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Mol Cell Biol, May 1998, p. 2553-2558, Vol. 18, No. 5
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Stat3 Activation Is Required for Cellular Transformation by v-src

Jacqueline F. Bromberg,1 Curt M. Horvath,1 Daniel Besser,2 Wyndham W. Lathem,1 and James E. Darnell Jr.1,*

Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology1 and Laboratory of Molecular Oncology,2 The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021-6399

Received 16 September 1997/Returned for modification 13 November 1997/Accepted 29 January 1998

    ABSTRACT
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Stat3 activation has been associated with cytokine-induced proliferation, anti-apoptosis, and transformation. Constitutively activated Stat3 has been found in many human tumors as well as v-abl- and v-src-transformed cell lines. Because of these correlations, we examined directly the relationship of activated Stat3 to cellular transformation and found that wild-type Stat3 enhances the transforming potential of v-src while three dominant negative Stat3 mutants inhibit v-src transformation. Stat3 wild-type or mutant proteins did not affect v-ras transformation. We conclude that Stat3 has a necessary role in v-src transformation.

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Cytokines---extracellular signaling polypeptides---are capable of inducing cellular programs including proliferation or growth arrest and differentiation. Many cytokines activate STAT (signal transducers and activators of transcription) molecules (10, 26); therefore, the role of STATs in growth control is a crucial, incompletely explored issue. It has been known for many years that interferons (IFNs) slow the growth of a wide variety of cell types (2, 19). Both IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma activate Stat1, and this protein is required for growth restraint in response to both IFNs (4, 8, 27).

In contrast, the results of several studies suggest that Stat3 may be involved in promoting cell growth: interleukin 6 (IL-6), which activates Stat3, is required in liver regeneration (9), and overexpression of IL-6 causes plasmacytomas (29); dominant negative Stat3 inhibits gp130-mediated anti-apoptosis (13); Stat3-/- mouse embryos implant but fail to grow (30); Stat3 has been reported to be activated constitutively in human tumors (14, 17, 25, 32, 36); and v-abl- and v-src-transformed cells have constitutively activated Stat3 (6, 21, 35).

We evaluated the role of Stat3 in cellular transformation by determining its contribution to v-src transformation. Colony formation in soft agar induced by newly introduced v-src was increased by wild-type Stat3 but not by mutant proteins that failed to be phosphorylated or to bind DNA. Also, in cells already transformed by v-src, the introduction of extra Stat3 led to an increase in the number of colonies in soft agar. In contrast, the presence of Stat3 dominant negative mutant protein had an inhibitory effect on the colony-forming capacity of v-src-transformed cells. The enhancement of v-src transformation by Stat3 was associated with increased Stat3 activity (assayed by DNA binding and transcriptional activation), while suppression of v-src transformation by the dominant negative Stat3 mutants correlated with decreased Stat3 activity. Thus, activated wild-type Stat3 has oncogenic potential and v-src transformation requires Stat3 activation.

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Plasmids. Stat3 was cloned into RcCMV-Neo (Invitrogen) tagged at the 3' end with a FLAG epitope (7, 33). Stat3Y705-F was generated by PCR and cloned into RcCMV-Neo and tagged at the 3' end with a FLAG epitope. Stat3DB contains changes within its DNA-binding domain (VVV461-463AAA and EE434-435AA) and is also tagged at its 3' end with a FLAG epitope. Individual clones having mutations at positions 461 to 463 and 434 to 435 (16) were joined by PCR and recloned. The resulting double mutant protein becomes phosphorylated in response to epidermal growth factor but does not bind DNA (15). Stat3S, which contains an alanine instead of a serine at position 727, was cloned into RcCMV (34). pBabe/v-src was a gift from H. Hanafusa, and v-src-transformed cells were selected with puromycin (24). pRSV Ha-rasLeu61 contains a constitutively active ras oncogene (11). The luciferase reporter plasmid used contains three copies of the Ly6E Stat1 and Stat3 binding site (34). A beta -galactosidase expression plasmid (Invitrogen) was used in luciferase assays for normalization.

