1. Synergistic induction of nuclear factor-κB by transforming growth factor-β and tumour necrosis factor-α is mediated by protein kinase A-dependent RelA acetylation.
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Hajime Ishinaga, Hirofumi Jono, Jae Hyang Lim, Kensei Komatsu, Xiangbin Xu, Jiyun Lee, Chang-Hoon Woo, Haidong Xu, Xin-Hua Feng, Lin-Feng Chen, Chen Yan, and Jian-Dong Li
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NF-kappa B , *TRANSFORMING growth factors-beta , *TUMOR necrosis factors , *PROTEIN kinases , *ACETYLATION , *CELLULAR signal transduction , *INFLAMMATION - Abstract
The TGF-β (transforming growth factor-β) pathway represents an important signalling pathway involved in regulating diverse biological processes, including cell proliferation, differentiation and inflammation. Despite the critical role for TGF-β in inflammatory responses, its role in regulating NF-κB (nuclear factor-κB)-dependent inflammatory responses still remains unknown. In the present study we show that TGF-β1 synergizes with proinflammatory cytokine TNF-α (tumour necrosis factor-α) to induce NF-κB activation and the resultant inflammatory response in vitro and in vivo. TGF-β1 synergistically enhances TNF-α-induced NF-κB DNA binding activity via induction of RelA acetylation. Moreover, synergistic enhancement of TNF-α-induced RelA acetylation and DNA-binding activity by TGF-β1 is mediated by PKA (protein kinase A). Thus the present study reveals a novel role for TGF-β in inflammatory responses and provides new insight into the regulation of NF-κB by TGF-β signalling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2009
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