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Ubiquitinylation and deubiquitinylation in the regulation of the transcription factor NF-kB activation

Large signalosome assembly is a prerequisite for NF-κB signaling upon engagement of various immunoreceptors. Adaptor proteins containing protein-protein interaction domains oligomerise in response to such stimuli in order to propagate signaling. Each immunoreceptor uses distinct adaptors, as well as common ones, to achieve that. The main characteristic shared by these proteins is their ability to undergo poly-ubiquitinylation in a non-degradative manner, leading to optimal NF-κB activation. In this work, we aimed to identify novel deubiquitinylating enzymes that control ubiquitinylation status. That is how USP34 came up to be a negative regulator of NF-κB signaling in TCR-activated Jurkat cells, a T lymphocyte cell line. Our data suggest a model whereby USP34 prevents excessive NF-κB activation by acting rather late, directly or indirectly on the NF-κB:IκBα dimers, downstream of IKK, altering transcription factor DNA binding affinity. In parallel, studies of the endocellular membrane microenvironment that hosts mature signalosomes in response to TCR-, TNFR- and CD40 ligation led to the identification of an ER-residing protein, Metadherin (MTDH), which seems to globally integrate signaling before forwarding it to downstream pathway components able to activate IKK.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:CCSD/oai:tel.archives-ouvertes.fr:tel-00926894
Date10 October 2013
CreatorsPoalas, Konstantinos
PublisherUniversité Paris Sud - Paris XI
Source SetsCCSD theses-EN-ligne, France
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypePhD thesis

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