title: CARD-Bcl10-Malt1 signalosomes: missing link to NF-kappaB.
abstract: CARD11 (CARMA1), Bcl10, and Malt1 are required for nuclear factor NF-kappaB activation in response to antigen recognition. Initially, gene disruption experiments in mice pointed to a lymphocyte-specific role for CARD11-Bcl10-Malt1 complexes. However, strong evidence suggesting that conserved Bcl10-Malt1 complexes interact with different CARD scaffolds to connect various receptors in different cell types to NF-kappaB signaling has emerged more recently. The CARD10 (CARMA3)-Bcl10-Malt1 signalosome functions as a link between G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) signaling and proinflammatory NF-kappaB activation. Further, Dectin-1-induced antifungal responses to NF-kappaB in dendritic cells depend on CARD9-Bcl10-Malt1. These results identify CARD-Bcl10-Malt1 signalosomes as pivotal regulators that link not only innate and adaptive immune responses, but also GPCR signaling, to the canonical NF-kappaB pathway.
authors.affiliation: GSF--National Research Center for Environment and Health, Institute of Toxicology, Neuherberg, Germany.
authors.forename: Elmar
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wegener
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Krappmann
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D000074018:B-Cell CLL-Lymphoma 10 Protein; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000074018:B-Cell CLL-Lymphoma 10 Protein; C118591:BCL10 protein, human; D016328:NF-kappa B