PACT-mediated PKR activation acts as a hyperosmotic stress intensity sensor weakening osmoadaptation and enhancing inflammation
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- 16 March 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd in eLife
Abstract
The inability of cells to adapt to increased environmental tonicity can lead to inflammatory gene expression and pathogenesis. The Rel family of transcription factors TonEBP and NF-κB p65 play critical roles in the switch from osmoadaptive homeostasis to inflammation, respectively. Here we identified PACT-mediated PKR kinase activation as a marker of the termination of adaptation and initiation of inflammation in Mus musculus embryonic fibroblasts. We found that high stress-induced PACT-PKR activation inhibits the interaction between NF-κB c-Rel and TonEBP essential for the increased expression of TonEBP-dependent osmoprotective genes. This resulted in enhanced formation of TonEBP/NF-κB p65 complexes and enhanced proinflammatory gene expression. These data demonstrate a novel role of c-Rel in the adaptive response to hyperosmotic stress, which is inhibited via a PACT/PKR-dependent dimer redistribution of the Rel family transcription factors. Our results suggest that inhibiting PACT-PKR signaling may prove a novel target for alleviating stress-induced inflammatory diseases.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Institutes of Health (R01DK53307)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R01AI116730)
- National Science Centre (2018/30/E/NZ1/00605)
- Cleveland Digestive Disease Research Core Center (DK097948)
- National Institutes of Health (R01DK060596)
- National Institutes of Health (R01DK113196)
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (R21AI144264)
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