.”
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In response to IL-6 stimulation, cytoplasmic STAT3 rapidly accumulates in the nucleus.
“In response to IL-6 stimulation, cytoplasmic STAT3 rapidly accumulates in the nucleus.”
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Nuclear accumulation is triggered by STAT dimerization in response to tyrosine phosphorylation.
“Nuclear accumulation is triggered by STAT dimerization in response to tyrosine phosphorylation.”
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“IL-6, which was discovered in 1986 (27), is a pleiotropic cytokine involved not only in immune responses but also in inflammation, hematopoiesis, bone metabolism, embryonic development and other fundamental processes (1, 21, 28–32).”
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“The cytoplasmic portion of gp130 dimer associates with JAKs and active the JAK/STAT pathway (31, 32).”
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“Moreover, soluble forms of the alpha receptors lacking the transmembrane and cytoplasmic domains were found [7].”
BackgroundJAK2 mutants (e.g., JAK2V617F) and their importance as drug targets in myeloproliferative neoplasms
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“These inflammatory mediators develop neuropathic pain through activation of the Janusactivated kinase–signal transducer and activator of transcription (JAK/ STAT) transduction pathway and activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway [14,15].”
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“OSM possesses the widest range of downstream signaling pathways among the IL-6 family [2, 17], to name a few, Jak-STAT3, ERK1/ERK2, phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt, and NF-κB pathways [18–21].”
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“The IL-6/sIL-6R complex in turn binds to a common signal transducing receptor gp130, promoting dimerization of gp130 and then resulting in activation of the associated Janus kinases (JAKs).”
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“IL-6-type cytokines, via the signal transducers glycoprotein 130, activate the Janus tyrosine kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription and mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase cascades (Heinrich et al., 2003).”
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“JAK1 activation leads to the activation of STAT3, MAP kinase pathways, and PI 3 K in amounts that appear to be cell type-speci fi c 187 – 189 .”
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“31,32 Despite these similarities, the functional outcomes of the three signaling modes are fundamentally different.”
Interleukin-6 Gene Ablation in a Transgenic Mouse Model of Malignant Skin Melanoma
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“18 Two other canonical IL-6-signaling pathways, PI3K/Akt and MAPK, 3,7,48–51 have been characterized thus far.”
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“STAT3 can be activated by IL-6-family cytokines in the classic IL-6/JAK pathway [12,13] and by the growth factors EGF, FGF, and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) in target cells expressing receptor tyrosine kinases [14].”
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“Receptor binding activates the JanusActivated Kinase (JAK) family of tyrosine kinases [15].”
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“Different pathways of IL-6 signaling represent different types of cells that respond to IL-6; this could explain both the pro- and anti-inflammatory actions of IL-6 cytokine [35,36].”
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“There are different IL-6 signaling pathways described [43, 44] that can account for the autocrine and paracrine differential signaling all of which involve STAT3 activation, but also integrate different cross-talk pathways that may explain the differential action on proliferation and senescence.”
BackgroundProgrammed cell senescence: role of IL-6 in the pituitary
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IL6/STAT3 axis mediates resistance to BRAF inhibitors in thyroid carcinoma cells
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“In vitro, IL-6 binding to the IL-6 receptor promotes Janus kinase 2 (JAK2) phosphorylation to activate signal transducer and activator transcription 3 (STAT3), leading to its nuclear translocation (Figure 3) [30].”
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“IL-6signals through the common gp130 receptor and the specific IL-6Rα co-receptor to activate the Janus kinase (JAK)-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signaling pathway and downstream signaling pathways that are involved in tumorigenesis (Heinrich et al., 2003; Heikkila et al., 2008; Pan et al.,…”
BackgroundCrosstalk between myeloid-derived suppressor cells and the immune system in prostate cancer
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“Tyrosine-phosphorylated STATs can then dimerise and translocate to the nucleus, where they function as transcription factors by binding to specific promoter elements and recruiting transcriptional co-activators [1,2].”
BackgroundInterleukin 6 mediates production of interleukin 10 in metastatic melanoma
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“In parallel, the phosphorylation of IL-6R (gp130) and JAKs activates MAP kinases, PI3 kinase/Akt and other cellular pathways through the binding of adaptor proteins [29].”
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“We speculate that axotrophin may co-operate with SOCS3 in this negative feedback: thus, in the absence of axo- *Level of gene expression at 123 h. **Increase in expression level between 48 and 123 h. trophin, LIF/STAT3 signalling would become dysregulated, revealed by the amplified release of LIF.”
