PMID- 11677267 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20011204 LR - 20190630 IS - 0022-3042 (Print) IS - 0022-3042 (Linking) VI - 79 IP - 2 DP - 2001 Oct TI - Binding of nerve growth factor to its p75 receptor in stressed cells induces selective IkappaB-beta degradation and NF-kappaB nuclear translocation. PG - 391-9 AB - Nerve growth factor (NGF) regulates the activity of the transcription factor NF-kappaB (nuclear factor-kappaB) through its low affinity receptor, p75. In the present study we found that NGF binding to p75 induces nuclear translocation of p65 and increases NF-kappaB binding activity in a cell line overexpressing p75, but only after the cells have been subjected to a previous stress. Under physiological conditions, in the absence of stress, NGF is unable to alter p65 nuclear levels. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) induces a down-regulation of IkappaB-alpha, -beta and -epsilon both in physiological and in stress, i.e. serum-free, conditions. In contrast, NGF only induces the specific degradation of IkappaB-beta after serum withdrawal, without affecting IkappaB-alpha or -epsilon either in the presence or in the absence of stress. IkappaB-beta consists of several isoforms, whose relative abundance is regulated by serum withdrawal. NGF does not target all the IkappaB-beta isoforms with the same potency, being more effective in reducing the levels of the isoforms up-regulated by serum withdrawal. TRAF-6 is expressed at the same level under both physiological and stress conditions. These results indicate that NGF is able to induce NF-kappaB nuclear translocation by a mechanism that involves specific IkappaB-beta degradation only after the cells have been subjected to a severe stress. FAU - Cosgaya, J M AU - Cosgaya JM AD - Department of Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 93305, USA. FAU - Shooter, E M AU - Shooter EM LA - eng GR - NS04270/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - England TA - J Neurochem JT - Journal of neurochemistry JID - 2985190R RN - 0 (I-kappa B Proteins) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor) RN - 0 (Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor) RN - 0 (TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6) RN - 9061-61-4 (Nerve Growth Factor) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Biological Transport/physiology MH - Blood Physiological Phenomena MH - Cell Line MH - I-kappa B Proteins/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - NF-kappa B/*metabolism MH - Nerve Growth Factor/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Protein Isoforms/metabolism MH - Proteins/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Receptor, Nerve Growth Factor MH - Receptors, Nerve Growth Factor/*metabolism MH - Stress, Physiological/*metabolism/pathology MH - TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6 EDAT- 2001/10/26 10:00 MHDA- 2002/01/05 10:01 CRDT- 2001/10/26 10:00 PHST- 2001/10/26 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/01/05 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2001/10/26 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00573.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Neurochem. 2001 Oct;79(2):391-9. doi: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00573.x.