| 2004 |
TAB2 and TAB3 bind preferentially to lysine 63-linked polyubiquitin chains through a conserved zinc finger (ZnF) domain. Mutations of the ZnF domain abolish polyubiquitin binding and the ability to activate TAK1 and IKK. Replacement of the ZnF domain with a heterologous ubiquitin-binding domain restored TAK1 and IKK activation, demonstrating that polyubiquitin binding is essential for signaling. |
In vitro binding assays, ZnF domain mutagenesis, heterologous domain replacement, IKK activation assays |
Molecular cell |
High |
15327770
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| 2003 |
TAB3 physically associates with TAK1 and activates NF-κB. Endogenous TAB3 interacts with TRAF6 in an IL-1-dependent manner and with TRAF2 in a TNF-dependent manner. IL-1 signaling leads to TRAF6-mediated ubiquitination of TAB3. siRNA knockdown of both TAB2 and TAB3 inhibits IL-1- and TNF-induced TAK1 and NF-κB activation, indicating redundant roles. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, siRNA knockdown, NF-κB reporter assays, ubiquitination assays |
The EMBO journal |
High |
14633987
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| 2004 |
TAB3 forms two distinct TAK1 complexes in cells: one containing TAK1-TAB1-TAB2 and another containing TAK1-TAB1-TAB3. Both complexes are activated by TNF-α, IL-1, or LPS. TAB3 electrophoretic mobility decreases upon stimulation and is reversed by protein phosphatase-1, indicating phosphorylation. TAB3 phosphorylation is prevented by the p38 MAPK inhibitor SB203580, indicating TAB3 is phosphorylated via the SAPK2a/p38α pathway. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, kinase assays, phosphatase treatment, SB203580 inhibitor experiments, p38α-knockout MEFs |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
14670075
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| 2006 |
The TAB2/TAB3-binding domain on TAK1 maps to a non-contiguous region within the last C-terminal 100 residues (residues 479–553 necessary and sufficient). Residues 574–693 of TAB2 mediate interaction with TAK1. A GFP-TAK1-C100 fusion protein abolished endogenous TAB2/TAB3 interaction with TAK1, blocked TAK1 phosphorylation, and prevented IKK and MAPK activation by IL-1, TNF, and RANKL, as well as RANKL-induced NFATc1 nuclear accumulation and osteoclast differentiation. |
Deletion mapping, Co-immunoprecipitation, dominant-negative competition assay, kinase assays, osteoclast differentiation assays |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
High |
17158449
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| 2009 |
Crystal structures of TAB2 and TAB3 NZF domains in complex with Lys63-linked diubiquitin resolved at 1.18 Å and 1.40 Å, respectively. Both NZF domains bind the distal ubiquitin via a conserved Thr-Phe dipeptide. A surface specific to TAB2/TAB3 binds the proximal ubiquitin via the Ile44-centered hydrophobic patch. Mutagenesis confirmed both distal and proximal binding sites are required for Lys63-linked diubiquitin binding. |
X-ray crystallography, site-directed mutagenesis, ubiquitin binding assays |
The EMBO journal |
High |
19927120
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| 2007 |
TGF-β-induced Smad7 binds directly to TAB2 and TAB3, blocking recruitment of TAK1 to TRAF2. Formation of Smad7-TAB2 and Smad7-TAB3 complexes suppresses TNF-induced TRAF2-TAB2/TAB3-TAK1 complex assembly. In mouse skin expressing a Smad7 transgene, endogenous TRAF2-TAK1-TAB3 complexes were disrupted and NF-κB nuclear translocation was suppressed. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, transgenic mouse model, NF-κB nuclear translocation assays |
Nature immunology |
High |
17384642
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| 2008 |
TRIM30α, induced by TLR agonists, interacts with the TAB2-TAB3-TAK1 complex and promotes degradation of TAB2 and TAB3, thereby inhibiting NF-κB activation. This constitutes a negative feedback mechanism of TLR signaling. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, overexpression and transgenic mouse studies, siRNA knockdown, NF-κB activation assays |
Nature immunology |
High |
18345001
