title: NF-kappaB/Rel proteins are required for neuronal differentiation of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells.
abstract: The expression, cellular localization, and activation of the NF-kappaB/Rel transcription factors are altered during neuronal differentiation, but the significance is unclear. Here we investigate the requirement for NF-kappaB/Rel proteins in neuronal differentiation. SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells were induced to differentiate with retinoic acid (RA) or 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol 13-acetate (TPA), and differentiation was demonstrated by morphological criteria and the enhanced expression of Bcl-2. NF-kappaB was transiently activated after the addition of the differentiation inducers before the morphological signs of differentiation and the enhanced Bcl-2 synthesis. The onset of NF-kappaB activation coincided with a significant reduction in the amount of only one of four NF-kappaB-inhibitory proteins examined (I-kappaBbeta). In contrast, NF-kappaB activation and the reduction in I-kappaBbeta failed to occur in SH-SY5Y cells transformed with I-kappaBalphaM, a dominant-negative inhibitor of NF-kappaB/Rel proteins. These I-kappaBalphaM-expressing cells failed to differentiate into neuronal cell types when treated with RA or TPA, and the increased Bcl-2 synthesis was blocked. Therefore, NF-kappaB/Rel proteins are required for neuronal differentiation of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology, The National University of Singapore, Singapore 117609, Republic of Singapore.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Porter
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D009447:Neuroblastoma; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2 / Q000235:genetics; D020569:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D019253:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2; D020569:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel; D014212:Tretinoin; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C496559:CHUK protein, human; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; C496560:IKBKB protein, human; C496565:IKBKE protein, human; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate