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Autophagy facilitates IFN-gamma-induced Jak2-STAT1 activation and cellular inflammation.


ABSTRACT: Autophagy is regulated for IFN-gamma-mediated antimicrobial efficacy; however, its molecular effects for IFN-gamma signaling are largely unknown. Here, we show that autophagy facilitates IFN-gamma-activated Jak2-STAT1. IFN-gamma induces autophagy in wild-type but not in autophagy protein 5 (Atg5(-/-))-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), and, autophagy-dependently, IFN-gamma induces IFN regulatory factor 1 and cellular inflammatory responses. Pharmacologically inhibiting autophagy using 3-methyladenine, a known inhibitor of class III phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, confirms these effects. Either Atg5(-/-) or Atg7(-/-) MEFs are, independent of changes in IFN-gamma receptor expression, resistant to IFN-gamma-activated Jak2-STAT1, which suggests that autophagy is important for IFN-gamma signal transduction. Lentivirus-based short hairpin RNA for Atg5 knockdown confirmed the importance of autophagy for IFN-gamma-activated STAT1. Without autophagy, reactive oxygen species increase and cause SHP2 (Src homology-2 domain-containing phosphatase 2)-regulated STAT1 inactivation. Inhibiting SHP2 reversed both cellular inflammation and the IFN-gamma-induced activation of STAT1 in Atg5(-/-) MEFs. Our study provides evidence that there is a link between autophagy and both IFN-gamma signaling and cellular inflammation and that autophagy, because it inhibits the expression of reactive oxygen species and SHP2, is pivotal for Jak2-STAT1 activation.

SUBMITTER: Chang YP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2937899 | biostudies-other | 2010 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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Autophagy is regulated for IFN-gamma-mediated antimicrobial efficacy; however, its molecular effects for IFN-gamma signaling are largely unknown. Here, we show that autophagy facilitates IFN-gamma-activated Jak2-STAT1. IFN-gamma induces autophagy in wild-type but not in autophagy protein 5 (Atg5(-/-))-deficient mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs), and, autophagy-dependently, IFN-gamma induces IFN regulatory factor 1 and cellular inflammatory responses. Pharmacologically inhibiting autophagy using  ...[more]

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