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“Other cytokine receptor complexes that utilise gp130 include those for leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) and oncostatin M (OSM): LIF signals via gp130/LIF receptor (LIFR) heterodimers, while OSM signals downstream using either LIFR/gp130 or OSM receptor/ gp130 complexes 41 .”
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“IL-6-type cytokines which signal through the cytokine receptor subunit gp130 are among the most potent physiological STAT3 activators [3].”
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“JAKs phosphorylate gp130, leading to the activation and phosphorylation of the STAT1 and STAT3 transcription factors [22, 23].”
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“Furthermore, anterior temporal lobe resection and amygdalohippocampectomy was capable to abolish seizures, markedly reduce plasma level of the inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, TNFα, CCL3/ MIP-1α butwithmaintenance of increased IL-6 and TGF-β1 production, both multifunctional cytokines and trophic factors important for pr…”
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Granulocytes Are Unresponsive to IL-6 Due to an Absence of gp130
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“All IL-6 signaling pathways result in gp130 homodimerization and phosphorylation of STAT3 and STAT1 proteins, which translocate to the nucleus to induce transcriptional modification of target genes (10).”
BackgroundPhosphorylation of LIFR promotes prostate cancer progression by activating the AKT pathway
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“The function of stimulated STAT-3 depends on the transfer of homodimers from underneath the plasma membrane into the nucleus (Heinrich et al., 2003; Liu et al., 2005; Frank, 2007; Herrmann et al., 2007; Lui et al., 2007; Quesnelle et al., 2007; Fletcher et al., 2009).”
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“IL-6 is also capable of triggering cellular responses via the MAPK pathway (41).”
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“The IL-6 protein source within IL-6(1) leukocytes and IL-6(1)HRS cells is mainly believed to be from cellular protein synthesis; however, for IL-6(1) HRS cells, paracrine uptake has also been described.(1,35) In tumor tissue, lymphocytes and monocytes secrete IL-6,(1,2,36) whereas healthy plasma cells mostly lack expr…”
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“It is well known that interleukin (IL)-6 plays a critical role in the proliferation of myeloma cells including OPM2 (33).”
BackgroundPutative Role of Serum Amyloid-A and Proinflammatory Cytokines as Biomarkers for Behcet's Disease
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“Briefly, information from the Boolean model regarding activated transcription factors and target genes of the respective pathways as well as the chronology of events is translated into five different input functions for the ODE model representing (u1) genes that are directly regulated via NF-κB upon LPS stimulation, (…”
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“Depending on its signaling, IL-6 has pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory properties, and plays the central role in activating and maintaining inflammatory responses [95,96].”
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“It can activate JAK/STAT, Ras/ERK/C/EBP, and PI3 K/Akt pathways through IL-6R and signal-transducing coreceptor gp130 [78,79].”
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“…our results suggest that while phosphatases and negative feedback regulators play an important role in maintaining cytokine signaling homeostasis ( Heinrich et al., 2003 ), the kinetics of STAT activation appears to be already encoded at the level of receptor engagement, thus ensuring maximal…”
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“Cellular communication by IL-6 is mediated at the surface of the cell by the binding of IL-6 to the IL-6 receptor (IL-6R), which triggers the recruitment of the signal transducer subunit gp130 (for review see Heinrich et al., 2003).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- HEINRICH, P. C., BEHRMANN, I., HAAN, S., HERMANNS, H. M., MÜLLER-NEWEN, G., & SCHAPER, F.
- Affiliations
- Universitätsklinikum Aachen (DE)
- Institut für Biochemie, RWTH Aachen, Universitätsklinikum, Pauwelsstrasse 30, D-52074 Aachen, Germany
- Venue
- Biochemical Journal
- Publisher
- Portland Press Ltd.
- Published
- 2003-08-15
- Volume
- 374
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 1-20
- ISSN
- 0264-6021 (ISSN-L)
- 1470-8728
- PMC
- PMC1223585
- OpenAlex
- W2086840459
- Cited by
- 3,272
- References
- 265
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- FWCI
- 50.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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- Biochemical Journal (publishedVersion)
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- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › NF-κB Signaling Pathways
- Keywords
- cytokine signaling, gp130, LIF receptor, OSM receptor, JAK/STAT signaling, MAPK signaling, protein tyrosine phosphatase, suppressor of cytokine signaling, PIAS, signal termination, signal transduction, acute phase response, inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple myeloma, prostate cancer
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Humans, Infections, Models, Molecular, Phosphorylation, Protein Conformation, Wounds and Injuries, Signal Transduction, Interleukin-6, Cytokines, Protein Structure, Secondary, Receptors, Interleukin-6
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