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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 278, Issue 30, 27750-27757, July 25, 2003

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Src Family Kinase-independent Signal Transduction and Gene Induction by Leukemia Inhibitory Factor^*

George S. Laszlo and Neil M. Nathanson 

From the Department of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195

Members of the interleukin-6 (IL-6) family of cytokines exert their biological effects via binding to their cognate ligand-binding receptor subunit on a target cell. The subsequent recruitment of the common signal transducer glycoprotein 130 and activation of the JAK/STAT and SHP-2/Ras/mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways are responsible for the majority of cellular responses elicited by IL-6 cytokines. Several types of experiments suggest that the Src family of kinases (SFK) also participates in IL-6 family cytokine-mediated signaling events. SYF cells, which lack expression of SFKs Src, Yes, and Fyn, were used to determine the role of SFKs in IL-6 family cytokine signaling and gene induction. SYF and wild type (WT) control fibroblasts displayed similar activation of signaling intermediates following stimulation with leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF). LIF-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of SHP-2 and subsequent activation of MAPK in SYF cells were identical to that seen in LIF-stimulated WT cells. Both LIF-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT1 and STAT3, as well as LIF-stimulated DNA binding activity of STAT-containing nuclear complexes were indistinguishable when compared in SYF and WT cells. In addition, the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase-sensitive Akt kinase and p38 MAPK were activated by LIF in both SYF and WT cells. Furthermore, LIF-stimulated expression of c-fos, egr-1, and suppressor of cytokine signaling-3 was retained in SYF cells. The IL-6 family cytokine oncostatin M was also capable of activating MAPK, STAT3, STAT1, Akt, and p38 in both WT and SYF cells. These results demonstrate that IL-6 family cytokines can activate a full repertoire of signaling pathways and induce gene expression independent of SFKs.

Received for publication, April 9, 2003

^* This work was supported in part by National Institutes of Health Training Grant GM07018 (to G. S. L.) and National Institutes of Health Grant NS30410 (to N. M. N.). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked "advertisement" in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Washington, Box 357750, Seattle, WA 98195-7750. Tel.: 206-543-9457; Fax: 206-616-4230; E-mail: nathanso{at}u.washington.edu.

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