Desensitization of the JAK2/STAT5 GH signaling pathway associated with increased CIS protein content in liver of pregnant mice

Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Oct;289(4):E600-7. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.00085.2005. Epub 2005 May 17.

Abstract

Chronic exposure to growth hormone (GH) was related to the desensitization of the JAK2/STAT5 signaling pathway in liver, as demonstrated in cells, female rats, and transgenic mice overexpressing GH. The cytokine-induced suppressor (CIS) is considered a major mediator of this desensitization. Pregnancy is accompanied by an increment in GH circulating levels, which were reported to be associated with hepatic GH resistance, although the molecular mechanisms involved in this resistance are not clearly elucidated. We thus evaluated the JAK2/STAT5b signaling pathway and its regulation by the suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS)/CIS family and the JAK2-interacting protein SH2-Bbeta in pregnant mouse liver, a model with physiological prolonged exposure to high GH levels. Basal tyrosyl phosphorylation levels of JAK2 and STAT5b in pregnant mice were similar to values obtained for virgin animals, in spite of the important increment of GH they exhibit. Moreover, these signaling mediators were not phosphorylated upon GH stimulation in pregnant mice. A 3.3-fold increase of CIS protein content was found for pregnant mice, whereas the abundance of the other SOCS proteins analyzed and SH2-Bbeta did not significantly change compared with virgin animals. The desensitization of the JAK2/STAT5b GH signaling pathway observed in pregnant mice would then be mainly related to increased CIS levels rather than to the other regulatory proteins examined.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism*
  • Female
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / drug effects
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / physiology
  • Growth Hormone / metabolism
  • Growth Hormone / pharmacology*
  • Immediate-Early Proteins / metabolism*
  • Janus Kinase 2
  • Liver / drug effects
  • Liver / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Milk Proteins / metabolism*
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy, Animal / drug effects
  • Pregnancy, Animal / metabolism*
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / metabolism*
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins / metabolism*
  • STAT5 Transcription Factor
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Signal Transduction / physiology*
  • Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins
  • Trans-Activators / metabolism*

Substances

  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Immediate-Early Proteins
  • Milk Proteins
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins
  • STAT5 Transcription Factor
  • Stat5b protein, mouse
  • Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins
  • Trans-Activators
  • cytokine inducible SH2-containing protein
  • Growth Hormone
  • Protein-Tyrosine Kinases
  • Jak2 protein, mouse
  • Janus Kinase 2