title: Autoregulatory feedback loops terminating the NF-kappaB response.
abstract: After nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB activation, a complex network of negative feedback loops ensures that the termination of the NF-kappaB response occurs in a highly organized manner. Recent results show that signals initiated during the induction phase already program a default termination procedure that enables temporally and spatially regulated NF-kappaB deactivation. All negative feedback mechanisms occur with a characteristic time delay, thereby permitting full NF-kappaB function during the interim period. Some proteins that direct termination are produced directly in response to NF-kappaB activation, whereas others are activated via inducible binding or by protein stabilization. Another time-delaying strategy of NF-kappaB feedback inhibitory proteins relies on their ability to function as timers and molecular clockworks with the intrinsic property to terminate their own activity within a preset period.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, Friedrichstrasse 24, Justus-Liebig-University, 35392 Giessen, Germany.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Renner
authors.forename: M Lienhard
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Schmitz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B