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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-22
pubmed:abstractText
According to current models the inhibitory capacity of I(kappa)B(alpha) would be mediated through the retention of Rel/NF-kappaB proteins in the cytosol. However, I(kappa)B(alpha) has also been detected in the nucleus of cell lines and when overexpressed by transient transfection. To gain better insight into the potential role of nuclear I(kappa)B(alpha) in a physiological context we have analysed its presence in the nucleus of human peripheral blood T lymphocytes (PBL). We demonstrate the nuclear localization of I(kappa)B(alpha) in PBL by different techniques: Western blot, indirect immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. Low levels of nuclear I(kappa)B(alpha) were detected in resting cells whereas a superinduction was obtained after PMA activation. The nuclear pool of I(kappa)B(alpha) showed a higher stability than cytosolic I(kappa)B(alpha) and was partially independent of the resynthesis of the protein. Unexpectedly, the presence of nuclear I(kappa)B(alpha) did not inhibit NF-kappaB binding to DNA and this phenomenon was not due to the presence of IkappaBbeta at the nuclear level. Immunoprecipitation experiments failed to demonstrate an association between nuclear I(kappa)B(alpha) and NF-kappaB proteins. Our results demonstrate that in resting and PMA-activated human PBL, I(kappa)B(alpha) is present in the nucleus in an apparently inactive form unable to disrupt NF-kappaB binding from DNA.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1581-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Blood Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Blotting, Western, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Cytosol, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Indirect, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-I-kappa B Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Jurkat Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Lymphocyte Activation, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Microscopy, Confocal, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-rel, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-T-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate, pubmed-meshheading:10102628-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of IkappaBalpha in the nucleus of human peripheral blood T lymphocytes.
pubmed:affiliation
Servicio de Microbiología, Centro de Investigación, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't