Modulation of NF-kappaB-dependent transcription and cell survival by the SIRT1 deacetylase. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • NF-kappaB is responsible for upregulating gene products that control cell survival. In this study, we demonstrate that SIRT1, a nicotinamide adenosine dinucleotide-dependent histone deacetylase, regulates the transcriptional activity of NF-kappaB. SIRT1, the mammalian ortholog of the yeast SIR2 (Silencing Information Regulator) and a member of the Sirtuin family, has been implicated in modulating transcriptional silencing and cell survival. SIRT1 physically interacts with the RelA/p65 subunit of NF-kappaB and inhibits transcription by deacetylating RelA/p65 at lysine 310. Treatment of cells with resveratrol, a small-molecule agonist of Sirtuin activity, potentiates chromatin-associated SIRT1 protein on the cIAP-2 promoter region, an effect that correlates with a loss of NF-kappaB-regulated gene expression and sensitization of cells to TNFalpha-induced apoptosis. While SIRT1 is capable of protecting cells from p53-induced apoptosis, our work provides evidence that SIRT1 activity augments apoptosis in response to TNFalpha by the ability of the deacetylase to inhibit the transactivation potential of the RelA/p65 protein.

publication date

  • May 20, 2004

Research

keywords

  • Cell Survival
  • Histone Deacetylases
  • NF-kappa B
  • Sirtuins
  • Transcription, Genetic

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC423286

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 3242719545

PubMed ID

  • 15152190

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 23

issue

  • 12