Journal
ONCOGENE
Volume 27, Issue 21, Pages 3054-3059Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210952
Keywords
IL-6; STAT3; KAP1; transcriptional regulation; phosphorylation
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Signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) mediate cell proliferation, differentiation and survival in immune responses, hematopoiesis, neurogenesis and other biological processes. For example, STAT3 has been reported to be constitutively activated in numerous cancer cells. To clarify the molecular mechanisms underlying the STAT activation, we performed yeast two-hybrid screening and identified KAP1/TIF1b as a novel STAT-binding partner. KAP1 is a universal corepressor protein for the Kruppel-associated box zinc-finger protein superfamily of transcriptional repressors. We found endogenous KAP1 associated with endogenous STAT3 in vivo. Importantly, small-interfering RNA-mediated reduction of KAP1 expression enhanced interleukin (IL)-6-induced STAT3-dependent transcription and gene expression. Furthermore, reduction of KAP1 expression resulted in the marked accumulation of STAT3 phosphorylated on Ser727 in the nucleus, a modi. cation that regulates its transcriptional activation. These results indicate that KAP1 may serve as a transcriptional regulator of the IL-6/STAT3 signaling pathway.
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