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Connor MG, Hamon MA. Advances in regulation of homeostasis through chromatin modifications by airway commensals. Curr Opin Microbiol 2024; 80:102505. [PMID: 38936013 DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2024.102505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/07/2024] [Indexed: 06/29/2024]
Abstract
Commensal bacteria are residents of the human airway where they interact with both colonizing pathogens and host respiratory epithelial cells of this mucosal surface. It is here that commensals exert their influence through host signaling cascades, host transcriptional responses and host immunity, all of which are rooted in chromatin remodeling and histone modifications. Recent studies show that airway commensals impact host chromatin, but compared the what is known for gut commensals, the field remains in its infancy. The mechanisms by which airway commensals regulate respiratory health and homeostasis through chromatin modifications is of increasing interest, specifically since their displacement precedes the increased potential for respiratory disease. Herein we will discuss recent advances and intriguing avenues of future work aimed at deciphering how airway commensals protect and influence respiratory health.
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- Michael G Connor
- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris Cité, Unité Chromatine et Infection, F-75015 Paris, France.
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- Institut Pasteur, Université de Paris Cité, Unité Chromatine et Infection, F-75015 Paris, France.
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Yang X, Zeng Q, İnam MG, İnam O, Lin CS, Tezel G. cFLIP in the molecular regulation of astroglia-driven neuroinflammation in experimental glaucoma. J Neuroinflammation 2024; 21:145. [PMID: 38824526 PMCID: PMC11143607 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-024-03141-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2024] [Accepted: 05/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Recent experimental studies of neuroinflammation in glaucoma pointed to cFLIP as a molecular switch for cell fate decisions, mainly regulating cell type-specific caspase-8 functions in cell death and inflammation. This study aimed to determine the importance of cFLIP for regulating astroglia-driven neuroinflammation in experimental glaucoma by analyzing the outcomes of astroglia-targeted transgenic deletion of cFLIP or cFLIPL. METHODS Glaucoma was modeled by anterior chamber microbead injections to induce ocular hypertension in mouse lines with or without conditional deletion of cFLIP or cFLIPL in astroglia. Morphological analysis of astroglia responses assessed quantitative parameters in retinal whole mounts immunolabeled for GFAP and inflammatory molecules or assayed for TUNEL. The molecular analysis included 36-plexed immunoassays of the retina and optic nerve cytokines and chemokines, NanoString-based profiling of inflammation-related gene expression, and Western blot analysis of selected proteins in freshly isolated samples of astroglia. RESULTS Immunoassays and immunolabeling of retina and optic nerve tissues presented reduced production of various proinflammatory cytokines, including TNFα, in GFAP/cFLIP and GFAP/cFLIPL relative to controls at 12 weeks of ocular hypertension with no detectable alteration in TUNEL. Besides presenting a similar trend of the proinflammatory versus anti-inflammatory molecules displayed by immunoassays, NanoString-based molecular profiling detected downregulated NF-κB/RelA and upregulated RelB expression of astroglia in ocular hypertensive samples of GFAP/cFLIP compared to ocular hypertensive controls. Analysis of protein expression also revealed decreased phospho-RelA and increased phospho-RelB in parallel with an increase in caspase-8 cleavage products. CONCLUSIONS A prominent response limiting neuroinflammation in ocular hypertensive eyes with cFLIP-deletion in astroglia values the role of cFLIP in the molecular regulation of glia-driven neuroinflammation during glaucomatous neurodegeneration. The molecular responses accompanying the lessening of neurodegenerative inflammation also seem to maintain astroglia survival despite increased caspase-8 cleavage with cFLIP deletion. A transcriptional autoregulatory response, dampening RelA but boosting RelB for selective expression of NF-κB target genes, might reinforce cell survival in cFLIP-deleted astroglia.
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- Xiangjun Yang
- Department of Ophthalmology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Department of Pathology & Cell Biology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10032, USA.
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Fisher DAC, Laranjeira ABA, Kong T, Snyder SC, Shim K, Fulbright MC, Oh ST. Complementary and countervailing actions of Jak2 and Ikk2 in hematopoiesis in mice. Exp Hematol 2023; 128:48-66. [PMID: 37611729 PMCID: PMC11227100 DOI: 10.1016/j.exphem.2023.08.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/11/2023] [Indexed: 08/25/2023]
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Hyperactivation of JAK2 kinase is a unifying feature of human Ph- myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), most commonly due to the JAK2 V617F mutation. Mice harboring a homologous mutation in the Jak2 locus exhibit a phenotype resembling polycythemia vera. NFκB pathway hyperactivation is present in myeloid neoplasms, including MPNs, despite scarcity of mutations in NFκB pathway genes. To determine the impact of NFκB pathway hyperactivation in conjunction with Jak2 V617F, we utilized Ikk2 (Ikk2-CA) mice. Pan-hematopoietic Ikk2-CA alone produced depletion of hematopoietic stem cells and B cells. When combined with the Jak2 V617F mutation, Ikk2-CA rescued the polycythemia vera phenotype of Jak2 V617F. Likewise, Jak2 V617F ameliorated defects in hematopoiesis produced by Ikk2-CA. Single-cell RNA sequencing of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells revealed multiple genes antagonistically regulated by Jak2 and Ikk2, including subsets whose expression was altered by Jak2 V617F and/or Ikk2-CA but partly or fully rectified in the double mutant. We hypothesize that Jak2 promotes hematopoietic stem cell population self-renewal, whereas Ikk2 promotes myeloid lineage differentiation, and biases cell fates at several branch points in hematopoiesis. Jak2 and Ikk2 both regulate multiple genes affecting myeloid maturation and cell death. Therefore, the presence of dual Jak2 and NFκB hyperactivation may present neomorphic therapeutic vulnerabilities in myeloid neoplasms.
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- Daniel A C Fisher
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, MO.
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Dardis GJ, Wang J, Simon JM, Wang GG, Baldwin AS. An EZH2-NF-κB regulatory axis drives expression of pro-oncogenic gene signatures in triple negative breast cancer. iScience 2023; 26:107115. [PMID: 37416481 PMCID: PMC10319845 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2023] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 06/09/2023] [Indexed: 07/08/2023] Open
Abstract
The histone methyltransferase EZH2 has been studied most extensively in the context of PRC2-dependent gene repression. Accumulating evidence indicates non-canonical functions for EZH2 in cancer contexts including promoting paradoxical gene expression through interactions with transcription factors, including NF-κB in triple negative breast cancer (TNBC). We profile EZH2 and NF-κB factor co-localization and positive gene regulation genome-wide, and define a subset of NF-κB targets and genes associated with oncogenic functions in TNBC that is enriched in patient datasets. We demonstrate interaction between EZH2 and RelA requiring the recently identified transactivation domain (TAD) which mediates EZH2 recruitment to, and activation of certain NF-κB-dependent genes, and supports downstream migration and stemness phenotypes in TNBC cells. Interestingly, EZH2-NF-κB positive regulation of genes and stemness does not require PRC2. This study provides new insight into pro-oncogenic regulatory functions for EZH2 in breast cancer through PRC2-independent, and NF-κB-dependent regulatory mechanisms.
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- Gabrielle J. Dardis
- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- UNC Neuroscience Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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- Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Altea-Manzano P, Doglioni G, Liu Y, Cuadros AM, Nolan E, Fernández-García J, Wu Q, Planque M, Laue KJ, Cidre-Aranaz F, Liu XZ, Marin-Bejar O, Van Elsen J, Vermeire I, Broekaert D, Demeyer S, Spotbeen X, Idkowiak J, Montagne A, Demicco M, Alkan HF, Rabas N, Riera-Domingo C, Richard F, Geukens T, De Schepper M, Leduc S, Hatse S, Lambrechts Y, Kay EJ, Lilla S, Alekseenko A, Geldhof V, Boeckx B, de la Calle Arregui C, Floris G, Swinnen JV, Marine JC, Lambrechts D, Pelechano V, Mazzone M, Zanivan S, Cools J, Wildiers H, Baud V, Grünewald TGP, Ben-David U, Desmedt C, Malanchi I, Fendt SM. A palmitate-rich metastatic niche enables metastasis growth via p65 acetylation resulting in pro-metastatic NF-κB signaling. NATURE CANCER 2023; 4:344-364. [PMID: 36732635 PMCID: PMC7615234 DOI: 10.1038/s43018-023-00513-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Metabolic rewiring is often considered an adaptive pressure limiting metastasis formation; however, some nutrients available at distant organs may inherently promote metastatic growth. We find that the lung and liver are lipid-rich environments. Moreover, we observe that pre-metastatic niche formation increases palmitate availability only in the lung, whereas a high-fat diet increases it in both organs. In line with this, targeting palmitate processing inhibits breast cancer-derived lung metastasis formation. Mechanistically, breast cancer cells use palmitate to synthesize acetyl-CoA in a carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1a-dependent manner. Concomitantly, lysine acetyltransferase 2a expression is promoted by palmitate, linking the available acetyl-CoA to the acetylation of the nuclear factor-kappaB subunit p65. Deletion of lysine acetyltransferase 2a or carnitine palmitoyltransferase 1a reduces metastasis formation in lean and high-fat diet mice, and lung and liver metastases from patients with breast cancer show coexpression of both proteins. In conclusion, palmitate-rich environments foster metastases growth by increasing p65 acetylation, resulting in a pro-metastatic nuclear factor-kappaB signaling.
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- Patricia Altea-Manzano
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Gastroenterology, Affiliated Hospital of Jiangsu University, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Hopp-Children's Cancer Center (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Translational Pediatric Sarcoma Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Biology, VIB Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Leukemia, VIB-KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, University of Pardubice, Pardubice, Czech Republic
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- Université Paris Cité, NF-kappaB, Différenciation et Cancer, Paris, France
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Tumor Inflammation and Angiogenesis, VIB Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Tumor Inflammation and Angiogenesis, Center for Cancer Biology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, UK
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- SciLifeLab, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden
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- Laboratory for Angiogenesis and Vascular Metabolism, VIB-KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Translational Genetics, VIB Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Translational Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Imaging and Pathology, Laboratory of Translational Cell & Tissue Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Pathology, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Lipid Metabolism and Cancer, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory for Molecular Cancer Biology, VIB Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Translational Genetics, VIB Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Translational Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- SciLifeLab, Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden
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- Laboratory of Tumor Inflammation and Angiogenesis, VIB Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium
- Laboratory of Tumor Inflammation and Angiogenesis, Center for Cancer Biology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute, Glasgow, UK
- School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
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- Laboratory for Molecular Biology of Leukemia, VIB-KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Experimental Oncology, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Université Paris Cité, NF-kappaB, Différenciation et Cancer, Paris, France
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- Hopp-Children's Cancer Center (KiTZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Translational Pediatric Sarcoma Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
- Institute of Pathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Human Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Laboratory for Translational Breast Cancer Research, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Cancer Biology, Leuven, Belgium.
- Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism and Metabolic Regulation, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven and Leuven Cancer Institute (LKI), Leuven, Belgium.
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Curran CS, Kopp JB. Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Mechanisms Affecting Chronic Kidney Disease. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:782199. [PMID: 35237156 PMCID: PMC8882872 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.782199] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2021] [Accepted: 01/14/2022] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor that binds diverse endogenous and xenobiotic ligands, which regulate AHR stability, transcriptional activity, and cell signaling. AHR activity is strongly implicated throughout the course of chronic kidney disease (CKD). Many diverse organic molecules bind and activate AHR and these ligands are reported to either promote glomerular and tubular damage or protect against kidney injury. AHR crosstalk with estrogen, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ, and NF-κB pathways may contribute to the diversity of AHR responses during the various forms and stages of CKD. The roles of AHR in kidney fibrosis, metabolism and the renin angiotensin system are described to offer insight into CKD pathogenesis and therapies.
