DSIF Restricts NF-κB Signaling by Coordinating Elongation with mRNA Processing of Negative Feedback Genes

Gil Diamant, Liat Amir-Zilberstein, Yuki Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Handa, Rivka Dikstein

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Abstract

NF-κB is central for immune response and cell survival, and its deregulation is linked to chronic inflammation and cancer through poorly defined mechanisms. IκBα and A20 are NF-κB target genes and negative feedback regulators. Upon their activation by NF-κB, DSIF is recruited, P-TEFb is released, and their elongating polymerase II (Pol II) C-terminal domain (CTD) remains hypophosphorylated. We show that upon DSIF knockdown, mRNA levels of a subset of NF-κB targets are not diminished; yet much less IκBα and A20 protein are synthesized, and NF-κB activation is abnormally prolonged. Further analysis of IκBα and A20 mRNA revealed that a significant portion is uncapped, unspliced, and retained in the nucleus. Interestingly, the Spt5 C-terminal repeat (CTR) domain involved in elongation stimulation through P-TEFb is dispensable for IκBα and A20 regulation. These findings assign a function for DSIF in cotranscriptional mRNA processing when elongating Pol II is hypophosphorylated and define DSIF as part of the negative feedback regulation of NF-κB

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)722-731
Number of pages10
JournalCell Reports
Volume2
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Oct 2012

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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