THE ONCOPROTEIN BCL-3 CAN FACILITATE NF-THETA-B-MEDIATED TRANSACTIVATION BY REMOVING INHIBITING P50 HOMODIMERS FROM SELECT THETA-B SITES
THE ONCOPROTEIN BCL-3 CAN FACILITATE NF-THETA-B-MEDIATED TRANSACTIVATION BY REMOVING INHIBITING P50 HOMODIMERS FROM SELECT THETA-B SITES
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DOI:
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1993.tb06067.x
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发表时间:
1993-10-01
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11.4
通讯作者:
SIEBENLIST, U
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FRANZOSO, G;BOURS, V;SIEBENLIST, U
Previously we have proposed a role for Bcl-3 in facilitating transactivation through kappaB sites by counteracting the inhibitory effects of bound, non-transactivating homodimers of the p50 subunit of NF-kappaB. Such homodimers are abundant for example in nuclei of unstimulated primary T cells. Here we extend the model and provide new evidence which fulfills a number of predictions. (i) Bcl-3 preferentially targets p50 homodimers over NF-kappaB heterodimers since the homodimers are completely dissociated from kappaB sites at concentrations of Bcl-3 which do not affect NF-kappaB. (ii) Select kappaB sites associate very strongly and stably with p50 homodimers, completely preventing binding by NF-kappaB. Such kappaB sites are likely candidates for regulation by p50 homodimers and Bcl-3. (iii) Bcl-3 and p50 can be co-localized in the nucleus, a requirement for active removal of homodimers from their binding sites in vivo. (iv) The ankyrin repeat domain of Bcl-3 is sufficient for the reversal of p50 homodimer-mediated inhibition, correlating with the ability of this domain alone to inhibit p50 binding to kappaB sites in vitro. Our data support the model that induction of nuclear Bcl-3 may be required during cellular stimulation to actively remove stably bound p50 homodimers from certain kappaB sites in order to allow transactivating NF-kappaB complexes to engage. This exact mechanism is demonstrated with in vitro experiments.