title: Embryonic lethality, liver degeneration, and impaired NF-kappa B activation in IKK-beta-deficient mice.
abstract: IkappaB kinase-alpha and -beta (IKK-alpha and IKK-beta), the catalytic subunits of the IKK complex, phosphorylate IkappaB proteins on specific serine residues, thus targeting IkappaB for degradation and activating the transcription factor NF-kappaB. To elucidate the in vivo function of IKK-beta, we generated IKK-beta-deficient mice. The homozygous mouse embryo dies at approximately 14.5 days of gestation due to liver degeneration and apoptosis. IKK-beta-deficient embryonic fibroblasts have both reduced basal NF-kappaB activity and impaired cytokine-induced NF-kappaB activation. Similarly, basal and cytokine-inducible kinase activities of the IKK complex are greatly reduced in IKK-beta-deficient cells. These results indicate that IKK-beta is crucial for liver development and regulation of NF-kappaB activity and that IKK-alpha can only partially compensate for the loss of IKK-beta.
authors.affiliation: Tularik, Incorporated, South San Francisco, California 94080, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Fuentes
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Durnin
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Dalrymple
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Hardy
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Goeddel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D005313:Fetal Death / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D008099:Liver / Q000196:embryology* / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000172:deficiency* / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection / Q000276:immunology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D016328:NF-kappa B; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C496559:CHUK protein, human; C496564:Chuk protein, mouse; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; C496560:IKBKB protein, human; C496565:IKBKE protein, human; C496562:Ikbkb protein, mouse; C496566:Ikbke protein, mouse; D017871:Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases