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Alpsoy A, Wu XS, Pal S, Klingbeil O, Kumar P, El Demerdash O, Nalbant B, Vakoc CR. IκBζ is a dual-use coactivator of NF-κB and POU transcription factors. Mol Cell 2024; 84:1149-1157.e7. [PMID: 38309274 PMCID: PMC10960667 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2024.01.007] [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: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 01/09/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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OCA-B, OCA-T1, and OCA-T2 belong to a family of coactivators that bind to POU transcription factors (TFs) to regulate gene expression in immune cells. Here, we identify IκBζ (encoded by the NFKBIZ gene) as an additional coactivator of POU TFs. Although originally discovered as an inducible regulator of NF-κB, we show here that IκBζ shares a microhomology with OCA proteins and uses this segment to bind to POU TFs and octamer-motif-containing DNA. Our functional experiments suggest that IκBζ requires its interaction with POU TFs to coactivate immune-related genes. This finding is reinforced by epigenomic analysis of MYD88L265P-mutant lymphoma cells, which revealed colocalization of IκBζ with the POU TF OCT2 and NF-κB:p50 at hundreds of DNA elements harboring octamer and κB motifs. These results suggest that IκBζ is a transcriptional coactivator that can amplify and integrate the output of NF-κB and POU TFs at inducible genes in immune cells.
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- Aktan Alpsoy
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724, USA
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Induction of OCT2 contributes to regulate the gene expression program in human neutrophils activated via TLR8. Cell Rep 2021; 35:109143. [PMID: 34010659 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2020] [Revised: 03/27/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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The transcription factors (TFs) that regulate inducible genes in activated neutrophils are not yet completely characterized. Herein, we show that the genomic distribution of the histone modification H3K27Ac, as well as PU.1 and C/EBPβ, two myeloid-lineage-determining TFs (LDTFs), significantly changes in human neutrophils treated with R848, a ligand of Toll-like receptor 8 (TLR8). Interestingly, differentially acetylated and LDTF-marked regions reveal an over-representation of OCT-binding motifs that are selectively bound by OCT2/POU2F2. Analysis of OCT2 genomic distribution in primary neutrophils and of OCT2-depletion in HL-60-differentiated neutrophils proves the requirement for OCT2 in contributing to promote, along with nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) and activator protein 1 (AP-1), the TLR8-induced gene expression program in neutrophils. Altogether, our data demonstrate that neutrophils, upon activation via TLR8, profoundly reprogram their chromatin status, ultimately displaying cell-specific, prolonged transcriptome changes. Data also show an unexpected role for OCT2 in amplifying the transcriptional response to TLR8-mediated activation.
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Murugesan A, Lassalle-Claux G, Hogan L, Vaillancourt E, Selka A, Luiker K, Kim MJ, Touaibia M, Reiman T. Antimyeloma Potential of Caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester and Its Analogues through Sp1 Mediated Downregulation of IKZF1-IRF4-MYC Axis. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2020; 83:3526-3535. [PMID: 33210536 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.0c00350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE, 2), a natural compound from propolis, is a well-documented antitumor agent with nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) inhibitory activity. Key transcription factors regulated by NF-κB, namely, interferon regulatory factor-4 (IRF4) and octameric binding protein-2 (OCT2), are implicated in the tumorigenesis of multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable bone marrow cancer. Adverse effects and resistance to current chemotherapeutics pose a great challenge for MM treatment. Hence, the structure-activity relationships of CAPE (2) and 21 of its analogues were evaluated for their antimyeloma potential. Preclinical evaluation revealed that CAPE (2) and the 3-phenylpropyl (4), 2,5-dihydroxycinnamic acid 3-phenylpropyl ester (17), and 3,4-dihydroxycinnamic ether (22) analogues inhibited human myeloma cell growth. Analogue 4 surpassed CAPE (2) and lenalidomide in showing strong apoptotic effects with a remarkable decrease in IRF4 levels. The analogue 17 exhibited the most potent anti-MM activity. The downregulation of specificity protein 1 (Sp1) and the IKZF1-IRF4-MYC axis by CAPE (2) analogues 4 and 17 revealed their novel mechanism of action. The analogues showed no adverse cytotoxic effects on normal human cells and exhibited appropriate in silico pharmacokinetic properties and drug-likeness. These findings suggest the promising application of CAPE (2) analogues to target Ikaros (IKZF1)/IRF4 addiction, the so-called Achilles heel of myeloma, for better treatment outcomes.
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- Alli Murugesan
- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L2, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, NS, Dalhousie Medicine NB, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9 Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L2, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9 Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L2, Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L2, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton, Moncton, New Brunswick E1A 3E9 Canada
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- Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L2, Canada
- Faculty of Medicine, Halifax, NS, Dalhousie Medicine NB, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L2, Canada
- Department of Oncology, Saint John Regional Hospital, Saint John, New Brunswick E2L 4L2, Canada
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Wang SM, Tie J, Wang WL, Hu SJ, Yin JP, Yi XF, Tian ZH, Zhang XY, Li MB, Li ZS, Nie YZ, Wu KC, Fan DM. POU2F2-oriented network promotes human gastric cancer metastasis. Gut 2016; 65:1427-38. [PMID: 26019213 PMCID: PMC5036257 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-308932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2014] [Revised: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 04/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Aberrant upregulation of POU2F2 expression has been discovered in metastatic gastric cancer (GC). However, the mechanisms underlying the aberrant upregulation and the potential functions of POU2F2 remain uncertain. DESIGN The role and mechanism of POU2F2 in GC metastasis were investigated in gastric epithelial cells, GC cell lines and an experimental metastasis animal model by gain of function and loss of function. Upstream and downstream targets of POU2F2 were selected by bioinformatics and identified by luciferase reporter assay, electrophoretic mobility shift assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation PCR. The influence of miR-218 on its putative target genes (POU2F2, ROBO1 and IKK-β) and GC metastasis was further explored via in vitro and in vivo approaches. RESULTS Increased POU2F2 expression was detected in metastatic GC cell lines and patient samples. POU2F2 was induced by the activation of nuclear factor (NF)-κB and, in turn, regulated ROBO1 transcription, thus functionally contributing to GC metastasis. Finally, miR-218 was found to suppress GC metastasis by simultaneously mediating multiple molecules in the POU2F2-oriented network. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrated that NF-κB and the SLIT2/ROBO1 interaction network with POU2F2 as the central part may exert critical effects on tumour metastasis. Blocking the activation of the POU2F2-oriented metastasis network using miR-218 precursors exemplified a promising approach that sheds light on new strategies for GC treatment.
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- Si-Meng Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Aerospace Hygiene and Health Service, School of Aerospace Medicine, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Pathology, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Kilzheimer M, Quandt J, Langhans J, Weihrich P, Wirth T, Brunner C. NF-κB-dependent signals control BOB.1/OBF.1 and Oct2 transcriptional activity in B cells. Eur J Immunol 2015; 45:3441-53. [DOI: 10.1002/eji.201545475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2015] [Revised: 07/30/2015] [Accepted: 09/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry; Ulm University; Ulm Germany
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- Department of Otorhinolaryngology; Ulm University; Ulm Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry; Ulm University; Ulm Germany
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology; Ulm University; Ulm Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry; Ulm University; Ulm Germany
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- Institute of Physiological Chemistry; Ulm University; Ulm Germany
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology; Ulm University; Ulm Germany
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Marin-Muller C, Li D, Bharadwaj U, Li M, Chen C, Hodges SE, Fisher WE, Mo Q, Hung MC, Yao Q. A tumorigenic factor interactome connected through tumor suppressor microRNA-198 in human pancreatic cancer. Clin Cancer Res 2013; 19:5901-13. [PMID: 23989979 PMCID: PMC3920728 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-12-3776] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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PURPOSE The majority of pancreatic cancers overexpress mesothelin (MSLN), which contributes to enhanced proliferation, invasion, and migration. However, the MSLN regulatory network is still unclear. Here, we investigated the regulation of a panel of tumorigenic factors and explored the potential of MSLN-regulated miR-198 treatment in vivo. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN The expression and functional regulation of the tumorigenic factors MSLN, NF-κB, and the homeobox transcription factors (TF) POU2F2 (OCT-2), Pre-B-cell leukemia homeobox factor 1 (PBX-1), valosin-containing protein (VCP), and miR-198 were studied in pancreatic cancer cell lines, patient tumor samples, and xenograft pancreatic cancer mouse models. RESULTS We found that miR-198 is downregulated in pancreatic cancer and is involved in an intricate reciprocal regulatory loop with MSLN, which represses miR-198 through NF-κB-mediated OCT-2 induction. Furthermore, miR-198 repression leads to overexpression of PBX-1 and VCP. The dysregulated PBX-1/VCP axis leads to increased tumorigenicity. Reconstitution of miR-198 in pancreatic cancer cells results in reduced tumor growth, metastasis, and increased survival through direct targeting MSLN, PBX-1, and VCP. Most interestingly, reduced levels of miR-198 in human tissue samples are associated with upregulation of these tumorigenic factors (MSLN, OCT-2, PBX-1, VCP) and predict poor survival. Reduced miR-198 expression links this tumor network signature and prognosticates poor patient outcome. High miR-198 disrupts the network and predicts better prognosis and increased survival. CONCLUSIONS miR-198 acts as a central tumor suppressor and modulates the molecular makeup of a critical interactome in pancreatic cancer, indicating a potential prognostic marker signature and the therapeutic potential of attacking this tumorigenic network through a central vantage point.
