Journal
CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 686-700Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cbin.11521
Keywords
cell‐ death; Deltex; JNK signaling; MMP1; TRAF6; wingless
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India
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The JNK signaling pathway in Drosophila is activated by the interaction between Eiger/TNF and the adaptor protein TRAF6, leading to a variety of cellular responses including apoptosis and cell signaling modulation.
JNK signaling is a highly conserved signaling pathway that regulates a broad spectrum of cellular processes including cell proliferation, migration, and apoptosis. In Drosophila, JNK signaling is activated by binding of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) Eiger to its receptor Wengen, and a conserved signaling cascade operates that culminates into activation of dual phosphatase Puckered thereby triggering apoptosis. The tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFR) associated factor 6 (TRAF6) is an adaptor protein, which transduces the signal from TNFRs and Toll-like receptor/interleukin-1 receptor superfamily to induce a wide spectrum of cellular responses. TRAF6 also acts as the adaptor protein that mediates Eiger/JNK signaling in Drosophila. In a genetic interaction study, deltex (Dx) was identified as a novel interactor of TRAF6. Dx is well known to regulate Notch signaling in a context-dependent manner. Our data suggest that combinatorial action of Dx and TRAF6 enhances the Dx-induced wing nicking phenotype by inducing caspase-mediated cell death. Co-expression of Dx and TRAF6 also results in enhanced invasive behavior and perturbs the normal morphology of cells. The cooperative action of Dx and TRAF6 is attributed to JNK activation, which also leads to ectopic wingless (Wg) and decapentaplegic (Dpp) expression. Our results also reveal that the endocytic pathway component Rab7 may play a pivotal role in the regulation of Dx-TRAF6-mediated activation of JNK signaling. Here, we present the fact that Dx and TRAF6 together activate JNK signaling in an Eiger-independent mechanism.
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