title: Differential regulation of p65 and c-Rel NF-kappaB transactivating activity by Cot, protein kinase C zeta and NIK protein kinases in CD3/CD28 activated T cells.
abstract: It has been shown that phosphorylation of p65/RelA and c-Rel plays a role in the regulation of transcriptional activity of NF-kappaB independent on IkappaB degradation. In this study, we show that anti CD3/CD28 activation induces the transactivation activity of both p65/RelA and c-Rel in T cells using Gal4 dependent assays. Moreover, protein kinase C (PKC)zeta, Cot kinase and NF-kappaB-inducing kinase (NIK) seem to be involved in those processes in a different manner. Thus, transfection of dominant negative forms of Cot and PKCzeta inhibits CD3/CD28 induction of Gal4-p65 transactivation, whereas the kinase inactive versions of the 3 kinases inhibit induction of Gal4-c-Rel. Cot induction of Gal4-c-Rel transactivating activity seems to be mediated sequentially through PKCzeta and NIK activation, since dominant negative form of NIK blocks Cot and PKCzeta induction, whereas kinase inactive PKCzeta only blocks Cot activity. In contrast, the contribution of NIK to the transactivation function of p65/RelA seems to be negligible and more importantly NIK-KD did not inhibit induction by Cot and PKCzeta. Besides, the enhancing effect of Cot on Gal4-p65 was not decreased in mouse embryo fibroblasts from NIK deficient aly/aly mice in contrast with a greatest reduction on Gal4-c-Rel. By using Ser to Ala mutants in p65 and c-Rel transactivation domains, PKCzeta and NIK activities seem to be dependent of a restricted set of Ser in both proteins. In contrast, the enhancing effect of Cot seems to be less dependent of a particular set of Ser residues being partially abrogated by mutation of several Ser residues.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Biología Molecular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco, E-28049 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Valdepeñas
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Punzón
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: San-Antonio
authors.forename: Angel G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fresno
mesh_terms: D018106:CD28 Antigens / Q000378:metabolism*; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D020930:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D051996:Transcription Factor RelA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D000097782:NF-kappaB-Inducing Kinase; D000099221:Protein Kinase C zeta
chemical_list: D018106:CD28 Antigens; D017252:CD3 Complex; D020930:MAP Kinase Kinase Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051996:Transcription Factor RelA; D000097782:NF-kappaB-Inducing Kinase; D000099221:Protein Kinase C zeta; C069937:MAP3K8 protein, human