IKK connects autophagy to major stress pathways

Alfredo Criollo, Laura Senovilla, Hélène Authier, Maria Chiara Maiuri, Eugenia Morselli, Ilio Vitale, Oliver Kepp, Ezgi Tasdemir, Lorenzo Galluzzi, Si Shen, Maximilien Tailler, Nicolas Delahaye, Antoine Tesniere, Daniela De Stefano, Aména Ben Younes, Francis Harper, Gérard Pierron, Sergio Lavandero, Laurence Zitvoge, Alain IsraelVéronique Baud, Guido Kroemer

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Abstract

Cells respond to stress by activating cytoplasmic mechanisms as well as transcriptional programs that can lead to adaptation or death. Autophagy represents an important cytoprotective response that is regulated by both transcriptional and transcription-independent pathways. NFκB is perhaps the transcription factor most frequently activated by stress and has been ascribed with either pro- or anti-autophagic functions, depending on the cellular context. Our results demonstrate that activation of the IKK (IκB kinase) complex, which is critical for the stress-elicited activation of NFκB, is sufficient to promote autophagy independent of NFκB, and that IKK is required for the optimal induction of autophagy by both physiological and pharmacological autophagic triggers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)189-191
Number of pages3
JournalAutophagy
Volume6
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 1 2010

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
G.K. is supported by the Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, ANR, Cancéropôle Ile-de-France, Institut National du Cancer, European Commission (Active p53, Apo-Sys, RIGHT, ChemoRes, ApopTrain), and FRM. We thank the International Collaboration Program ECOS-CONICYT, grant C08S01 (to G.K. and S.L.). V.B. is supported by Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer, Belgian InterUniversity Attraction Pole, Cancéropole Ile-de-France, INCa and Université Paris Descartes.

Funding

G.K. is supported by the Ligue Nationale contre le Cancer, ANR, Cancéropôle Ile-de-France, Institut National du Cancer, European Commission (Active p53, Apo-Sys, RIGHT, ChemoRes, ApopTrain), and FRM. We thank the International Collaboration Program ECOS-CONICYT, grant C08S01 (to G.K. and S.L.). V.B. is supported by Agence Nationale pour la Recherche, Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer, Belgian InterUniversity Attraction Pole, Cancéropole Ile-de-France, INCa and Université Paris Descartes.

FundersFunder number
Belgian InterUniversity Attraction Pole, Cancéropole Ile-de-France
Cancéropôle Ile-de-France
ChemoRes
International Collaboration Program ECOS-CONICYTC08S01
Association pour la Recherche sur le Cancer
European Commission
Agence Nationale de la Recherche
Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale
Ligue Contre le Cancer
Université Paris Descartes
Institut National Du Cancer
Right to Care

    ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

    • Molecular Biology
    • Cell Biology

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