title: BRE: a modulator of TNF-alpha action.
abstract: A stress-responsive gene highly expressed in brain and reproductive organs (BRE) is down-regulated after UV irradiation, DNA damaging agents, or retinoic acid treatment. The human BRE gene encodes a mRNA of 1.9 kb, which gives rise to a protein of 383 amino acids with a molecular size of 44 kilodaltons. BRE is not homologous to any known gene and its function has not been defined. Here we report that BRE was identified multiple times in a yeast two-hybrid screen of a murine cerebellar cDNA library, using the juxtamembrane domain of the p55 tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) receptor. The interaction between the p55 receptor and BRE was verified by an in vitro biochemical assay by using recombinant fusion proteins and by co-immunoprecipitation of transfected mammalian cells. In the yeast two-hybrid assay, BRE specifically interacted with p55 TNF receptor but not with other TNF family members such as the Fas receptor, the p75 TNF receptor, and p75 neurotrophin receptor. Overexpression of BRE inhibited TNF-induced NFkappaB activation, indicating that the interaction of BRE protein with the cytoplasmic region of p55 TNF receptor may modulate signal transduction by TNF-alpha.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology & Anatomy, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Castellino
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Chao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism; D015723:Gene Library; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney; D008156:Luciferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000502:physiology*; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014162:Transfection; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; C091514:BABAM2 protein, human; C484261:Babam2 protein, mouse; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D047888:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D008156:Luciferases; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate