期刊
BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL
卷 441, 期 -, 页码 979-986出版社
PORTLAND PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20111358
关键词
migration; nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B); tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6); ubiquitination; ubiquitin-specific protease 4 (USP4)
资金
- National Basic Research Program of China [973 programme] [2010CB529704, 2012CB910400]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30800587, 30971521, 31171338]
- Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality [09QA1401900]
TRAF [TNF (tumour necrosis factor)-receptor-associated factor] 2 and 6 are essential adaptor proteins for the NF-kappa B (nuclear factor kappa B) signalling pathway, which play important roles in inflammation and immune response. Polyubiquitination of TRAF2 and TRAF6 is critical to their activities and functions in TNF alpha- and IL (interleukin)-1 beta-induced NF-kappa B activation. However, the regulation of TRAF2 and TRAF6 by deubiquitination remains incompletely understood. In the present study, we identified USP (ubiquitin-specific protease) 4 as a novel deubiquitinase targeting TRAF2 and TRAF6 for deubiquitination. We found that USP4 specifically interacts with TRAF2 and TRAF6, but not TRAF3. Moreover, USP4 associates with TRAF6 both in vitro and in vivo, independent of its deubiquitinase activity. The USP domain is responsible for USP4 to interact with TRAF6. Ectopic expression of USP4 inhibits the TRAF2- and TRAF6-stimulated NF-kappa B reporter gene and negatively regulates the TNF alpha-induced I kappa B alpha (inhibitor of NF-kappa B alpha) degradation and NF-kappa B activation. Knockdown of USP4 significantly increased TNF alpha-induced cytokine expression. Furthermore, we found that USP4 deubiquitinates both TRAF2 and TRAF6 in vivo and in vitro in a deubiquitinase activity-dependent manner. Importantly, the results of the present study showed that USP4 is a negative regulator of TNF alpha- and IL-1 beta-induced cancer cell migration. Taken together, the present study provides a novel insight into the regulation of the NF-kappa B signalling pathway and uncovers a previously unknown function of USP4 in cancer.
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