Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1993
Abstract
The macrolide rapamycin (RAP) is a potent inhibitor of interleukin-2 (IL- 2)-induced T-cell proliferation. Current models suggest that RAP, when complexed to its intracellular receptor, FK506-binding protein, interferes with an IL-2 receptor-coupled signaling pathway required for cell-cycle progression from G1- to S-phase. Here we show that RAP treatment inhibits the growth of an IL-2-dependent cytotoxic T-cell line, CTLL-2, in late G1- phase, just prior to entry of the cells into S-phase. In contrast, RAP- treated CTLL-2 cells retained the ability to respond to IL-2 with enhanced cytolytic activity, indicating that RAP was not a general suppressant of cellular responsiveness to IL-2. Subsequent studies revealed that IL-2 stimulation triggered a delayed activation of the p34(cdc2) kinase, the timing of which correlated with the G1- to S-phase transition. The IL-2- dependent increase in p34(cdc2) kinase activity was blocked by RAP. The RAP sensitivity of the p34(cdc2) activation mechanism implicates this signaling pathway in the control of S-phase commitment in IL-2-stimulated T-cells.
Montclair State University Digital Commons Citation
Morice, W. G.; Brunn, Gregory J.; Wiederrecht, Gregory; Siekierka, John; and Abraham, R. T., "Rapamycin-Induced Inhibition of P34(Cdc2) Kinase Activation Is Associated with G1/S-Phase Growth Arrest in T Lymphocytes" (1993). Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works. 354.
https://digitalcommons.montclair.edu/chem-biochem-facpubs/354
Published Citation
Morice, W. G., Brunn, G. J., Wiederrecht, G., Siekierka, J. J., & Abraham, R. T. (1993). Rapamycin-induced inhibition of p34cdc2 kinase activation is associated with G1/S-phase growth arrest in T lymphocytes. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 268(5), 3734-3738.