Abstract
Signal transduction through both cytokine and lymphocyte antigen receptors shares some common pathways by which they initiate cellular responses, such as activation of mitogen-activated protein kinase(s). However, other signalling components appear to be uniquely coupled to each receptor. For example, the interferon receptors transduce regulatory signals through the JAK/STAT pathway, resulting in an inhibition of growth and of antiviral effects, whereas this pathway apparently plays no role in T-cell- receptor (TCR)-dependent gene expression. Conversely, signal transduction through the TCR requires the tyrosine kinases Lck and ZAP-70 and the tyrosine phosphatase CD45 (ref. 5). Here we show that, unexpectedly, transmission of growth-inhibitory signals by interferon-α (IFN-α) in T cells requires the expression and association of CD45, Lck and ZAP-70 with the IFN-α-receptor signalling complex.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 629-632 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Nature |
Volume | 390 |
Issue number | 6660 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1997 |
Keywords
- Animals
- Chlorocebus aethiops
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Growth Inhibitors/metabolism
- Humans
- In Vitro Techniques
- Interferon-alpha/metabolism
- Jurkat Cells
- Leukocyte Common Antigens/metabolism
- Lymphocyte Specific Protein Tyrosine Kinase p56(lck)/metabolism
- Measles virus/drug effects
- Protein-Tyrosine Kinases/metabolism
- Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism
- Receptors, Interferon/metabolism
- STAT1 Transcription Factor
- STAT2 Transcription Factor
- Signal Transduction
- Trans-Activators/metabolism
- Vero Cells
- Virus Replication/drug effects
- ZAP-70 Protein-Tyrosine Kinase