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Published 21 June 2004. doi:10.1084/jem.20040520
Rockefeller University Press, 0022-1007 $8.00
JEM, Volume 199, Number 12, 1641-1650
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The Roles of Two I{kappa}B Kinase-related Kinases in Lipopolysaccharide and Double Stranded RNA Signaling and Viral Infection

Hiroaki Hemmi1, Osamu Takeuchi1, Shintaro Sato1,2, Masahiro Yamamoto1, Tsuneyasu Kaisho1,3, Hideki Sanjo1, Taro Kawai1,2, Katsuaki Hoshino1,3, Kiyoshi Takeda1,2, and Shizuo Akira1,2

1 Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University and 2 Exploratory Research for Advanced Technology Program, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
3 Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Research Center for Allergy and Immunology, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan

Address correspondence to Shizuo Akira, Dept. of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. Phone: 81-6-6879-8303; Fax: 81-6-6879-8305; email: sakira{at}biken.osaka-u.ac.jp

Viral infection and stimulation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or double stranded RNA (dsRNA) induce phosphorylation of interferon (IFN) regulatory factor (IRF)-3 and its translocation to the nucleus, thereby leading to the IFN-ß gene induction. Recently, two I{kappa}B kinase (IKK)–related kinases, inducible I{kappa}B kinase (IKK-i) and TANK-binding kinase 1 (TBK1), were suggested to act as IRF-3 kinases and be involved in IFN-ß production in Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling and viral infection. In this work, we investigated the physiological roles of these kinases by gene targeting. TBK1-deficient embryonic fibroblasts (EFs) showed dramatic decrease in induction of IFN-ß and IFN-inducible genes in response to LPS or dsRNA as well as after viral infection. However, dsRNA-induced expression of these genes was residually detected in TBK1-deficient cells and intact in IKK-i–deficient cells, but completely abolished in IKK-i/TBK1 doubly deficient cells. IRF-3 activation, in response not only to dsRNA but also to viral infection, was impaired in TBK1-deficient cells. Together, these results demonstrate that TBK1 as well as, albeit to a lesser extent, IKK-i play a crucial role in the induction of IFN-ß and IFN-inducible genes in both TLR-stimulated and virus-infected EFs.

Key Words: Toll-like receptor • interferon regulatory factor 3 • NF-{kappa}B • embryonic fibroblasts • IFN-ß


Abbreviations used in this paper: dsRNA, double stranded RNA; EF, embryonic fibroblast; EMSA, electrophoretic mobility shift assay; ERK, extracellular signal-regulated kinase; IKK, I{kappa}B kinase; IKK-i, inducible IKK; IRF, IFN regulatory factor; ISRE, IFN-stimulated response element; JNK, c-Jun NH2-terminal kinase; MAP, mitogen-activated protein; poly(I:C), polyinosine-polycytidylic acid; SeV, Sendai virus; TBK1, TANK-binding kinase 1; TIR, Toll/IL-1 receptor; TLR, Toll-like receptor; TRAF, TNF receptor–associated factor; TRIF, TIR domain-containing adaptor inducing IFN-ß; VSV, vesicular stomatitis virus.


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