A homeostatic model of IκB metabolism to control constitutive NF‐κB activity

Abstract Cellular signal transduction pathways are usually studied following administration of an external stimulus. However, disease‐associated aberrant activity of the pathway is often due to misregulation of the equilibrium state. The transcription factor NF‐κB is typically described as being hel...

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Main Authors: Ellen L O'Dea, Derren Barken, Raechel Q Peralta, Kim T Tran, Shannon L Werner, Jeffrey D Kearns, Andre Levchenko, Alexander Hoffmann
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Published: Springer Nature 2007-05-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/msb4100148
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author Ellen L O'Dea
Derren Barken
Raechel Q Peralta
Kim T Tran
Shannon L Werner
Jeffrey D Kearns
Andre Levchenko
Alexander Hoffmann
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Alexander Hoffmann
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description Abstract Cellular signal transduction pathways are usually studied following administration of an external stimulus. However, disease‐associated aberrant activity of the pathway is often due to misregulation of the equilibrium state. The transcription factor NF‐κB is typically described as being held inactive in the cytoplasm by binding its inhibitor, IκB, until an external stimulus triggers IκB degradation through an IκB kinase‐dependent degradation pathway. Combining genetic, biochemical, and computational tools, we investigate steady‐state regulation of the NF‐κB signaling module and its impact on stimulus responsiveness. We present newly measured in vivo degradation rate constants for NF‐κB‐bound and ‐unbound IκB proteins that are critical for accurate computational predictions of steady‐state IκB protein levels and basal NF‐κB activity. Simulations reveal a homeostatic NF‐κB signaling module in which differential degradation rates of free and bound pools of IκB represent a novel cross‐regulation mechanism that imparts functional robustness to the signaling module.
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spelling doaj-art-9dcbccd4ddc74519890f88eb4c2cdda22025-08-24T12:02:05ZengSpringer NatureMolecular Systems Biology1744-42922007-05-01311710.1038/msb4100148A homeostatic model of IκB metabolism to control constitutive NF‐κB activityEllen L O'Dea0Derren Barken1Raechel Q Peralta2Kim T Tran3Shannon L Werner4Jeffrey D Kearns5Andre Levchenko6Alexander Hoffmann7Signaling Systems Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSDSignaling Systems Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSDSignaling Systems Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSDSignaling Systems Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSDSignaling Systems Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSDSignaling Systems Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSDDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins UniversitySignaling Systems Laboratory, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, UCSDAbstract Cellular signal transduction pathways are usually studied following administration of an external stimulus. However, disease‐associated aberrant activity of the pathway is often due to misregulation of the equilibrium state. The transcription factor NF‐κB is typically described as being held inactive in the cytoplasm by binding its inhibitor, IκB, until an external stimulus triggers IκB degradation through an IκB kinase‐dependent degradation pathway. Combining genetic, biochemical, and computational tools, we investigate steady‐state regulation of the NF‐κB signaling module and its impact on stimulus responsiveness. We present newly measured in vivo degradation rate constants for NF‐κB‐bound and ‐unbound IκB proteins that are critical for accurate computational predictions of steady‐state IκB protein levels and basal NF‐κB activity. Simulations reveal a homeostatic NF‐κB signaling module in which differential degradation rates of free and bound pools of IκB represent a novel cross‐regulation mechanism that imparts functional robustness to the signaling module.https://doi.org/10.1038/msb4100148cross‐regulationhomeostasismathematical modelingrobustnesssignaling module
spellingShingle Ellen L O'Dea
Derren Barken
Raechel Q Peralta
Kim T Tran
Shannon L Werner
Jeffrey D Kearns
Andre Levchenko
Alexander Hoffmann
A homeostatic model of IκB metabolism to control constitutive NF‐κB activity
Molecular Systems Biology
cross‐regulation
homeostasis
mathematical modeling
robustness
signaling module
title A homeostatic model of IκB metabolism to control constitutive NF‐κB activity
title_full A homeostatic model of IκB metabolism to control constitutive NF‐κB activity
title_fullStr A homeostatic model of IκB metabolism to control constitutive NF‐κB activity
title_full_unstemmed A homeostatic model of IκB metabolism to control constitutive NF‐κB activity
title_short A homeostatic model of IκB metabolism to control constitutive NF‐κB activity
title_sort homeostatic model of iκb metabolism to control constitutive nf κb activity
topic cross‐regulation
homeostasis
mathematical modeling
robustness
signaling module
url https://doi.org/10.1038/msb4100148
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