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The Janus family of protein tyrosine kinases (JAKs) and STAT transcription factors regulate cellular processes involved in cell growth, differentiation, and transformation through their association with cytokine receptors. The CIS family of proteins (also referred as the SOCS or SSI family) has been implicated in the regulation of signal transduction by a variety of cytokines. Among them, we have shown that JAB/SOCS-1 is strongly induced by interferon-gamma and forced expression of JAB/SOCS-1I conferred cells interferon resistance. This resistance was caused by inhibition of JAK1 and JAK2 activation in response to IFNgamma. Moreover, recent detailed analysis of JAB/SOCS-1 knockout mice revealed that JAB/SOCS-1 is indeed a "negative feedback regulator" that determine the sensitivity of cells to IFNgamma. Using in vitro mutagensis, we defined a functional structure of JAB/SOCS-1 and proposed a mechanism for how JAB inhibits JAK kinase activity.
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PMID:The janus kinase inhibitor, Jab/SOCS-1, is an interferon-gamma inducible gene and determines the sensitivity to interferons. 1081 47

The intracellular signalling molecule and transcriptional activator STAT5b is a key mediator of the effects of intermittent plasma growth hormone (GH) pulses on the male-specific pattern of liver gene expression and pubertal body growth rates in rodents. Experiments with Stat5b gene-knockout mice have revealed that these GH-regulated, male-specific phenotypes are a direct consequence of GH pulse-dependent STAT5b activation and that loss of function of STAT5b cannot be compensated for by the closely related signalling molecule STAT5a. Physiological plasma GH pulses are required to obtain the high levels of activated STAT5b seen in the livers of males, and down-regulation of the GH receptor (GHR)-JAK-STAT5b pathway in hepatocytes exposed to GH in a near-continuous fashion underlies the low level of liver STAT5b activity that is characteristic of adult female rats. Termination of nuclear STAT5b signalling occurs at the conclusion of a plasma GH pulse, with STAT5b deactivation catalysed by a tyrosine phosphatase. In males, termination of the intracellular signalling stimulated by a plasma GH pulse is proposed to be additionally facilitated by GH-STAT5b-inducible SOCS-CIS proteins, which block the further activation of STAT5b by binding to and inhibiting the action of the GHR-JAK2 complex via multiple mechanisms. In this manner, the liver cell is rendered temporarily unresponsive to further GH-signalling events. SOCS-CIS proteins synthesized in liver cells stimulated continuously with GH may also contribute to the apparent down-regulation of STAT5b signalling that is observed in the female rat liver.
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PMID:Pulsatility of growth hormone (GH) signalling in liver cells: role of the JAK-STAT5b pathway in GH action. 1098 46

Growth hormone (GH)-inducible suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS/CIS proteins) inhibit GH receptor (GHR) signaling to STAT5b via phosphotyrosine-dependent binding interactions with the tyrosine kinase JAK2 (SOCS-1) and/or the cytoplasmic tail of GHR (CIS and SOCS-3). Presently, we investigate the mechanism of CIS inhibition and CIS's role in down-regulating GHR-JAK2 signaling to STAT5b in cells exposed to GH continuously. CIS is shown to inhibit GHR-JAK2 signaling by two distinct mechanisms: by a partial inhibition that is decreased at elevated STAT5b levels and may involve competition between CIS and STAT5b for common GHR cytoplasmic tail phosphotyrosine-binding sites; and by a time-dependent inhibition, not seen with SOCS-1 or SOCS-3, that involves proteasome action. Investigation of the latter mechanism revealed that GH stimulates degradation of CIS, but not SOCS-3. The proteasome inhibitor MG132 blocked this protein degradation and also blocked the inhibitory action of CIS, but not that of SOCS-1 or SOCS-3, on STAT5b signaling. Proteasome-dependent degradation of CIS, most likely in the form of a (GHR-JAK2)-CIS complex, is therefore proposed to be an important step in the time-dependent CIS inhibition mechanism. Finally, the down-regulation of GHR-JAK2 signaling to STAT5b seen in continuous GH-treated cells could be prevented by treatment of cells with the proteasome inhibitor MG132 or by expression of CIS-R107K, a selective, dominant-negative inhibitor of CIS activity. These findings lead us to propose that the cytokine signaling inhibitor CIS is a key mediator of the STAT5b desensitization response seen in cells and tissues exposed to GH chronically, such as adult female rat liver.
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PMID:Role of the cytokine-inducible SH2 protein CIS in desensitization of STAT5b signaling by continuous growth hormone. 1099 39

CIS (cytokine-inducible SH2 protein), SOCS (suppressor of cytokine signaling), or SSI (signal transducers and activators of transcription [STAT]-induced STAT inhibitor) proteins are a family of cytokine-inducible negative regulators of cytokine signaling via Janus kinase (JAK)-STAT pathways. Given the evidence that the JAK-STAT pathway plays a critical role in the cardiovascular system, the primary objective of this study was to assess the effects of the CIS family on JAK-STAT signaling in the cardiovascular system in rats treated with cardiotrophin-1 (CT-1), an interleukin-6 family of cytokines. Intravenous injection of 20 microgram/kg body weight of CT-1 induced a transient, marked increase in STAT3 activation in various tissues, including heart and lung, and subsequent upregulation of 2 members of the CIS family, JAK-binding protein (JAB)/SOCS-1/SSI-1 and CIS3/SOCS-3/SSI-3, in the same tissues. It was also observed that CIS3 was directly associated with JAK2 in vivo. Pretreatment with the same dose of CT-1 60 minutes before significantly attenuated the STAT3 activation induced by a second injection of CT-1. We previously reported that intravenous injection of CT-1 results in the nitric oxide (NO)-dependent hypotension accompanied by the induction of inducible NO synthase mRNA. In rats pretreated with CT-1, the induction of inducible NO synthase mRNA or hypotension by subsequent CT-1 injection was not observed. Forced expression of JAB or CIS3, but not other CISs, directly blocked CT-1-induced STAT3 activation in 293 cells. These results suggest that JAB and CIS3 serve as endogenous inhibitors of CT-1-mediated JAK-STAT signaling in the cardiovascular system in vivo.
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PMID:Induction of JAB/SOCS-1/SSI-1 and CIS3/SOCS-3/SSI-3 is involved in gp130 resistance in cardiovascular system in rat treated with cardiotrophin-1 in vivo. 1130 96

Some biochemical events following the binding of prolactin (PRL) to its receptor in normal human leukocytes were investigated. PRL enhanced JAK2 phosphorylation in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) but not in granulocytes. PRL also induced phosphorylation of Stat-5 in PBMC and Stat-1 in granulocytes. Subsequent binding of Stat-5- and of Stat-1-like molecules to a GAS responsive element from the beta-casein promoter was detected by EMSA. p38 MAPK (but not p42/p44 MAPK) was activated by PRL in both leukocyte populations. PRL induced iNOS and CIS mRNA expression in granulocytes. Increased expression of IRF-1 and SOCS-2 was observed in granulocytes and of SOCS-3 and iNOS in PBMC. Similar effects were obtained with ovine and human PRL. Antiserum to PRL reduced iNOS and IRF-1 expression induced by PRL in granulocytes and reduced iNOS expression in PBMC. Also, pretreatment of granulocytes with a p38 MAPK inhibitor (SB 203580) prevented in part PRL-induced iNOS and IRF-1 expression. In PBMC, the p38 inhibitor decreased PRL-induced iNOS gene expression. These results indicate that PRL-induced gene regulation in leukocytes requires the activation of at least two different pathways: the Stat and the MAP kinase pathways. Moreover, although PRL activates Stat in both leukocyte types, signal transduction is different in granulocytes and in PBMC. Most importantly, PRL modulates the expression of genes crucial to leukocyte function. The present findings reinforce the concept that PRL has "cytokine-like" activity in human leukocytes.
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PMID:Cytokine-like effects of prolactin in human mononuclear and polymorphonuclear leukocytes. 1169 20

