Immune and inflammatory systems are controlled by multiple cytokines, including interleukins (ILs) and interferons. These cytokines exert their biological functions through Janus tyrosine kinases and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) transcription factors. We recently identified two intrinsic Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors, JAK binding protein (JAB; also referred to as suppressor of cytokine signaling [SOCS1]/STAT-induced STAT inhibitor [SSI1]) and cytokine-inducible SH2 protein (CIS)3 (or SOCS3/SSI3), which play an essential role in the negative regulation of cytokine signaling. We have investigated the role of STATs and these JAK inhibitors in intestinal inflammation. Among STAT family members, STAT3 was most strongly tyrosine phosphorylated in human ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease patients as well as in dextran sulfate sodium (DSS)-induced colitis in mice. Development of colitis as well as STAT3 activation was significantly reduced in IL-6–deficient mice treated with DSS, suggesting that STAT3 plays an important role in the perpetuation of colitis. CIS3, but not JAB, was highly expressed in the colon of DSS-treated mice as well as several T cell–dependent colitis models. To define the physiological role of CIS3 induction in colitis, we developed a JAB mutant (F59D-JAB) that overcame the inhibitory effect of both JAB and CIS3 and created transgenic mice. DSS induced stronger STAT3 activation and more severe colitis in F59D-JAB transgenic mice than in their wild-type littermates. These data suggest that hyperactivation of STAT3 results in severe colitis and that CIS3 plays a negative regulatory role in intestinal inflammation by downregulating STAT3 activity.
Cis3/Socs3/Ssi3 Plays a Negative Regulatory Role in Stat3 Activation and Intestinal Inflammation
Abbreviations used in this paper: CD, Crohn's disease; CIS, cytokine-inducible SH2 protein; DIG, digoxigenin; DSS, dextran sulfate sodium; IBD, inflammatory bowel disease; IC, infectious colitis; JAK, Janus kinase; LIF, leukemia inhibitory factor; RT, reverse transcription; STAT, signal transducer and activator of transcription; Tg, transgenic; UC, ulcerative colitis; WT, wild-type.
Asuka Suzuki, Toshikatsu Hanada, Keiichi Mitsuyama, Takafumi Yoshida, Shintaro Kamizono, Tomoaki Hoshino, Masato Kubo, Atsuko Yamashita, Masaru Okabe, Kiyoshi Takeda, Shizuo Akira, Satoshi Matsumoto, Atsushi Toyonaga, Michio Sata, Akihiko Yoshimura; Cis3/Socs3/Ssi3 Plays a Negative Regulatory Role in Stat3 Activation and Intestinal Inflammation. J Exp Med 19 February 2001; 193 (4): 471–482. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.193.4.471
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