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ArticleThe Journal of biological chemistry2014

Activation-induced tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 3 (Traf3) alternative splicing controls the noncanonical nuclear factor κB pathway and chemokine expression in human T cells.

Monika Michel, Ilka Wilhelmi, Astrid-Solveig Schultz, Marco Preussner, Florian Heyd

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Article in The Journal of biological chemistry, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Roles of TRAF3 in T cells: many surprises.Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Monika MichelFrom the Philipps-University Marburg, Institute of Molecular Biology and Tumor Research (IMT), Emil-Mannkopff-Strasse 2, 35032 Marburg, Germany.
Ilka Wilhelmi
Astrid-Solveig Schultz
Marco Preussner
Florian Heyd
Philipps University of Marburg · DE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The noncanonical nuclear factor κB (ncNFκB) pathway regulates the expression of chemokines required for secondary lymphoid organ formation and thus plays a pivotal role in adaptive immunity. Whereas ncNFκB signaling has been well described in stromal cells and B cells, its role and regulation in T cells remain largely unexplored. ncNFκB activity critically depends on the upstream NFκB-inducing kinase (NIK). NIK expression is negatively regulated by the full-length isoform of TNF receptor-associated factor 3 (Traf3) as formation of a NIK-Traf3-Traf2 complex targets NIK for degradation. Here we show that T cell-specific and activation-dependent alternative splicing generates a Traf3 isoform lacking exon 8 (Traf3DE8) that, in contrast to the full-length protein, activates ncNFκB signaling. Traf3DE8 disrupts the NIK-Traf3-Traf2 complex and allows accumulation of NIK to initiate ncNFκB signaling in activated T cells. ncNFκB activity results in expression of several chemokines, among them B cell chemoattractant (CxCL13), both in a model T cell line and in primary human CD4(+) T cells. Because CxCL13 plays an important role in B cell migration and activation, our data suggest an involvement and provide a mechanistic basis for Traf3 alternative splicing and ncNFκB activation in contributing to T cell-dependent adaptive immunity.

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Adaptive ImmunityAlternative SplicingAnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesChemokine CXCL13HeLa CellsHumansNF-kappa BNF-kappaB-Inducing KinaseProtein IsoformsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSignal TransductionTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 3Chemokine CXCL13CXCL13 protein, humanNF-kappa BNF-kappaB-Inducing KinaseProtein IsoformsProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesTNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 3TRAF3 protein, humanAlternative SplicingNuclear Factor κB (NFκB)RNA SplicingT CellTRAF

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PMID24671418
PMCPMC4036369
OpenAlexW2029667036

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