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Query: EC:3.4.25.1 (proteasome)
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Gastric enterochromaffin-like (ECL) cells are histamine-producing cells in the gastric epithelium which are responsible for the peripheral regulation of acid secretion. The gastric mucosa is frequently infected with Helicobacter pylori, leading to increased levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). The aim of our current study was to identify the effect of TNF-alpha on programmed cell death. ECL cells were isolated from the rat corpus mucosa to a purity >90%. TNF receptor and adapter protein presence were determined using RT-PCR, Western blot and immunocytochemistry. Apoptosis was measured by Tdt-mediated dUTP nick end labeling reaction and by DNA fragmentation based ELISA. Isolated ECL cells were found to express the TNF receptor p55 and IFN-gamma receptor, but not the TNF receptor p75 or CD95. TNF-alpha (25 ng/ml) increased apoptosis in ECL cells approximately 4-fold, IFN-gamma had no effect. Western blot analysis revealed that TNF-alpha caused degradation of I kappa B alpha within 10 min. EMSA demonstrated that TNF-alpha led to increased DNA-binding activity of NF kappa B and that proteasome inhibitors counteracted NF kappa B activation. Proteasome inhibitors, specific antisense oligodeoxynucleotides against the p65 subunit of the NF kappa B complex and the NO synthase inhibitor N(G)-monomethyl-L-arginine completely prevented TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis. Our data suggest that TNF-alpha induces apoptosis of isolated gastric ECL cells via activation of NF kappa B and the generation of NO.
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PMID:Tumor necrosis factor-alpha effects on rat gastric enterochromaffin-like cells. 1202 82

The 75 kDa neurotrophin receptor (p75NTR) and two neurotrophin receptor homologs (NRH1, NRH2) constitute a subfamily of the nerve growth factor/tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily. NRH1 coexists with p75NTR in fish, amphibians, and birds but is absent in mammals, whereas NRH2 exists only in mammals. Unlike p75NTR and NRH1, NRH2 lacks a canonical extracellular ligand binding domain. The similarity of NRH2 to the product of metalloproteinase cleavage of p75NTR prompted us to examine the cleavage of p75NTR in greater detail. p75NTR, NRH1, and NRH2 undergo multiple proteolytic cleavages that ultimately release cytoplasmic fragments. For p75NTR, cleavage in the extracellular domain by a PMA-inducible membrane metalloproteinase is followed by cleavage within or near the transmembrane domain, releasing the intracellular domain into the cytoplasm. This processing resembles the alpha- and gamma-secretase-mediated processing of beta-amyloid precursor protein and the similar processing of Notch. Although neurotrophins did not regulate p75NTR processing, the alpha- and gamma-secretase-mediated cleavage of p75 is modulated by receptor tyrosine kinases (Trks) TrkA and TrkB but not TrkC. Surprisingly, although NRH1 and NRH2 also undergo proteolytic cytoplasmic release of intracellular domains, a different protease mediates the cleavage. Furthermore, whereas the p75NTR soluble intracellular domain accumulates only in the presence of proteasome inhibitors, the equivalent fragment of NRH2 is stable and localizes in the nucleus. Because soluble intracellular domains of p75NTR and NRH2 were found to activate NF-kappaB in concert with TNF receptor associated factor 6 (TRAF6), we propose that cleavage of these proteins may serve conserved cytoplasmic and nuclear signaling functions through distinct proteases.
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PMID:Proteolytic processing of the p75 neurotrophin receptor and two homologs generates C-terminal fragments with signaling capability. 1284 41