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MESH Headings
- Adenosine Triphosphatases/genetics
- Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism
- Animals
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Apoptosis/genetics
- Autocrine Communication/genetics
- Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/genetics
- Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/mortality
- Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal/pathology
- Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics
- Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Survival/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/genetics
- Cell Transformation, Neoplastic/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Disease Models, Animal
- Enzyme Activation
- GPI-Linked Proteins/genetics
- GPI-Linked Proteins/metabolism
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Gene Regulatory Networks
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Humans
- Mesothelin
- Mice
- MicroRNAs/genetics
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- Neoplasm Metastasis
- Octamer Transcription Factor-2/metabolism
- Open Reading Frames/genetics
- Pancreatic Neoplasms/genetics
- Pancreatic Neoplasms/metabolism
- Pancreatic Neoplasms/mortality
- Pancreatic Neoplasms/pathology
- Pre-B-Cell Leukemia Transcription Factor 1
- Prognosis
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/genetics
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins/metabolism
- Tumor Burden/genetics
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology
- Valosin Containing Protein
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Affiliation(s)
- Christian Marin-Muller
- Authors' Affiliations: Molecular Surgeon Research Center, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine; and Department of Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan; Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas
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Hierarchical cooperativity mediated by chromatin remodeling; the model of the MMTV transcription regulation. J Theor Biol 2011; 287:74-81. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2011] [Revised: 07/20/2011] [Accepted: 07/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Michel D. Basic statistical recipes for the emergence of biochemical discernment. PROGRESS IN BIOPHYSICS AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2011; 106:498-516. [PMID: 21839109 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2011.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2011] [Revised: 07/26/2011] [Accepted: 07/27/2011] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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An essential step towards understanding life would be to identify the very basic mechanisms responsible for the discerning behaviour of living biochemical systems, absent from randomly reacting chemical soups. One intuitively feels that this question goes beyond the particular nature of the biological molecules and should relate to general physical principles. The pre-eminent physicist Ludwig Boltzmann early envisioned life as a struggle for entropy, in concordance with the subsequent principle of self-organization out of equilibrium. Re-examination of elementary steady state biochemical systems from a statistical perspective supports this view and shows that sigmoidal responses arising from microstates elimination, are sufficient to explain innermost characteristics of life, including its capacity to convert random molecular interactions into accurate biological reactions. A primary operating strategy to achieve this goal is the introduction of time-irreversible transitions in molecular state conversion cycles by injection of free energy, which confers decisional capacity to single macromolecules. Selected examples from various fields of molecular biology such as enzymology and gene expression, are provided to show that these non-equilibrium steady state mechanisms remain important in contemporary biochemical systems. But in addition, information archiving allowed the emergence of the time-reversible counterparts of these mechanisms, mediated by evolutionary pre-organized macromolecular complexes capable of generating discernment in a non-dissipative manner.
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- Denis Michel
- Université de Rennes1, Molecular and Cellular Interactions UMR6026, Irset. IFR140GFAS, Bat. 13, Campus de Beaulieu, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France.
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Tian C, Chen X, Ao J. The up-regulation of large yellow croaker secretory IgM heavy chain at early phase of immune response. FISH PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY 2010; 36:483-490. [PMID: 19343516 DOI: 10.1007/s10695-009-9318-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2008] [Accepted: 03/13/2009] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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An immunoglobulin M (IgM) heavy-chain gene homologue was isolated from the spleen cDNA library of the large yellow croaker Pseudosciaena crocea (LycIgH). The complete cDNA of LycIgH is 1,987 nucleotides long, encoding a protein of 585 amino acids with a putative molecular weight of 64.5 kDa. The deduced LycIgH possesses a typical secretory IgM heavy chain organization with a variable region (V(H)) connected to four constant regions (C(H1-4)) by a diversity segment (D(H)) and a joining segment (J(H)). Tissue expression profile analysis showed that LycIgH was constitutively expressed in gills, intestine, liver, kidney, heart, spleen, muscle, and blood, while at a higher level in spleen, kidney and intestine. Upon stimulation with poly (I: C), the LycIgH transcripts were quickly increased in spleen and kidney at 12 h post induction (with 5.87- and 5.48-fold mRNA increases, respectively), followed by a recovery to normal level at 24 h. The LycIgH transcripts in spleen and kidney induced by inactivated bacterial vaccine reached their peak levels at 48 h (14.53-fold) and 12 h (3.70-fold), respectively. These results indicated the up-regulation of LycIgH expression in spleen and kidney by poly (I: C) or bacterial vaccine occurred at the early phase of induction and was differentially modulated in the two tissues by different stimulations.
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- Chen Tian
- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, 361005, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, 361005, People's Republic of China.
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- Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, 361005, People's Republic of China.
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Chiu FL, Lin JK. Tomatidine inhibits iNOS and COX-2 through suppression of NF-kappaB and JNK pathways in LPS-stimulated mouse macrophages. FEBS Lett 2008; 582:2407-12. [PMID: 18544347 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.05.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2008] [Revised: 05/30/2008] [Accepted: 05/30/2008] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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We use the LPS-stimulated macrophage as a model of inflammation to investigate the anti-inflammatory effects of tomatidine and solasodine, whose structures resemble glucocorticoids. We found that tomatidine exhibited a more potent anti-inflammatory effect than solasodine. Tomatidine could decrease inducible nitric oxide synthase and cyclooxygenase-2 expression through suppression of I-kappaBalpha phosphorylation, NF-kappaB nuclear translocation and JNK activation, which in turn inhibits c-jun phosphorylation and Oct-2 expression. Here, we demonstrate that tomatidine acts as an anti-inflammatory agent by blocking NF-kappaB and JNK signaling, and may possibly be developed as a useful agent for the chemoprevention of cancer or inflammatory diseases.