Tissue culture and soft agar assay. NIH 3T3 cells were obtained from the American Type Culture Collection. v-src-transformed NIH 3T3 cells were obtained by transfecting NIH 3T3 cells with pBabe/v-src and selecting for transformants with 2µg of puromycin (Sigma) (24) per ml. All cells were grown in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) containing 10% Cosmic calf serum (HyClone). Lipofectamine reagent (Life Technologies) was utilized for all transfections. Typically, for a 35-mm-diameter dish containing 5 × 105 cells, 6 µl of Lipofectamine and 1 µg of each plasmid to be transfected was utilized. We increased the ratio of Stat3 or Stat3DN to v-src or ras by introducing 1.8 µg of RcCMV, Stat3, Stat3Y, Stat3DB, or Stat3S to 200 ng of v-src or ras. Selection and maintenance of plasmids in NIH 3T3-based cells required 800 µg of G418 sulfate (Geneticin; Life Technologies) per ml and/or 2µg of puromycin (Sigma) per ml. Soft agar assays were performed essentially as described previously (20). Twenty hours after transfection, cells were fed with DMEM plus 10% bovine calf serum (BCS). Twenty-four hours later, the cells were trypsinized and 5 × 105 cells were plated into 3 ml of soft agar (BiTek; Difco) containing 1× DMEM, 10% BCS, and the appropriate selective antibiotics. Two to 3 weeks later, colonies were counted. Typically, these assays were carried out in parallel with 4 to 10 replications. Averages of the replications with standard deviations are presented in the figures and in Table 1. For viability assays, 5 × 105 cells were plated into 3-cm-diameter dishes containing DMEM, 10% BCS, 800 µg of G418 sulfate per ml, and 2µg of puromycin per ml. Cells were counted with a Coulter counter and by a hemacytometer 5 and 7 days later. This assay was performed in triplicate. Averages with standard deviations are presented in Table 2.

In vitro assays. Transcriptional assays were performed by transiently transfecting NIH 3T3 or v-src-transformed cells with RcCMV-Neo-based plasmids and pBabe/v-src and Ly6E luciferase plasmids. Twenty hours after transfection, the cells were fed with DMEM plus 10% BCS. Twenty-four hours later, the cells were lysed and luciferase (Promega) assays were performed according to the Promega protocol. Each transfection was normalized to concomitant beta -galactosidase expression from a control-transfected plasmid (Invitrogen) (1). Nuclear extracts were made from transiently transfected cells, as described previously (34), and electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) were performed as described previously (12) with 32P-labeled Stat binding site M67 SIE (31) oligonucleotide. Western blotting was carried out by standard methods (1). Anti-Stat3-C serum was diluted 1:1,000 for Western blotting and 1:100 for supershifting of DNA-protein complexes in EMSA gels. Anti-M2 (FLAG) monoclonal antiserum (Kodak/IBI) was used at a 1:500 dilution for Western blotting and at a 1:100 dilution for supershifting of DNA-protein complexes. Antiphosphotyrosine PY20 monoclonal antiserum (Transduction Laboratories) was used at a 1:1,000 dilution for Western blotting.

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Expression constructs used to establish the role of Stat3 in v-src transformation. Oncogenic transformation of cells in vitro often requires cooperation between two different types of proteins with oncogenic potential (18), and v-src transformation is known to lead to activation of endogenous Stat3 (6, 35). To test whether Stat3 cooperates with v-src in cellular transformation, we transfected NIH 3T3 cells both with v-src in a vector containing the gene for puromycin resistance (24) and with an expression vector encoding resistance to G418 that controls expression of wild-type Stat3, Stat3Y, Stat3DB, and Stat3S or the expression vector alone (Fig. 1). The three mutant STATs act as dominant negative variants of wild-type protein during IL-6 or epidermal growth factor induction of Stat3 activity through various mechanisms (15, 22, 23, 34) and could be expected to inhibit endogenous Stat3 in v-src-transformed cells by similar mechanisms.


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  		FIG. 1.   Wild-type Stat3 and dominant negative Stat3 constructs. (A) Wild-type Stat3 was cloned into RcCMV-Neo and tagged at the 3' end with a FLAG epitope (7, 33). (B) Stat3Y705-F was generated by PCR and cloned into RcCMV-Neo and tagged at the 3' end with a FLAG epitope. The expressed protein can be detected with FLAG (M2) monoclonal antiserum or Stat3-C antiserum. It cannot be phosphorylated on Y705 and can presumably compete with wild-type Stat3 for v-src or other kinases (5, 6). (C) Stat3DB was tagged at the 3' end with a FLAG epitope which contains slightly fewer amino acids than those of the above constructs. Within the Stat3 DNA-binding domain, multiple changes (VVV461-463AAA and EE434-435AA), which abolish the ability of this protein to bind DNA while it retains the ability to be phosphorylated, form dimers, and translocate to the nucleus (15, 16), were made. (D) Stat3S contains an alanine instead of a serine at position 727 (34). This protein can be phosphorylated on tyrosine, form dimers, and bind DNA, but it cannot fully activate transcription (34). Stat3S was cloned into RcCMV and does not contain a FLAG epitope (34).

The Stat3Y mutant, which cannot be phosphorylated on tyrosine 705 (34), may compete with the wild-type protein for the activating kinase. It has been reported that Stat3 and v-src can be coprecipitated (6); therefore, it is possible that Stat3 is directly activated by v-src. Alternatively, some other kinase activated by v-src may be responsible for the constitutive activation of Stat3 (5).

The Stat3DB mutant combines both of the mutations (VVV to AAA and EE to AA) that were earlier shown to allow phosphorylation on tyrosine, dimerization, and nuclear localization but no DNA binding (15, 16). Stat3DB may function in a dominant negative manner by forming heterodimers with wild-type Stat3, rendering this complex inactive due to its inability to bind DNA (15).

The Stat3S mutant contains an alanine in place of a serine at position 727. This mutant protein can be phosphorylated on tyrosine 705 and can bind DNA but showed reduced transcriptional activation potential in acute transfection assays (34). Stat3S produced in excess will, upon activation, form homo- or heterodimers with the majority of the wild-type protein, resulting in poor transcriptional activation.

Potentiation of v-src transformation by Stat3. NIH 3T3 cells were transfected with v-src- and Stat3-containing plasmids and plated in soft agar containing puromycin and G418 to assay for transformed cells expressing proteins from both vectors. As expected, the cells expressing v-src and control vector (RcCMV) gave transformants, but when wild-type Stat3 supplemented v-src, three to five times as many colonies were observed (Fig. 2A and Table 1). A second assay, for the effect of additional Stat3 protein in cells already transformed by v-src, was carried out. The vectors carrying G418 resistance were transfected into cells already stably transformed by v-src, and the cells were plated in soft agar containing puromycin and G418. The v-src-transformed cells that had acquired G418 resistance formed colonies in this assay. Those that expressed additional wild-type Stat3 formed three to four times as many colonies as the v-src-transformed cells (Fig. 2B and Table 1).


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  		FIG. 2.   Stat3 potentiates v-src transformation in soft agar colony-forming assays. (A) NIH 3T3 cells (5 × 105 cells in a 35-mm-diameter dish) were transfected with RcCMV plus v-src and Stat3 plus v-src. One microgram of RcCMV-based vectors was used per transfection; 500 ng of pBabe/v-src (24) was used per transfection. Twenty hours after transfection, the cells were fed with DMEM plus 10% BCS. Twenty-four hours later, the cells were trypsinized and plated (5 × 105 cells in 3ml) into soft agar with 10% BCS (20) containing 2 µg of puromycin per ml and 800 µg of G418 per ml. Seventeen days later, colonies were counted. Each bar represents the average of 10 independent transfections performed simultaneously; each error bar indicates the standard deviation. (B) v-src-transformed NIH 3T3 cells (5 × 105 cells in a 35-mm-diameter dish) were transfected (as above) with RcCMV and Stat3. One microgram of the RcCMV-based vectors was used per transfection. Twenty hours after transfection, the cells were fed with DMEM plus 10% BCS. Twenty-four hours later, the cells were trypsinized and plated (105 cells in 3 ml) into soft agar containing 2 µg of puromycin per ml and 800 µg of G418 per ml. Fourteen days later, colonies were counted. Each bar corresponds to the average of six independent transfections performed simultaneously; each error bar indicates the standard deviation.

                              
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  		TABLE 1.   Colony forming by NIH 3T3 cells transfected with various plasmid constructsa

Suppression of v-src transformation by Stat3 dominant negative mutants. In contrast with the above findings, cotransfection of 500 ng of v-src with 1 µg of Stat3Y, Stat3DB, or Stat3S resulted in a depression of the transformation caused by v-src (Fig. 3A and Table 1). Similarly, expression of Stat3Y, Stat3DB, or Stat3S lowered the number of colonies in cells stably transformed by v-src, compared to RcCMV alone (Fig. 3B and Table 1). A more profound reduction in colony numbers relative to RcCMV/v-src was observed when the ratio of cotransfected Stat3 dominant negative mutants to v-src was increased to about 10:1 (1.8 to 0.2 µg) (Fig. 3A and Table 1). Transfection of NIH 3T3 cells with RcCMV, Stat3, Stat3Y, Stat3DB, or Stat3S alone yielded no transformants or colonies in soft agar (Table 1).


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  		FIG. 3.   Stat3 dominant negative mutants abrogate v-src transformation. (A) The black columns indicate NIH 3T3 cells (5 × 105 cells in a 35-mm-diameter dish) transfected with a 1:2 ratio (500 ng to 1 µg) of v-src plus RcCMV, v-src plus Stat3Y, v-src plus Stat3DB, or v-src plus Stat3S and plated in soft agar, as described in the legend to Fig. 2A. Seventeen days later, colonies were counted. Each black bar represents the average of 10 independent transfections performed simultaneously; each error bar indicates the standard deviation. The grey columns indicate NIH 3T3 cells (5 × 105 cells in a 35-mm-diameter dish) transfected with a 1:10 ratio (0.2 to 1.8 µg) of v-src plus RcCMV, v-src plus Stat3Y, v-src plus Stat3DB, or v-src plus Stat3S and plated in soft agar, as described in the legend to Fig. 2A. Twenty-five days later, colonies were counted. Each grey bar represents the average of three independent transfections performed simultaneously; each error bar indicates the standard deviation. (B) v-src-transformed NIH 3T3 cells (5 × 105 cells in a 35-mm-diameter dish) were transfected with RcCMV, Stat3Y, Stat3DB, or Stat3S and plated in soft agar, as described in the legend to Fig. 2B. Fourteen days later, colonies were counted. Each bar corresponds to the average of six independent transfections performed simultaneously; each error bar indicates the standard deviation.

In vitro demonstration of the expression and activity of Stat3 constructs. To demonstrate that activated Stat3 was present under conditions in which heightened or reduced cell transformation was observed, several tests were conducted with NIH 3T3 cells. A Stat3-driven luciferase promoter construct (34) was introduced by transfection along with various other expression constructs. First, it was clear that v-src alone was capable of driving increased transcription of the target gene in NIH 3T3 cells (Fig. 4A) in association with the activation of endogenous Stat3 (Fig. 4D, lane 5). The addition of extra Stat3 alone led to a small amount of activation, potentially due to a background activation of Stat3 in serum-grown cells (Fig. 4A). There was, however, a substantial (2.2-fold) transcriptional increase over v-src alone with the addition of extra Stat3 (Fig. 4A). In addition, the dominant negative Stat3 mutants greatly decreased (approximately fivefold) the transcriptional activation caused by v-src, indicating competition between the mutant proteins and the endogenous wild-type protein (Fig. 4A).


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  		FIG. 4.   In vitro assays. (A) Luciferase assay. NIH 3T3 cells (5 × 105 cells in a 35-mm-diameter dish) were transiently transfected (as described in the legend to Fig. 3A) with RcCMV, Stat3, Stat3Y, Stat3DB, Stat3S, v-src plus RcCMV, v-src plus Stat3, v-src plus Stat3Y, v-src plus Stat3DB, or v-src plus Stat3S. All were transfected with 1 µg of Ly6E (three copies) Luc (34) and a beta -galactosidase expression vector. One microgram of RcCMV-based vectors was used per transfection; 500 ng of pBabe/v-src was used in appropriate transfections. Twenty hours after transfection, the cells were fed with DMEM plus 10% BCS. Twenty-four hours later, the cells were lysed and luciferase assays were performed. Each bar represents the average of eight individual transfections with standard deviations, each performed in duplicate and normalized to beta -galactosidase activity. (B) FLAG Western blotting. Thirty micrograms of protein per lane from whole-cell extracts from transiently transfected NIH 3T3 cells or v-src-transformed cells (as in Fig. 5A) were analyzed by Western blot analyses using chemiluminescence. The Stat3DB-FLAG construct is slightly smaller (see Fig. 1C) and therefore migrates faster. Stat3S expression was not determined due to its lack of a FLAG epitope. (C) Stat3 Western blotting. As in panel B, 30 µg of protein per lane was analyzed for the relative levels of Stat3 protein. Lanes 1 and 6 reveal endogenous levels of Stat3 protein, while the other lanes demonstrate that the transiently transfected cells are producing additional Stat3 protein. (D) Gel shift. NIH 3T3 cells were transiently transfected as described in the legend to Fig. 5A. Nuclear extracts from these cells were used in an EMSA using a 32P-labeled Stat3 binding site (M67) (31). Stat3-Stat3 homodimers form when Stat3 is phosphorylated on tyrosine 705. M2 (FLAG) monoclonal antiserum was used at a 1:100 dilution for supershifting of Stat3-FLAG complexes. A 1:100 dilution of Stat3-C antiserum was used for supershifting of Stat3S complexes.

To test directly for activated Stat3 under the conditions described above, we examined cell extracts from the transfected cells for Stat3 binding activity. This requires tyrosine phosphorylation and dimerization of the Stat3 protein (34). In these transfection experiments, all of the Stat3 constructs, with the exception of Stat3S, had a short protein marker, the FLAG epitope (7, 34), inserted at the end of the molecule so that newly added protein could be recognized by a commercial FLAG antiserum, M2 (Fig. 4B). Furthermore, the relative increase of introduced Stat3 or Stat3 dominant negative mutants over endogenous Stat3 is demonstrated by a Stat3-probed Western blot (Fig. 4C; compare lane 1 or 6 to lanes 2 to 5 or 7 to 10, respectively). The DNA-binding complexes from various transfected cells were examined in native gels with a deoxyoligonucleotide to which Stat3 binds. The most important comparison in this experiment is between extracts from cells transfected with v-src alone or v-src plus wild-type Stat3. v-src induces activation and DNA binding of endogenous Stat3 (Fig. 4D, lane 5). When extra Stat3 was added along with v-src, the cell extracts gave a substantial increase in DNA-binding complexes (Fig. 4D, lane 6), in agreement with the increased transcriptional activation (Fig. 4A). All of the DNA-binding complexes could be supershifted by the M2 antiserum, indicating that in the cells receiving the transfecting vectors there was enough FLAG-tagged Stat3 produced so that almost every Stat3 dimer contained one FLAG-tagged molecule (Fig. 4D, lane 7). Likewise, extracts from Stat3S- and v-src-transfected cells gave DNA-binding complexes which could be supershifted by Stat3-C antiserum (Fig. 4D, lanes 14 and 15).

Unphosphorylated Stat3 does not cooperate with the ras oncogene. To test whether Stat3 could enhance the colony-forming capacity of cells transformed by any oncogene, we transfected NIH 3T3 cells with the series of Stat3 proteins together with v-Ha-ras (11) into NIH 3T3 cells. v-ras transformation in NIH 3T3 cells does not lead to constitutive phosphorylation of Stat3 (3). Neither wild-type Stat3 nor the dominant negative forms of the protein affected the number of v-ras-transformed colonies (Fig. 5A and Table 1). As described above for v-src, we increased the ratio of wild-type Stat3 or Stat3 dominant negative mutants to v-ras and performed colony assays, again with no effect on v-ras-induced colony formation (Table 1).


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  		FIG. 5.   Stat3 and Stat3 dominant negative mutants do not affect v-ras transformation or overall tyrosine phosphorylation by v-src. (A) NIH 3T3 cells (5 × 105 cells in a 35-mm-diameter dish) were transfected (as in the legend to Fig. 2A) with 500 ng of v-ras (pRSV Ha-rasLeu61) (11) in conjunction with 1 µg of RcCMV, Stat3, Stat3Y, Stat3DB, or Stat3S. Twenty hours after transfection, the cells were fed with DMEM plus 10% BCS. Twenty-four hours later, the cells were trypsinized and plated (5 × 105 cells) into soft agar. Seventeen days later, colonies were counted. Each bar represents the average of four independent transfections. (B) NIH 3T3 cells were transfected (as in the legend to Fig. 2A) with 500 ng of v-src and 1 µg of RcCMV-based Stat3 constructs. Whole-cell extracts were isolated, and 100 µg per lane was analyzed by Western blotting with an antiserum to phosphotyrosine (PY20).