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- Colleen S. Curran
- Critical Care Medicine Department, Clinical Center, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States
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- Kidney Disease Section, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States
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Nuan-Aliman S, Bordereaux D, Thieblemont C, Baud V. The Alternative RelB NF-kB Subunit Exerts a Critical Survival Function upon Metabolic Stress in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma-Derived Cells. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10020348. [PMID: 35203557 PMCID: PMC8961793 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10020348] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2021] [Revised: 12/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common non-Hodgkin lymphoma in adults and reveals distinct genetic and metabolic signatures. NF-κB transcription factor family is involved in diverse biological processes enabling tumor development and resistance to anticancer-therapy through activation of its two main pathways, the canonical and the alternative NF-κB pathways, the main actor of the latter being the RelB NF-kB subunit. RelB DNA binding activity is frequently activated in DLBCL patients and cell lines. RelB activation defines a new DLBCL subgroup with dismal outcome upon immunochemotherapy, and RelB confers DLBCL cell resistance to DNA damage. However, whether RelB can impact on DLBCL cell metabolism and survival upon metabolic stress is unknown. Here, we reveal that RelB controls DLBCL oxidative energetic metabolism. Accordingly, RelB inhibition reduce DLBCL mitochondrial ATP production, and sensitizes DLBCL cells to apoptosis induced by Metformin and L-asparaginase (®Kidrolase), two FDA approved antimetabolic drugs targeting mitochondrial metabolism. RelB also confers DLBCL cell resistance to glutamine deprivation, an essential amino acid that feeds the TCA cycle. Taken together, our findings uncover a new role for RelB in the regulation of DLBCL cell metabolism and DLBCL cell survival upon metabolic stress.
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- Stéphanie Nuan-Aliman
- NF-kappaB, Différenciation et Cancer, Université de Paris, 75006 Paris, France; (S.N.-A.); (D.B.); (C.T.)
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- NF-kappaB, Différenciation et Cancer, Université de Paris, 75006 Paris, France; (S.N.-A.); (D.B.); (C.T.)
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- NF-kappaB, Différenciation et Cancer, Université de Paris, 75006 Paris, France; (S.N.-A.); (D.B.); (C.T.)
- Hémato-Oncologie, APHP Hôpital Saint-Louis, 75010 Paris, France
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- NF-kappaB, Différenciation et Cancer, Université de Paris, 75006 Paris, France; (S.N.-A.); (D.B.); (C.T.)
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Li F, Bing Z, Chen W, Ye F, Liu Y, Ding L, Jin X. Prognosis biomarker and potential therapeutic target CRIP2 associated with radiosensitivity in NSCLC cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2021; 584:73-79. [PMID: 34773852 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2021.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Abstract
Radiotherapy plays a major role in non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treatment. The curative efficacy of advanced NSCLC is unsatisfactory because of its radioresistance to conventional radiotherapy. The biomarkers which can be used to diagnose radiosensitivity or predict for prognosis are beneficial in promoting curative effects. In this study, NSCLC cell lines with acquired radioresistance to X-rays were obtained through fractionated irradiation. The differentially expressed proteins (DEPs) between the self-established radioresistant NSCLC cell line A549-R11 and control (A549-CK) were measured by proteomic analysis. Among the detected DEPs, CRIP2, ARHGDIB, and PADI3 were validated to be up-regulated in radioresistant cells, in mRNA and protein levels. Further analysis of bioinformatics deciphered that CRIP2, as a potential biomarker for diagnosis and a key biomarker for prediction of prognosis, may impact the X-ray radiosensitivity of NSCLC by regulating the occurrence of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest; as such, it may serve as a potent therapeutic target to facilitate NSCLC radiotherapy. CRIP2 and other DEPs may shed new light on the recognition of complex factors associated with radiation-responsiveness and finally be beneficial in the advancement of personalized therapies and precision medical treatment.
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- Feifei Li
- College of Life Sciences, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Key Laboratory of Basic Research on Heavy Ion Radiation Application in Medicine, Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Key Laboratory of Basic Research on Heavy Ion Radiation Application in Medicine, Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730000, China
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- Translational Radiation Oncology & Medical Physics Research Unit, School of Medical Imaging, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, 264003, China
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- College of Life Sciences, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou, 730070, China.
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Radiation Biology and Medicine of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou, 730000, China; Key Laboratory of Basic Research on Heavy Ion Radiation Application in Medicine, Gansu Province, Lanzhou, 730000, China.
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The alternative RelB NF-κB subunit is a novel critical player in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Blood 2021; 139:384-398. [PMID: 34232979 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020010039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 06/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most frequent lymphoid malignancy affecting adults. NF-kB transcription factor family is activated by two main pathways, the canonical and the alternative NF-kB activation pathways with different functions. The alternative NF-kB pathway leads to the activation of the transcriptionally active RelB NF-kB subunit. Alternative NF-kB activation status and its role in DLBCL pathogenesis remain undefined. Here, we reveal a frequent activation of RelB in a large cohort of DLBCL patients and cell lines, independently of their ABC or GCB subtypes. RelB activity defines a new subset of DLBCL patients with a peculiar gene expression profile and mutational pattern. Importantly, RelB activation does not correlate with the MCD genetic subtype, enriched for ABC tumors carrying MYD88L265P and CD79B mutations that cooperatively activate canonical NF-kB, thus indicating that current genetic tools to evaluate NF-kB activity in DLBCL do not provide information on the alternative NF-kB activation. Further, the newly defined RelB-positive subgroup of DLBCL patients exhibits a dismal outcome following immunochemotherapy. Functional studies revealed that RelB confers DLBCL cell resistance to DNA-damage induced apoptosis in response to doxorubicin, a genotoxic agent used in front-line treatment for DLBCL. We also show that RelB positivity is associated with high expression of cIAP2. Altogether, RelB activation can be used to refine the prognostic stratification of DLBCL and may contribute to subvert the therapeutic DNA damage response in a segment of DLBCL patients.
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Fisher DAC, Fowles JS, Zhou A, Oh ST. Inflammatory Pathophysiology as a Contributor to Myeloproliferative Neoplasms. Front Immunol 2021; 12:683401. [PMID: 34140953 PMCID: PMC8204249 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.683401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/12/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Myeloid neoplasms, including acute myeloid leukemia (AML), myeloproliferative neoplasms (MPNs), and myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), feature clonal dominance and remodeling of the bone marrow niche in a manner that promotes malignant over non-malignant hematopoiesis. This take-over of hematopoiesis by the malignant clone is hypothesized to include hyperactivation of inflammatory signaling and overproduction of inflammatory cytokines. In the Ph-negative MPNs, inflammatory cytokines are considered to be responsible for a highly deleterious pathophysiologic process: the phenotypic transformation of polycythemia vera (PV) or essential thrombocythemia (ET) to secondary myelofibrosis (MF), and the equivalent emergence of primary myelofibrosis (PMF). Bone marrow fibrosis itself is thought to be mediated heavily by the cytokine TGF-β, and possibly other cytokines produced as a result of hyperactivated JAK2 kinase in the malignant clone. MF also features extramedullary hematopoiesis and progression to bone marrow failure, both of which may be mediated in part by responses to cytokines. In MF, elevated levels of individual cytokines in plasma are adverse prognostic indicators: elevated IL-8/CXCL8, in particular, predicts risk of transformation of MF to secondary AML (sAML). Tumor necrosis factor (TNF, also known as TNFα), may underlie malignant clonal dominance, based on results from mouse models. Human PV and ET, as well as MF, harbor overproduction of multiple cytokines, above what is observed in normal aging, which can lead to cellular signaling abnormalities separate from those directly mediated by hyperactivated JAK2 or MPL kinases. Evidence that NFκB pathway signaling is frequently hyperactivated in a pan-hematopoietic pattern in MPNs, including in cells outside the malignant clone, emphasizes that MPNs are pan-hematopoietic diseases, which remodel the bone marrow milieu to favor persistence of the malignancy. Clinical evidence that JAK2 inhibition by ruxolitinib in MF neither reliably reduces malignant clonal burden nor eliminates cytokine elevations, suggests targeting cytokine mediated signaling as a therapeutic strategy, which is being pursued in new clinical trials. Greater knowledge of inflammatory pathophysiology in MPNs can therefore contribute to the development of more effective therapy.
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- Daniel Arthur Corpuz Fisher
- Divisions of Hematology & Oncology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, United States
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- Divisions of Hematology & Oncology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, United States
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- Divisions of Hematology & Oncology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, United States
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- Divisions of Hematology & Oncology, School of Medicine, Washington University in St. Louis, Saint Louis, MO, United States
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Kumar M, Dhaka N, Raza T, Dadhwal P, Atreya HS, Mukherjee SP. Domain Stability Regulated through the Dimer Interface Controls the Formation Kinetics of a Specific NF-κB Dimer. Biochemistry 2021; 60:513-523. [PMID: 33555182 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.0c00837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The NF-κB family of transcription factors is a key regulator of the immune response in the vertebrates. The family comprises five proteins that function as dimers formed in various combinations among the members, with the RelA-p50 dimer being physiologically the most abundant. While most of the 15 possible dimers are scarcely present in the cell with some remaining experimentally undetected to date, there are specific gene sets that are only activated by certain sparsely populated NF-κB dimers. The mechanism of transcription activation of such specific genes that are activated only by specific NF-κB dimers remains unclear. Here we show that the dimer interfacial residues control the stabilization of the global hydrogen bond network of the NF-κB dimerization domain, which, in turn, controls the thermodynamic stabilization of different NF-κB dimers. The relatively low thermodynamic stability of the RelA-RelA homodimer is critical as it facilitates the formation of the more stable RelA-p50 heterodimer. Through the modulation of the thermodynamic stability of the RelA-RelA homodimer, the kinetics of the RelA-p50 heterodimer formation can be regulated. This phenomenon provides an insight into the mechanism of RelA-RelA specific target gene regulation in physiology.
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- Manish Kumar
- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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- NMR Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand 247667, India
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Bertelsen A, Elborn SJ, Schock BC. Toll like Receptor signalling by Prevotella histicola activates alternative NF-κB signalling in Cystic Fibrosis bronchial epithelial cells compared to P. aeruginosa. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0235803. [PMID: 33031374 PMCID: PMC7544055 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Cystic Fibrosis (CF), caused by mutations affecting the CFTR gene, is characterised by viscid secretions in multiple organ systems. CF airways contain thick mucus, creating a gradient of hypoxia, which promotes the establishment of polymicrobial infection. Such inflammation predisposes to further infection, a self-perpetuating cycle in mediated by NF-κB. Anaerobic Gram-negative Prevotella spp. are found in sputum from healthy volunteers and CF patients and in CF lungs correlate with reduced levels of inflammation. Prevotella histicola (P. histicola) can suppress murine lung inflammation, however, no studies have examined the role of P. histicola in modulating infection and inflammation in the CF airways. We investigated innate immune signalling and NF-kB activation in CF epithelial cells CFBE41o- in response to clinical stains of P. histicola and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa). Toll-Like Receptor (TLR) expressing HEK-293 cells and siRNA assays for TLRs and IKKα were used to confirm signalling pathways. We show that P. histicola infection activated the alternative NF-kB signalling pathway in CF bronchial epithelial cells inducing HIF-1α protein. TLR5 signalling was responsible for the induction of the alternative NF-kB pathway through phosphorylation of IKKα. The induction of transcription factor HIF-1α was inversely associated with the induction of the alternative NF-kB pathway and knockdown of IKKα partially restored canonical NF-kB activation in response to P. histicola. This study demonstrates that different bacterial species in the respiratory microbiome can contribute differently to inflammation, either by activating inflammatory cascades (P. aeruginosa) or by muting the inflammatory response by modulating similar or related pathways (P. histicola). Further work is required to assess the complex interactions of the lung microbiome in response to mixed bacterial infections and their effects in people with CF.
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- Anne Bertelsen
- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Department of Medicine, University of Cambridge, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
- Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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de Jesús TJ, Ramakrishnan P. NF-κB c-Rel Dictates the Inflammatory Threshold by Acting as a Transcriptional Repressor. iScience 2020; 23:100876. [PMID: 32062419 PMCID: PMC7031323 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.100876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2019] [Revised: 01/11/2020] [Accepted: 01/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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NF-κB/Rel family of transcription factors plays a central role in initiation and resolution of inflammatory responses. Here, we identified a function of the NF-κB subunit c-Rel as a transcriptional repressor of inflammatory genes. Genetic deletion of c-Rel substantially potentiates the expression of several TNF-α-induced RelA-dependent mediators of inflammation. v-Rel, the viral homologue of c-Rel, but not RelB, also possesses this repressive function. Mechanistically, we found that c-Rel selectively binds to the co-repressor HDAC1 and competitively binds to the DNA mediating HDAC1 recruitment to the promoters of inflammatory genes. A specific point mutation at tyrosine25 in c-Rel's DNA-binding domain, for which a missense single nucleotide variation (Y25H) exists in humans, completely abrogated its ability to bind DNA and repress TNF-α-induced, RelA-mediated transcription. Our findings reveal that the transactivator NF-κB subunit c-Rel also plays a role as a transcriptional repressor in the maintenance of inflammatory homeostasis.
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- Tristan James de Jesús
- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 6526, Wolstein Research Building, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, 6526, Wolstein Research Building, 2103 Cornell Road, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA; The Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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Gupta AS, Biswas DD, Brown LSN, Mockenhaupt K, Marone M, Hoskins A, Siebenlist U, Kordula T. A detrimental role of RelB in mature oligodendrocytes during experimental acute encephalomyelitis. J Neuroinflammation 2019; 16:161. [PMID: 31362762 PMCID: PMC6664766 DOI: 10.1186/s12974-019-1548-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2019] [Accepted: 07/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS). It is firmly established that overactivation of the p65 (RelA) nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) transcription factor upregulates expression of inflammatory mediators in both immune and non-immune resident CNS cells and promotes inflammation during MS. In contrast to p65, NF-κB family member RelB regulates immune cell development and can limit inflammation. Although RelB expression is induced during inflammation in the CNS, its role in MS remains unknown. Methods To examine the role of RelB in non-immune CNS cells, we generated mice with RelB specifically deleted in astrocytes (RelBΔAST), oligodendrocytes (RelBΔOLIGO), or neural progenitor-derived cells (RelBΔNP). We used experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an accepted mouse model of MS, to assess the effect of RelB deletion on disease outcomes and performed analysis on the histological, cellular, and molecular level. Results Despite being a negative regulator of inflammation, conditional knockout of RelB in non-immune resident CNS cells surprisingly decreased the severity of EAE. This protective effect was recapitulated by conditional deletion of RelB in oligodendrocytes but not astrocytes. Deletion of RelB in oligodendrocytes reduced disease severity, promoted survival of mature oligodendrocytes, and correlated with increased activation of p65 NF-κB. Conclusions These findings suggest that RelB fine tunes inflammation and cell death/survival during EAE. Importantly, our data points out the detrimental role RelB plays in controlling survival of mature oligodendrocytes, which could be explored as a viable option to treat MS in the future. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s12974-019-1548-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Angela S Gupta
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA
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- Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine and the Massey Cancer Center, Richmond, VA, 23298, USA.
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Kabacaoglu D, Ruess DA, Ai J, Algül H. NF-κB/Rel Transcription Factors in Pancreatic Cancer: Focusing on RelA, c-Rel, and RelB. Cancers (Basel) 2019; 11:E937. [PMID: 31277415 PMCID: PMC6679104 DOI: 10.3390/cancers11070937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2019] [Revised: 06/26/2019] [Accepted: 07/02/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Regulation of Nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB)/Rel transcription factors (TFs) is extremely cell-type-specific owing to their ability to act disparately in the context of cellular homeostasis driven by cellular fate and the microenvironment. This is also valid for tumor cells in which every single component shows heterogenic effects. Whereas many studies highlighted a per se oncogenic function for NF-κB/Rel TFs across cancers, recent advances in the field revealed their additional tumor-suppressive nature. Specifically, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), as one of the deadliest malignant diseases, shows aberrant canonical-noncanonical NF-κB signaling activity. Although decades of work suggest a prominent oncogenic activity of NF-κB signaling in PDAC, emerging evidence points to the opposite including anti-tumor effects. Considering the dual nature of NF-κB signaling and how it is closely linked to many other cancer related signaling pathways, it is essential to dissect the roles of individual Rel TFs in pancreatic carcinogenesis and tumor persistency and progression. Here, we discuss recent knowledge highlighting the role of Rel TFs RelA, RelB, and c-Rel in PDAC development and maintenance. Next to providing rationales for therapeutically harnessing Rel TF function in PDAC, we compile strategies currently in (pre-)clinical evaluation.
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- Derya Kabacaoglu
- Internal Medicine II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Medical Center, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Internal Medicine II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany
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- Internal Medicine II, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technische Universität München, 81675 Munich, Germany.
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Concetti J, Wilson CL. NFKB1 and Cancer: Friend or Foe? Cells 2018; 7:cells7090133. [PMID: 30205516 PMCID: PMC6162711 DOI: 10.3390/cells7090133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2018] [Revised: 08/30/2018] [Accepted: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Current evidence strongly suggests that aberrant activation of the NF-κB signalling pathway is associated with carcinogenesis. A number of key cellular processes are governed by the effectors of this pathway, including immune responses and apoptosis, both crucial in the development of cancer. Therefore, it is not surprising that dysregulated and chronic NF-κB signalling can have a profound impact on cellular homeostasis. Here we discuss NFKB1 (p105/p50), one of the five subunits of NF-κB, widely implicated in carcinogenesis, in some cases driving cancer progression and in others acting as a tumour-suppressor. The complexity of the role of this subunit lies in the multiple dimeric combination possibilities as well as the different interacting co-factors, which dictate whether gene transcription is activated or repressed, in a cell and organ-specific manner. This review highlights the multiple roles of NFKB1 in the development and progression of different cancers, and the considerations to make when attempting to manipulate NF-κB as a potential cancer therapy.
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- Julia Concetti
- Newcastle Fibrosis Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE2 4HH, UK.
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- Newcastle Fibrosis Research Group, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear NE2 4HH, UK.
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Noncanonical NF-κB in Cancer. Biomedicines 2018; 6:biomedicines6020066. [PMID: 29874793 PMCID: PMC6027307 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines6020066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2018] [Revised: 05/31/2018] [Accepted: 06/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The NF-κB pathway is a critical regulator of immune responses and is often dysregulated in cancer. Two NF-κB pathways have been described to mediate these responses, the canonical and the noncanonical. While understudied compared to the canonical NF-κB pathway, noncanonical NF-κB and its components have been shown to have effects, usually protumorigenic, in many different cancer types. Here, we review noncanonical NF-κB pathways and discuss its important roles in promoting cancer. We also discuss alternative NF-κB-independent functions of some the components of noncanonical NF-κB signaling. Finally, we discuss important crosstalk between canonical and noncanonical signaling, which blurs the two pathways, indicating that understanding the full picture of NF-κB regulation is critical to deciphering how this broad pathway promotes oncogenesis.
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Roles of NF-κB Signaling in the Regulation of miRNAs Impacting on Inflammation in Cancer. Biomedicines 2018; 6:biomedicines6020040. [PMID: 29601548 PMCID: PMC6027290 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines6020040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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The NF-κB family of transcription factors regulate the expression of genes encoding proteins and microRNAs (miRNA, miR) precursors that may either positively or negatively regulate a variety of biological processes such as cell cycle progression, cell survival, and cell differentiation. The NF-κB-miRNA transcriptional regulatory network has been implicated in the regulation of proinflammatory, immune, and stress-like responses. Gene regulation by miRNAs has emerged as an additional epigenetic mechanism at the post-transcriptional level. The expression of miRNAs can be regulated by specific transcription factors (TFs), including the NF-κB TF family, and vice versa. The interplay between TFs and miRNAs creates positive or negative feedback loops and also regulatory networks, which can control cell fate. In the current review, we discuss the impact of NF-κB-miRNA interplay and feedback loops and networks impacting on inflammation in cancer. We provide several paradigms of specific NF-κB-miRNA networks that can regulate inflammation linked to cancer. For example, the NF-κB-miR-146 and NF-κB-miR-155 networks fine-tune the activity, intensity, and duration of inflammation, while the NF-κB-miR-21 and NF-κB-miR-181b-1 amplifying loops link inflammation to cancer; and p53- or NF-κB-regulated miRNAs interconnect these pathways and may shift the balance to cancer development or tumor suppression. The availability of genomic data may be useful to verify and find novel interactions, and provide a catalogue of 162 miRNAs targeting and 40 miRNAs possibly regulated by NF-κB. We propose that studying active TF-miRNA transcriptional regulatory networks such as NF-κB-miRNA networks in specific cancer types can contribute to our further understanding of the regulatory interplay between inflammation and cancer, and also perhaps lead to the development of pharmacologically novel therapeutic approaches to combat cancer.
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Rothschild DE, McDaniel DK, Ringel-Scaia VM, Allen IC. Modulating inflammation through the negative regulation of NF-κB signaling. J Leukoc Biol 2018; 103:10.1002/JLB.3MIR0817-346RRR. [PMID: 29389019 PMCID: PMC6135699 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.3mir0817-346rrr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2017] [Revised: 12/21/2017] [Accepted: 12/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Immune system activation is essential to thwart the invasion of pathogens and respond appropriately to tissue damage. However, uncontrolled inflammation can result in extensive collateral damage underlying a diverse range of auto-inflammatory, hyper-inflammatory, and neoplastic diseases. The NF-κB signaling pathway lies at the heart of the immune system and functions as a master regulator of gene transcription. Thus, this signaling cascade is heavily targeted by mechanisms designed to attenuate overzealous inflammation and promote resolution. Mechanisms associated with the negative regulation of NF-κB signaling are currently under intense investigation and have yet to be fully elucidated. Here, we provide an overview of mechanisms that negatively regulate NF-κB signaling through either attenuation of signal transduction, inhibition of posttranscriptional signaling, or interference with posttranslational modifications of key pathway components. While the regulators discussed for each group are far from comprehensive, they exemplify common mechanistic approaches that inhibit this critical biochemical signaling cascade. Despite their diversity, a commonality among these regulators is their selection of specific targets at key inflection points in the pathway, such as TNF-receptor-associated factor family members or essential kinases. A better understanding of these negative regulatory mechanisms will be essential to gain greater insight related to the maintenance of immune system homeostasis and inflammation resolution. These processes are vital elements of disease pathology and have important implications for targeted therapeutic strategies.
