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JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 174, Issue 5, Pages 2494-2498Publisher
AMER ASSOC IMMUNOLOGISTS
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.174.5.2494
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- NIAID NIH HHS [R01 AI54821] Funding Source: Medline
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The signaling cascade initiated by IL-4 is classically divisible into two major pathways: one mediated by STAT6, and the other by insulin receptor substrates-1 and -2 via activation of PI3K. In murine splenic B cells, the suppressor of cytokine signaling (SOCS)3 is inducible by IL-4 via a mechanism independent of STAT6 and PI3K Sill expression increases 9-fold within 5 h of IL-4 treatment. This induction occurs normally in B cells deficient in STAT6 and is unaffected by pretreatment with the PI3K inhibitor wortmannin, or with the ERK pathway inhibitor, PD98059. However, the IL-4 induction of SOCS3 is blocked by inhibitors of either the JNK or p38 AMPK pathways (SP600125 and SB203580, respectively). Direct examination of these pathways reveals rapid, IL-4-directed activation of p38 MAPK, uncovering a previously unappreciated pathway mediating IL-4 signal transduction.
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