title: Exogenous signal-independent nuclear IkappaB kinase activation triggered by Nkx3.2 enables constitutive nuclear degradation of IkappaB-alpha in chondrocytes.
abstract: NF-κB is a multifunctional transcription factor involved in diverse biological processes. It has been well documented that NF-κB can be activated in response to various stimuli. While signal-inducible NF-κB activation mechanisms have been extensively characterized, exogenous signal-independent intrinsic NF-κB activation processes remain poorly understood. Here we show that IκB kinase β (IKKβ) can be intrinsically activated in the nucleus by a homeobox protein termed Nkx3.2 in the absence of exogenous IKK-activating signals. We found that ubiquitin chain-dependent, but persistent, interactions between Nkx3.2 and NEMO (also known as IKKγ) can give rise to constitutive IKKβ activation in the nucleus. Once the Nkx3.2-NEMO-IKKβ complex is formed in the nucleus, IKKβ-induced Nkx3.2 phosphorylation at Ser148 and Ser168 allows βTrCP to be engaged to cause IκB-α ubiquitination independent of IκB-α phosphorylation at Ser32 and Ser36. Taken together, our results provide a novel molecular explanation as to how an intracellular factor such as Nkx3.2 can accomplish persistent nuclear IKK activation to enable intrinsic and constitutive degradation of IκB in the nucleus in the absence of exogenous NF-κB-activating signals, which, in turn, plays a role in chondrocyte viability maintenance.
authors: Department of Biochemistry, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea.
authors: Yeryoung
authors: Y
authors: Yong
authors: Seung-Won
authors: SW
authors: Choi
authors: Hye-Jeong
authors: HJ
authors: Choi
authors: Hyung Wook
authors: HW
authors: Nam
authors: Jeong-Ah
authors: JA
authors: Kim
authors: Da-Un
authors: DU
authors: Jeong
authors: Don Young
authors: DY
authors: Kim
authors: Yu Sam
authors: YS
authors: Kim
authors: Dae-Won
authors: DW
authors: Kim
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