PMID- 29581234 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190122 LR - 20210317 IS - 1083-351X (Electronic) IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 293 IP - 19 DP - 2018 May 11 TI - TRAF-interacting protein with forkhead-associated domain (TIFA) transduces DNA damage-induced activation of NF-kappaB. PG - 7268-7280 LID - S0021-9258(20)39215-2 [pii] LID - 10.1074/jbc.RA117.001684 [doi] AB - DNA damage-induced NF-kappaB activation and the secretion of inflammatory cytokines play crucial roles in carcinogenesis and cellular senescence. However, the underlying mechanisms, especially the initial sensors and transducers connecting the nuclear DNA damage signal with cytoplasmic NF-kappaB activation remain incompletely understood. Here, we report that TRAF-interacting protein with forkhead-associated domain (TIFA), an established NF-kappaB activator in the cytosol, unexpectedly exhibited nuclear translocation and accumulation on damaged chromatin following genotoxic stress. Accordingly, we also found that DNA damage-induced transcriptional activation and the resulting secretion of classic NF-kappaB targets, including interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8, was greatly enhanced in TIFA-overexpressing cells compared with control cells. Mechanistically, DNA damage-induced TIFA phosphorylation at threonine 9 (pThr-9), and this phosphorylation event, involving the pThr-binding forkhead-associated domain, was crucial for its enrichment on damaged chromatin and subsequent NF-kappaB activation. Moreover, in conjunction with its partner protein, the E3 ligase TNF receptor-associated factor 2 (TRAF2), TIFA relayed the DNA damage signals by stimulating ubiquitination of NF-kappaB essential modulator (NEMO), whose sumoylation, phosphorylation, and ubiquitination were critical for NF-kappaB's response to DNA damage. Consistently, TRAF2 knockdown suppressed TIFA overexpression-enhanced NEMO ubiquitination under genotoxic stress, and a unphosphorylatable Thr-9-mutated TIFA variant had only minor effects on NEMO poly-ubiquitination. Finally, in agreement with the model of DNA damage-associated secretory senescence barrier against carcinogenesis, ectopic TIFA expression limited proliferation of multiple myeloma cancer cells. In conclusion our results indicate that TIFA functions as a key transducer in DNA damage-induced NF-kappaB activation. CI - (c) 2018 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. FAU - Fu, Jingxuan AU - Fu J AD - Peking University Research Center on Aging, Beijing 100191; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191. FAU - Huang, Daoyuan AU - Huang D AD - Peking University Research Center on Aging, Beijing 100191; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191. FAU - Yuan, Fuwen AU - Yuan F AD - Peking University Research Center on Aging, Beijing 100191; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191. FAU - Xie, Nan AU - Xie N AD - Peking University Research Center on Aging, Beijing 100191; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191. FAU - Li, Qian AU - Li Q AD - Department of Orthodontics, Peking University School and Hospital of Stomatology, National Engineering Laboratory for Digital and Material Technology of Stomatology, Beijing Key Laboratory of Digital Stomatology, Beijing 100081, People's Republic of China. FAU - Sun, Xinpei AU - Sun X AD - Peking University Research Center on Aging, Beijing 100191; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191. FAU - Zhou, Xuehong AU - Zhou X AD - Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191. FAU - Li, Guodong AU - Li G AD - Peking University Research Center on Aging, Beijing 100191; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191. FAU - Tong, Tanjun AU - Tong T AD - Peking University Research Center on Aging, Beijing 100191; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191. Electronic address: ttj@bjmu.edu.cn. FAU - Zhang, Yu AU - Zhang Y AD - Peking University Research Center on Aging, Beijing 100191; Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking University Health Science Center, Beijing 100191. Electronic address: zhang_yu@hsc.pku.edu.cn. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180326 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing) RN - 0 (CXCL8 protein, human) RN - 0 (Chromatin) RN - 0 (IKBKG protein, human) RN - 0 (IL6 protein, human) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (Interleukin-8) RN - 0 (Mutagens) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (PSMD2 protein, human) RN - 0 (TIFA protein, human) RN - 0 (TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Peptides and Proteins) RN - EC 2.7.11.10 (I-kappa B Kinase) SB - IM MH - Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing/*metabolism MH - Carcinogenesis MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Chromatin/metabolism MH - *DNA Damage MH - HEK293 Cells MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - I-kappa B Kinase/metabolism MH - Interleukin-6/metabolism MH - Interleukin-8/metabolism MH - Multiple Myeloma/metabolism/pathology MH - Mutagens/toxicity MH - NF-kappa B/*metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Protein Binding MH - Signal Transduction MH - TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 2/metabolism MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Peptides and Proteins/*metabolism MH - Ubiquitination PMC - PMC5950011 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DNA damage OT - NEMO OT - NF-kappaB transcription factor OT - TIFA OT - TNF receptor associated factor (TRAF) OT - TRAF-interacting protein with forkhead-associated domain OT - carcinogenesis OT - ubiquitylation (ubiquitination) COIS- The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest with the contents of this article EDAT- 2018/03/28 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/23 06:00 PMCR- 2019/05/11 CRDT- 2018/03/28 06:00 PHST- 2017/12/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/03/23 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/03/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/23 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/03/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/05/11 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - S0021-9258(20)39215-2 [pii] AID - RA117.001684 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.RA117.001684 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2018 May 11;293(19):7268-7280. doi: 10.1074/jbc.RA117.001684. Epub 2018 Mar 26.