title: Specificities of CD40 signaling: involvement of TRAF2 in CD40-induced NF-kappaB activation and intercellular adhesion molecule-1 up-regulation.
abstract: Several tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor (TRAF) family proteins including TRAF2, TRAF3, TRAF5, and TRAF6, as well as Jak3, have been implicated as potential mediators of CD40 signaling. An extensive in vitro binding study indicated that TRAF2 and TRAF3 bind to the CD40 cytoplasmic tail (CD40ct) with much higher affinity than TRAF5 and TRAF6 and that TRAF2 and TRAF3 bind to different residues of the CD40ct. Using CD40 mutants incapable of binding TRAF2, TRAF3, or Jak3, we found that the TRAF2-binding site of the CD40ct is critical for NF-kappaB and stress-activated protein kinase activation, as well as the up-regulation of the intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) gene, whereas binding of TRAF3 and Jak3 is dispensable for all of these functions. Overexpression of a dominantly active IkappaBalpha strongly inhibited CD40-induced NF-kappaB activation, ICAM-1 promoter activity, and cell-surface ICAM-1 up-regulation. These studies suggest a potential signal transduction pathway from the CD40 receptor to the transcriptional activation of the ICAM-1 gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Dempsey
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Parks
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baltimore
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cheng
mesh_terms: D019943:Amino Acid Substitution; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D019013:CD40 Antigens / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002460:Cell Line; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D053616:Janus Kinase 3; D016393:Lymphoma, B-Cell; D051379:Mice; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D011494:Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015398:Signal Transduction; D047992:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured