title: ABINs: A20 binding inhibitors of NF-kappa B and apoptosis signaling.
abstract: ABINs have been described as three different proteins (ABIN-1, ABIN-2, ABIN-3) that bind the ubiquitin-editing nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) inhibitor protein A20 and which show limited sequence homology. Overexpression of ABINs inhibits NF-kappaB activation by tumor necrosis factor (TNF) and several other stimuli. Similar to A20, ABIN-1 and ABIN-3 expression is NF-kappaB dependent, implicating a potential role for the A20/ABIN complex in the negative feedback regulation of NF-kappaB activation. Adenoviral gene transfer of ABIN-1 has been shown to reduce NF-kappaB activation in mouse liver and lungs. However, ABIN-1 as well as ABIN-2 deficient mice exhibit only slightly increased or normal NF-kappaB activation, respectively, possibly reflecting redundant NF-kappaB inhibitory activities of multiple ABINs. Other functions of ABINs might be non-redundant. For example, ABIN-1 shares with A20 the ability to inhibit TNF-induced apoptosis and as a result ABIN-1 deficient mice die during embryogenesis due to TNF-dependent fetal liver apoptosis. On the other hand, ABIN-2 is required for optimal TPL-2 dependent extracellularly regulated kinase activation in macrophages treated with TNF or Toll-like receptor ligands. ABINs have recently been shown to contain an ubiquitin-binding domain that is essential for their NF-kappaB inhibitory and anti-apoptotic activities. In this context, ABINs were proposed to function as adaptors between ubiquitinated proteins and other regulatory proteins. Alternatively, ABINs might disrupt signaling complexes by competing with other ubiquitin-binding proteins for the binding to specific ubiquitinated targets. Altogether, these findings implicate an important role for ABINs in the regulation of immunity and tissue homeostasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Technologiepark 927, B-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium.
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Verstrepen
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Carpentier
authors.forename: Kelly
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Verhelst
authors.forename: Rudi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beyaert
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis / Q000502:physiology; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000502:physiology; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology*; D000072598:Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha-Induced Protein 3
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D051017:Apoptosis Regulatory Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins; C117046:TNIP1 protein, human; C434062:TNIP2 protein, human; C426747:TNIP3 protein, human; C076529:TNFAIP3 protein, human; D000072598:Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha-Induced Protein 3