Journal
EMBO JOURNAL
Volume 20, Issue 23, Pages 6805-6815Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.23.6805
Keywords
IKK; NF-kappa B2; p100-Tax; proteasome; ubiquitylation; virus-host interaction
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- NCI NIH HHS [R01 CA068471, 2R01 CA68471, 1F32CA83280, F32 CA083280] Funding Source: Medline
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I kappaB kinase (IKK) is a key mediator of NF-kappaB activation induced by various immunological signals. In T cells and most other cell types, the primary target of IKK is a labile inhibitor of NF-kappaB I kappaB alpha, which is responsible for the canonical NF-kappaB activation. Here, we show that in T cells infected with the human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV), IKK alpha is targeted to a novel signaling pathway that mediates processing of the nf kappa b2 precursor protein p100, resulting in active production of the NF-kappaB subunit, p52. This pathogenic action is mediated by the HTLV-encoded oncoprotein Tax, which appears to act by physically recruiting IKK alpha to p100, triggering phosphorylation-dependent ubiquitylation and processing of p100. These findings suggest a novel mechanism by which Tax modulates the NF-kappaB signaling pathway.
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