title: The nuclear factor kappa B signaling pathway: integrating metabolism with inflammation.
abstract: Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB) transcription factors are evolutionarily conserved, coordinating regulators of immune and inflammatory responses. They also play a pivotal role in oncogenesis and metabolic disorders. Several studies during the past two decades have highlighted the key role of the IKK/NF-κB pathway in the induction and maintenance of the state of inflammation that underlies metabolic diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes. Recent reports, however, reveal an even more intimate connection between NF-κB and metabolism. These studies demonstrate that NF-κB regulates energy homeostasis via direct engagement of the cellular networks governing glycolysis and respiration, with profound implications beyond metabolic diseases, including cancer, ageing and anticancer therapy. In this review, we discuss these emerging bioenergetic functions of NF-κB and their significance to oncogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Section of Inflammation and Signal Transduction, Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Hammersmith Hospital Campus, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN, UK.
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tornatore
authors.forename: Anil K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Thotakura
authors.forename: Jason
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moretti
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Franzoso
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B