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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].”
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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].”
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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.”
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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.”
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“In the DNA-binding domain of STAT1, initially an NES was postulated that comprises residues 399-410 [108].”
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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.”
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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].”
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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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In the paper
“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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In the paper
“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].”
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In the paper
“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].”
§ 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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“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].”
§ 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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“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]).”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > PERSPECTIVES
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In the paper
“FKHR specifically enhanced the activity of STAT3-dependent promoters, such as the α 2 M promoter, but not that of a STAT5-responsive promoter.”
§ 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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“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].”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > PERSPECTIVES
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“PI3K activation induces stabilization of IL-3 mRNA [220]”
§ Principles of interleukin (IL)-6-type cytokine signalling and its regulation 1 > PERSPECTIVES
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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].”
§ 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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“Furthermore, FKHR and STAT3 can be co-immunoprecipitated and co-localize in the nucleus of IL-6-treated HepG2 cells [149].”
§ 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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“the JNK pathway induces stabilization of the short-lived IL-2 mRNA [219]”
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In the paper
“Interestingly, an EZI mutant predominantly localized in the cytoplasm inhibited nuclear localization of STAT3, as well as STAT3-mediated transactivation.”
§ 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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“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 authors state this as an assumption.
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].”
The paper relies on this without support.
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.”
The paper relies on this without support.
IL-6-type cytokines form a subfamily of helix bundle cytokines.
“IL-6-type cytokines form a subfamily of the helix bundle cytokines.”
The paper relies on this without support.
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).”
The paper relies on this without support.
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.”
The paper relies on this without support.
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.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The N-terminal region of JAKs comprises a FERM domain 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.
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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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“2 Interleukin-6 IL-6, secreted by MNC and adipose tissue (83) is capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier (84) and it has type-I cell surface cytokine receptor (85).”
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“In vivo, cells would migrate toward the source of IL‐6 [39], in the case of this in vitro experiment, there is no singular source of IL‐6 (such as co‐cultured cells) and concentration is uniform across the whole culture.”
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“Dysregulation of the cytokine IL6 and its receptor is involved in the pathogenesis of several diseases, such as autoimmune conditions and cancer [39].”
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Korotaeva, A. A., Самойлова, Е. В., Chepurnova, D. A., Zhitareva, I. V., Shuvalova, Y. A., & Prokazova, N. V. (2018) · Biomarkers · doi:10.1080/1354750x.2018.1458151 · Cited by 18
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“Activated JAKs phosphorylate gp130, leading to the recruitment and activation of STAT3 (27).”
Zac1 regulates IL-11 expression in osteoarthritis
Kuo, C.-L., Liu, S., Chang, Y., Wu, C., & Huang, S. (2018) · Oncotarget · doi:10.18632/oncotarget.25980 · Cited by 16
“Dysregulation of IL-6 and IL-11 signaling contributes to several diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, osteoporosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and various types of cancer [11, 12].”
BackgroundAl-Shaghdali, K., Durante, B., Hayward, C., Beal, J., & Foey, A. (2019) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0214681 · Cited by 17
Human spermatozoa of male patients with subfertility express the interleukin‐6 receptor
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“Although the intracellular signal transduction of IL-6 in many cells is studied (Heinrich et al., 2003; Jones, 2005; Keller et al., 2005; Kishimoto, 1989), little is known regarding its action with its receptor IL-6R on human spermatozoa and its relevance with respect to sperm parameters.”
BackgroundHo, Y., & Shekofteh, M. (2021) · Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders · doi:10.1016/j.msard.2021.103112 · Cited by 16
“The top three most frequently cited reviews were published by Compston and Coles (2008) with a CPP 2019 of 2509, Nose-worthy et al. (2000) with a CPP 2019 of 2421, and Heinrich et al. (2003) with a CPP 2019 of 2011.”
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“Due to the complexity of regulation and orchestral functions, IL6 plays a key role in the transition of mechanisms of innate to acquired immunity (60, 62).”
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Miao, T., Wu, D., Zhang, Y., Bo, X., Xiao, F., Zhang, X., Magoulas, C., Subang, M. C., Wang, P., & Richardson, P. M. (2007) · Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience · doi:10.1016/j.mcn.2007.10.010 · Cited by 16
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“LIF signals through the heterodimeric complex of the LIF receptor (LIFR) and gp130 (Heinrich et al. 2003, Schmid-Brunclik et al. 2008) have shown that astrocytes proliferate in cultures deprived of oxygen and glucose (OGD), an in vitro model mimicking in vivo astrogliosis after hypoxic ischemic…”
BackgroundIL-6 as a biomarker of ischemic cerebrovascular disease.
