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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-17
pubmed:abstractText
Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is a potent inhibitor of several apoptosis pathways. One prominent path toward apoptosis is the ligand-induced association of TNF receptor 1 (TNFR1) with death domain adaptor proteins. Studying if and how IL-15 blocks TNFR1-mediated apoptosis in a murine fibroblast cell line (L929), we show here that IL-15 blocks TNFR1-induced apoptosis via IL-15Ralpha chain signaling. The intracellular tail of IL-15Ralpha shows sequence homologies to the TRAF2 binding motifs of CD30 and CD40. Most important, binding of IL-15 to IL-15Ralpha successfully competes with the TNFR1 complex for TRAF2 binding, which may impede assembly of key adaptor proteins to the TNFR1 complex, and induces IkappaBalpha phosphorylation. Thus, IL-15Ralpha chain stimulation is a powerful deflector of cell death very early in the apoptosis signaling cascade, while TNF-alpha and IL-15 surface as major opponents in apoptosis control.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0892-6638
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1575-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Apoptosis, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Flow Cytometry, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Interleukin-15, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-L Cells (Cell Line), pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Receptors, Interleukin-15, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Receptors, Interleukin-2, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:10463949-Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Death deflected: IL-15 inhibits TNF-alpha-mediated apoptosis in fibroblasts by TRAF2 recruitment to the IL-15Ralpha chain.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Immunology, Department of Urology, Department of Pathology, University Hospital Benjamin Franklin, Free University, Berlin, Germany. bulfone@zedat.fu-berlin.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Retracted Publication, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't