Characterization of mechanisms involved in transrepression of NF-kappa B by activated glucocorticoid receptors.

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are required for cell survival. We studied the correlation between nuclear factor-�B (NF-�B) activation and cell death induced by TNF-�, IL-1�, or LPS. Adenovirus-mediated overexpression of a dominant-negative I�B � (inhibitor of �B) mutant blocked NF-�B activation by gel shift assay and blocked induction

Human cytomegalovirus upregulates NF-kappa B activity by transactivating the NF-kappa B p105/p50 and p65 promoters.

Recent genetic evidence has established a pathogenetic role for NF-kB signaling in cancer. NF-kB signaling is engaged transiently when normal B lymphocytes respond to antigens, but lymphomas derived from these cells accumulate genetic lesions that constitutively activate NF-kB signaling. Many

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of respiratory epithelial cells that demonstrate that ligation of ceramide-associated receptors on epithelial surfaces by P. aeruginosa pili is a major stimulus for the translocation of transcription factor nuclear factor (NF)-k

-independent transcription but still maintaining high levels of expression. A self-inactivating (SIN) vector was constructed by deleting 133 bp in the U3 region of the 3 * LTR, including the TATA box and binding sites for transcription factors Sp1 and NF-kB. The deletion is transferred to the 5 * LTR after reverse

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Supplemental Experimental Procedures AW076974) homolog genes. The zebrafish ikk1 gene structure was elucidated by BLAST analysis comparing the cDNA sequence against a genomic clone consisting of 5 contigs containing the pre-Cell Cultures and Transfections Human embryonic kidney (HEK) 293T cells and IKK1/ mouse em- dicted gene (GenBank BX530079). bryo fibroblasts (MEFs) [S1] weremaintained in Dulbecco’smodified Eagle’smedium (DMEM) supplementedwith 10 % fetal bovine serum Chromosomal Mapping for the ikk1 Gene The zebrafish radiation hybrid (RH) panel (T51 panel, ResGen, In-(Hyclone) and 1 % antibiotic-antimycotic (Invitrogen) in an atmo-sphere of 10 % CO2, at 37C. IKK1/ MEFs (105 cells/well in 6-well vitrogen) was assayed for PCR-based gene mapping with standard protocol (AmpliTaq DNA polymerase, Roche) in the presence of 2plates) were transduced with cytomegalovirus (CMV)-driven lentivi-ral vectors at the appropriate multiplicity of infection (moi 102–103) mM of gene-specific primers (forward: 5-TTAGAAACACAAACGG ACGCAAG-3; reverse: 5-ATCTCCTCAGGCACATCCTTTG-3). Ato constitutively express the transgene of interest at endogenous levels. positive reaction was only considered when a single ikk1-specific amplicon (about 1.1 kb)was generated.GenemappingwasprovidedZebrafish fibroblast-like cells (ZF4, ATCC #CRL-2050) were main-tained in a 1:1 mixture of Ham’s F12 medium and DMEM supple- by Robert Geisler (Tübingen Map, Max Planck Institute, Germany) after RH data submission (http://wwwmap.tuebingen.mpg.de/). Themented with 10 % fetal bovine serum and 1 % antibiotic-antimycotic