GM-CSF signals through JAK2 and STAT5 and stimulates the expression of STAT5 target genes, such as pim-1 and CIS. Analyzed by EMSA, GM-CSF stimulation led to much stronger STAT5 DNA-binding to pim-1 or CIS GAS elements in primary human monocytes compared with mature macrophages. Similarly, GM-CSF-induced expression of pim-1 and CIS mRNAs was much stronger in monocytes. These differencies were not a result of downregulation of the GM-CSF receptor system or STAT5 expression, because monocytes and macrophages readily expressed GM-CSF receptor, JAK2, STAT5A, and STAT5B mRNAs and proteins. Monocytes expressed significant amounts of truncated STAT5 forms that took part in STAT5-DNA complex formation in GM-CSF-stimulated monocytes. This resulted in faster moving STAT5 complexes compared with macrophages in EMSA. Our results demonstrate that STAT5 isoform expression, GM-CSF-induced STAT5 activation, and STAT5 target-gene expression are altered significantly during monocyte/macrophage differentiation.
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PMID:Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF)-induced STAT5 activation and target-gene expression during human monocyte/macrophage differentiation. 1186 89

Growth hormone (GH) and 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D(3) (1,25-(OH)(2)D(3)) are regulators of bone growth and bone metabolism. In target cells, GH activates several signaling pathways, among them the Janus kinase (JAK)/signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT) pathway. GH mainly activates JAK2 and STAT5a and b. The effects of 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) are mediated via a nuclear receptor, the vitamin D receptor, which, when bound by 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3), activates the transcription of target genes. In earlier studies (Morel, G., Chavassieux, P., Barenton, B., Dubois, P. M., Meunier, P. J., and Boivin, G. (1993) Cell Tissue Res. 273, 279-286) synergistic interaction between 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) and GH regarding expression of osteoblastic markers has been described. The UMR 106 cell line is a rat osteosarcoma cell line with osteoblast-like properties. We have recently shown (Morales, O., Lindgren, U., and Haldosen, L. A. (2000) J. Bone Miner. Res. 15, 2284-2290) that UMR 106 cells express a GH-responsive JAK2/STAT5 signaling system. These cells also express the vitamin D receptor and respond to 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3). In the present study we have investigated whether 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) influences GH signaling via the JAK2/STAT5 pathway in UMR 106 cells. We found that 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) prolonged GH signaling via the JAK2/STAT5 pathway. Pretreatment of cells with 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) was also necessary in order to detect GH-induced STAT5 transcriptional response. Furthermore, the pretreatment of cells with 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) rendered to the cells the capacity to respond to repetitive GH-stimulation. In UMR 106 cells, GH induced the expression of the JAK/STAT negative regulatory proteins SOCS-3 and CIS. Interestingly, pretreatment with 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) inhibited GH-induced expression of these proteins. From these results we propose that 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) has an inhibitory effect on negative regulatory pathways acting on JAK2 and/or STAT5 in UMR 106 cells and that this, in all or partly, explains the effects of 1,25-(OH)(2)D(3) on GH-signaling via the JAK/STAT pathway.
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PMID:1Alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 inhibits GH-induced expression of SOCS-3 and CIS and prolongs growth hormone signaling via the Janus kinase (JAK2)/signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT5) system in osteoblast-like cells. 1210 79

