Involvement of linear polyubiquitylation of NEMO in NF-kappaB activation - PubMed (original) (raw)

doi: 10.1038/ncb1821. Epub 2009 Jan 11.

Shin-ichi Sakata, Yasushi Saeki, Yoshinori Satomi, Takayoshi Kirisako, Kiyoko Kamei, Tomoko Nakagawa, Michiko Kato, Shigeo Murata, Shoji Yamaoka, Masahiro Yamamoto, Shizuo Akira, Toshifumi Takao, Keiji Tanaka, Kazuhiro Iwai

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Involvement of linear polyubiquitylation of NEMO in NF-kappaB activation

Fuminori Tokunaga et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2009 Feb.

Abstract

Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is a key transcription factor in inflammatory, anti-apoptotic and immune processes. The ubiquitin pathway is crucial in regulating the NF-kappaB pathway. We have found that the LUBAC ligase complex, composed of the two RING finger proteins HOIL-1L and HOIP, conjugates a head-to-tail-linked linear polyubiquitin chain to substrates. Here, we demonstrate that LUBAC activates the canonical NF-kappaB pathway by binding to NEMO (NF-kappaB essential modulator, also called IKKgamma) and conjugates linear polyubiquitin chains onto specific Lys residues in the CC2-LZ domain of NEMO in a Ubc13-independent manner. Moreover, in HOIL-1 knockout mice and cells derived from these mice, NF-kappaB signalling induced by pro-inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha and IL-1beta was suppressed, resulting in enhanced TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis in hepatocytes of HOIL-1 knockout mice. These results indicate that LUBAC is involved in the physiological regulation of the canonical NF-kappaB activation pathway through linear polyubiquitylation of NEMO.

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