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- Daniel E. Rothschild
- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061
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- Graduate Program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology, Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061
- Graduate Program in Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061
- Department of Basic Science Education, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA 24016
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Besson B, Sonthonnax F, Duchateau M, Ben Khalifa Y, Larrous F, Eun H, Hourdel V, Matondo M, Chamot-Rooke J, Grailhe R, Bourhy H. Regulation of NF-κB by the p105-ABIN2-TPL2 complex and RelAp43 during rabies virus infection. PLoS Pathog 2017; 13:e1006697. [PMID: 29084252 PMCID: PMC5679641 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2017] [Revised: 11/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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At the crossroad between the NF-κB and the MAPK pathways, the ternary complex composed of p105, ABIN2 and TPL2 is essential for the host cell response to pathogens. The matrix protein (M) of field isolates of rabies virus was previously shown to disturb the signaling induced by RelAp43, a NF-κB protein close to RelA/p65. Here, we investigated how the M protein disturbs the NF-κB pathway in a RelAp43-dependant manner and the potential involvement of the ternary complex in this mechanism. Using a tandem affinity purification coupled with mass spectrometry approach, we show that RelAp43 interacts with the p105-ABIN2-TPL2 complex and we observe a strong perturbation of this complex in presence of M protein. M protein interaction with RelAp43 is associated with a wide disturbance of NF-κB signaling, involving a modulation of IκBα-, IκBβ-, and IκBε-RelAp43 interaction and a favored interaction of RelAp43 with the non-canonical pathway (RelB and p100/p52). Monitoring the interactions between host and viral proteins using protein-fragment complementation assay and bioluminescent resonance energy transfer, we further show that RelAp43 is associated to the p105-ABIN2-TPL2 complex as RelAp43-p105 interaction stabilizes the formation of a complex with ABIN2 and TPL2. Interestingly, the M protein interacts not only with RelAp43 but also with TPL2 and ABIN2. Upon interaction with this complex, M protein promotes the release of ABIN2, which ultimately favors the production of RelAp43-p50 NF-κB dimers. The use of recombinant rabies viruses further indicates that this mechanism leads to the control of IFNβ, TNF and CXCL2 expression during the infection and a high pathogenicity profile in rabies virus infected mice. All together, our results demonstrate the important role of RelAp43 and M protein in the regulation of NF-κB signaling. Rabies virus is a recurring zoonosis responsible for about 60,000 deaths per year. A key feature of rabies virus is its stealth, allowing it to spread within the host and escape the immune response. To do so, rabies virus developed several mechanisms, including a thorough interference with cell signaling pathways. Here, we focused our attention on the molecular aspects of rabies virus escape to the NF-κB pathway through the interaction between the M protein and the NF-κB protein RelAp43. Monitoring close range interactions, we found that RelAp43 plays an important role in the stabilization of the p105-ABIN2-TPL2 complex, which is essential in the regulation of both NF-κB and MAPK pathways, and we brought a new insight on the dynamics within the host protein complex. These results were confirmed in living cells and in mice. Overall, our data suggest that rabies virus interference with the p105-ABIN2-TPL2 complex is a cornerstone of its stealth strategy to escape the immune response.
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- Benoit Besson
- Unité Dynamique des Lyssavirus et Adaptation à l'Hôte, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Unité Dynamique des Lyssavirus et Adaptation à l'Hôte, Paris, France.,Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur, Paris, France
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- Unité de Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, Plateforme Protéomique, CNRS USR 2000 Spectrométrie de masse pour la biologie, Paris, France
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- Unité Dynamique des Lyssavirus et Adaptation à l'Hôte, Paris, France
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- Technology Development Platform, 16, Daewangpangyo-ro 712 beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Rep. of Korea
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- Unité de Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, Plateforme Protéomique, CNRS USR 2000 Spectrométrie de masse pour la biologie, Paris, France
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- Unité de Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, Plateforme Protéomique, CNRS USR 2000 Spectrométrie de masse pour la biologie, Paris, France
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- Unité de Spectrométrie de Masse Structurale et Protéomique, Plateforme Protéomique, CNRS USR 2000 Spectrométrie de masse pour la biologie, Paris, France
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- Technology Development Platform, 16, Daewangpangyo-ro 712 beon-gil, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, Rep. of Korea
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- Unité Dynamique des Lyssavirus et Adaptation à l'Hôte, Paris, France
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Valproic acid increases NF-κB transcriptional activation despite decreasing DNA binding ability in P19 cells, which may play a role in VPA-initiated teratogenesis. Reprod Toxicol 2017; 74:32-39. [PMID: 28865949 DOI: 10.1016/j.reprotox.2017.08.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2017] [Revised: 08/14/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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The nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) family of transcription factors regulate gene expression in response to diverse stimuli. We previously demonstrated that valproic acid (VPA) exposure in utero decreases total cellular protein expression of the NF-κB subunit p65 in CD-1 mouse embryos with a neural tube defect but not in phenotypically normal littermates. This study evaluated p65 mRNA and protein expression in P19 cells and determined the impact on DNA binding ability and activity. Exposure to 5mM VPA decreased p65 mRNA and total cellular protein expression however, nuclear p65 protein expression was unchanged. VPA reduced NF-κB DNA binding and nuclear protein of the p65 DNA-binding partner, p50. NF-κB transcriptional activity was increased with VPA alone, despite decreased phosphorylation of p65 at Ser276, and when combined with tissue necrosis factor α. These results demonstrate that VPA increases NF-κB transcriptional activity despite decreasing DNA binding, which may play a role in VPA-initiated teratogenesis.
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Ho SC, Wu SM, Feng PH, Liu WT, Chen KY, Chuang HC, Chan YF, Kuo LW, Lee KY. Noncanonical NF-κB mediates the Suppressive Effect of Neutrophil Elastase on IL-8/CXCL8 by Inducing NKRF in Human Airway Smooth Muscle. Sci Rep 2017; 7:44930. [PMID: 28322300 PMCID: PMC5359717 DOI: 10.1038/srep44930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Neutrophil elastase (NE) suppresses IL-8/CXCL8 in human airway smooth muscle cells (hASM) while stimulating its production in respiratory epithelial cells. This differential effect is mediated by the selective induction of NKRF and dysregulation in chronic inflammatory diseases. We hypothesized that the differential activation of NF-κB subunits confer the opposite effect of NKRF on IL-8/CXCL8 in primary hASM and A549 cells stimulated with NE. The events occurring at the promoters of NKRF and IL-8/CXCL8 were observed by ChIP assays, and the functional role of RelB was confirmed by knockdown and overexpression. Although p65 was stimulated in both cell types, RelB was only activated in NE-treated hASM, as confirmed by NF-κB DNA binding ELISA, Western blotting and confocal microscopy. Knockdown of RelB abolished the induction of NKRF and converted the suppression of IL-8/CXCL8 to stimulation. The forced expression of RelB induced NKRF production in hASM and A549 cells. NE activated the NIK/IKK1/RelB non-canonical NF-κB pathway in hASM but not in A549. The nuclear-translocated RelB was recruited to the NKRF promoter around the putative κB site, accompanied by p52 and RNA polymerase II. In conclusion, NFRF is a novel RelB-response gene, and NE is a stimulator of the non-canonical RelB/NF-κB pathway in hASM.
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- Shu-Chuan Ho
- School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- School of Respiratory Therapy, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Division of Pulmonary Oncology and Interventional Bronchoscopy, Department of Thoracic Medicine, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan
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- Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan.,Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan.,Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Snow WM, Albensi BC. Neuronal Gene Targets of NF-κB and Their Dysregulation in Alzheimer's Disease. Front Mol Neurosci 2016; 9:118. [PMID: 27881951 PMCID: PMC5101203 DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2016.00118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 107] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Although, better known for its role in inflammation, the transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) has more recently been implicated in synaptic plasticity, learning, and memory. This has been, in part, to the discovery of its localization not just in glia, cells that are integral to mediating the inflammatory process in the brain, but also neurons. Several effectors of neuronal NF-κB have been identified, including calcium, inflammatory cytokines (i.e., tumor necrosis factor alpha), and the induction of experimental paradigms thought to reflect learning and memory at the cellular level (i.e., long-term potentiation). NF-κB is also activated after learning and memory formation in vivo. In turn, activation of NF-κB can elicit either suppression or activation of other genes. Studies are only beginning to elucidate the multitude of neuronal gene targets of NF-κB in the normal brain, but research to date has confirmed targets involved in a wide array of cellular processes, including cell signaling and growth, neurotransmission, redox signaling, and gene regulation. Further, several lines of research confirm dysregulation of NF-κB in Alzheimer's disease (AD), a disorder characterized clinically by a profound deficit in the ability to form new memories. AD-related neuropathology includes the characteristic amyloid beta plaque formation and neurofibrillary tangles. Although, such neuropathological findings have been hypothesized to contribute to memory deficits in AD, research has identified perturbations at the cellular and synaptic level that occur even prior to more gross pathologies, including transcriptional dysregulation. Indeed, synaptic disturbances appear to be a significant correlate of cognitive deficits in AD. Given the more recently identified role for NF-κB in memory and synaptic transmission in the normal brain, the expansive network of gene targets of NF-κB, and its dysregulation in AD, a thorough understanding of NF-κB-related signaling in AD is warranted and may have important implications for uncovering treatments for the disease. This review aims to provide a comprehensive view of our current understanding of the gene targets of this transcription factor in neurons in the intact brain and provide an overview of studies investigating NF-κB signaling, including its downstream targets, in the AD brain as a means of uncovering the basic physiological mechanisms by which memory becomes fragile in the disease.
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- Wanda M Snow
- Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders, St. Boniface Hospital ResearchWinnipeg, MB, Canada; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of ManitobaWinnipeg, MB, Canada
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- Division of Neurodegenerative Disorders, St. Boniface Hospital ResearchWinnipeg, MB, Canada; Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of ManitobaWinnipeg, MB, Canada
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Fusco AJ, Mazumder A, Wang VYF, Tao Z, Ware C, Ghosh G. The NF-κB subunit RelB controls p100 processing by competing with the kinases NIK and IKK1 for binding to p100. Sci Signal 2016; 9:ra96. [PMID: 27678221 DOI: 10.1126/scisignal.aad9413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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The heterodimer formed by the nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) subunits p52 and RelB is the product of noncanonical signaling in which the key event is the proteolytic processing of p100 to generate p52. The kinases NF-κB-inducing kinase (NIK) and inhibitor of κB kinase 1 (IKK1; also known as IKKα) are activated during noncanonical signaling and play essential roles in p100 processing. In resting cells, RelB remains associated with unprocessed p100 as a transcriptionally inert p100:RelB complex, which is part of a larger assembly with other NF-κB factors known as the "kappaBsome." We investigated how these two different RelB-containing complexes with opposing effects on target gene transcription are formed. We found that RelB controls the extent of both p100 processing and kappaBsome formation during noncanonical signaling. Within an apparently "transitional" complex that contains RelB, NIK, IKK1, and p100, RelB and the NIK:IKK1 complex competed with each other for binding to a region of p100. A fraction of p100 in the transitional complex was refractory to processing, which resulted in the formation of the kappaBsome. However, another fraction of p100 protein underwent NIK:IKK1-mediated phosphorylation and processing while remaining bound to RelB, thus forming the p52:RelB heterodimer. Our results suggest that changes in the relative concentrations of RelB, NIK:IKK1, and p100 during noncanonical signaling modulate this transitional complex and are critical for maintaining the fine balance between the processing and protection of p100.
