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PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
卷 110, 期 27, 页码 11139-11144出版社
NATL ACAD SCIENCES
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1219829110
关键词
sarcomagenesis; inflammation associated
资金
- National Cancer Institute [R01 CA134241]
- National Institute of Health [DE021445, U19:A1083025]
- American Cancer Society [RSG-11-162-01-MPC]
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are seven-transmembrane proteins that transmit diverse extracellular signals across a membrane. Herpesvirus genomes encode multiple GPCRs implicated in viral pathogenesis. Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus GPCR (kGPCR) activates proliferative pathways and, when expressed in endothelium in mice, sufficiently induces angiogenic tumor resembling human Kaposi's sarcoma. IKK epsilon, an I kappa B kinase (IKK)-related kinase, is implicated in inflammation-driven tumorigenesis. We report here that IKK epsilon is critically required for kGPCR tumorigenesis and links kGPCR to NF-kappa B activation. Using kGPCR-induced tumor models, we found that IKK epsilon expression was drastically up-regulated in Kaposi sarcoma-like lesions and that loss of IKK epsilon abolished tumor formation. Moreover, kGPCR interacted with and activated IKK epsilon. Activated IKK epsilon promoted NF-kappa B subunit RelA (also known as p65) phosphorylation, which correlated with NF-kappa B activation and inflammatory cytokine expression. The robust expression of IKK epsilon and phosphorylated RelA was observed in human Kaposi sarcoma. Finally, a kinase-defective mutant of IKK epsilon effectively abrogated NF-kappa B activation and tumorigenesis induced by kGPCR. Collectively, our findings uncover a critical IKK epsilon in promoting NF-kappa B activation and tumorigenesis induced by a viral GPCR.
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