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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH
Volume 1853, Issue 2, Pages 453-469Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.11.028
Keywords
NF-kappa B; COP9 signalosome; RelA; Deubiquitinase; CK2; Nuclear protein turnover
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- DFG [Na 292/7]
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Diligent balance of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) activity is essential owing to NF-kappa B's decisive role in cellular processes including inflammation, immunity and cell survival. Ubiquitin/proteasome-system (UPS)-dependent degradation of activated NF-kappa B/RelA involves the cullin-RING-ubiquitin-ligase (CRL) ECSsocs1. The COP9 signalosome (CSN) controls ubiquitin (Ub) ligation by CRLs through the removal of the CRL-activating Ub-like modifier NEDD8 from their cullin subunits and through deubiquitinase (DUB) activity of associated DUBs. However, knowledge about DUBs involved in the regulation of NF-kappa B activity within the nucleus is scarce. In this study we observed that USP48, a DUB of hitherto ill-defined function identified through a siRNA screen, associates with the CSN and RelA in the nucleus. We show that USP48 trims rather than completely disassembles long K48-linked free and substrate-anchored Ub-chains, a catalytic property only shared with ataxin-3 (Atx3) and otubain-1 (OTU1), and that USP48 Ub-chain-trimming activity is regulated by casein-kinase-2 (CK2)-mediated phosphorylation in response to cytokine-stimulation. Functionally, we demonstrate for the first time the CSN and USP48 to cooperatively stabilize the nuclear pool of RelA, thereby facilitating timely induction and shutoff of NF-kappa B target genes. In summary, this study demonstrates that USP48, a nuclear DUB regulated by CK2, controls the UPS-dependent turnover of activated NF-kappa B/RelA in the nucleus together with the CSN. Thereby USP48 contributes to a timely control of immune responses. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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