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NFκB regulates expression of Polo-like kinase 4

  • Adeline C. Ledoux
  • , Hélène Sellier
  • , Katie Gillies
  • , Alessio Iannetti
  • , John James
  • , Neil D. Perkins*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Activation of the NFκB signaling pathway allows the cell to respond to infection and stress and can affect many cellular processes. As a consequence, NFκB activity must be integrated with a wide variety of parallel signaling pathways. One mechanism through which NFκB can exert widespread effects is through controlling the expression of key regulatory kinases. Here we report that NFκB regulates the expression of genes required for centrosome duplication, and that Polo-like kinase 4 (PLκ4) is a direct NFκB target gene. RNA interference, chromatin immunoprecipitation, and analysis of the PLκ4 promoter in a luciferase reporter assay revealed that all NFκB subunits participate in its regulation. Moreover, we demonstrate that NFκB regulation of PLκ4 expression is seen in multiple cell types. Significantly long-term deletion of the NFκB2 (p100/p52) subunit leads to defects in centrosome structure. This data reveals a new component of cell cycle regulation by NFκB and suggests a mechanism through which deregulated NF κB activity in cancer can lead to increased genomic instability and uncontrolled proliferation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3052-3062
Number of pages11
JournalCell Cycle
Volume12
Issue number18
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Sept 2013

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We would like to thank Mónica Bettencourt Dias and members of the NDP lab for helpful comments. ACL was funded by a Cancer Research UK PhD studentship (C1443/A9215), HS is funded by the Wellcome Trust (grant 094,409) and AI is funded by the European Union FP7 “Inflacare” consortium. Additional NDP Lab funding was received from Cancer Research UK program grant C1443/A12750.

Funding

We would like to thank Mónica Bettencourt Dias and members of the NDP lab for helpful comments. ACL was funded by a Cancer Research UK PhD studentship (C1443/A9215), HS is funded by the Wellcome Trust (grant 094,409) and AI is funded by the European Union FP7 “Inflacare” consortium. Additional NDP Lab funding was received from Cancer Research UK program grant C1443/A12750.

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • Cancer
  • Cell cycle
  • Centrosome
  • IKK
  • Mitosis
  • NFκB
  • PLK4
  • Promoter

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