Moreno, V. P., Subirá, D., Meseguer, E., & Llamas, P. (2008) · Biomarkers in Medicine · doi:10.2217/17520363.2.2.125 · Cited by 14
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“Similarly, IL6 binds to the gp130/IL6R heterodimeric receptor and activates the Janus kinase/STAT3 signaling pathway (44).”
Bartsch, R., Woehrer, S., Raderer, M., & Hejna, M. (2006) · PubMed · Cited by 16
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“…to the inflammatory stimuli of IL-6), leading to the dimerization of gp130, consequent intracellular signaling (trans-signaling), resulting in a diffuse inflammatory state (Jones et al., 2001; Heinrich et al., 2003; Esteve et al., 2006; Qi et al., 2007; Rafiq et al., 2007; Santer et al., 2010).”
BackgroundInterleukin‐6‐mediated signaling in adrenal medullary chromaffin cells
Jenkins, D. E., Sreenivasan, D., Carman, F. H., Samal, B. B., Eiden, L. E., & Bunn, S. J. (2016) · Journal of Neurochemistry · doi:10.1111/jnc.13870 · Cited by 17
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“…(LIF) and ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) are members of a family of cytokines which includes interleukin (IL)-6, IL-11, IL-27, oncostatin M (OsM), cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1), cardiotrophin-like cytokine (CLC) and neuropoietin (Taga and Kishimoto 1997; Heinrich et al. 2003; Derouet et al. 2004).”
BackgroundRadtke, S., Jörissen, A., de Leur, H. S.-V., Heinrich, P. C., & Behrmann, I. (2005) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.m511779200 · Cited by 16
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“SOCS3 proteins are involved in a negative feedback loop for gp130-receptormediated signaling [21].”
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“Particularly the IL-6- cytokine family has been shown to be involved in various steps of hemopoiesis and has been used to expand hemopoietic cells in vitro (41).”
Jiang, J., Wang, J., Zhang, X., Huo, K., Wong, H. M., Yeung, K., Zhang, W., Hu, T., & Chu, P. K.-H. (2010) · Biomaterials · doi:10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.07.024 · Cited by 16
“The amounts of cells residing in the G0/G1 phase, S phase, and G2/M phase were determined using the standard ModiFit software and Cell Quest programs.”
MethodLeukemia inhibitory factor as a regulator of steroidogenesis in human NCI-H295R adrenocortical cells
Mikhaylova, I. V., Jääskeläinen, T. J., Jääskeläinen, J., Palvimo, J. J., & Voutilainen, R. (2008) · Journal of Endocrinology · doi:10.1677/joe-08-0377 · Cited by 16
“Analysis of the LIF signal transduction mechanisms from LIFR to the regulation of target gene transcription (JAK/STAT pathway and other modifying mechanisms, reviewed in Auernhammer & Melmed (2000) and Heinrich et al .”
Effects of exercise and antioxidant supplementation on endothelial gene expression
Matsumoto, A., Mason, S. R., Flatscher‐Bader, T., Ward, L. C., Marsh, S. A., Wilce, P. A., Fassett, R. G., de Haan, J. B., & Coombes, J. S. (2011) · International Journal of Cardiology · doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2010.12.104 · Cited by 15
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“Cytokine signal transduction is thought to be mediated in the regulation of iNOS gene, predominantly through the JAK/STAT signaling pathway (Marrero et al., 1998; Gautron et al., 2002; Heinrich et al., 2003).”
BackgroundSignaling Pathways That Regulate Normal and Aberrant Red Blood Cell Development
Wilkes, M. C., Shibuya, A., & Sakamoto, K. M. (2021) · Genes · doi:10.3390/genes12101646 · Cited by 17
“Interleukin-6 (IL-6)—IL-6, IL-11, LIF, and OSM are several of the members of an important family of mediators involved in acute-phase response to injury and infection but are also critical to hematopoiesis [42].”
BackgroundRisk of Prostate Cancer in US Veterans With Rheumatoid Arthritis
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BackgroundTopical SCD-153, a 4-methyl itaconate prodrug, for the treatment of alopecia areata
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Cytokine‐Induced Slowing of STAT3 Nuclear Import; Faster Basal Trafficking of the STAT3β Isoform
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“In its best understood role, STAT3 is activated by the interleukin-6 (IL-6) family of cytokines, such as oncostatin M (OSM), which bind to and signal through the glycoprotein 130 (gp130) receptor (5).”
BackgroundLeukemia Inhibitory Factor in Rat Fetal Lung Development: Expression and Functional Studies
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“This family comprises IL-6, leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF), IL-11, oncostatin M, ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF), cardiotropin-1 (CT-1) and cardiotrophin-like cytokine.”
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
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 50.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Biochemical Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (submittedVersion)
- Open Repository and Bibliography (University of Luxembourg) (submittedVersion)
- RWTH Publications (RWTH Aachen) (submittedVersion)
- 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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