title: Physical and functional interaction of CARMA1 and CARMA3 with Ikappa kinase gamma-NFkappaB essential modulator.
abstract: CARMA proteins are scaffold molecules that contain a caspase recruitment domain and a membrane-associated guanylate kinase-like domain. CARMA1 plays a critical role in mediating activation of the NFkappaB transcription factor following antigen receptor stimulation of both B and T lymphocytes. However, the biochemical mechanism by which CARMA1 regulates activation of NFkappaB remains to be determined. Here we have shown that CARMA1 and CARMA3 physically associate with Ikappa kinase gamma/NFkappaB essential modulator (IkappaKgamma-NEMO) in lymphoid and non-lymphoid cells. CARMA1 participates to an inducible large molecular complex that contains IkappaKgamma/NEMO, Bcl10, and IkappaKalpha/beta kinases. Expression of the NEMO-binding region of CARMA3 exerts a dominant negative effect on Bcl10-mediated activation of NFkappaB. Thus, our results provide direct evidence for physical and functional interaction between CARMA and the IkappaK complex and offer a biochemical framework to understand the molecular activities controlled by CARMA-1, -2, and -3 and Bcl10.
authors.affiliation: BioGeM Consortium, Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: Romania
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stilo
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liguoro
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Di Jeso
authors.forename: Silvestro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Formisano
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Consiglio
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Leonardi
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vito
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D000074018:B-Cell CLL-Lymphoma 10 Protein; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D053468:CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D002850:Chromatography, Gel; D015723:Gene Library; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; D015151:Immunoblotting; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009703:Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011485:Protein Binding; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D000074018:B-Cell CLL-Lymphoma 10 Protein; C118591:BCL10 protein, human; D053468:CARD Signaling Adaptor Proteins; C430880:CARD10 protein, human; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D008156:Luciferases; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; C496559:CHUK protein, human; D051550:I-kappa B Kinase; C496560:IKBKB protein, human; C496565:IKBKE protein, human; D009703:Nucleoside-Phosphate Kinase; C426242:CARD11 protein, human; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase