Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10815377 | Cellular Signalling | 2014 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Transforming growth factor β (TGF-β), a cytokine, and its receptors play a vital role during normal embryogenesis, cell proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis and migration. Ran-binding protein in the microtubule-organizing center (RanBPM) serves as a scaffold protein that has been shown to interact with many other proteins, such as MET, Axl/Sky, TRAF6, IFNR, TrKA and TrkB in addition to p75NTR. In the current study, we have identified RanBPM as a novel binding partner of TβRI by yeast two-hybrid assay. The TβRI and RanBPM association was confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation and GST pull-down experiments. Additionally, expression of RanBPM abrogated the interaction between TβRI and TRAF6. Furthermore, RanBPM could depress TGF-β induced TRAF6 ubiquitination, subsequent NF-κB signaling pathway, and block TGF-β induced TβRI nuclear accumulation. Taken together, our results reveal that RanBPM may modulate TGF-β-mediated downstream signaling and biological functions.
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Authors
Junwen Zhang, Wen Ma, Shuo Tian, Zhenzhen Fan, Xiaoli Ma, Xia Yang, Qiaojiajie Zhao, Kuan Tan, Hong Chen, Deng Chen, Bing-Ren Huang,