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Lu Wang1, Ioannis Tassiulas, Kyung-Hyun Park-Min
1Arthritis and Tissue Degeneration Program, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York 10021, USA.
Abstract:
Immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motif (ITAM)-coupled receptors modulate the amplitude and nature of macrophage responses to Toll-like receptor and cytokine receptor stimulation. However, the molecular mechanisms enabling this receptor crosstalk are not known. Here we investigated the function of the calcium-dependent kinases CaMK and Pyk2 'downstream' of ITAM-associated receptors in the regulation of cytokine-induced activation of Jak kinases and STAT transcription factors. CaMK and Pyk2 relayed signals from integrins and the ITAM-containing adaptor DAP12 to augment interleukin 10- and interferon-alpha-induced Jak activation and STAT1-dependent gene expression. CaMK inhibition suppressed STAT1-mediated interferon-alpha signaling in a mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus. Our results associate Pyk2 and Jak kinases with the linkage of signals emanating from cytokine and heterologous ITAM-dependent receptors.
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