Introduced wild-type or dominant negative Stat3 proteins do not effect overall tyrosine phosphorylation by v-src. To determine if the addition of supplementary wild-type Stat3 or dominant negative Stat3 altered the tyrosine kinase activity of v-src, we transfected NIH 3T3 cells with the series of STAT constructs without and with v-src at a 2:1 ratio. Phosphotyrosine (PY20) Western blot analysis was performed on whole-cell extracts from transfected cells (Fig. 5B), demonstrating no obvious differences in overall phosphotyrosine pattern or intensity with or without the addition of wild-type Stat3 or dominant negative Stat3 (Fig. 5B, lane 5 versus lanes 6 to 10). The same analysis was performed on extracts from cells transfected with a 10:1 ratio of Stat3 constructs to v-src. No differences in relative phosphotyrosine levels were observed (data not shown). Furthermore, no differences in v-src levels, as determined by Western blot analysis, were seen (data not shown).

Cell viability is not affected by the addition of Stat3 constructs. We have demonstrated that the addition of Stat3 dominant negative protein in conjunction with v-src in NIH 3T3 cells leads to fewer colonies in soft agar. To differentiate between a decrease in transformation efficiency versus a decrease in cell viability, we plated an aliquot of transfected cells onto plates containing selective media. Thus, only cells expressing both pBabe (puromycin) constructs and RcCMV (neomycin) constructs would grow. The presence of Stat3 dominant negative mutants had no effect on cell viability (Table 2).

                              
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  		TABLE 2.   Viability of transfected NIH 3T3 cellsa

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The experiments described herein demonstrate that activated Stat3 has oncogenic potential. Colony growth in soft agar of v-src-transformed cells is potentiated by Stat3 and inhibited by dominant negative Stat3. This enhancement of transformation is accompanied by Stat3 activation (assayed both as DNA binding and transcriptional activation) either directly or indirectly by v-src. Three different Stat3 dominant negative mutants were utilized, each with a different potential mechanism of action. Stat3Y cannot be phosphorylated and can presumably compete with wild-type Stat3 for the kinase. Stat3DB can heterodimerize with wild-type Stat3, leading to a defective DNA-binding complex (15, 16). Stat3S as a homodimer, and presumably as a heterodimer, cannot activate transcription efficiently (34) and when overproduced would greatly reduce any wild-type Stat3 dimers. This is the first demonstration that phosphorylation of Stat3 on serine 727 is required for biological activity. The decrease of v-src transformation by the three Stat3 dominant negative constructs correlated with inhibition of endogenous Stat3 DNA binding and transcriptional activation. These results allow the conclusion that v-src transformation is at least abetted by, if not dependent upon, Stat3.

The addition of Stat3 or Stat3 dominant negative proteins did not affect v-ras-mediated transformation, indicating that the introduced Stat3 molecules do not disrupt normal cellular functions on their own. Furthermore, no effect on cell viability was observed when wild-type or dominant negative Stat3 was cotransfected with v-src. Phosphotyrosine blot analysis of extracts derived from Stat3 constructs and v-src and cotransfected cells suggests that the presence of the various supplemental Stat3 molecules does not markedly alter the tyrosine kinase activity of v-src.

Among the interesting points these experiments raise is the possible effect on growth of simultaneous Stat1 and Stat3 activation, which occurs in response to many ligands (10, 26, 37). Stat1, as mentioned in the introduction, is required for the growth restraint imposed by IFN-alpha and IFN-gamma (4, 8, 28). Since, as we demonstrate here, Stat3 has a growth-promoting capacity, it may be that Stat1 and Stat3 are often stimulated together to keep growth at a balanced level. The present findings and those with IFN activation of Stat1 establish conditions under which searches for specific Stat3- or Stat1-activated genes that contribute to growth regulation might be made. Finally, these findings and similar future experiments will be useful in clinical oncology because constitutively activated Stat3 has been reported in cells and tissues from a number of human tumors (14, 17, 25, 32, 36).

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank Lois Cousseau for preparing the manuscript.

J.F.B. was supported by a Howard Hughes Postdoctoral Fellowship for Physicians and NIH K08 grant CA67950. C.M.H. is a special fellow at the Leukemia Society of America. D. B. was supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation. This work was supported by NIH grants AI32489 and AI34420 to J.E.D.

    FOOTNOTES

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, The Rockefeller University, 1230 York Ave., New York, NY 10021-6399. Phone: (212) 327-8791. Fax: (212) 327-8801. E-mail: darnell{at}rockvax.rockefeller.edu.

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