A novel NF-κB pathway involving IKKβ and p65/Re1A ser-536 phosphorylation results in p53 inhibition in the absence of 1NF-κB transcriptional activity
A novel NF-κB pathway involving IKKβ and p65/Re1A ser-536 phosphorylation results in p53 inhibition in the absence of 1NF-κB transcriptional activity
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DOI:
10.1074/jbc.m412643200
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发表时间:
2005-03-18
影响因子:
4.8
通讯作者:
Brady, JN
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作者:
Jeong, SJ;Pise-Masison, CA;Brady, JN
Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) plays an important role in regulating cellular transformation and apoptosis. The human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I protein, Tax, which is critical for viral transformation, modulates the transcription of several cellular genes through activation of NF-kappa B. We have demonstrated previously that Tax inhibits p53 activity through the p65/RelA subunit of NF-kappa B. We now present evidence that suggests that the upstream kinase IKK beta plays an important role in Tax-induced p53 inhibition through phosphorylation of p65/RelA at Ser-536. First, mouse embryo fibroblast (MEF) IKK beta-/- cells did not support Tax-mediated p53 inhibition, whereas MEFs lacking IKK alpha allowed Tax inhibition of p53. Second, transfection of IKK beta wild type (WT), but not a kinase-dead mutant, into IKK beta-/- cells rescued p53 inhibition by Tax. Third, the IKK beta-specific inhibitor SC-514 decreased the ability of Tax to inhibit p53. Fourth, we show that phosphorylation of p65/RelA at Ser-536 is important for Tax inhibition of p53 using MEF p65/RelA-/- cells transfected with p65/RelA WT or mutant plasmids. Moreover, Tax induced p65/RelA Ser536 phosphorylation in WT or IKK alpha-/- cells but failed to induce the phosphorylation of p65/RelA Ser-536 in IKK beta-/- cells, suggesting a link between IKK beta and p65/RelA phosphorylation. Consistent with this observation, blocking IKK beta kinase activity by SC-514 decreases the phosphorylation of p65/RelA at Ser-536 in the presence of Tax in human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-transformed cells. Finally, the ability of Tax to inhibit p53 is distinguished from the NF-kappa B transcription activation pathway. Our work, therefore, describes a novel Tax-NF-kappa B p65/RelA pathway that functions to inhibit p53 but does not require NF-kappa B transcription activity.