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- Amanda J Fusco
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, Macau SAR, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
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- Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92093, USA.
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Baud V, Collares D. Post-Translational Modifications of RelB NF-κB Subunit and Associated Functions. Cells 2016; 5:cells5020022. [PMID: 27153093 PMCID: PMC4931671 DOI: 10.3390/cells5020022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/11/2016] [Revised: 04/19/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The family of NF-κB transcription factors plays a key role in diverse biological processes, such as inflammatory and immune responses, cell survival and tumor development. Beyond the classical NF-κB activation pathway, a second NF-κB pathway has more recently been uncovered, the so-called alternative NF-κB activation pathway. It has been shown that this pathway mainly controls the activity of RelB, a member of the NF-κB family. Post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation, acetylation, methylation, ubiquitination and SUMOylation, have recently emerged as a strategy for the fine-tuned regulation of NF-κB. Our review discusses recent progress in the understanding of RelB regulation by post-translational modifications and the associated functions in normal and pathological conditions.
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- Véronique Baud
- NF-κB, Differentiation and Cancer, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75014 Paris, France.
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- NF-κB, Differentiation and Cancer, Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, 75014 Paris, France
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Anti-inflammatory effect of thalidomide dithiocarbamate and dithioate analogs. Chem Biol Interact 2015; 238:74-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2015.05.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2015] [Revised: 05/12/2015] [Accepted: 05/29/2015] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Delépine C, Nectoux J, Letourneur F, Baud V, Chelly J, Billuart P, Bienvenu T. Astrocyte Transcriptome from the Mecp2(308)-Truncated Mouse Model of Rett Syndrome. Neuromolecular Med 2015. [PMID: 26208914 DOI: 10.1007/s12017-015-8363-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Mutations in the gene encoding the transcriptional modulator methyl-CpG binding protein 2 (MeCP2) are responsible for the neurodevelopmental disorder Rett syndrome which is one of the most frequent sources of intellectual disability in women. Recent studies showed that loss of Mecp2 in astrocytes contributes to Rett-like symptoms and restoration of Mecp2 can rescue some of these defects. The goal of this work is to compare gene expression profiles of wild-type and mutant astrocytes from Mecp2(308/y) mice (B6.129S-MeCP2<tm1Heto>/J) by using Affymetrix mouse 2.0 microarrays. Results were confirmed by quantitative real-time RT-PCR and by Western blot analysis. Gene set enrichment analysis utilizing Ingenuity Pathways was employed to identify pathways disrupted by Mecp2 deficiency. A total of 2152 genes were statistically differentially expressed between wild-type and mutated samples, including 1784 coding transcripts. However, only 257 showed fold changes >1.2. We confirmed our data by replicative studies in independent primary cultures of cortical astrocytes from Mecp2-deficient mice. Interestingly, two genes known to encode secreted proteins, chromogranin B and lipocalin-2, showed significant dysregulation. These proteins secreted from Mecp2-deficient glia may exert negative non-cell autonomous effects on neuronal properties, including dendritic morphology. Moreover, transcriptional profiling revealed altered Nr2f2 expression which may explain down- and upregulation of several target genes in astrocytes such as Ccl2, Lcn2 and Chgb. Unraveling Nr2f2 involvement in Mecp2-deficient astrocytes could pave the way for a better understanding of Rett syndrome pathophysiology and offers new therapeutic perspectives.
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- Chloé Delépine
- Inserm, U1016, Faculté de Médecine, Laboratoire de Génétique et de Physiopathologie des Maladies Mentales, Institut Cochin, 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Cnrs, UMR8104, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Inserm, U1016, Faculté de Médecine, Laboratoire de Génétique et de Physiopathologie des Maladies Mentales, Institut Cochin, 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Cnrs, UMR8104, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.,Groupe Universitaire Paris Centre, Site Cochin, Laboratoire de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France
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- Inserm, U1016, Faculté de Médecine, Laboratoire de Génétique et de Physiopathologie des Maladies Mentales, Institut Cochin, 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Cnrs, UMR8104, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Inserm, U1016, Faculté de Médecine, Laboratoire de Génétique et de Physiopathologie des Maladies Mentales, Institut Cochin, 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Cnrs, UMR8104, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Inserm, U1016, Faculté de Médecine, Laboratoire de Génétique et de Physiopathologie des Maladies Mentales, Institut Cochin, 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Cnrs, UMR8104, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Inserm, U1016, Faculté de Médecine, Laboratoire de Génétique et de Physiopathologie des Maladies Mentales, Institut Cochin, 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.,Cnrs, UMR8104, Paris, France.,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Inserm, U1016, Faculté de Médecine, Laboratoire de Génétique et de Physiopathologie des Maladies Mentales, Institut Cochin, 24 Rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France. .,Cnrs, UMR8104, Paris, France. .,Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France. .,Groupe Universitaire Paris Centre, Site Cochin, Laboratoire de Biochimie et Génétique Moléculaire, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75014, Paris, France.
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Labouba I, Le Page C, Communal L, Kristessen T, You X, Péant B, Barrès V, Gannon PO, Mes-Masson AM, Saad F. Potential Cross-Talk between Alternative and Classical NF-κB Pathways in Prostate Cancer Tissues as Measured by a Multi-Staining Immunofluorescence Co-Localization Assay. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0131024. [PMID: 26186215 PMCID: PMC4505937 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 05/26/2015] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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Background While the classical NF-κB/p65 pathway is known to be involved in prostate cancer progression and is associated with poor patient outcome, the role of the NF-κB /RelB alternative protein is not well defined. Here we analyzed the activation of both NF-κB pathways in prostate cancer tissues and correlate this activation with clinical features of the disease. Methods A multiple immunofluorescence technique was employed to concomitantly and quantitatively visualize the nuclear localization of p65 and RelB in 200 paraffin embedded samples. Epithelia were defined using appropriate fluorochrome markers and the resulting immunofluorescent signals were quantified with an automated scoring system. Results The nuclear frequency of p65 was found to be significantly increased in tumor tissues as compared with normal adjacent tissue, whereas the frequency for RelB was decreased (p < 0.001, Wilcoxon test). As previously reported, p65 nuclear frequency was associated with a risk of biochemical recurrence. Although, RelB nuclear frequency alone did not predict recurrence, the presence of activated RelB reduced the risk of recurrence associated with the activation of p65. Conclusion For the first time p65/RelB co-distribution was assessed in prostate cancer tissues and suggested a negative crosstalk between the two NF-κB pathways in prostate cancer progression.
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- Ingrid Labouba
- Institut du cancer de Montréal / Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), 900 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Canada
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- Institut du cancer de Montréal / Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), 900 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Canada
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- Institut du cancer de Montréal / Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), 900 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Canada
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- Institut du cancer de Montréal / Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), 900 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Canada
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- Institut du cancer de Montréal / Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), 900 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Canada
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- Institut du cancer de Montréal / Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), 900 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Canada
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- Institut du cancer de Montréal / Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), 900 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Canada
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- Institut du cancer de Montréal / Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), 900 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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- Institut du cancer de Montréal / Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM), 900 rue St-Denis, Montreal, Canada
- Division of Urology, CHUM and Department of Surgery, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada
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Zhu W, Zhu N, Bai D, Miao J, Zou S. The crosstalk between Dectin1 and TLR4 via NF-κB subunits p65/RelB in mammary epithelial cells. Int Immunopharmacol 2014; 23:417-25. [DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2014.09.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2014] [Revised: 09/03/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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IKK phosphorylates RelB to modulate its promoter specificity and promote fibroblast migration downstream of TNF receptors. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2014; 111:14794-9. [PMID: 25267645 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1410124111] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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TNFα is a potent cytokine that plays a critical role in numerous cellular processes, particularly immune and inflammatory responses, programmed cell death, angiogenesis, and cell migration. Thus, understanding the molecular mechanisms that mediate TNFα-induced cellular responses is a crucial issue. It is generally accepted that global DNA binding activity of the NF-κB avian reticuloendotheliosis viral (v-rel) oncogene related B (RelB) subunit is not induced upon TNFα treatment in fibroblasts, despite its TNFα-induced nuclear accumulation. Here, we demonstrate that RelB plays a critical role in promoting fibroblast migration upon prolonged TNFα treatment. We identified the two kinases IκB kinase α (IKKα) and IκB kinase β (IKKβ) as RelB interacting partners whose activation by TNFα promotes RelB phosphorylation at serine 472. Once phosphorylated on serine 472, nuclear RelB dissociates from its interaction with the inhibitory protein IκBα and binds to the promoter of critical migration-associated genes, such as the matrix metallopeptidase 3 (MMP3). Further, we show that RelB serine 472 phosphorylation status controls MMP3 expression and promigration activity downstream of TNF receptors. Our findings provide new insights into the regulation of RelB activity and reveal a novel link between selective NF-κB target gene expression and cellular response in response to TNFα.
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Beswick EJ, Johnson JR, Saada JI, Humen M, House J, Dann S, Qiu S, Brasier AR, Powell DW, Reyes VE, Pinchuk IV. TLR4 activation enhances the PD-L1-mediated tolerogenic capacity of colonic CD90+ stromal cells. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2014; 193:2218-29. [PMID: 25070848 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1203441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Signaling via programmed death ligand-1 (PD-L1) and PD-L2 is crucial for maintaining peripheral tolerance. CD90(+) myofibroblasts/fibroblasts (CMFs) are major programmed cell death-1 (PD-1) ligand-expressing cells in normal human colonic mucosa. CMFs suppress activated CD4(+) T cell proliferation via PD-1 ligands. It is not known whether signaling through TLRs contribute to the regulation PD-1 ligands on CMFs upon colonic mucosal tolerance. In this study, we demonstrated that stimulation of TLR4 on human CMFs upregulates PD-L1, but not PD-L2, and reinforces CMF-mediated suppression of CD4(+) T cell proliferation and IFN-γ production. TLR4-mediated upregulation of PD-L1 on CMFs involved NF-κB pathways and was JAK2 and MyD88 dependent. MyD88-dependent stimulation of TLR1/2 and TLR5 also upregulated PD-L1 expression on CMFs in culture. PD-L1 expression was drastically decreased in vivo in the colonic mucosa of mice devoid of MyD88. Induction of MyD88 deficiency in CMFs in fibroblast-specific MyD88 conditional knockout mice resulted in a strong increase in a mucosal IFN-γ expression concomitantly with the abrogation of PD-L1 expression in CMFs under homeostasis and epithelial injury induced by dextran sodium sulfate. Together, these data suggest that MyD88-dependent TLR stimulation of CMFs in the normal colonic mucosa may reinforce these cells' anti-inflammatory capacity and thus contribute to the maintenance of mucosal tolerance.
