Dadi H K, Roifman C M
Division of Immunology/Allergy, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
J Clin Invest. 1993 Sep;92(3):1559-63. doi: 10.1172/JCI116736.
Interleukin-7 (IL-7) is a glycoprotein that regulates lymphocyte precursor growth and differentiation. However, the exact mechanism whereby the IL-7 receptor (IL-7R) mediates these cell growth signals remains unknown. One of the earliest metabolic events linked to mitogenic responses in other growth factor receptor systems is the activation of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI-3 kinase). We demonstrate here that ligation of the IL-7R results in dose- and time-dependent increases in PI-3 kinase activity. These results suggest that PI-3 kinase is involved in signal transduction via the IL-7R in human thymocytes.
白细胞介素-7(IL-7)是一种调节淋巴细胞前体生长和分化的糖蛋白。然而,IL-7受体(IL-7R)介导这些细胞生长信号的确切机制仍不清楚。在其他生长因子受体系统中,与有丝分裂原反应相关的最早代谢事件之一是磷脂酰肌醇-3激酶(PI-3激酶)的激活。我们在此证明,IL-7R的连接导致PI-3激酶活性呈剂量和时间依赖性增加。这些结果表明,PI-3激酶参与了人胸腺细胞中通过IL-7R的信号转导。