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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 269, Issue 44, 27275-27279, Nov, 1994

Ligand-independent anti-oncogenic activity of the alpha subunit of the type I interferon receptor

OR Colamonici, B Porterfield, P Domanski, RK Handa, S Flex, CE Samuel, R Pine and MO Diaz
Department of Pathology, University of Tennessee, Memphis 38163.

Two interferon (IFN) alpha-regulated genes, IRF1/ISGF2 and PKR/p68 kinase, may function as tumor suppressor genes suggesting that the IFN system may function as a tumor suppressor system. We report that the expression of the alpha subunit of the type I IFN receptor in human K- 562 cells had anti-oncogenic effects that include a marked decrease in: (i) cell proliferation rate, (ii) the cell density at which growth arrest normally occurs, and (iii) the tumorigenicity in nude mice. Furthermore, expression of the alpha subunit in K-562 cells induced erythroid differentiation. While most cytokine receptors become activated after binding their corresponding ligands, the overexpression of the alpha subunit has a physiological effect in the absence of its natural ligand, type I IFNs, suggesting a novel function for this type I IFN receptor subunit. The anti-oncogenic effect of the alpha subunit is mediated by a pathway that does not involve two tumor suppressor genes induced by type I IFNs, the transcriptional regulator IFN response factor-1 and the RNA-dependent protein kinase, or the p135tyk2 tyrosine kinase that directly associates and phosphorylates the alpha subunit.
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