The gene regulatory functions of the human IL-2 receptor (IL-2R) were reconstituted in transiently transfected hepatoma cells. The combination of IL-2R and - mediated a strong stimulation via the cytokine response element of the -acid glycoprotein gene and the hematopoietin receptor response element, but none via the IL-6 response element or the sis-inducible element. IL-2R enhanced 10-fold the sensitivity of the IL-2R complex to respond to IL-2 or IL-15, but did not modify the specificity or the magnitude of maximal gene regulation. A homodimerizing chimeric receptor G-CSFR-IL-2R could mimic the IL-2R action. The IL-2R-mediated gene regulation was similar to that seen with receptors for IL-4 and IL-7, but differed from that for IL-6 type cytokines, thrombopoietin, erythropoietin, and growth hormone. The activation of STAT proteins by the IL-2R was assessed in transfected L-cells and COS-1 cells. Although IL-2R subunits were highly expressed in these cells, no STAT protein activation was detectable. Transient overexpression of JAK3 was unable to change the signaling specificity of the hematopoietin receptors in rat hepatoma, L-, and COS cells, but established a prominent activation of the IL-6 response elements by the IL-2R and IL-4R in HepG2 cells. The data support the model that the IL-2R and related hematopoietin receptors produce at least two separate signals which control gene expression.

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