PMID- 37368952 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230630 LR - 20230630 IS - 1937-9145 (Electronic) IS - 1945-0877 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 791 DP - 2023 Jun 27 TI - IKK promotes naive T cell survival by repressing RIPK1-dependent apoptosis and activating NF-kappaB. PG - eabo4094 LID - 10.1126/scisignal.abo4094 [doi] AB - The inhibitor of kappaB kinase (IKK) complex regulates the activation of the nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) family of transcription factors. In addition, IKK represses extrinsic cell death pathways dependent on receptor-interacting serine/threonine-protein kinase 1 (RIPK1) by directly phosphorylating this kinase. Here, we showed that peripheral naive T cells in mice required the continued expression of IKK1 and IKK2 for their survival; however, the loss of these cells was only partially prevented when extrinsic cell death pathways were blocked by either deleting Casp8 (which encodes the apoptosis-inducing caspase 8) or inhibiting the kinase activity of RIPK1. Inducible deletion of Rela (which encodes the NF-kappaB p65 subunit) in mature CD4(+) T cells also resulted in loss of naive CD4(+) T cells and in reduced abundance of the interleukin-7 receptor (IL-7R) encoded by the NF-kappaB target Il7r, revealing an additional reliance upon NF-kappaB for the long-term survival of mature T cells. Together, these data indicate that the IKK-dependent survival of naive CD4(+) T cells depends on both repression of extrinsic cell death pathways and activation of an NF-kappaB-dependent survival program. FAU - Carty, Fiona AU - Carty F AD - Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2PP, UK. FAU - Layzell, Scott AU - Layzell S AD - Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2PP, UK. FAU - Barbarulo, Alessandro AU - Barbarulo A AD - Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2PP, UK. FAU - Islam, Farjana AU - Islam F AD - Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2PP, UK. FAU - Webb, Louise V AU - Webb LV AUID- ORCID: 0009-0000-8862-0199 AD - Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2PP, UK. FAU - Seddon, Benedict AU - Seddon B AD - Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Royal Free Hospital, London NW3 2PP, UK. LA - eng GR - MR/P011225/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom GR - MR/N013867/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20230627 PL - United States TA - Sci Signal JT - Science signaling JID - 101465400 RN - EC 2.7.11.10 (I-kappa B Kinase) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Ripk1 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Mice MH - Apoptosis/genetics MH - Cell Survival/genetics MH - *I-kappa B Kinase/genetics/metabolism MH - *NF-kappa B/genetics/metabolism MH - T-Lymphocytes/metabolism EDAT- 2023/06/27 19:13 MHDA- 2023/06/29 06:42 CRDT- 2023/06/27 14:02 PHST- 2023/06/29 06:42 [medline] PHST- 2023/06/27 19:13 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/06/27 14:02 [entrez] AID - 10.1126/scisignal.abo4094 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Sci Signal. 2023 Jun 27;16(791):eabo4094. doi: 10.1126/scisignal.abo4094. Epub 2023 Jun 27.