The Journal of Immunology, 2005, 174: 5261-5269.
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IL-2 Increases Human Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Activity Transcriptionally and Posttranslationally through Phosphatidylinositol 3'-Kinase/Akt, Heat Shock Protein 90, and Mammalian Target of Rapamycin in Transformed NK Cells
Kiyotaka Kawauchi1,*,
Kimiko Ihjima*,
and
Osamu Yamada1,2,
* Department of Medicine, Daini Hospital, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan; and
Medical Research Institute and Department of Hematology, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Human telomerase activity is induced by Ag receptor ligation in T and B cells. However, it is unknown whether telomerase activity is increased in association with activation and proliferation of NK cells. We found that telomerase activity in a human NK cell line (NK-92), which requires IL-2 for proliferation, was increased within 24 h after stimulation with IL-2. Levels of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) mRNA and protein correlated with telomerase activity. ERK1/2 and Akt kinase (Akt) were activated by IL-2 stimulation. LY294002, an inhibitor of PI3K, abolished expression of hTERT mRNA and protein expression and abolished hTERT activity, whereas PD98059, which inhibits MEK1/2 and thus ERK1/2, had no effect. In addition, radicicol, an inhibitor of heat shock protein 90 (Hsp90), and rapamycin, an inhibitor of the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), blocked IL-2-induced hTERT activity and nuclear translocation of hTERT but not hTERT mRNA expression. hTERT was coimmunoprecipitated with Akt, Hsp90, mTOR, and p70 S6 kinase (S6K), suggesting that these molecules form a physical complex. Immunoprecipitates of Akt, Hsp90, mTOR, and S6K from IL-2-stimulated NK-92 cells contained telomerase activity. Furthermore, the findings that Hsp90 and mTOR immunoprecipitates from primary samples contained telomerase activity are consistent with the results from NK-92 cells. These results indicate that IL-2 stimulation induces hTERT activation and that the mechanism of IL-2-induced hTERT activation involves transcriptional or posttranslational regulation through the pathway including PI3K/Akt, Hsp90, mTOR, and S6K in NK cells.
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