GH stimulates the phosphorylation of tyrosine residues in the GH receptor (GHR), Janus kinase 2 (JAK2), and other signaling proteins in a transient manner that subsides within 1 h. To assess the possible roles of cytokine-induced Src homology domain 2 (SH2) (CIS/SOCS) proteins in these transient responses, we studied the expression and disposition of CIS/SOCS proteins in rat adipocytes, a physiological target of GH action. A tyrosine-phosphorylated protein that appears to be the GHR was coprecipitated from extracts of GH-treated adipocytes with alpha-CIS. In contrast, no tyrosine-phosphorylated adipocyte proteins were recovered after immunoprecipitation with alpha-SOCS3, although coprecipitation of GHR with SOCS3 was readily detected in extracts of 3T3-F442A fibroblasts. Interaction of GHR with CIS peaked between 2 and 10 min after adipocytes were treated with GH, when tyrosine phosphorylation of the GHR was maximal. By 60 min after GH, tyrosine phosphorylation of the GHR declined to very low levels, and its interaction with CIS was reduced correspondingly. Proteasome inhibitors prevented the decline in tyrosine-phosphorylated GHR and prolonged interaction of GHR and CIS for at least 1 h. These findings demonstrate the interaction of CIS with the GHR in vivo and suggest that CIS may enhance degradation of the receptor by a proteasomal pathway.
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PMID:Interaction of the growth hormone receptor with cytokine-induced Src homology domain 2 protein in rat adipocytes. 1258 63

One of the long-term effects of growth hormone (GH) in adipocytes is to maintain a state of refractoriness to insulin-like effects, a refractoriness which otherwise declines within a few hours of GH starvation. Here, we examined differences in GH signaling and the possible role for the recently identified family of suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS) proteins in the transition between the refractory and the responsive states in rat adipocytes. The ability of GH to stimulate lipogenesis and tyrosine phosphorylation of the GH receptor (GHR), Janus kinase 2 (Jak2), insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) and -2 (IRS-2) was greatly reduced in refractory as compared to responsive primary rat adipocytes. However, phosphorylation of Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription 5 (Stat5) was not affected. SOCS-3 and CIS mRNA levels were significantly higher in refractory compared to responsive cells and could be induced by GH, whereas the level of SOCS-2 mRNA was unchanged. With overexpression of GHR, Jak2 and IRS-1 along with each of these SOCS proteins in human A293 cells, we could demonstrate that both SOCS-1 and SOCS-3 completely inhibited the GH-stimulated tyrosine phosphorylation of IRS-1, whereas SOCS-2 and CIS did not. Our data suggest that GH induces refractoriness to the insulin-like effects in a negative-feedback manner by inhibiting GH-induced GHR/Jak2/IRS-1/IRS-2 phosphorylation through upregulation of SOCS-3, which almost completely blocks Jak2 activation.
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PMID:SOCS-3 is involved in the downregulation of the acute insulin-like effects of growth hormone in rat adipocytes by inhibition of Jak2/IRS-1 signaling. 1273 78

Nutrition is an important regulator of growth hormone (GH) action. Nutritional deprivation causes a GH resistance involving post-receptor alterations in the signaling pathway, but the responsible mechanisms remain unknown. Herein, suppressors of cytokine signaling proteins (SOCS) were investigated as potential agents in GH-resistance induced by malnutrition which inhibits activation of Janus kinase 2/signal transductor and activator of transcription 5 (JAK2/STAT5) pathway. Growth hormone receptor (GHR), IGF-I and SOCS3 mRNA expression was measured in the liver of rats fed with a low protein diet and with GH stimulation. Protein diet restriction significantly diminished GHR mRNA and receptor binding sites (p < 0.05), but caused a highly increased SOCS3 gene expression. In diet-restricted rats, GH administration increased GHR and IGF-I mRNA; however, GHR reached basal levels observed in animals feeding with a high protein diet. The malnourished group increased SOCS3 gene transcription in response to GH administration. These results suggested that a reduced hepatic sensitivity to GH was associated with SOCS3 over-expression. In addition, ubiquitous distribution of SOCS3 and CIS suggests a role for SOCS proteins as tissue specific modulators of cytokine sensitivity.
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PMID:[Role of the cytokine-3 signaling suppressor protein (SOCS 3) in growth hormone resistance induced by malnutrition]. 1458 33


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