title: Activation of SAPK/JNK by TNF receptor 1 through a noncytotoxic TRAF2-dependent pathway.
abstract: Interaction of the p55 tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNF-R1)-associated signal transducer TRADD with FADD signals apoptosis, whereas the TNF receptor-associated factor 2 protein (TRAF2) is required for activation of the nuclear transcription factor nuclear factor kappa B. TNF-induced activation of the stress-activated protein kinase (SAPK) was shown to occur through a noncytotoxic TRAF2-dependent pathway. TRAF2 was both sufficient and necessary for activation of SAPK by TNF-R1; conversely, expression of a dominant-negative FADD mutant, which blocks apoptosis, did not interfere with SAPK activation. Therefore, SAPK activation occurs through a pathway that is not required for TNF-R1-induced apoptosis.
authors.affiliation: Fondazione Andrea Cesalpino and Istituto di I Clinica Medica, Policlinico Umberto I, Viale del Policlinico 155, 00161 Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Natoli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Costanzo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ianni
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Templeton
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Woodgett
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Balsano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Levrero
mesh_terms: D000111:Acetylcysteine / Q000494:pharmacology; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D017209:Apoptosis; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004789:Enzyme Activation; D053200:Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers / Q000494:pharmacology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048728:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology; D015398:Signal Transduction; D047990:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 1; D047992:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2; D014162:Transfection; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; C505533:FADD protein, human; D053200:Fas-Associated Death Domain Protein; D016166:Free Radical Scavengers; D016328:NF-kappa B; D011506:Proteins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D047990:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 1; D047992:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D003609:Dactinomycin; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048728:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1; C482576:MAP3K1 protein, human; D000111:Acetylcysteine