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T Cell Receptor-induced Nuclear Factor κB (NF-κB) Signaling and Transcriptional Activation Are Regulated by STIM1- and Orai1-mediated Calcium Entry
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T Cell Receptor-induced Nuclear Factor κB (NF-κB) Signaling and Transcriptional Activation Are Regulated by STIM1- and Orai1-mediated Calcium Entry

Xiaohong Liu, Corbett T. Berry, Gordon Ruthel, Jonathan J. Madara, Katelyn MacGillivray, Carolyn M. Gray, Lisa A. Madge, Kelly A. McCorkell, Daniel P. Beiting, Uri Hershberg, …
The Journal of biological chemistry, v 291(16), pp 8440-8452
15 Apr 2016
PMID: 26826124
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https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.m115.713008View
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Abstract

calcium calcium release-activated calcium channel protein 1 (ORAI1) NF-κB transcription factor PKC posttranslational modification (PTM) stromal interaction molecule 1 (STIM1) T-cell receptor (TCR)
T cell activation following antigen binding to the T cell receptor (TCR) involves the mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ to activate the key transcription factors nuclear factor of activated T lymphocytes (NFAT) and NF-κB. The mechanism of NFAT activation by Ca2+ has been determined. However, the role of Ca2+ in controlling NF-κB signaling is poorly understood, and the source of Ca2+ required for NF-κB activation is unknown. We demonstrate that TCR- but not TNF-induced NF-κB signaling upstream of IκB kinase activation absolutely requires the influx of extracellular Ca2+ via STIM1-dependent Ca2+ release-activated Ca2+/Orai channels. We further show that Ca2+ influx controls phosphorylation of the NF-κB protein p65 on Ser-536 and that this posttranslational modification controls its nuclear localization and transcriptional activation. Notably, our data reveal that this role for Ca2+ is entirely separate from its upstream control of IκBα degradation, thereby identifying a novel Ca2+-dependent distal step in TCR-induced NF-κB activation. Finally, we demonstrate that this control of distal signaling occurs via Ca2+-dependent PKCα-mediated phosphorylation of p65. Thus, we establish the source of Ca2+ required for TCR-induced NF-κB activation and define a new distal Ca2+-dependent checkpoint in TCR-induced NF-κB signaling that has broad implications for the control of immune cell development and T cell functional specificity.

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