1. Keap1: One stone kills three birds Nrf2, IKKβ and Bcl-2/Bcl-xL
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Tian, Hui, Zhang, BaoFu, Di, JieHui, Jiang, Guan, Chen, FeiFei, Li, HuiZhong, Li, LianTao, Pei, DongSheng, and Zheng, JunNian
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OXIDATIVE stress , *ETIOLOGY of cancer , *OXYGEN in the body , *ANTIOXIDANTS , *LIGASES , *CYTOPROTECTION , *TRANSCRIPTION factors , *GENE expression - Abstract
Abstract: Oxidative stress, implicated in the etiology of cancer, results from an imbalance in the production of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and cell’s own antioxidant defenses. As a oxidative stress sensor, Keap1 functions as both an adaptor for Cul3⋅Rbx1 E3 ligase complex mediated degradation of the transcription factor Nrf2, and a master regulator of cytoprotective gene expression. Although Nrf2 is a well known substrate for Keap1, the DGR domain of Keap1 has been reported also to bind other proteins directly or indirectly. IKKβ as positive regulator of NF-κB is also destabilized by Keap1, which resulted in inhibiting NF-κB-derived tumor promotion. In addition, anti-apoptotic Bcl-2/Bcl-xL protein was identified as another substrate for the Keap1-Cul3-E3 ligase complex. Keap1 led to the repression and destabilization of Bcl-2, decreased Bcl-2:Bax heterodimers and facilitated cancer cells apoptosis. Given that Keap1 might function as a tumor suppressor protein to mitigate tumor progression, the different kinds of Keap1 somatic mutations were detected in numerous cancer cells. Therefore, it is important to understand the Keap1-involved signaling cascades. This review primarily focuses on the prevention of tumorigenesis role of Keap1 through negative regulation of three substrates Nrf2, IKKβ and Bcl-2/Bcl-xL, with emphasis on the recent findings indicating the cancer guarder function of Keap1. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2012
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