Inhibition of transforming growth factor-β/SMAD signalling by the interferon-γ/STAT pathway

Luis Ulloa, Jacqueline Doody and Joan Massagué ()
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Luis Ulloa: Cell Biology Program and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Jacqueline Doody: Cell Biology Program and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Joan Massagué: Cell Biology Program and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Nature, 1999, vol. 397, issue 6721, 710-713

Abstract: Abstract Transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) and interferon-γ (IFN-γ) have opposite effects on diverse cellular functions1,2,3,4,5, but the basis for this antagonism is not known6. TGF-β signals through a receptor serine kinase that phosphorylates and activates the transcription factors Smads 2 and 3 (refs 7, 8), whereas the IFN-γ receptor and its associated protein tyrosine kinase Jak1 mediate phosphorylation and activation of the transcription factor Stat1 (refs 6, 9, 10). Here we present a basis for the integration of TGF-β and IFN-γ signals. IFN-γ inhibits the TGF β-induced phosphorylation of Smad3 and its attendant events, namely, the association of Smad3 with Smad4, the accumulation of Smad3 in the nucleus, and the activation of TGFβ-responsive genes. Acting through Jak1 and Stat1, IFN-γ induces the expression of Smad7, an antagonistic SMAD11,12, which prevents the interaction of Smad3 with the TGF-β receptor. The results indicate a mechanism of transmodulation between the STAT and SMAD signal-transduction pathways.

Date: 1999
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