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- Ellen J Beswick
- Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Department of Pathology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; Institute of Translational Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; Institute of Translational Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; and
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; Institute of Translational Science, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX 77555
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Uzan B, Poglio S, Gerby B, Wu CL, Gross J, Armstrong F, Calvo J, Cahu X, Deswarte C, Dumont F, Passaro D, Besnard-Guérin C, Leblanc T, Baruchel A, Landman-Parker J, Ballerini P, Baud V, Ghysdael J, Baleydier F, Porteu F, Pflumio F. Interleukin-18 produced by bone marrow-derived stromal cells supports T-cell acute leukaemia progression. EMBO Mol Med 2014; 6:821-34. [PMID: 24778454 PMCID: PMC4203358 DOI: 10.1002/emmm.201303286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Development of novel therapies is critical for T-cell acute leukaemia (T-ALL). Here, we investigated the effect of inhibiting the MAPK/MEK/ERK pathway on T-ALL cell growth. Unexpectedly, MEK inhibitors (MEKi) enhanced growth of 70% of human T-ALL cell samples cultured on stromal cells independently of NOTCH activation and maintained their ability to propagate in vivo. Similar results were obtained when T-ALL cells were cultured with ERK1/2-knockdown stromal cells or with conditioned medium from MEKi-treated stromal cells. Microarray analysis identified interleukin 18 (IL-18) as transcriptionally up-regulated in MEKi-treated MS5 cells. Recombinant IL-18 promoted T-ALL growth in vitro, whereas the loss of function of IL-18 receptor in T-ALL blast cells decreased blast proliferation in vitro and in NSG mice. The NFKB pathway that is downstream to IL-18R was activated by IL-18 in blast cells. IL-18 circulating levels were increased in T-ALL-xenografted mice and also in T-ALL patients in comparison with controls. This study uncovers a novel role of the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-18 and outlines the microenvironment involvement in human T-ALL development.
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- Benjamin Uzan
- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) DSV-IRCM-SCSR-LSHL Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France INSERM U967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris-Sud UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) DSV-IRCM-SCSR-LSHL Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France INSERM U967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris-Sud UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) DSV-IRCM-SCSR-LSHL Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France INSERM U967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris-Sud UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) DSV-IRCM-SCSR-LSHL Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France INSERM U967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris-Sud UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) DSV-IRCM-SCSR-LSHL Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France INSERM U967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris-Sud UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) DSV-IRCM-SCSR-LSHL Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France INSERM U967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris-Sud UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) DSV-IRCM-SCSR-LSHL Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France INSERM U967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris-Sud UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) DSV-IRCM-SCSR-LSHL Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France INSERM U967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris-Sud UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Service D'hématologie Pédiatrique, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Hôpital A. Trousseau, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1016 Institut Cochin, Paris, France CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Institut Curie Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France CNRS UMR 3306, Orsay, France Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1005, Orsay, France
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- INSERM U1016 Institut Cochin, Paris, France CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Service D'hématologie Pédiatrique, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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- Service D'hématologie Pédiatrique, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France
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- Service D'hématologie Pédiatrique, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Hôpital A. Trousseau, Paris, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) DSV-IRCM-SCSR-LSHL Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France INSERM U967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris-Sud UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Service D'hématologie Pédiatrique, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris Hôpital A. Trousseau, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1016 Institut Cochin, Paris, France CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Institut Curie Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France CNRS UMR 3306, Orsay, France Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale U1005, Orsay, France
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- Institut d'Hématologie et Oncologie Pédiatrique Hospices Civils de Lyon et Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
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- INSERM U1016 Institut Cochin, Paris, France CNRS UMR8104, Paris, France Université Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA) DSV-IRCM-SCSR-LSHL Equipe Labellisée Ligue Contre le Cancer UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France INSERM U967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris Diderot Sorbonne Paris Cité UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France Université Paris-Sud UMR 967, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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Zago M, Rico de Souza A, Hecht E, Rousseau S, Hamid Q, Eidelman DH, Baglole CJ. The NF-κB family member RelB regulates microRNA miR-146a to suppress cigarette smoke-induced COX-2 protein expression in lung fibroblasts. Toxicol Lett 2014; 226:107-16. [PMID: 24472607 DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2014.01.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2013] [Revised: 01/13/2014] [Accepted: 01/14/2014] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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Diseases due to cigarette smoke exposure, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer, are associated with chronic inflammation typified by the increased expression of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) protein. RelB is an NF-κB family member that suppresses cigarette smoke induction of COX-2 through an unknown mechanism. The ability of RelB to regulate COX-2 expression may be via miR-146a, a miRNA that attenuates COX-2 in lung fibroblasts. In this study we tested whether RelB attenuation of cigarette smoke-induced COX-2 protein is due to miR-146a. Utilizing pulmonary fibroblasts deficient in RelB expression, together with siRNA knock-down of RelB, we show the essential role of RelB in diminishing smoke-induced COX-2 protein expression despite robust activation of the canonical NF-κB pathway and subsequent induction of Cox-2 mRNA. RelB did not regulate COX-2 protein expression at the level of mRNA stability. Basal levels of miR-146a were significantly lower in Relb-deficient cells and cigarette smoke increased miR-146a expression only in Relb-expressing cells. Inhibition of miR-146a had no effects on Relb expression or induction of Cox-2 mRNA by cigarette smoke but significantly increased COX-2 protein. These data highlight the potential of a RelB-miR-146a axis as a novel regulatory pathway that attenuates inflammation in response to respiratory toxicants.
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- Michela Zago
- Department of Medicine, McGill University, 3626 St. Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2P2, Canada
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- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 3626 St. Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2P2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, 3626 St. Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2P2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, 3626 St. Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2P2, Canada; Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 3626 St. Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2P2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, 3626 St. Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2P2, Canada; Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 3626 St. Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2P2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, 3626 St. Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2P2, Canada; Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 3626 St. Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2P2, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, McGill University, 3626 St. Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2P2, Canada; Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, 3626 St. Urbain Street, Montreal, Quebec H2X 2P2, Canada.
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Thrombopoietin promotes NHEJ DNA repair in hematopoietic stem cells through specific activation of Erk and NF-κB pathways and their target, IEX-1. Blood 2013; 123:509-19. [PMID: 24184684 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2013-07-515874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Loss of hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) function and increased risk of developing hematopoietic malignancies are severe and concerning complications of anticancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy. We have previously shown that thrombopoietin (TPO), a critical HSC regulator, ensures HSC chromosomal integrity and function in response to γ-irradiation by regulating their DNA-damage response. TPO directly affects the double-strand break (DSB) repair machinery through increased DNA-protein kinase (DNA-PK) phosphorylation and nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) repair efficiency and fidelity. This effect is not shared by other HSC growth factors, suggesting that TPO triggers a specific signal in HSCs facilitating DNA-PK activation upon DNA damage. The discovery of these unique signaling pathways will provide a means of enhancing TPO-desirable effects on HSCs and improving the safety of anticancer DNA agents. We show here that TPO specifically triggers Erk and nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) pathways in mouse hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs). Both of these pathways are required for a TPO-mediated increase in DSB repair. They cooperate to induce and activate the early stress-response gene, Iex-1 (ier3), upon DNA damage. Iex-1 forms a complex with pERK and the catalytic subunit of DNA-PK, which is necessary and sufficient to promote TPO-increased DNA-PK activation and NHEJ DSB repair in both mouse and human HSPCs.
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Roles for NF-κB and gene targets of NF-κB in synaptic plasticity, memory, and navigation. Mol Neurobiol 2013; 49:757-70. [PMID: 24122352 DOI: 10.1007/s12035-013-8555-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2013] [Accepted: 09/19/2013] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Although traditionally associated with immune function, the transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) has garnered much attention in recent years as an important regulator of memory. Specifically, research has found that NF-κB, localized in both neurons and glia, is activated during the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP), a paradigm of synaptic plasticity and correlate of memory. Further, experimental manipulation of NF-κB activation or its blockade results in altered memory and spatial navigation abilities. Genetic knockout of specific NF-κB subunits in mice results in memory alterations. Collectively, such data suggest that NF-κB may be a requirement for memory, although the direction of the response (i.e., memory enhancement or deficit) is inconsistent. A limited number of gene targets of NF-κB have been recently identified in neurons, including neurotrophic factors, calcium-regulating proteins, other transcription factors, and molecules associated with neuronal outgrowth and remodeling. In turn, several key molecules are activators of NF-κB, including protein kinase C and [Ca(++)]i. Thus, NF-κB signaling is complex and under the regulation of numerous proteins involved in activity-dependent synaptic plasticity. The purpose of this review is to highlight the literature detailing a role for NF-κB in synaptic plasticity, memory, and spatial navigation. Secondly, this review will synthesize the research evaluating gene targets of NF-κB in synaptic plasticity and memory. Although there is ample evidence to suggest a critical role for NF-κB in memory, our understanding of its gene targets in neurons is limited and only beginning to be appreciated.
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Chanut A, Duguet F, Marfak A, David A, Petit B, Parrens M, Durand-Panteix S, Boulin-Deveza M, Gachard N, Youlyouz-Marfak I, Bordessoule D, Feuillard J, Faumont N. RelA and RelB cross-talk and function in Epstein-Barr virus transformed B cells. Leukemia 2013; 28:871-9. [PMID: 24056880 DOI: 10.1038/leu.2013.274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2013] [Revised: 09/13/2013] [Accepted: 09/17/2013] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In this study, we determined the respective roles of RelA and RelB NF-κB subunits in Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed B cells. Using different EBV-immortalized B-cell models, we showed that only RelA activation increased both survival and cell growth. RelB activity was induced secondarily to RelA activation and repressed RelA DNA binding by trapping the p50 subunit. Reciprocally, RelA activation repressed RelB activity by increasing expression of its inhibitor p100. To search for such reciprocal inhibition at the transcriptional level, we studied gene expression profiles of our RelA and RelB regulatable cellular models. Ten RelA-induced genes and one RelB-regulated gene, ARNTL2, were repressed by RelB and RelA, respectively. Apart from this gene, RelB signature was included in that of RelA Functional groups of RelA-regulated genes were for control of energy metabolism, genetic instability, protection against apoptosis, cell cycle and immune response. Additional functions coregulated by RelA and/or RelB were autophagy and plasma cell differentiation. Altogether, these results demonstrate a cross-inhibition between RelA and RelB and suggest that, in fine, RelB was subordinated to RelA. In the view of future drug development, RelA appeared to be pivotal in both classical and alternative activation pathways, at least in EBV-transformed B cells.
