Differential roles of STAT1alpha and STAT1beta in fludarabine-induced cell cycle arrest and apoptosis in human B cells.

Blood
Fanny Baran-MarszakRemi Fagard

Abstract

Signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 (STAT1), a transcription factor known to participate in antiviral responses, acts as a tumor suppressor inhibiting cell growth and promoting apoptosis. To study the role of STAT1 in DNA damage-induced apoptosis in B lymphocytes, its active form, STAT1alpha, was specifically inhibited by the overexpression of STAT1beta, the STAT1alpha truncated inhibitory isoform. An episomal vector with a tetracycline-inducible bidirectional promoter was created to induce the expression of 2 proteins, STAT1beta and enhanced green fluorescence protein (EGFP). The same vector was used to overexpress STAT1alpha as a control. Expression of STAT1beta inhibited the phosphorylation, the DNA-binding activity, and the transcriptional activity of STAT1alpha, as well as the expression of STAT1alpha target genes such as p21WAF1/CIP1, TAP1, IRF1, and PKR. Inhibiting STAT1alpha by STAT1beta increased the growth rate of transfected cells and their resistance to fludarabine-induced apoptosis and cell cycle arrest. Overexpressing STAT1beta reversed the negative regulation of Mdm2 expression observed after treatment with interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), which activates STAT1, or with fludarabine. Nuclear translocat...Continue Reading

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