3-Phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1-mediated IκB kinase β (IKKB) phosphorylation activates NF-κB signaling
3-Phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1-mediated IκB kinase β (IKKB) phosphorylation activates NF-κB signaling
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m506235200
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发表时间:
2005-12-09
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Tsuruo, T
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作者:
Tanaka, H;Fujita, N;Tsuruo, T
The I kappa B kinase (IKK)/NF-kappa B and phosphatidylinositol 3-OH-kinase/3-phosphoinositide-dependent protein kinase-1 (PDK1)/Akt pathways regulate various cellular functions, especially cell survival. These two pathways are often activated in many tumors and are thought to be associated with tumor progression. However, the cross-talk between them remains unclear. Here we show that PDK1 can activate IKK/NF-kappa B signaling in addition to Akt signaling to promote cell survival. Screening kinases that could modulate NF-kappa B activity revealed that expression of an upstream Akt kinase PDK1 up-regulates NF-kappa B transcriptional activity. We found that PDK1 directly phosphorylates IKK beta at the Ser(181) residue in the activation loop, leading to NF-kappa B nuclear translocation and NF-kappa B-dependent anti-apoptotic gene expression. IKK alpha is not required for PDK1-mediated NF-kappa B activation because NF-kappa B activation was observed in IKK alpha(-/-) mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF) cells as in wild type MEF cells. Akt, which was previously reported to activate IKK alpha, did not participate in the PDK1-dependent IKK beta or NF-kappa B activation. The siRNA-mediated PDK1 gene silencing attenuated NF-kappa B activity and increased TRAIL-mediated cytotoxicity. Moreover, expression of constitutively active IKK beta overcame the PDK1 siRNA-mediated susceptibility to TRAIL. These results indicate that PDK1 is a critical regulator of cell survival by modulating the IKK/NF-kappa B pathway in addition to the Akt pathway.