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J Biol Chem, Vol. 275, Issue 20, 15114-15121, May 19, 2000
From the Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) is a
neuropeptide produced by the central and peripheral nervous systems and
by endocrine cells. CGRP exerts diverse biological effects on the
cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory, central nervous and
immune systems. Little is known, however, about the molecular
mechanisms that mediate CGRP effects. Using the NF
Inhibition of NF-
B Activity and Enhancement of Apoptosis by
the Neuropeptide Calcitonin Gene-related Peptide*
§¶,
,
,
**
,
,
**§§,
Department of Internal Medicine, Yale
University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, the
¶¶ Department of Medicine, Program of Immunobiology,
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont 05405, the
Section of
Immunobiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven,
Connecticut 06510, the ** Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Yale
University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, and the
§ Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Yale
University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510
B-luciferase
reporter transgenic mice, here we show that CGRP selectively inhibits
NF-
B-mediated transcription in thymocytes in vitro and
in vivo. In contrast, CGRP does not affect transcription
mediated by the AP-1 and NFAT transcription factors. CGRP inhibits the
accumulation of NF-
B complexes in the nucleus by preventing
phosphorylation and degradation of the NF-
B inhibitor I
B.
Inhibition of NF-
B activity is associated with the induction of
apoptosis by CGRP in thymocytes. Together these results demonstrate for
the first time the selective implication of the NF-
B signaling
pathway in the regulatory function of the neuropeptide CGRP. Our study
suggests a potential molecular mechanism by which CGRP can induce cell
death in thymocytes.
*
This work was supported in part by National Institutes of
Health Grants AI42138 (to M. R.) and AR41965 and AR41942 (to A.V).The costs of publication of this
article were defrayed in part by the
payment of page charges. The article
must therefore be hereby marked
"advertisement" in
accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section
1734 solely to indicate this fact.

Associated investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
§§
Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

To whom correspondence should be addressed: Dept. of
Medicine/Immunobiology Program, Given Medical Building C305, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405. Tel.: 802-656-0937; Fax:
802-656-3854.
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