'Tuning' of type I interferon-induced Jak-STAT1 signaling by calcium-dependent kinases in macrophages

Lu Wang, Ioannis Tassiulas, Kyung Hyun Park-Min, Alicia C. Reid, Hava Gil-Henn, Joseph Schlessinger, Roland Baron, Jillian J. Zhang, Lionel B. Ivashkiv

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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-α-induced Jak activation and STAT1-dependent gene expression. CaMK inhibition suppressed STAT1-mediated interferon-α 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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)186-193
Number of pages8
JournalNature Immunology
Volume9
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2008
Externally publishedYes

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin DiseasesR01AR051886

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