The transcriptional coactivator lens epithelium-derived growth factor (LEDGF)/p75 acts as a chromatin tethering factor for human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) integrase protein, determining its nuclear localization and its tight association with nuclear DNA. Here we identify a second function for the LEDGF/p75-integrase interaction. We observed that stable introduction of HIV-1 integrase (IN) transcription units into cells made stringently LEDGF/p75-deficient by RNAi resulted in much lower steady state levels of IN protein than introduction into LEDGF/p75 wild type cells. The same LEDGF/p75-dependent disparity was observed for feline immunodeficiency virus IN. However, IN mRNA levels were equivalent in the presence and absence of LEDGF/p75. A post-translational mechanism was confirmed when the half-life of HIV-1 IN protein was found to be much shorter in LEDGF/p75-deficient cells. Proteasome inhibition fully countered this extreme instability, increasing IN protein levels to those seen in LEDGF/p75 wild type cells and implicating proteasomal destruction as the main cause of IN instability. Consistent with these data, increased ubiquitinated HIV-1 IN was found in the LEDGF/p75 knock-down cells. Moreover, restoration of LEDGF/p75 to knocked down clones rescued HIV-1 IN stability. Subcellular fractionation showed that HIV-1 IN is exclusively cytoplasmic in LEDGF/p75-deficient cells, but mainly nuclear in LEDGF/p75 wild type cells, and that cytoplasmic HIV-1 IN has a shorter half-life than nuclear HIV-1 IN. However, using LEDGF proteins defective for nuclear localization and IN interaction, we further determined that protection of HIV-1 IN from the proteasome requires neither chromatin tethering nor nuclear residence. Protection requires only interaction with LEDGF/p75, and it is independent of the subcellular localization of the IN-LEDGF complex.
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PMID:Lens epithelium-derived growth factor/p75 prevents proteasomal degradation of HIV-1 integrase. 1547 59

Ankyrin repeat and SOCS box (ASB) family members have a C-terminal SOCS box and an N-terminal ankyrin-related sequence of variable repeats belonging to the SOCS superfamily. While SH2-domain-bearing SOCS proteins are mainly involved in the negative feedback regulation of the protein tyrosine kinase-STAT pathway in response to a variety of cytokines, the roles of ASB family members remain largely unknown. To investigate ASB functions, we screened for ASB3-interacting factors by using antibody array technology and identified tumor necrosis factor receptor II (TNF-R2) as an ASB3 binding target. ASB3 expression and activities are required for (i) TNF-R2 ubiquitination both in vivo and in vitro, (ii) TNF-R2 proteolysis via the proteasome pathway, and (iii) the inhibition of TNF-R2-mediated Jun N-terminal protein kinase (JNK) activation. While the ankyrin repeats of ASB3 interact with the C-terminal 37 amino acids of TNF-R2, the SOCS box of ASB3 is responsible for recruiting the E3 ubiquitin ligase adaptors Elongins-B/C, leading to TNF-R2 ubiquitination on multiple lysine residues within its C-terminal region. Downregulation of ASB3 expression by a small interfering RNA inhibited TNF-R2 degradation and potentiated TNF-R2-mediated cytotoxicity. The data presented here implicate ASB3 as a negative regulator of TNF-R2-mediated cellular responses to TNF-alpha by direct targeting of TNF-R2 for ubiquitination and proteasome-mediated degradation.
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PMID:Ankyrin repeat and SOCS box 3 (ASB3) mediates ubiquitination and degradation of tumor necrosis factor receptor II. 1589 73

We have identified human monocytic (THP-1) and myelogenous CD34+ (KG-1) leukemia cell lines that can be differentiated rapidly into mature dendritic cells (DCs) when cultured in serum-free medium containing GM-CSF, TNF-alpha, and ionomycin. These hematopoietic cell line-derived DCs are highly pure and monotypic, and display the morphologic, phenotypic, molecular, and functional properties of DCs generated from human donor-derived monocytes or CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells. During differentiation into mature DCs, the cells exhibit de novo cell-surface expression of CD83, CD80, CD86, CD40, CD206, CD209, CD120a, CD120b, and intracellular synthesis of IL-10, increase their endocytotic capacity, and acquire characteristic stellate morphology. To further define the cells as DCs, cytosolic induction and upregulation of RelB and RelA (p65), transcription factors of the NF-kappaB/Rel family essential for differentiation and maturation of DCs, as well as upregulation of the immunoproteasome subunits LMP2, LMP7, and MECL-1, and the proteasome activator PA28alpha, components essential for efficient MHC class I peptide antigen processing, were demonstrated during differentiation of the cells. In contrast to the cell lines, the cell line-derived mature DCs are capable of stimulating allogeneic CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, ultimately defining them as potent antigen-presenting cells. The approach to differentiate THP-1 and KG-1 cells into immature and mature DCs may serve as an experimental model to study molecular events and pathways that govern the differentiation of human malignant myeloid precursors, monocytes, and CD34+ hematopoietic progenitor cells into DCs.
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PMID:A cell line model for the differentiation of human dendritic cells. 1596 58

