IL-17 receptor signaling inhibits C/EBPbeta by sequential phosphorylation of the regulatory 2 domain.

ABSTRACT: Interleukin-17 (IL-17), the hallmark cytokine of T helper 17 (T(H)17) cells, signals through a distinct receptor subclass, yet little is known about the mechanisms involved. IL-17 activates the expression of target genes through the actions of the transcription factors nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB), CAAT enhancer binding protein delta (C/EBPdelta), and C/EBPbeta. The adaptor proteins tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated factor 6 (TRAF6) and Act1 are upstream of NF-kappaB and C/EBPdelta, but the regulation of C/EBPbeta remains undefined. Here, we show that IL-17 signaling led to phosphorylation of two sites in the regulatory 2 domain of C/EBPbeta in a sequential, interdependent fashion. The first was rapid and dependent on extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK), whereas the se

SUBMITTER: Shen F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2754870 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature