PMID- 29415884 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20191028 LR - 20220408 IS - 2379-3708 (Electronic) IS - 2379-3708 (Linking) VI - 3 IP - 3 DP - 2018 Feb 8 TI - TNF receptor-activated factor 2 mediates cardiac protection through noncanonical NF-kappaB signaling. LID - 98278 [pii] LID - 10.1172/jci.insight.98278 [doi] LID - e98278 AB - To elucidate the mechanisms responsible for cytoprotective effects of TNF receptor-activated factor 2 (TRAF2) in the heart, we employed genetic gain- and loss-of-function studies ex vivo and in vivo in mice with cardiac-restricted overexpression of TRAF2 (Myh6-TRAF2LC). Crossing Myh6-TRAF2LC mice with mice lacking canonical signaling (Myh6-TRAF2LC/Myh6-IkappaBalphaDeltaN) abrogated the cytoprotective effects of TRAF2 ex vivo. In contrast, inhibiting the JAK/STAT pathway did not abrogate the cytoprotective effects of TRAF2. Transcriptional profiling of WT, Myh6-TRAF2LC, and Myh6-TRAF2LC/Myh6-IkappaBalphaDeltaN mouse hearts suggested that the noncanonical NF-kappaB signaling pathway was upregulated in the Myh6-TRAF2LC mouse hearts. Western blotting and ELISA for the NF-kappaB family proteins p50, p65, p52, and RelB on nuclear and cytoplasmic extracts from naive 12-week-old WT, Myh6-TRAF2LC, and Myh6-TRAF2LC/Myh6-IkappaBalphaDeltaN mouse hearts showed increased expression levels and increased DNA binding of p52 and RelB, whereas there was no increase in expression or DNA binding of the p50 and p65 subunits. Crossing Myh6-TRAF2LC mice with RelB-/+ mice (Myh6-TRAF2LC/RelB-/+) attenuated the cytoprotective effects of TRAF2 ex vivo and in vivo. Viewed together, these results suggest that crosstalk between the canonical and noncanonical NF-kappaB signaling pathways is required for mediating the cytoprotective effects of TRAF2. FAU - Evans, Sarah AU - Evans S AD - Center for Cardiovascular Research, Cardiovascular Division and. FAU - Tzeng, Huei-Ping AU - Tzeng HP AD - Center for Cardiovascular Research, Cardiovascular Division and. FAU - Veis, Deborah J AU - Veis DJ AD - Division of Bone and Mineral Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA. FAU - Matkovich, Scot AU - Matkovich S AD - Center for Cardiovascular Research, Cardiovascular Division and. FAU - Weinheimer, Carla AU - Weinheimer C AD - Center for Cardiovascular Research, Cardiovascular Division and. FAU - Kovacs, Attila AU - Kovacs A AD - Center for Cardiovascular Research, Cardiovascular Division and. FAU - Barger, Philip M AU - Barger PM AD - Center for Cardiovascular Research, Cardiovascular Division and. FAU - Mann, Douglas L AU - Mann DL AD - Center for Cardiovascular Research, Cardiovascular Division and. LA - eng GR - R01 AR070030/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL058081/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL089543/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 HL111094/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20180208 PL - United States TA - JCI Insight JT - JCI insight JID - 101676073 RN - 0 (Relb protein, mouse) RN - 0 (TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2) RN - 0 (TRAF2 protein, mouse) RN - 147337-75-5 (Transcription Factor RelB) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Myocardial Infarction/etiology/*pathology MH - Signal Transduction/physiology MH - TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2/genetics/*metabolism MH - Transcription Factor RelB/genetics/*metabolism MH - Ventricular Remodeling/*physiology PMC - PMC5821173 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cardiology OT - Innate immunity COIS- Conflict of interest: The authors have declared that no conflict of interest exists. EDAT- 2018/02/09 06:00 MHDA- 2019/10/29 06:00 PMCR- 2018/02/08 CRDT- 2018/02/09 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/01/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/02/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/10/29 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/02/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/02/08 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 98278 [pii] AID - 10.1172/jci.insight.98278 [doi] PST - epublish SO - JCI Insight. 2018 Feb 8;3(3):e98278. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.98278. eCollection 2018 Feb 8.