Neurotrophic factors regulate neuronal survival and differentiation and control neurite outgrowth by binding to tyrosine kinase receptors, the Trks, and a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-like molecule, p75 neurotrophin receptor. A proinflammatory cytokine, TNF, also affects survival and apoptotic death in neuronal cells. However, it is still unclear whether neurotrophic factors and TNF co-operate the intracellular signaling. Using green fluorescent protein-tagged NF-kappaB1 (GFP-NF-kappaB1), we examined here the effects of TNF-alpha and neurotrophic factors on the nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB in PC12 cells. TNF-alpha induced gradually the translocation of GFP-NF-kappaB1 from the cytoplasm to the nucleus within 60 min. Pretreatment of lactacystin which is a proteasome-specific inhibitor suppressed significantly the nuclear translocation of GFP-NF-kappaB1 after TNF-alpha stimulation. In addition, we found that co-stimulation of TNF-alpha and neurotrophic factors such as nerve growth factor (NGF) and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) increased greatly the nuclear translocation of GFP-NF-kappaB1 whereas neither NGF nor BDNF itself induced the translocation. These results suggested that there is a close correlation between the signaling pathways via TNF receptors and neurotrophin receptors for the NF-kappaB activation, and that NGF and BDNF enhance TNF-alpha-induced nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB.
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PMID:Neurotrophic factors increase tumor necrosis factor-alpha-induced nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB in rat PC12 cells. 1624 40

The proteasome constitutes the central proteolytic component of the highly conserved ubiquitin-proteasome system, which is required for the maintenance and regulation of basic cellular processes, including differentiation, proliferation, cell cycling, gene transcription and apoptosis. Here we show that inhibition of proteasomal proteolytic activity by the proteasome inhibitors bortezomib and lactacystin suppresses essential immune functions of human CD4(+) T cells activated by allogeneic dendritic cells (DCs). In activated CD4(+) T cells, proteasome inhibition induces apoptosis accompanied by rapid accumulation and stabilization of the tumour suppressor protein p53. Activated CD4(+) T cells surviving proteasome inhibition undergo inhibition of proliferation by induction of G(1) phase cell-cycle arrest. Induction of G(1) arrest is accompanied by the accumulation of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors p21(WAF1/CIP1) and p27(KIP1) and the disappearance of cyclin A, cyclin D2 and proliferating cell nuclear antigen, proteins known to regulate G(1) to S phase cell-cycle transitions. Expression of the activation-associated cell surface receptors CD25, CD28, CD120b and CD134 as well as production of interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-5 is suppressed in response to proteasome inhibition in CD4(+) T cells activated by DCs. Expression of CD25, IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, IL-4 and IL-5 is known to be mediated by the transcriptional activity of nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), and we show here that proteasome inhibition suppresses activation and nuclear translocation of NFATc2 in activated CD4(+) T cells. Thus, the proteasome is required for essential immune functions of activated CD4(+) T cells and can be defined as a molecular target for the suppression of deregulated and unwanted T-cell-mediated immune responses.
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PMID:Proteasome inhibition suppresses essential immune functions of human CD4+ T cells. 1821 57

The ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS), lysosomes, and autophagy are essential protein degradation systems for the regulation of a variety of cellular physiological events including the cellular response to injury. It has recently been reported that the UPS and autophagy mediate the axonal degeneration caused by traumatic insults and the retrieval of nerve growth factors. In the peripheral nerves, axonal degeneration after injury is accompanied by myelin degradation, which is tightly related to the reactive changes of Schwann cells called dedifferentiation. In this study, we examined the role of the UPS, lysosomal proteases, and autophagy in the early phase of Wallerian degeneration of injured peripheral nerves. We found that nerve injury induced an increase in the ubiquitin conjugation and lysosomal-associated membrane protein-1 expression within 1 day without any biochemical evidence for autophagy activation. Using an ex vivo explant culture of the sciatic nerve, we observed that inhibiting proteasomes or lysosomal serine proteases prevented myelin degradation, whereas this was not observed when inhibiting autophagy. Interestingly, proteasome inhibition, but not leupeptin, prevented Schwann cells from inducing dedifferentiation markers such as p75 nerve growth factor receptor and glial fibrillary acidic protein in vitro and in vivo. In addition, proteasome inhibitors induced cell cycle arrest and cellular process formation in cultured Schwann cells. Taken together, these findings indicate that the UPS plays a role in the phenotype changes of Schwann cells in response to nerve injury.
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PMID:Proteasome inhibition suppresses Schwann cell dedifferentiation in vitro and in vivo. 1945 15