Constitutive Activation of JAK1 in Src-transformed Cells
Open Access
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- Published by Elsevier BV
- Vol. 272 (5), 2591-2594
- https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.272.5.2591
Abstract
We have previously found that the signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat) 3 is constitutively activated in cells stably transformed by the v-Src oncoprotein. While activation of Stat proteins has also been observed following epidermal growth factor or platelet-derived growth factor stimulation, Stat3 activation is more commonly associated with signaling through cytokine receptors and activation of the Janus family tyrosine kinases JAK1 or JAK2. We therefore investigated whether JAK1 or JAK2 were activated in Src-transformed cells. In three v-Src-transformed fibroblast cell lines (NIH3T3, Balb/c, and 3Y1), JAK1 displayed increased tyrosyl phosphorylation compared to non-transformed cells. The level of tyrosyl phosphorylation of JAK1 was significantly greater in NIH3T3 cells transformed by expression of v-Src or high levels of a constitutively active mutant of c-Src (Y527F) than in cells overexpressing the less transforming normal c-Src. Enzymatic activity of JAK1 was assessed using autophosphorylation assays. In anti-JAK1 immunoprecipitates from v-Src-transformed NIH3T3 cells, a protein with the same migration as JAK1 showed substantially increased levels of 32P incorporation compared to immunoprecipitates from non-transformed cells. Similar results were obtained using anti-JAK2 immunoprecipitates; however, the level of JAK2 tyrosyl phosphorylation and 32P incorporation in anti-JAK2 immunoprecipitates were markedly lower than in anti-JAK1 immunoprecipitates. We conclude that JAK1, and possibly JAK2, are constitutively activated in Src-transformed cells, raising the possibility that Janus family kinases contribute to the constitutive activation of Stat3 previously observed in these cells and/or other properties of Src-transformed cells.Keywords
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