Essential role of nuclear factor-kappaB for NADPH oxidase activity in normal and anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia leukocytes
Luengo-Blanco, Marcos ; Prando, Carolina ; Bustamante, Jacinta ; Aragao-Filho, Walmir Cutrim ; pereira, Paulo Vitor Soeiro ; Rehder, Jussara ; Padden, Carolyn ; Casanova, Jean-Laurent ; Newburger, Peter E. ; Condino-Neto, Antonio
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This work investigated the functional role of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) in respiratory burst activity and in expression of the human phagocyte nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase genes CYBB, CYBA, NCF1, and NCF2. U937 cells with a stably transfected repressor of NF-kappaB (IkappaBalpha-S32A/S36A) demonstrated significantly lower superoxide release and lower CYBB and NCF1 gene expression compared with control U937 cells. We further tested Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed B cells from patients with anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with immunodeficiency (EDA-ID), an inherited disorder of NF-kappaB function. Superoxide release and CYBB gene expression by EDA-ID cells were significantly decreased compared with healthy cells and similar to cells from patients with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease (X91(0) CGD). NCF1 gene expression in EDA-ID S32I cells was decreased compared with healthy control cells and similar to that in autosomal recessive (A47(0)) CGD cells. Gel shift assays demonstrated loss of recombinant human p50 binding to a NF-kappaB site 5' to the CYBB gene in U937 cells treated with NF-kappaB inhibitors, repressor-transfected U937 cells, and EDA-ID patients' cells. Zymosan phagocytosis was not affected by transfection of U937 cells with the NF-kappaB repressor. These studies show that NF-kappaB is necessary for CYBB and NCF1 gene expression and activation of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase in this model system.
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Blood. 2008 Aug 15;112(4):1453-60. Epub 2008 Jun 3. doi 10.1182/blood-2007-07-099267. Link to article on publisher's website