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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2022

Atypical IκB Bcl3 enhances the generation of the NF-κB p52 homodimer.

Wenfei Pan, Limei Deng, Haitao Wang, Vivien Ya-Fan Wang

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2022. 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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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wenfei PanFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Macau SAR, China.
Limei DengFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Macau SAR, China.
Haitao WangThoracic Surgery Branch, Clinical Research, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
Vivien Ya-Fan WangFaculty of Health Sciences, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Macau SAR, China.
University of Macau · MONational Cancer Institute · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The NF-κB family of dimeric transcription factors regulate diverse biological functions. Their cellular expression profiles differ, which lead to different concentrations in different cell/tissue types. Although the activation mechanisms of different NF-κB dimers have been widely investigated, there is limited information on specific NF-κB dimers' formation. The NF-κB p52:p52 homodimer regulates an important subset of target genes in cancer cells; however, the molecular mechanism of the generation of this specific homodimer remains unclear. Our study has revealed that the atypical IκB protein, Bcl3, plays an essential role in enhancing the p52:p52 homodimer population which is a unique mechanism to p52 within the NF-κB family. p52 was shown to heterodimerize with four other NF-κB subunits (RelA, RelB, cRel, and p50); all heterodimers, except p52:p50, are significantly more stable than the p52:p52 homodimer. Bcl3 is able to compete with all other NF-κB subunits in cells for efficient p52:p52 homodimer formation which consequently leads to the upregulation of target genes that are involved in cell proliferation, migration, and inflammation, which explain why aberrant activation of Bcl3 and p52 leads to cancer.

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Bcl3dimerizationgene expressionNF-κB:IκB complexNF-κB—nuclear factor-kappa B

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PMID35990614
PMCPMC9389042
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