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- A Chanut
- CNRS-UMR-7276, University of Limoges, and CHU Dupuytren, Laboratory of Hematology, Limoges, France
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- CNRS-UMR-7276, University of Limoges, and CHU Dupuytren, Laboratory of Hematology, Limoges, France
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- CNRS-UMR-7276, University of Limoges, and CHU Dupuytren, Laboratory of Hematology, Limoges, France
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- CNRS-UMR-7276, University of Limoges, and CHU Dupuytren, Laboratory of Hematology, Limoges, France
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- CHU Dupuytren, Laboratory of Pathology, Limoges, France
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- CHU de Bordeaux, Laboratory of Pathology, Bordeaux, France
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- CNRS-UMR-7276, University of Limoges, and CHU Dupuytren, Laboratory of Hematology, Limoges, France
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- CNRS-UMR-7276, University of Limoges, and CHU Dupuytren, Laboratory of Hematology, Limoges, France
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- CNRS-UMR-7276, University of Limoges, and CHU Dupuytren, Laboratory of Hematology, Limoges, France
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- CNRS-UMR-7276, University of Limoges, and CHU Dupuytren, Laboratory of Hematology, Limoges, France
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- 1] CNRS-UMR-7276, University of Limoges, and CHU Dupuytren, Laboratory of Hematology, Limoges, France [2] Department of Hematology, CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France
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- CNRS-UMR-7276, University of Limoges, and CHU Dupuytren, Laboratory of Hematology, Limoges, France
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- CNRS-UMR-7276, University of Limoges, and CHU Dupuytren, Laboratory of Hematology, Limoges, France
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Mukherjee SP, Behar M, Birnbaum HA, Hoffmann A, Wright PE, Ghosh G. Analysis of the RelA:CBP/p300 interaction reveals its involvement in NF-κB-driven transcription. PLoS Biol 2013; 11:e1001647. [PMID: 24019758 PMCID: PMC3760798 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001647] [Citation(s) in RCA: 101] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2013] [Accepted: 07/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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NF-κB plays a vital role in cellular immune and inflammatory response, survival, and proliferation by regulating the transcription of various genes involved in these processes. To activate transcription, RelA (a prominent NF-κB family member) interacts with transcriptional co-activators like CREB-binding protein (CBP) and its paralog p300 in addition to its cognate κB sites on the promoter/enhancer regions of DNA. The RelA:CBP/p300 complex is comprised of two components--first, DNA binding domain of RelA interacts with the KIX domain of CBP/p300, and second, the transcriptional activation domain (TAD) of RelA binds to the TAZ1 domain of CBP/p300. A phosphorylation event of a well-conserved RelA(Ser276) is prerequisite for the former interaction to occur and is considered a decisive factor for the overall RelA:CBP/p300 interaction. The role of the latter interaction in the transcription of RelA-activated genes remains unclear. Here we provide the solution structure of the latter component of the RelA:CBP complex by NMR spectroscopy. The structure reveals the folding of RelA-TA2 (a section of TAD) upon binding to TAZ1 through its well-conserved hydrophobic sites in a series of grooves on the TAZ1 surface. The structural analysis coupled with the mechanistic studies by mutational and isothermal calorimetric analyses allowed the design of RelA-mutants that selectively abrogated the two distinct components of the RelA:CBP/p300 interaction. Detailed studies of these RelA mutants using cell-based techniques, mathematical modeling, and genome-wide gene expression analysis showed that a major set of the RelA-activated genes, larger than previously believed, is affected by this interaction. We further show how the RelA:CBP/p300 interaction controls the nuclear response of NF-κB through the negative feedback loop of NF-κB pathway. Additionally, chromatin analyses of RelA target gene promoters showed constitutive recruitment of CBP/p300, thus indicating a possible role of CBP/p300 in recruitment of RelA to its target promoter sites.
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- Sulakshana P. Mukherjee
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Department of Molecular Biology and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Signaling Systems Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Signaling Systems Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Signaling Systems Laboratory, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Biology and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (GG); (PEW)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- * E-mail: (GG); (PEW)
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Williams JM, Duckworth CA, Watson AJM, Frey MR, Miguel JC, Burkitt MD, Sutton R, Hughes KR, Hall LJ, Caamaño JH, Campbell BJ, Pritchard DM. A mouse model of pathological small intestinal epithelial cell apoptosis and shedding induced by systemic administration of lipopolysaccharide. Dis Model Mech 2013; 6:1388-99. [PMID: 24046352 PMCID: PMC3820262 DOI: 10.1242/dmm.013284] [Citation(s) in RCA: 116] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The gut barrier, composed of a single layer of intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) held together by tight junctions, prevents the entrance of harmful microorganisms, antigens and toxins from the gut lumen into the blood. Small intestinal homeostasis is normally maintained by the rate of shedding of senescent enterocytes from the villus tip exactly matching the rate of generation of new cells in the crypt. However, in various localized and systemic inflammatory conditions, intestinal homeostasis can be disturbed as a result of increased IEC shedding. Such pathological IEC shedding can cause transient gaps to develop in the epithelial barrier and result in increased intestinal permeability. Although pathological IEC shedding has been implicated in the pathogenesis of conditions such as inflammatory bowel disease, our understanding of the underlying mechanisms remains limited. We have therefore developed a murine model to study this phenomenon, because IEC shedding in this species is morphologically analogous to humans. IEC shedding was induced by systemic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) administration in wild-type C57BL/6 mice, and in mice deficient in TNF-receptor 1 (Tnfr1−/−), Tnfr2 (Tnfr2−/−), nuclear factor kappa B1 (Nfκb1−/−) or Nfĸb2 (Nfĸb2−/−). Apoptosis and cell shedding was quantified using immunohistochemistry for active caspase-3, and gut-to-circulation permeability was assessed by measuring plasma fluorescence following fluorescein-isothiocyanate–dextran gavage. LPS, at doses ≥0.125 mg/kg body weight, induced rapid villus IEC apoptosis, with peak cell shedding occurring at 1.5 hours after treatment. This coincided with significant villus shortening, fluid exudation into the gut lumen and diarrhea. A significant increase in gut-to-circulation permeability was observed at 5 hours. TNFR1 was essential for LPS-induced IEC apoptosis and shedding, and the fate of the IECs was also dependent on NFκB, with signaling via NFκB1 favoring cell survival and via NFκB2 favoring apoptosis. This model will enable investigation of the importance and regulation of pathological IEC apoptosis and cell shedding in various diseases.
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- Jonathan M Williams
- Department of Gastroenterology, Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GE, UK
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RelB is one of the more unusual members of the NF-κB family. This family, arguably the best known group of transcription regulators, regulates an astonishing array of cell types and biological processes. This includes regulation of cell growth, differentiation and death by apoptosis, and the development and function of the innate and adaptive-immune system. RelB is best known for its roles in lymphoid development, DC biology, and noncanonical signaling. Within the last few years, however, surprising functions of RelB have emerged. The N-terminal leucine zipper motif of RelB, a motif unique among the NF-κB family, may associate with more diverse DNA sequences than other NF-κB members. RelB is capable of direct binding to the AhR that supports the xenobiotic-detoxifying pathway. RelB can regulate the circadian rhythm by directly binding to the BMAL partner of CLOCK. Finally, RelB also couples with bioenergy NAD(+) sensor SIRT1 to integrate acute inflammation with changes in metabolism and mitochondrial bioenergetics. In this review, we will explore these unique aspects of RelB, specifically with regard to its role in immunity.
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- Patrick Millet
- 1.Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, 1 Medical Center Blvd., Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA.
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Gannon PO, Lessard L, Stevens LM, Forest V, Bégin LR, Minner S, Tennstedt P, Schlomm T, Mes-Masson AM, Saad F. Large-scale independent validation of the nuclear factor-kappa B p65 prognostic biomarker in prostate cancer. Eur J Cancer 2013; 49:2441-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.02.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2012] [Revised: 02/09/2013] [Accepted: 02/25/2013] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Benedetti G, Fokkelman M, Yan K, Fredriksson L, Herpers B, Meerman J, van de Water B, de Graauw M. The nuclear factor κB family member RelB facilitates apoptosis of renal epithelial cells caused by cisplatin/tumor necrosis factor α synergy by suppressing an epithelial to mesenchymal transition-like phenotypic switch. Mol Pharmacol 2013; 84:128-38. [PMID: 23625948 DOI: 10.1124/mol.112.084053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) (cisplatin)-induced renal proximal tubular apoptosis is known to be preceded by actin cytoskeleton reorganization, in conjunction with disruption of cell-matrix and cell-cell adhesion. In the present study, we show that the proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) aggravated these cisplatin-induced F-actin and cell adhesion changes, which was associated with enhanced cisplatin-induced apoptosis of immortalized proximal tubular epithelial cells. TNF-α-induced RelB expression and lentiviral small hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated knockdown of RelB, but not other nuclear factor κB members, abrogated the synergistic apoptosis observed with cisplatin/TNF-α treatment to the level of cisplatin-induced apoptosis. This protective effect was associated with increased stress fiber formation, cell-matrix, and cell-cell adhesion in the shRNARelB (shRelB) cells during cisplatin/TNF-α treatment, mimicking an epithelial-to-mesenchymal phenotypic switch. Indeed, gene array analysis revealed that knockdown of RelB was associated with upregulation of several actin regulatory genes, including Snai2 and the Rho GTPase proteins Rhophilin and Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor 3 (ARHGEF3). Pharmacological inhibition of Rho kinase signaling re-established the synergistic apoptosis induced by combined cisplatin/TNF-α treatment of shRelB cells. In conclusion, our study shows for the first time that RelB is required for the cisplatin/TNF-α-induced cytoskeletal reorganization and apoptosis in renal cells by controlling a Rho kinase-dependent signaling network.
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- Giulia Benedetti
- Division of Toxicology, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Gorlaeus Laboratory, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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Halder UC, Bhowmick R, Roy Mukherjee T, Nayak MK, Chawla-Sarkar M. Phosphorylation drives an apoptotic protein to activate antiapoptotic genes: paradigm of influenza A matrix 1 protein function. J Biol Chem 2013; 288:14554-14568. [PMID: 23548901 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m112.447086] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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During infection, viral proteins target cellular pathways that regulate cellular innate immune responses and cell death. We demonstrate that influenza A virus matrix 1 protein (M1), an established proapoptotic protein, activates nuclear factor-κB member RelB-mediated survival genes (cIAP1, cIAP2, and cFLIP), a function that is linked with its nuclear translocation during early infection. Death domain-associated protein 6 (Daxx) is a transcription co-repressor of the RelB-responsive gene promoters. During influenza virus infection M1 binds to and stabilizes Daxx protein by preventing its ubiquitination and proteasomal degradation. Binding of M1 with Daxx through its Daxx binding motif prevents binding of RelB and Daxx, resulting in up-regulation of survival genes. This interaction also prevents promoter recruitment of DNA methyltransferases (Dnmt1 and Dnmt3a) and lowers CpG methylation of the survival gene promoters, leading to the activation of these genes. Thus, M1 prevents repressional function of Daxx during infection, thereby exerting a survival role. In addition to its nuclear localization signal, translocation of M1 to the nucleus depends on cellular kinase-mediated phosphorylation as the protein kinase C inhibitor calphostin C effectively down-regulates virus replication. The study reconciles the ambiguity of dual antagonistic function of viral protein and potentiates a possible target to limit virus infection.
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- Umesh Chandra Halder
- Division of Virology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33 C.I.T. Road, Scheme-XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010, India
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- Division of Virology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33 C.I.T. Road, Scheme-XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010, India
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- Division of Virology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33 C.I.T. Road, Scheme-XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010, India
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- Department of Zoology, University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700019, India
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- Division of Virology, National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, P-33 C.I.T. Road, Scheme-XM, Beliaghata, Kolkata 700010, India.
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Cormier F, Monjanel H, Fabre C, Billot K, Sapharikas E, Chereau F, Bordereaux D, Molina TJ, Avet-Loiseau H, Baud V. Frequent engagement of RelB activation is critical for cell survival in multiple myeloma. PLoS One 2013; 8:e59127. [PMID: 23555623 PMCID: PMC3610937 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0059127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/30/2012] [Accepted: 02/11/2013] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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The NF-κB family of transcription factors has emerged as a key player in the pathogenesis of multiple myeloma (MM). NF-κB is activated by at least two major signaling pathways. The classical pathway results in the activation of mainly RelA containing dimers, whereas the alternative pathway leads to the activation of RelB/p52 and RelB/p50 heterodimers. Activating mutations in regulators of the alternative pathway have been identified in 17% of MM patients. However, the status of RelB activation per se and its role in the regulation of cell survival in MM has not been investigated. Here, we reveal that 40% of newly diagnosed MM patients have a constitutive RelB DNA-binding activity in CD138(+) tumor cells, and we show an association with increased expression of a subset of anti-apoptotic NF-κB target genes, such as cIAP2. Furthermore, we demonstrate that RelB exerts a crucial anti-apoptotic activity in MM cells. Our findings indicate that RelB activation is key for promoting MM cell survival through the upregulation of anti-apoptotic proteins. Altogether, our study provides the framework for the development of new molecules targeting RelB in the treatment of MM.