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- Feng-Lan Chiu
- Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, No. 1 Section 1, Jen-ai Road, Taipei 10018, Taiwan
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Souvannavong V, Saidji N, Chaby R. Lipopolysaccharide from Salmonella enterica activates NF-kappaB through both classical and alternative pathways in primary B Lymphocytes. Infect Immun 2007; 75:4998-5003. [PMID: 17698569 PMCID: PMC2044549 DOI: 10.1128/iai.00545-07] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Lipopolysaccharides (LPS) are potent polyclonal B-lymphocyte activators. Recently, we have shown that LPS inhibits both spontaneous and drug-induced apoptosis in mature B lymphocytes, through cytosolic retention of Bax, a proapoptotic protein of the Bcl-2 family, by preventing its translocation to mitochondria. Research within the last few years has revealed that members of the NF-kappaB transcription factor regulate cell viability by activating genes involved in mitochondrion-dependent apoptosis. In this report, we examined the effect of sustained LPS stimulation on cytosolic and nuclear proteins of the IkappaB/NF-kappaB family to determine which NF-kappaB pathway, canonical (classical) or noncanonical (alternative), is activated by this agent in mature B cells. Immunoblotting analyses showed that LPS induced a time-dependent degradation of the NF-kappaB inhibitors IkappaBbeta and IkappaBepsilon (preferentially to isoform IkappaBalpha), via IkappaB kinase beta. In addition, we observed that LPS triggered the processing of NF-kappaB p105 to p50 and that of NF-kappaB p100 to p52 in parallel with nuclear translocation of active p50 and p52, as NF-kappaBp50/RelA and NF-kappaBp52/RelB heterodimers, respectively. These results suggest that sustained stimulation with LPS can activate NF-kappaB through both classical and alternative pathways.
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- Vongthip Souvannavong
- CNRS, Institut de Biochimie Biophysique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR 8619, Université Paris-Sud, Bat. 430, 91405 Orsay cedex, France.
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Matsuoka H, Fujimura T, Mori H, Aramori I, Mutoh S. Mechanism of HDAC inhibitor FR235222-mediated IL-2 transcriptional repression in Jurkat cells. Int Immunopharmacol 2007; 7:1422-32. [PMID: 17761346 DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2007.05.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2007] [Revised: 05/14/2007] [Accepted: 05/17/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Interleukin (IL)-2 is an essential cytokine in T cell proliferation and homeostasis. The importance of IL-2 down-regulation in preventing acute rejection in organ transplantation and the development of autoimmune diseases has been demonstrated by the therapeutic usefulness of the widely used immunosuppressants cyclosporine A and FK506. Recently, a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, FR235222, has been shown to inhibit IL-2 gene expression and to possess immunosuppressive activity in vivo. To elucidate the inhibitory mechanism of FR235222 in IL-2 gene expression, we performed Affymetrix GeneChip analysis of activated Jurkat cells treated with or without FR235222. Here, we show that many NF-kappaB-regulated genes are transcriptionally down-regulated by FR235222 in activated Jurkat cells. Further, luciferase reporter assays revealed that FR235222 selectively inhibits NF-kappaB activity without impairing NF-AT or AP-1 at the concentrations at which it potently inhibits IL-2 promoter activation. These results indicate that FR235222 inhibits IL-2 gene expression via a different mechanism to CsA and FK506, and that FR235222 has the ability to inhibit NF-kappaB activity, which may be partly related to the potent inhibition of IL-2 gene expression by FR235222. Our findings may help our understanding of the molecular mechanism of the inhibition of IL-2 gene expression by HDAC inhibitors and provide insight into the development of more effective and safer new immunosuppressants.
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- Hideaki Matsuoka
- Pharmacology Research Laboratories, Astellas Pharma Inc., 2-1-6 Kashima, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka 532-8514, Japan.
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Kin NW, Sanders VM. CD86 stimulation on a B cell activates the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt and phospholipase C gamma 2/protein kinase C alpha beta signaling pathways. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2006; 176:6727-35. [PMID: 16709832 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.176.11.6727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Stimulation of CD86 on a CD40L/IL-4-activated murine B cell increases the rate of mature IgG1 transcription by increasing the level of NF-kappaB activation, as well as Oct-2 expression and binding to the 3'-IgH enhancer. The signal transduction pathway activated by CD86 proximal to NF-kappaB activation is unknown. In this study, we show that CD86 stimulation on an activated B cell increases the activity of PI3K and the phosphorylation of phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1, Akt, and IkappaB kinase alphabeta. In addition, CD86 stimulation induces an increase in the phosphorylation of phospholipase Cgamma2 and protein kinase C alphabeta. CD86-mediated activation of these two signaling pathways leads to increased Oct-2 expression, increased gene activity mediated by NF-kappaB and 3'-IgH enhancer increased activity. These results identify a previously unknown signaling pathway induced by CD86 to regulate the level of B cell gene expression and activity.
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- Nicholas W Kin
- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Heckman CA, Duan H, Garcia PB, Boxer LM. Oct transcription factors mediate t(14;18) lymphoma cell survival by directly regulating bcl-2 expression. Oncogene 2006; 25:888-98. [PMID: 16186795 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Oct-1 and Oct-2 are members of the POU homeodomain family of transcriptional regulators and are critical for normal embryonic development. Gene-targeting studies showed that Oct-1 and Oct-2 are largely dispensable for B-cell development and immunoglobulin production, although both Oct-2 and Bob-1 are required for a proper immune response and germinal center formation. In these studies, we investigated the role of Oct factors in B-cell lymphomas. Recent investigations have shown increased expression of Oct-2 and Bob-1 in lymphomas, and we observed greatly increased levels of Oct-2 in lymphoma cells with the t(14;18) translocation. Decreased expression of Oct-1, Oct-2, or Bob-1 by RNA interference resulted in apoptosis and down-regulation of bcl-2 expression. Furthermore, Oct-2 induced bcl-2 promoter activity and mediated this effect through three regions in the bcl-2 P2 promoter. Although these regions did not contain canonical octamer motifs, we observed the direct interaction of Oct-2 with all three sites both in vitro by EMSA and in vivo by chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. Moreover, by mutation analysis we found that the ability of Oct-2 to activate bcl-2 required C/EBP, Cdx, and TATA-binding sites. Oct-2, therefore, acts as a cell survival factor in t(14;18) lymphoma cells by directly activating the antiapoptotic gene bcl-2.
