NF-κB regulates neuronal ankyrin-G via a negative feedback loop.
The axon initial segment (AIS) is a neuronal compartment defined by ankyrin-G expression. We here demonstrate that the IKK-complex co-localizes and interacts with the cytoskeletal anchor protein ankyrin-G in immunoprecipitation and proximity-ligation experiments in cortical neurons. Overexpression of the 270 kDa variant of ankyrin-G suppressed, while gene-silencing of ankyrin-G expression increased nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) activity in primary neurons, suggesting that ankyrin-G sequesters the transcription factor in the AIS. We also found that p65 bound to the ank3 (ankyrin-G) promoter sequence in chromatin immunoprecipitation analyses thereby increasing ank3 expression and ankyrin-G levels at the AIS. Gene-silencing of p65 or ankyrin-G overexpression suppressed ank3 reporter activity. Collectively these data demonstrate that p65/NF-κB controls ankyrin-G levels via a negative feedback loop, thereby linking NF-κB signaling with neuronal polarity and axonal plasticity.
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This work was supported by Science Foundation Ireland (14/1A/2582 & 08/IN.1/B1949), the Higher Education Authority Ireland (PRTLI Cycle 5, BioAnalysis and Therapeutics PhD Scholars Programme, cofounded by the European Regional Development Fund), and the European Union (EU FP6-Mobility, Marie Curie Transfer of Knowledge SPIN under agreement Nr. 014499).
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This article is also available at http://www.nature.com/articles/srep42006Published Citation
König HG, Schwamborn R, Andersen S, Kinsella S, Watters O, Fenner B, Prehn JH. NF-κB regulates neuronal ankyrin-G via a negative feedback loop. Scientific Reports. 2017;7:42006.Publication Date
2017-02-09External DOI
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28181483Department/Unit
- Physiology and Medical Physics