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ArticleEMBO reports2020

The p38-interacting protein p38IP suppresses TCR and LPS signaling by targeting TAK1.

Xu-Dong Wang, Chen-Si Zhao, Qi-Long Wang, Qi Zeng, Xing-Zhi Feng, Lianbo Li, Zhi-Long Chen, Yu Gong, Jiahuai Han, Yingqiu Li

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Article in EMBO reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xu-Dong Wang *MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-8265-1485
Chen-Si Zhao *MOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-2481-2623
Qi-Long WangMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Qi ZengMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Xing-Zhi FengMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Lianbo LiDepartments of Biochemistry and Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA.
Zhi-Long ChenMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1521-0161
Yu GongMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jiahuai HanState Key Laboratory of Cellular Stress Biology, School of Life Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China.
Yingqiu LiMOE Key Laboratory of Gene Function and Regulation, State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3206-5231
Sun Yat-sen University · CNThe University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · USXiamen University · CN

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 30571699National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 31370886National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) 31670893The Ministry of Science and Technology of China 2013CB835300The open research found of SKLCSB in Xiamen University SKLCSB2019KF017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Negative regulation of immunoreceptor signaling is required for preventing hyperimmune activation and maintaining immune homeostasis. The roles of p38IP in immunoreceptor signaling remain unclear. Here, we show that p38IP suppresses T-cell receptor (TCR)/LPS-activated NF-κB and p38 by targeting TAK1 kinase and that p38IP protein levels are downregulated in human PBMCs from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, inversely correlating with the enhanced activity of NF-κB and p38. Mechanistically, p38IP interacts with TAK1 to disassemble the TAK1-TAB (TAK1-binding protein) complex. p38IP overexpression decreases TCR-induced binding of K63-linked polyubiquitin (polyUb) chains to TAK1 but increases that to TAB2, and p38IP knockdown shows the opposite effects, indicating unanchored K63-linked polyUb chain transfer from TAB2 to TAK1. p38IP dynamically interacts with TAK1 upon stimulation, because of the polyUb chain transfer and the higher binding affinity of TAK1 and p38IP for polyUb-bound TAB2 and TAK1, respectively. Moreover, p38IP scaffolds the deubiquitinase USP4 to deubiquitinate TAK1 once TAK1 is activated. These findings reveal a novel role and the mechanisms of p38IP in controlling TCR/LPS signaling and suggest that p38IP might participate in RA pathogenesis.

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Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingLipopolysaccharidesHumansNF-kappa BReceptors, Antigen, T-CellSignal TransductionUbiquitin-Specific ProteasesAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingLipopolysaccharidesNF-kappa BReceptors, Antigen, T-CellUbiquitin-Specific ProteasesUSP4 protein, humanimmunoreceptor signalingnegative regulatorp38IPTAK1 activity sensorUSP4 scaffold

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PMID32410369
PMCPMC7332986
OpenAlexW3025880453

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