JAK-STAT signaling pathway

The JAK-STAT signaling pathway transmits information from extracellular chemical signals to the nucleus resulting in DNA transcription and expression of genes involved in immunity, proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis and oncogenesis. The JAK-STAT system consists of three main components: a cell surface receptor, a Janus kinase (JAK), a Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription (STAT) protein.[1] Disrupted or dysregulated JAK-STAT functionality can result in immune deficiency syndromes and cancers.[1]

Mechanism

Key steps of the JAK-STAT pathway

The binding of various ligands such as interferon, interleukin, and growth factors to cell surface receptors activate associated JAKs, increasing their kinase activity.[2] Activated JAKs then phosphorylate tyrosine residues on the receptor, creating binding sites for proteins possessing SH2 domains. SH2 domain containing STATs are recruited to the receptor where they are also tyrosine-phosphorylated by JAKs. These activated STATs form hetero- or homodimers and accumulate in the cell nucleus where they induce transcription of target genes.[3] STATs may also be tyrosine-phosphorylated directly by receptor tyrosine kinases, such as the epidermal growth factor receptor, as well as by non-receptor tyrosine kinases such as c-src.

The pathway is negatively regulated on multiple levels. Protein tyrosine phosphatases remove phosphates from cytokine receptors and activated STATs.[3] More recently identified suppressors of cytokine signalling (SOCS) inhibit STAT phosphorylation by binding and inhibiting JAKs or competing with STATs for phosphotyrosine binding sites on cytokine receptors.[4] STATs are also negatively regulated by protein inhibitors of activated STAT (PIAS), which act in the nucleus through several mechanisms.[5] For example, PIAS1 and PIAS3 inhibit transcriptional activation by STAT1 and STAT3, respectively by binding and blocking access to the DNA sequences they recognize.

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References

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  2. ↑ Brooks, Andrew (2014). "Mechanism of activation of protein kinase JAK2 by the growth hormone receptor". Science 344 (6185): 1249783. doi:10.1126/science.1249783. PMID 24833397.
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