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- C A Heckman
- Center for Molecular Biology in Medicine, Palo Alto VAHCS, Palo Alto, CA, USA
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Podojil JR, Sanders VM. CD86 and beta2-adrenergic receptor stimulation regulate B-cell activity cooperatively. Trends Immunol 2005; 26:180-5. [PMID: 15797507 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2005.02.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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IgG1 functions to neutralize and clear foreign antigens, such as extracellular bacteria. Therefore, it is important to understand the multiple mechanisms by which the level of IgG1) is regulated to maintain immune system and host homeostasis. Recent data show that the level of IgG1 produced by a B cell is increased following CD86 and beta2-adrenergic receptor (beta2AR) stimulation, through increased expression of the transcription factor Oct-2 and its coactivator OCA-B (Oct coactivator from B cells), respectively. This finding suggests that signaling pathways that are activated by an immunoreceptor (CD86) and a neuroreceptor (beta2AR) converge to regulate the IgG1 response.
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- Joseph R Podojil
- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Méndez JA, López-Bayghen E, Ortega A. Glutamate activation of Oct-2 in cultured chick Bergmann glia cells: Involvement of NFκB. J Neurosci Res 2005; 81:21-30. [PMID: 15929072 DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20519] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Glutamate, the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system, is critically involved in gene expression regulation at the transcriptional and translational levels. Its activity through ionotropic as well as metabotropic receptors modifies the protein repertoire in neurons and glial cells. In avian cerebellar Bergmann glia cells, glutamate receptors trigger a diverse array of signaling cascades that include activity-dependent transcription factors such as the activator protein-1, the cAMP response-element binding protein, and Oct-2. We analyze the upstream regulatory elements involved in Oct-2 activation. Our results demonstrate that Ca2+ influx, protein kinase C, phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase, Src, and nuclear factor (NF)kappaB are involved in this signaling pathway. Our findings link alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methylisoxazole-4-propionate (AMPA) receptor activation to a negative phase of chkbp gene regulation, controlled by NFkappaB.
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- J Alfredo Méndez
- Departamento de Genética y Biología Molecular, Centro de Investigación y de Estudios, Avanzados del Instituto Politécnico Nacional, México
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Krappmann D, Wegener E, Sunami Y, Esen M, Thiel A, Mordmuller B, Scheidereit C. The IkappaB kinase complex and NF-kappaB act as master regulators of lipopolysaccharide-induced gene expression and control subordinate activation of AP-1. Mol Cell Biol 2004; 24:6488-500. [PMID: 15226448 PMCID: PMC434242 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.24.14.6488-6500.2004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) recognize conserved products of microbial pathogens to initiate the innate immune response. TLR4 signaling is triggered upon binding of lipopolysaccharides (LPS) from gram-negative bacteria. Using comparative gene expression profiling, we demonstrate a master regulatory role of IkappaB kinase (IKK)/NF-kappaB signaling for immediate-early gene induction after LPS engagement in precursor B cells. IKK/NF-kappaB signaling controls a large panel of gene products associated with signaling and transcriptional activation and repression. Intriguingly, the induction of AP-1 activity by LPS in precursor B cells and primary dendritic cells fully depends on the IKK/NF-kappaB pathway, which promotes expression of several AP-1 family members, including JunB, JunD, and B-ATF. In pre-B cells, AP-1 augments induction of a subset of primary NF-kappaB targets, as shown for chemokine receptor 7 (CCR7) and immunoglobulin kappa light chain. Thus, our data illustrate that NF-kappaB orchestrates immediate-early effects of LPS signaling and controls secondary AP-1 activation to mount an appropriate biological response.
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Corcoran LM, Koentgen F, Dietrich W, Veale M, Humbert PO. All known in vivo functions of the Oct-2 transcription factor require the C-terminal protein domain. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2004; 172:2962-9. [PMID: 14978099 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.172.5.2962] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Oct-2, a transcription factor expressed in the B lymphocyte lineage and in the developing CNS, functions through of a number of discrete protein domains. These include a DNA-binding POU homeodomain flanked by two transcriptional activation domains. In vitro studies have shown that the C-terminal activation domain, a serine-, threonine- and proline-rich sequence, possesses unique qualities, including the ability to activate transcription from a distance in a B cell-specific manner. In this study, we describe mice in which the endogenous oct-2 gene has been modified through gene targeting to create a mutated allele, oct-2DeltaC, which encodes Oct-2 protein isoforms that lack all sequence C-terminal to the DNA-binding domain. Surprisingly, despite the retention of the DNA-binding domain and the glutamine-rich N-terminal activation domain, the truncated protein(s) encoded by the oct-2DeltaC allele are unable to rescue any of the previously described defects exhibited by oct-2 null mice. Homozygous oct-2DeltaC/DeltaC mice die shortly after birth, and B cell maturation, B-1 cell self renewal, serum Ig levels, and B lymphocyte responses to in vitro stimulation are all reduced or absent, to a degree equivalent to that seen in oct-2 null mice. We conclude that the C-terminal activation domain of Oct-2 is required to mediate the unique and indispensable functions of the Oct-2 transcription factor in vivo.
