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. 2007 Nov 16;131(4):669-81.
doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2007.10.030.

IAP antagonists induce autoubiquitination of c-IAPs, NF-kappaB activation, and TNFalpha-dependent apoptosis

Eugene Varfolomeev  1 , John W Blankenship, Sarah M Wayson, Anna V Fedorova, Nobuhiko Kayagaki, Parie Garg, Kerry Zobel, Jasmin N Dynek, Linda O Elliott, Heidi J A Wallweber, John A Flygare, Wayne J Fairbrother, Kurt Deshayes, Vishva M Dixit, Domagoj Vucic
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IAP antagonists induce autoubiquitination of c-IAPs, NF-kappaB activation, and TNFalpha-dependent apoptosis

Eugene Varfolomeev et al. Cell. .
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Abstract

Inhibitor of apoptosis (IAP) proteins are antiapoptotic regulators that block cell death in response to diverse stimuli. They are expressed at elevated levels in human malignancies and are attractive targets for the development of novel cancer therapeutics. Herein, we demonstrate that small-molecule IAP antagonists bind to select baculovirus IAP repeat (BIR) domains resulting in dramatic induction of auto-ubiquitination activity and rapid proteasomal degradation of c-IAPs. The IAP antagonists also induce cell death that is dependent on TNF signaling and de novo protein biosynthesis. Additionally, the c-IAP proteins were found to function as regulators of NF-kappaB signaling. Through their ubiquitin E3 ligase activities c-IAP1 and c-IAP2 promote proteasomal degradation of NIK, the central ser/thr kinase in the noncanonical NF-kappaB pathway.

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