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. 1995 May 1;14(9):1991-2004.
doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1995.tb07191.x.

RelA/p65 is a molecular target for the immunosuppressive action of protein kinase A

M Neumann  1 , T Grieshammer, S Chuvpilo, B Kneitz, M Lohoff, A Schimpl, B R Franza Jr, E Serfling
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RelA/p65 is a molecular target for the immunosuppressive action of protein kinase A

M Neumann et al. EMBO J. .

Abstract

Stimulation of the protein kinase A (PKA) signalling pathway exerts an inhibitory effect on the proliferation of numerous cells, including T lymphocytes. In CD4+ T helper cells, stimulation of PKA leads to suppression of interleukin 2 (IL-2) induction, while induction of the genes coding for the lymphokines IL-4 and IL-5 is enhanced. We show that the differential effect of PKA activity on induction of the IL-2 and IL-4 genes is mediated through their promoters. One major target of the suppressive effect of PKA is the kappa B site in the IL-2 promoter. A kappa B site is missing in the IL-4 promoter. Mutations preventing factor binding to the IL-2 kappa B site result in a loss of PKA-mediated suppression of IL-2 promoter activity. Furthermore, activation of the PKA signalling pathway impairs the inducible activity of multiple kappa B sites of the IL-2 promoter, but not of other factor binding sites. The reduction in activity of kappa B sites in activated and PKA-stimulated T cells is accompanied by changes in the concentration and DNA binding of Rel/NF-kappa B factors. Stimulation of the PKA pathway in Jurkat T cells with the PKA activator forskolin leads to an increase in synthesis of c-Rel and p105/p50, while synthesis of p65/RelA remains unchanged. However, nuclear translocation and DNA binding of p65 is distinctly impaired, probably due to a retarded degradation of I kappa B-alpha. In a similar way, stimulation of the PKA signalling pathway inhibits nuclear translocation of p65 and generation of nuclear kappa B complexes in peripheral T lymphocytes from murine lymph nodes. These results indicate that PKA-mediated suppression of NF-kappa B activity plays an important role in the control of activation of peripheral T lymphocytes.

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