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- Lynn M Corcoran
- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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Podojil JR, Kin NW, Sanders VM. CD86 and beta2-adrenergic receptor signaling pathways, respectively, increase Oct-2 and OCA-B Expression and binding to the 3'-IgH enhancer in B cells. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:23394-404. [PMID: 15024018 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313096200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Stimulation of CD86 (formerly known as B7-2) and/or the beta2-adrenergic receptor on a CD40 ligand/interleukin-4-activated B cell increased the rate of mature IgG1 transcription. To identify the mechanism responsible for this effect, we determined whether CD86 and/or beta2-adrenergic receptor stimulation regulated transcription factor expression and binding to the 3'-IgH enhancer in vitro and in vivo. We showed that CD86 stimulation increased the nuclear localization of NF-kappaB1 (p50) and phosphorylated RelA (p65) and increased Oct-2 expression and binding to the 3'-IgH enhancer, in a protein kinase C-dependent manner. These effects were lost when CD86-deficient or NF-kappaB1-deficient B cells were used. CD86 stimulation also increased the level of IkappaB-alpha phosphorylation but in a protein kinase C-independent manner. Beta2-adrenergic receptor stimulation increased CREB phosphorylation, OCA-B expression, and OCA-B binding to the 3'-IgH enhancer in a protein kinase A-dependent manner, an effect lost when beta2-adrenergic receptor-deficient B cells were used. Also, the beta2-adrenergic receptor-induced increase in the level of mature IgG1 transcript was lost when OCA-B-deficient B cells were used. These data are the first to show that CD86 stimulation up-regulates the expression of the transcription factor Oct-2 in a protein kinase C- and NF-kappaB1-dependent manner, and that beta2-adrenergic receptor stimulation up-regulates the expression of the coactivator OCA-B in a protein kinase A-dependent manner to cooperate with Oct-2 binding to the 3'-IgH enhancer.
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- Joseph R Podojil
- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
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Somatic alterations affecting the mammalian genome occur exclusively in B and T cells. Developing lymphocytes employ a series of DNA recombination events (V(D)J recombination) to assemble a diverse repertoire of immunoglobulin (Ig) and T cell receptor (TCR) variable regions from a large array of germline gene segments. V(D)J recombination is required not only for receptor diversification but also for lymphocyte development. At a molecular level, these recombination events are directed by conserved DNA sequences flanking all antigen receptor gene segments that function as recognition signals for a single recombinase activity. Despite these shared features, recombination events are controlled at the levels of stage- and tissue-specificity. Our primary research focus is to dissect the mechanisms that regulate assembly of antigen receptor loci by rendering certain gene segments accessible to a common V(D)J recombinase. This article discusses recent discoveries from the author's laboratory that address this long-standing issue. We have found that transcriptional promoters are critical cis-acting regulatory elements for targeting efficient recombination of chromosomal gene segments. We have also demonstrated that activation of NF-kappaB signaling in precursor B cells is required for global regulation of Ig light chain gene assembly. Together, these findings provide key insights into the genetic mechanisms that regulate antigen receptor diversity and the developmental pathways leading to the acquisition of lymphocyte effector function.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibody Diversity
- B-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- DNA Nucleotidyltransferases/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/physiology
- Enhancer Elements, Genetic
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte
- Gene Rearrangement, B-Lymphocyte, Light Chain
- Gene Rearrangement, T-Lymphocyte
- Genes, Immunoglobulin
- Homeodomain Proteins/physiology
- Humans
- I-kappa B Proteins/genetics
- I-kappa B Proteins/physiology
- Mammals/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Knockout
- Mice, Transgenic
- Models, Genetic
- Models, Immunological
- NF-kappa B/physiology
- Nuclear Proteins
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Receptors, Antigen, B-Cell/genetics
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
- Recombination, Genetic
- T-Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Transcription, Genetic
- VDJ Recombinases
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- E M Oltz
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA.
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Transcription factor NF-kappaB is biochemically coupled to the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) and activated transiently during an adaptive immune response. The author's laboratory is investigating the signal-dependent regulation of NF-kappaB, its downstream gene targets, and its function in lymphocyte biology. Our studies have revealed novel enzymatic checkpoints in the NF-kappaB signaling pathway and constitutive repressors of NF-kappaB that might be clinically applicable for therapeutic control of the immune system. We have also found that the Tax transforming protein encoded by human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV1) binds to and persistently activates an inducible protein kinase in the TCR/NF-kappaB axis. This viral/host interaction appears to trigger the inappropriate expression of NF-kappaB and the development of HTLV1-associated disease.
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- D W Ballard
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0295, USA.
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Shumway SD, Berchtold CM, Gould MN, Miyamoto S. Evidence for unique calmodulin-dependent nuclear factor-kappaB regulation in WEHI-231 B cells. Mol Pharmacol 2002; 61:177-85. [PMID: 11752219 DOI: 10.1124/mol.61.1.177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Immature B cells express constitutive nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activity and inhibition of this activity is associated with the induction of apoptotic cell death. Previous studies have implicated a calcium-dependent proteolysis of the NF-kappaB inhibitory protein IkappaBalpha as critical in the maintenance of constitutive NF-kappaB activity in these cells. We tested whether modulation of diverse calcium-dependent processes affects the maintenance of constitutive NF-kappaB activity in the WEHI-231 immature B cell line. Calmodulin inhibitors, but not calcineurin inhibition, blocked both IkappaBalpha turnover and the maintenance of constitutive NF-kappaB activity. Inhibition of NF-kappaB DNA binding activity by the calmodulin antagonist W13 also resulted in a loss of the expression of the NF-kappaB target gene, IkappaBalpha. However, prolonged inhibition of NF-kappaB activity for up to 8 h did not lead to apoptotic induction in the WEHI-231 cells. Moreover, removal of calmodulin inhibitors resulted in the reappearance of constitutive NF-kappaB activity and the renewed expression of the IkappaBalpha gene. Thus, calmodulin activity is a requirement for the continual turnover of IkappaBalpha and the maintenance of constitutive NF-kappaB function in WEHI-231 cells. In addition, our findings suggest that inhibition of NF-kappaB activity does not lead to the immediate onset of apoptosis, indicating that prolonged inhibition of NF-kappaB-dependent gene expression is required to cause apoptosis of WEHI-231 B cells.
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- Stuart D Shumway
- Program in Cellular and Molecular Biology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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Transcription factor NF-kappaB is biochemically coupled to the T cell antigen receptor (TCR) and activated transiently during an adaptive immune response. The author's laboratory is investigating the signal-dependent regulation of NF-kappaB, its downstream gene targets, and its function in lymphocyte biology. Our studies have revealed novel enzymatic checkpoints in the NF-kappaB signaling pathway and constitutive repressors of NF-kappaB that might be clinically applicable for therapeutic control of the immune system. We have also found that the Tax transforming protein encoded by human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV1) binds to and persistently activates an inducible protein kinase in the TCR/NF-kappaB axis. This viral/host interaction appears to trigger the inappropriate expression of NF-kappaB and the development of HTLV1-associated disease.
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- D W Ballard
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-0295, USA.
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Bendall HH, Sikes ML, Oltz EM. Transcription factor NF-kappa B regulates Ig lambda light chain gene rearrangement. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:264-9. [PMID: 11418658 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.1.264] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The tissue- and stage-specific assembly of Ig and TCR genes is mediated by a common V(D)J recombinase complex in precursor lymphocytes. Directed alterations in the accessibility of V, D, and J gene segments target the recombinase to specific Ag receptor loci. Accessibility within a given locus is regulated by the functional interaction of transcription factors with cognate enhancer elements and correlates with the transcriptional activity of unrearranged gene segments. As demonstrated in our prior studies, rearrangement of the Igkappa locus is regulated by the inducible transcription factor NF-kappaB. In contrast to the Igkappa locus, known transcriptional control elements in the Iglambda locus lack functional NF-kappaB binding sites. Consistent with this observation, the expression of assembled Iglambda genes in mature B cells has been shown to be NF-kappaB independent. Nonetheless, we now show that specific repression of NF-kappaB inhibits germline transcription and recombination of Iglambda gene segments in precursor B cells. Molecular analyses indicate that the block in NF-kappaB impairs Iglambda rearrangement at the level of recombinase accessibility. In contrast, the activities of known Iglambda promoter and enhancer elements are unaffected in the same cellular background. These findings expand the range of NF-kappaB action in precursor B cells beyond Igkappa to include the control of recombinational accessibility at both L chain loci. Moreover, our results strongly suggest the existence of a novel Iglambda regulatory element that is either directly or indirectly activated by NF-kappaB during the early stages of B cell development.
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- H H Bendall
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Petro JB, Rahman SJ, Ballard DW, Khan WN. Bruton's tyrosine kinase is required for activation of IkappaB kinase and nuclear factor kappaB in response to B cell receptor engagement. J Exp Med 2000; 191:1745-54. [PMID: 10811867 PMCID: PMC2193161 DOI: 10.1084/jem.191.10.1745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 243] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Mutations in the gene encoding Bruton's tyrosine kinase (btk) cause the B cell deficiency diseases X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) in humans and X-linked immunodeficiency (xid) in mice. In vivo and in vitro studies indicate that the BTK protein is essential for B cell survival, cell cycle progression, and proliferation in response to B cell antigen receptor (BCR) stimulation. BCR stimulation leads to the activation of transcription factor nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB, which in turn regulates genes controlling B cell growth. We now demonstrate that a null mutation in btk known to cause the xid phenotype prevents BCR-induced activation of NF-kappaB. This defect can be rescued by reconstitution with wild-type BTK. This mutation also interferes with BCR-directed activation of IkappaB kinase (IKK), which normally targets the NF-kappaB inhibitor IkappaBalpha for degradation. Taken together, these findings indicate that BTK couples IKK and NF-kappaB to the BCR. Interference with this coupling mechanism may contribute to the B cell deficiencies observed in XLA and xid.
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- James B. Petro
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146
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Fields ER, Seufzer BJ, Oltz EM, Miyamoto S. A switch in distinct I kappa B alpha degradation mechanisms mediates constitutive NF-kappa B activation in mature B cells. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:4762-7. [PMID: 10779782 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.9.4762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Inducible activation of cytoplasmic NF-kappa B/Rel transcription factors occurs via proteasome-dependent degradation of an associated inhibitor, termed I kappa B alpha. Mature B lymphocytes constitutively express nuclear NF-kappa B, which is important for their long-term survival. The intrinsic mechanisms by which B cells constitutively activate NF-kappa B are unknown. In this paper we demonstrate that maintenance of NF-kappa B activity in primary B cells is mediated by a novel calcium-dependent, but proteasome-independent, mechanism. Moreover, we show that differentiation of conditionally transformed pre-B cells is accompanied by a switch from proteasome-dependent to proteasome-independent degradation of I kappa B alpha. Our findings indicate that I kappa B alpha degradation mechanisms are dynamic during B cell development, and ultimately establish constitutive NF-kappa B activity in mature B lymphocytes.
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- E R Fields
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 53792, USA
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Garrett TA, Rosser MF, Raetz CR. Signal transduction triggered by lipid A-like molecules in 70Z/3 pre-B lymphocyte tumor cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1437:246-56. [PMID: 10064907 DOI: 10.1016/s1388-1981(99)00014-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The lipid A (endotoxin) moiety of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) elicits rapid cellular responses from many cell types, including macrophages, lymphocytes, and monocytes. In CD14 transfected 70Z/3 pre-B lymphocyte tumor cells, these responses include activation of the MAP kinase homolog, p38, activation of NF-kappaB, and transcription of kappa light chains, leading to the assembly of surface IgM. In this work, we explored the specificity of the response with regard to lipid structure, and the requirement for p38 kinase activity prior to NF-kappaB activation in control and CD14 transfected 70Z/3 (CD14-70Z/3) cells. A p38-specific inhibitor, SB203580, was used to block p38 kinase activity in cells. CD14-70Z/3 cells were incubated with 1-50 microM SB203580, and then stimulated with LPS. Nuclear extracts were prepared, and NF-kappaB activation was measured using an electrophoretic mobility shift assay. SB203580 did not inhibit LPS induced NF-kappaB activation. In addition, LPS failed to activate p38 tyrosine phosphorylation in 70Z/3 cells lacking CD14, in spite of rapid NF-kappaB activation and robust surface IgM production with appropriate higher doses of LPS. LPS stimulation of p38 phosphorylation, NF-kappaB activation, and surface IgM expression were all blocked completely by lipid A-like endotoxin antagonists whether or not CD14 was present. Acidic glycerophospholipids and ceramides did not mimic lipid A-like molecules either as agonists or antagonists in this system. Our data support the hypothesis that lipid A-mediated activation of cells requires stimulation of a putative lipid A sensor that is downstream of CD14, but upstream of p38 and NF-kappaB.
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- T A Garrett
- Department of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Bendall HH, Sikes ML, Ballard DW, Oltz EM. An intact NF-kappa B signaling pathway is required for maintenance of mature B cell subsets. Mol Immunol 1999; 36:187-95. [PMID: 10403484 DOI: 10.1016/s0161-5890(99)00031-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Members of the NF-kappaB/Rel transcription factor family are expressed constitutively during B cell development and are further induced by mitogen activation. Mice harboring germline disruptions in individual NF-kappaB subunits exhibit distinct defects in B lymphocyte activation and survival. However, the role of NF-kappaB in the production and maintenance of B cell subsets has been difficult to dissect in these knockout animals due to functional impairment of other immune cells. To directly address the cell autonomous requirements for NF-kappaB in humoral immune compartments, transgenic mice were generated that express a transdominant form of Ikappa-Balpha in B lineage cells. Whereas expression of the inhibitor had only modest effects on basal or LPS-induced levels of NF-kappaB, transgenic B cells were significantly impaired for cellular proliferation and NF-kappaB induction in response to B cell receptor (BCR) crosslinking. Furthermore, the trans-dominant inhibitor produced a dose-dependent reduction in the population of mature splenic B cells. This cellular defect was more pronounced in long-lived B lymphocyte subsets that recirculate to the adult bone marrow. Together, these results indicate that BCR-mediated signaling must maintain NF-kappaB levels above a stringent threshold for proper regulation of B cell homeostasis.
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- H H Bendall
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA
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Ollila J, Vihinen M. Stimulation of B and T cells activates expression of transcription and differentiation factors. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 249:475-80. [PMID: 9712721 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1998.9176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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During B and T cell differentiation and proliferation many genes are induced or repressed while certain genes are constitutively expressed. To investigate processes related to B and T cell activation, the gene expression of stimulated and nonstimulated Ramos and Jurkat cells was studied using cDNA microarray technology. Simultaneous analysis of close to 600 genes indicated highest increase in the expression of certain transcription, differentiation and proliferation factors. Many of these genes have not previously been shown to funcion in the stimulated lymphocytes. Also genes encoding proteins involved in DNA replication, binding, transcription and translation were induced. Large part of the activated genes were under very stringent regulation being expressed only after stimulation. The mechanism and function of the expressed genes during lymphocyte differentiation and in disorders is discussed.
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- J Ollila
- Division of Biochemistry, University of Helsinki, FIN-00014, Finland
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