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J Biol Chem, Vol. 273, Issue 30, 18701-18704, July 24, 1998

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Activation of Raf-1 by Interferon  and Oncostatin M Requires Expression of the Stat1 Transcription Factor

Louis F. Stancato, Cheng-Rong Yu^§, Emanuel F. Petricoin III^¶, and Andrew C. Larner^¶

From the  Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, the ^§ Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, NCI, National Institutes of Health, Frederick, Maryland 21702, and the ^¶ Division of Cytokine Biology, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Bethesda, Maryland 20892

A primary signaling cascade responsible for the expression of cytokine-stimulated immediate early genes involves the activation of the Jak/Stat pathway. In addition to being tyrosine-phosphorylated, several signal transducers and activators of transcription (Stats), including Stat1, Stat3, and Stat4, are phosphorylated on a conserved serine residue, which is a consensus phosphorylation site for mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs). Serine phosphorylation of Stat1 is required for maximal transcriptional activation of early response genes by interferon  (IFN) as well as the antiviral and antigrowth actions of this cytokine. Incubation of cells with either IFN or oncostatin M (OSM) activates Raf-1, a serine/threonine kinase responsible for the ultimate activation of p42 MAPK. To examine whether any of the signaling components that are required for activation of the Jak/Stat pathway are also necessary for activation of Raf-1 by IFNs and OSM, we examined activation of Raf-1 in cell lines that are deficient in either Stat1 or Stat2. Unexpectedly, incubation of Stat1-deficient, but not Stat2-deficient cells with IFN or OSM for 5 min displayed no increase in Raf-1 activity. In peripheral blood lymphocytes Raf-1 was associated with Stat1, and this interaction was disrupted after incubation of cells with IFN. Stat1-negative cells reconstituted with either Stat1 or Stat1 with a point mutation in the site where it is serine-phosphorylated displayed normal activation of Raf-1 by IFN and OSM. However, activation of Raf-1 was not observed in lines that expressed Stat1 containing a mutation in its tyrosine phosphorylation site or in its SH2 domain. These results provide the first example of a novel role of Stat1 not as a transcription factor, but as a protein which may function to scaffold signaling components required for activation of the distinct Raf/MEK/MAPK signaling cascade.

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Copyright © 1998 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

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