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Molecular and Cellular Biology, November 2004, p. 9317-9326, Vol. 24, No. 21
0270-7306/04/$08.00+0 DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.21.9317-9326.2004
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B Requires the Novel Coactivator SIMPL
Erin Haag Breese,1
Eva Vig-Varga,1
Yong Luo,1
Younghee Lee,2,
Mark G. Goebl,1 and
Maureen A. Harrington1*
Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,1 Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indiana University Cancer Center and Walther Cancer Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana2
Received 27 April 2004/ Returned for modification 7 June 2004/ Accepted 6 August 2004
A myriad of stimuli including proinflammatory cytokines, viruses, and chemical and mechanical insults activate a kinase complex composed of I
B kinase ß (IKK-ß), IKK-
, and IKK-
/N, leading to changes in NF-
B-dependent gene expression. However, it is not clear how the NF-
B response is tailored to specific cellular insults. Signaling molecule that interacts with mouse pelle-like kinase (SIMPL) is a signaling component required for tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-
)-dependent but not interleukin-1-dependent NF-
B activation. Herein we demonstrate that nuclear localization of SIMPL is required for type I TNF receptor-induced NF-
B activity. SIMPL interacts with nuclear p65 in a TNF-
-dependent manner to promote endogenous NF-
B-dependent gene expression. The interaction between SIMPL and p65 enhances p65 transactivation activity. These data support a model in which TNF-
activation of NF-
B dependent-gene expression requires nuclear relocalization of p65 as well as nuclear relocalization of SIMPL, generating a TNF-
-specific induction of gene expression.
Present address: Institute of Life Science & Biotechnology, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, South Korea.
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