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Rastrick JMD, Stevenson CS, Eltom S, Grace M, Davies M, Kilty I, Evans SM, Pasparakis M, Catley MC, Lawrence T, Adcock IM, Belvisi MG, Birrell MA. Cigarette smoke induced airway inflammation is independent of NF-κB signalling. PLoS One 2013; 8:e54128. [PMID: 23349803 PMCID: PMC3551940 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Accepted: 12/05/2012] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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RATIONALE COPD is an inflammatory lung disease largely associated with exposure to cigarette smoke (CS). The mechanism by which CS leads to the pathogenesis of COPD is currently unclear; it is known however that many of the inflammatory mediators present in the COPD lung can be produced via the actions of the transcription factor Nuclear Factor-kappaB (NF-κB) and its upstream signalling kinase, Inhibitor of κB kinase-2 (IKK-2). Therefore the NF-κB/IKK-2 signalling pathway may represent a therapeutic target to attenuate the inflammation associated with COPD. AIM To use a range of assays, genetically modified animals and pharmacological tools to determine the role of NF-κB in CS-induced airway inflammation. METHODS NF-κB pathway activation was measured in pre-clinical models of CS-induced airway inflammation and in human lung tissue from COPD patients. This data was complemented by employing mice missing a functional NF-κB pathway in specific cell types (epithelial and myeloid cells) and with systemic inhibitors of IKK-2. RESULTS We showed in an airway inflammation model known to be NF-κB-dependent that the NF-κB pathway activity assays and modulators were functional in the mouse lung. Then, using the same methods, we demonstrated that the NF-κB pathway appears not to play an important role in the inflammation observed after exposure to CS. Furthermore, assaying human lung tissue revealed that in the clinical samples there was also no increase in NF-κB pathway activation in the COPD lung, suggesting that our pre-clinical data is translational to human disease. CONCLUSIONS In this study we present compelling evidence that the IKK-2/NF-κB signalling pathway does not play a prominent role in the inflammatory response to CS exposure and that this pathway may not be important in COPD pathogenesis.
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- Joseph M. D. Rastrick
- Respiratory Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
- Roche, Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Respiratory Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Pfizer, Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Pfizer, Pfizer Inc, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Centre d'Immunologie Marseille-Luminy, Marseille, France
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- Airway Disease, Imperial College London, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Respiratory Pharmacology, National Heart and Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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Saldanha-Araujo F, Haddad R, Farias KCRMD, Souza ADPA, Palma PV, Araujo AG, Orellana MD, Voltarelli JC, Covas DT, Zago MA, Panepucci RA. Mesenchymal stem cells promote the sustained expression of CD69 on activated T lymphocytes: roles of canonical and non-canonical NF-κB signalling. J Cell Mol Med 2012; 16:1232-44. [PMID: 21777379 PMCID: PMC3823077 DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2011.01391.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are known to induce the conversion of activated T cells into regulatory T cells in vitro. The marker CD69 is a target of canonical nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) signalling and is transiently expressed upon activation; however, stable CD69 expression defines cells with immunoregulatory properties. Given its enormous therapeutic potential, we explored the molecular mechanisms underlying the induction of regulatory cells by MSCs. Peripheral blood CD3+ T cells were activated and cultured in the presence or absence of MSCs. CD4+ cell mRNA expression was then characterized by microarray analysis. The drug BAY11-7082 (BAY) and a siRNA against v-rel reticuloendotheliosis viral oncogene homolog B (RELB) were used to explore the differential roles of canonical and non-canonical NF-κB signalling, respectively. Flow cytometry and real-time PCR were used for analyses. Genes with immunoregulatory functions, CD69 and non-canonical NF-κB subunits (RELB and NFKB2) were all expressed at higher levels in lymphocytes co-cultured with MSCs. The frequency of CD69+ cells among lymphocytes cultured alone progressively decreased after activation. In contrast, the frequency of CD69+ cells increased significantly following activation in lymphocytes co-cultured with MSCs. Inhibition of canonical NF-κB signalling by BAY immediately following activation blocked the induction of CD69; however, inhibition of canonical NF-κB signalling on the third day further induced the expression of CD69. Furthermore, late expression of CD69 was inhibited by RELB siRNA. These results indicate that the canonical NF-κB pathway controls the early expression of CD69 after activation; however, in an immunoregulatory context, late and sustained CD69 expression is promoted by the non-canonical pathway and is inhibited by canonical NF-κB signalling.
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- Felipe Saldanha-Araujo
- National Institute of Science and Technology in Stem Cell and Cell Therapy, Center for Cell Therapy, Regional Blood Center and Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (FMRP-USP), Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
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Mincheva-Tasheva S, Soler RM. NF-κB signaling pathways: role in nervous system physiology and pathology. Neuroscientist 2012; 19:175-94. [PMID: 22785105 DOI: 10.1177/1073858412444007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Intracellular pathways related to cell survival regulate neuronal physiology during development and neurodegenerative disorders. One of the pathways that have recently emerged with an important role in these processes is nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB). The activity of this pathway leads to the nuclear translocation of the NF-κB transcription factors and the regulation of anti-apoptotic gene expression. Different stimuli can activate the pathway through different intracellular cascades (canonical, non-canonical, and atypical), contributing to the translocation of specific dimers of the NF-κB transcription factors, and each of these dimers can regulate the transcription of different genes. Recent studies have shown that the activation of this pathway regulates opposite responses such as cell survival or neuronal degeneration. These apparent contradictory effects depend on conditions such as the pathway stimuli, the origin of the cells, or the cellular context. In the present review, the authors summarize these findings and discuss their significance with respect to survival or death in the nervous system.
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- Stefka Mincheva-Tasheva
- Neuronal Signaling Unit, Dep. Ciencies Mediques Basiques, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Lleida-IRBLLEIDA, Lleida, Spain
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Jacque E, Billot K, Authier H, Bordereaux D, Baud V. RelB inhibits cell proliferation and tumor growth through p53 transcriptional activation. Oncogene 2012; 32:2661-9. [DOI: 10.1038/onc.2012.282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Attenuation of soft-tissue sarcomas resistance to the cytotoxic action of TNF-α by restoring p53 function. PLoS One 2012; 7:e38808. [PMID: 22719951 PMCID: PMC3377724 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038808] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2011] [Accepted: 05/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Background Isolated limb perfusion with TNF-α and melphalan is used with remarkable efficiency to treat unresectable limb sarcomas. Here we tested the ability of TNF-α to directly induce apoptosis of sarcoma cells. In addition, we investigated the impact of p53 in the regulation of such effect. Methodology/Principal Findings We first analysed the ability of TNF-α to induce apoptosis in freshly isolated tumour cells. For this purpose, sarcoma tumours (n = 8) treated ex vivo with TNF-α were processed for TUNEL staining. It revealed substantial endothelial cell apoptosis and levels of tumour cell apoptosis that varied from low to high. In order to investigate the role of p53 in TNF-α-induced cell death, human sarcoma cell lines (n = 9) with different TP53 and MDM2 status were studied for their sensitivity to TNF-α. TP53Wt cell lines were sensitive to TNF-α unless MDM2 was over-expressed. However, TP53Mut and TP53Null cell lines were resistant. TP53 suppression in TP53Wt cell lines abrogated TNF-α sensitivity and TP53 overexpression in TP53Null cell lines restored it. The use of small molecules that restore p53 activity, such as CP-31398 or Nutlin-3a, in association with TNF-α, potentiated the cell death of respectively TP53Mut and TP53Wt/MDM2Ampl. In particular, CP-31398 was able to induce p53 as well as some of its apoptotic target genes in TP53Mut cells. In TP53Wt/MDM2Ampl cells, Nutlin-3a effects were associated with a decrease of TNF-α-induced NF-κB-DNA binding and correlated with a differential regulation of pro- and anti-apoptotic genes such as TP53BP2, GADD45, TGF-β1 and FAIM. Conclusion/Significance More effective therapeutic approaches are critically needed for the treatment of unresectable limb sarcomas. Our results show that restoring p53 activity in sarcoma cells correlated with increased sensitivity to TNF-α, suggesting that this strategy may be an important determinant of TNF-α-based sarcomas treatment.
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Tully JE, Nolin JD, Guala AS, Hoffman SM, Roberson EC, Lahue KG, van der Velden J, Anathy V, Blackwell TS, Janssen-Heininger YMW. Cooperation between classical and alternative NF-κB pathways regulates proinflammatory responses in epithelial cells. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2012; 47:497-508. [PMID: 22652196 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2012-0014oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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The transcription factor NF-κB has been causally linked to inflammatory lung diseases. Recent studies have unraveled the complexity of NF-κB activation by identifying two parallel activation pathways: the classical NF-κB pathway, which is controlled by IκB kinase complex-β (IKKβ) and RelA/p50, and the alternative pathway, which is controlled by IKKα and RelB/p52. The alternative pathway regulates adaptive immune responses and lymphoid development, yet its role in the regulation of innate immune responses remains largely unknown. In this study, we determined the relevance of the alternative NF-κB pathway in proinflammatory responses in lung epithelial cells. The exposure of C10 murine alveolar lung epithelial cells to diverse stimuli, or primary murine tracheal epithelial cells to LPS, resulted in the activation of both NF-κB pathways, based on the nuclear translocation of RelA, p50, RelB, and p52. Increases in the nuclear content of RelA occurred rapidly, but transiently, whereas increases in nuclear RelB content were protracted. The small interfering (si) RNA-mediated knockdown of IKKα, RelA, or RelB resulted in decreases of multiple LPS-induced proinflammatory cytokines. Surprisingly, the siRNA ablation of IKKα or RelB led to marked increases in the production of IL-6 in response to LPS. The simultaneous expression of constitutively active (CA)-IKKα and CA-IKKβ caused synergistic increases in proinflammatory mediators. Lastly, the disruption of the IKK signalsome inhibited the activation of both NF-κB pathways. These results demonstrate that the coordinated activation of both NF-κB pathways regulates the magnitude and nature of proinflammatory responses in lung epithelial cells.
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- Jane E Tully
- Health Sciences Research Facility, Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405, USA
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Regulation of dendritic cell development by GM-CSF: molecular control and implications for immune homeostasis and therapy. Blood 2012; 119:3383-93. [PMID: 22323450 DOI: 10.1182/blood-2011-11-370130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Dendritic cells (DCs) represent a small and heterogeneous fraction of the hematopoietic system, specialized in antigen capture, processing, and presentation. The different DC subsets act as sentinels throughout the body and perform a key role in the induction of immunogenic as well as tolerogenic immune responses. Because of their limited lifespan, continuous replenishment of DC is required. Whereas the importance of GM-CSF in regulating DC homeostasis has long been underestimated, this cytokine is currently considered a critical factor for DC development under both steady-state and inflammatory conditions. Regulation of cellular actions by GM-CSF depends on the activation of intracellular signaling modules, including JAK/STAT, MAPK, PI3K, and canonical NF-κB. By directing the activity of transcription factors and other cellular effector proteins, these pathways influence differentiation, survival and/or proliferation of uncommitted hematopoietic progenitors, and DC subset–specific precursors, thereby contributing to specific aspects of DC subset development. The specific intracellular events resulting from GM-CSF–induced signaling provide a molecular explanation for GM-CSF–dependent subset distribution as well as clues to the specific characteristics and functions of GM-CSF–differentiated DCs compared with DCs generated by fms-related tyrosine kinase 3 ligand. This knowledge can be used to identify therapeutic targets to improve GM-CSF–dependent DC-based strategies to regulate immunity.
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