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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
Interferon regulatory factor (IRF)3 is critical for the transcriptional induction of chemokines and cytokines during viral or bacterial invasion. The kinases Tank binding kinase (TBK)1 and Ikappa B kinase (IKK)epsilon can phosphorylate the C-terminal part of IRF3 and play important roles in IRF3 activation. In this study, we show that another kinase, c-Jun-NH(2)-terminal kinase (JNK), phosphorylates IRF3 on its N-terminal serine 173 residue, and TAK1 can stimulate IRF3 phosphorylation via JNK. JNK specific inhibitor SP600125 inhibits the N-terminal phosphorylation without affecting the C-terminal phosphorylation. In addition, IRF3-mediated gene expressions on lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or polyinosinic-cytidylic acid (polyI:C) treatment are severely impaired by SP600125, as well as for reporter gene assay of IRF3 activation. Knockdown of TAK1 further confirmed these observations. Interestingly, constitutive active IRF3(5D) can be inhibited by SP600125; JNK1 can synergize the action of IRF3(5D), but not the S173A-IRF3(5D) mutant. More importantly, polyI:C failed to induce the phosphorylation of mutant S173A and SP600125 dramatically abrogated IRF3 phosphorylation and dimerization that was stimulated by polyI:C. Thus, this study demonstrates that the TAK1-JNK cascade is required for IRF3 function, in addition to TBK1/IKKvarepsilon, uncovering a new mechanism for mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase to regulate the innate immunity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Anthracenes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/IRF3 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interferon Regulatory Factor-3, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lipopolysaccharides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mutant Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Poly I-C, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Small Interfering, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/TBK1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/anthra(1,9-cd)pyrazol-6(2H)-one
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1748-7838
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
412-28
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Amino Acid Substitution, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Anthracenes, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Gene Knockdown Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Immunity, Innate, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Interferon Regulatory Factor-3, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Lipopolysaccharides, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-MAP Kinase Signaling System, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Mutant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Poly I-C, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:19153595-RNA, Small Interfering
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
The TAK1-JNK cascade is required for IRF3 function in the innate immune response.
pubmed:affiliation
Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 320 Yue Yang Road, Shanghai 200031, China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't