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18202551

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-24
pubmed:abstractText
Troy is a TNFR superfamily member that is highly expressed in developing hair follicles. Its possible function and ligand in skin have, however, been unknown. Here we demonstrate that an immunomodulatory cytokine, lymphotoxin-alpha (LTalpha), is a functional ligand of Troy by 3 biochemical approaches: (1) Immunoprecipitation assays revealed that LTalpha, but not LTbeta or any obligate combination of LTalpha and LTbeta, binds to Troy. (2) Co-transfection of LTalpha with Troy sharply upregulated NFkappaB reporter transcription, whereas LTbeta or a combination of LTalpha and LTbeta did not. (3) Recombinant LTalpha protein upregulated NFkappaB activity through Troy in a dosedependent manner. We further found that LTalpha is expressed in dermal papillae of developing hair follicles, whereas Troy was expressed in adjacent matrix region. This suggested involvement of LTalpha-Troy signaling in mesenchyme-epithelium interactions during hair follicle development. However, in Troy mutant mice that we generated, hair subtype composition and morphology were altered slightly if at all. The present study thus suggested a subtle function of the newly identified LTalpha-Troy pathway in skin appendage development, however, it may have an additional action compensated by a parallel EDA signaling pathway.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1551-4005
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
106-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-9-23
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Troy binding to lymphotoxin-alpha activates NF kappa B mediated transcription.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Genetics, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural