Requirement for Caspase-8 in NF-κB Activation by Antigen Receptor

Autor: Janet K. Dale, Stephen Straus, Razqallah Hakem, Lixin Zheng, Helen C. Su, Nicolas Bidère, Alan Cubre, Leonardo Salmena, Keiko Sakai, Michael J. Lenardo
Rok vydání: 2005
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Zdroj: Science. 307:1465-1468
ISSN: 1095-9203
0036-8075
Popis: Caspase-8, a proapoptotic protease, has an essential role in lymphocyte activation and protective immunity. We show that caspase-8 deficiency (CED) in humans and mice specifically abolishes activation of the transcription factor nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) after stimulation through antigen receptors, Fc receptors, or Toll-like receptor 4 in T, B, and natural killer cells. Caspase-8 also causes the alphabeta complex of the inhibitor of NF-kappaB kinase (IKK) to associate with the upstream Bcl10-MALT1 (mucosa-associated lymphatic tissue) adapter complex. Recruitment of the IKKalpha, beta complex, its activation, and the nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB require enzyme activity of full-length caspase-8. These findings thus explain the paradoxical association of defective apoptosis and combined immunodeficiency in human CED.
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