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HEPATOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 4, Pages 772-778Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.2002.32534
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- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK-44234, R01 DK044234] Funding Source: Medline
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Hepatocyte resistance to tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNF)-induced apoptosis is dependent on activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB). To determine the mechanism by which NF-kappaB protects against TNF toxicity, the effect of NF-kappaB inactivation on the proapoptotic c-Ju NH2-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway was examined in the rat hepatocyte cell line RALA255-10G. Adenovirus-mediated NF-kappaB inactivation led to a prolonged activation of JNK and increased activating protein-1 (AP-1) transcriptional activity in response to TNF treatment. Inhibition of the function of the JNK substrate and AP-1 subunit c-Jun blocked cell death from NF-kappaB inactivation and TNF as determined by measures of cell survival, numbers of apoptotic and necrotic cells, and DNA hypoploidy. Inhibition of c-jun function blocked mitochondrial cytochrome c release and activation of caspase-3 and -7. NF-kappaB therefore blocks the TNF death pathway through down-regulation of JNK and c-Jun/AP-1. In conclusion, sustained JNK activation that occurs in the absence of NF-kappaB initiates apoptosis through a c-Jun-dependent induction of the mitochondrial death pathway.
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