Differential Role of an Atypical Protein Kinase C, PKC ζ, in Regulation of Human Eosinophil and Neutrophil Functions

2005 ◽  
Vol 137 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiko Kato ◽  
Takafumi Yamaguchi ◽  
Atsushi Tachibana ◽  
Hirokazu Kimura
2009 ◽  
Vol 50 (6) ◽  
pp. 1133-1145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mini P. Sajan ◽  
Mary L. Standaert ◽  
Sonali Nimal ◽  
Usha Varanasi ◽  
Tina Pastoor ◽  
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2002 ◽  
Vol 22 (24) ◽  
pp. 8787-8795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia Avila ◽  
Neal Silverman ◽  
María T. Diaz-Meco ◽  
Jorge Moscat

ABSTRACT Recent results showed the critical role of the mammalian p62-atypical protein kinase C (aPKC) complex in the activation of NF-κB in response to different stimuli. Here we demonstrate using the RNA interference technique on Schneider cells that the Drosophila aPKC (DaPKC) is required for the stimulation of the Toll-signaling pathway, which activates the NF-κB homologues Dif and Dorsal. However, DaPKC does not appear to be important for the other Drosophila NF-κB signaling cascade, which activates the NF-κB homologue Relish in response to lipopolysaccharides. Interestingly, DaPKC functions downstream of the nuclear translocation of Dorsal or Dif, controlling the transcriptional activity of the Drosomycin promoter. We also show that the Drosophila Ref(2)P protein is the homologue of mammalian p62 as it binds to DaPKC, its overexpression is sufficient to activate the Drosomycin but not the Attacin promoter, and its depletion severely impairs Toll signaling. Collectively, these results demonstrate the conservation of the p62-aPKC complex for the control of innate immunity signal transduction in Drosophila melanogaster.


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