Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a pleiotropic cytokine, which acts on both hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cells, through different types of receptor complexes. In this study, we report that in human B cells, IL-4 caused rapid phosphorylation of Janus kinase (JAK) 1 and JAK3 tyrosine kinases. In keratinocytes, the hematopoietic-specific receptor common Q Q c chain is not expressed and the IL-13 receptor K K 1 (IL-13RK K 1 ) participates in IL-4 signal transduction. In keratinocytes, IL-4 induced JAK1 and JAK2 phosphorylation but, unlike in immune cells, IL-4 did not involve JAK3 activation for its signaling. In both cell types, IL-4 induced phosphorylation and DNA binding activation of the signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) 6 protein. Furthermore, IL-4 stimulation of keratinocytes also induced tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT3 which was found to bind to the phosphorylated IL-13RK K 1 . STAT3 however did not significantly translocate to the nucleus, nor did it bind with high affinity to target DNA sequences.z 1999 Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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