PMID- 11813163 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20020320 LR - 20211203 IS - 0014-2980 (Print) IS - 0014-2980 (Linking) VI - 32 IP - 2 DP - 2002 Feb TI - Vav cooperates with CD28 to induce NF-kappaB activation via a pathway involving Rac-1 and mitogen-activated kinase kinase 1. PG - 447-56 AB - CD28-delivered costimulatory signals are required to induce NF-kappaB activation in response to TCR stimulation. We have recently demonstrated that the mitogen-activated kinase kinase 1 (MEKK1), a kinase known to regulate the c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) pathway, is also involved in the CD28- and TCR-induced inhibitor of kappaB factor (IkappaB) kinases (IKK) and NF-kappaB activation. Searching for molecules that couple TCR and CD28 to MEKK1, we found that the guanine nucleotide exchange factor Vav synergized with CD28 stimulation in Jurkat cells to induce NF-kappaB transcriptional activity through the activation of IKKalpha and IKKbeta. Dominant negative mutants of Vav inhibited TCR- and CD28-NF-kappaB-dependent transcription by interfering with the activation of the IKK complex. Blocking Rac signaling downstream of Vav by dominant negative RacN17 exerts similar effects on IKK and NF-kappaB activation after TCR/CD28 stimulation. Finally, Vav-induced NF-kappaB activation in CD28 costimulated cells was inhibited by dominant negative MEKK(KM). These results identify Vav, Rac-1 and MEKK1 as components of a common pathway regulating both NF-kappaB and AP-1 that contributes to full activation of the CD28 response element (CD28RE). FAU - Marinari, Barbara AU - Marinari B AD - Department of Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Rome La Sapienza, Via del Sardi 70, I-00185 Rome, Italy. FAU - Costanzo, Antonio AU - Costanzo A FAU - Viola, Antonella AU - Viola A FAU - Michel, Frederique AU - Michel F FAU - Mangino, Giorgio AU - Mangino G FAU - Acuto, Oreste AU - Acuto O FAU - Levrero, Massimo AU - Levrero M FAU - Piccolella, Enza AU - Piccolella E FAU - Tuosto, Loretta AU - Tuosto L LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - Germany TA - Eur J Immunol JT - European journal of immunology JID - 1273201 RN - 0 (CD28 Antigens) RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins) RN - 0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav) RN - 0 (Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell) RN - 0 (VAV1 protein, human) RN - EC 1.13.12.- (Luciferases) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.10 (CHUK protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.10 (I-kappa B Kinase) RN - EC 2.7.11.10 (IKBKB protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.10 (IKBKE protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1) RN - EC 2.7.11.25 (MAP3K1 protein, human) RN - EC 3.6.5.2 (rac1 GTP-Binding Protein) SB - IM MH - CD28 Antigens/*metabolism MH - *Cell Cycle Proteins MH - Genes, Reporter MH - Humans MH - I-kappa B Kinase MH - Jurkat Cells MH - Luciferases/genetics MH - Lymphocyte Activation MH - *MAP Kinase Kinase Kinase 1 MH - Mutation MH - NF-kappa B/*metabolism MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins/*metabolism MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-vav MH - Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - T-Lymphocytes/immunology/metabolism MH - rac1 GTP-Binding Protein/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 2002/01/29 10:00 MHDA- 2002/03/21 10:01 CRDT- 2002/01/29 10:00 PHST- 2002/01/29 10:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2002/03/21 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2002/01/29 10:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/1521-4141(200202)32:2<447::AID-IMMU447>3.0.CO;2-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Eur J Immunol. 2002 Feb;32(2):447-56. doi: 10.1002/1521-4141(200202)32:2<447::AID-IMMU447>3.0.CO;2-5.