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| 2008 |
Three IL-1-stimulated phosphorylation sites on TAB3 were identified: Ser60, Thr404, and Ser506. Ser60 and Thr404 are phosphorylated directly by p38α MAPK, while Ser506 is phosphorylated by MAPKAP-K2/K3 (downstream of p38α). TAB1 is required to recruit p38α to the TAK1 complex for TAB3 phosphorylation at Ser60 and Thr404, and to prevent dephosphorylation of TAB3 at Ser506. |
Mass spectrometry-based phosphosite mapping, TAB1-knockout MEFs, kinase assays with specific inhibitors |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
18021073
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| 2011 |
TAB2 and TAB3 constitutively interact with the autophagy mediator Beclin 1 via their coiled-coil domains (CCDs), inhibiting autophagy. Upon autophagy induction, TAB2 and TAB3 dissociate from Beclin 1 and bind TAK1. Overexpression of TAB2/TAB3 suppresses autophagy, while their depletion triggers autophagy. Expression of the C-terminal domain of TAB3 or the CCD of Beclin 1 disrupts this interaction and stimulates autophagy through a pathway requiring endogenous Beclin 1, TAK1, and IKK. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, domain mapping (CCD), overexpression and siRNA depletion, autophagy readouts (electron microscopy, GFP-LC3 puncta) |
The EMBO journal |
High |
22081109
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| 2013 |
TAB2 and TAB3 are essential for B cell activation and B-1/marginal zone B cell development. In B cells lacking both TAB2 and TAB3, MAPK (especially ERK) activation is abolished in response to TLR and CD40 stimulation, whereas NF-κB activation is unaffected. Surprisingly, TAB2/TAB3-mediated MAPK activation in B cells occurs via a pathway independent of TAK1. |
Conditional double knockout mouse model, B cell stimulation assays, MAPK and NF-κB activation assays, B cell development analysis |
Journal of immunology |
High |
23509369
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| 2014 |
Enterovirus 71 3C protease cleaves TAB3 at two sites (Q173-G174 and Q343-G344), requiring 3C protease activity. H40D or C147S substitutions in 3C active sites abolish cleavage. EV71 3C interacts with TAB2 and TAK1, and cleavage of the TAK1/TAB1/TAB2/TAB3 complex inhibits NF-κB activation and cytokine production. |
Protease activity assays, active-site mutagenesis, Co-immunoprecipitation, NF-κB reporter assays, cleavage site mapping |
Journal of virology |
High |
24942571
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| 2017 |
IL-1β can activate the TAB1-TAK1 heterodimer in TAB2/TAB3 double knockout cells, but signaling is transient. TAB2/TAB3 are required for sustained TAK1 activation and for JNK1/2 and p38γ activation. Re-expression of TAB1 or TAB2 (but not an ubiquitin binding-defective mutant of TAB2) restores IL-1β signaling in TAB1/2/3 triple KO cells, establishing that K63-Ub chain binding by TAB2/TAB3 is required for one mode of TAK1 activation. |
TAB2/TAB3 double KO and TAB1/2/3 triple KO cell lines, re-expression rescue experiments, kinase assays, ubiquitin-binding mutant TAB2 |
The Biochemical journal |
High |
28507161
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| 2016 |
TAB3 is O-GlcNAcylated at Ser408 by OGT in triple negative breast cancer cells. This O-GlcNAcylation at Ser408 is required for Thr404 phosphorylation of TAB3, TAK1 activation, and downstream NF-κB activation. O-GlcNAcylation of TAB3 is induced by p38 MAPK and in turn enhances TAK1-mediated p38 MAPK activation, forming a positive feedback loop. |
O-GlcNAc site mapping (Ser408), site-directed mutagenesis, OGT co-expression, kinase activation assays |
Oncotarget |
Medium |
27009840
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| 2019 |
Multiple GPCR agonists (thrombin, histamine, PGE2, ADP) activate p38 MAPK via a non-canonical TAB1-TAB3-dependent pathway in primary human endothelial cells (HUVECs), bypassing canonical MKK3/MKK6 upstream kinases. TAB3 expression is confirmed in endothelial cells, and thrombin-induced p38 activation in HDMECs specifically depends on TAB1-TAB3 (not TAB1-TAB2). IL-6 production required both TAB1-TAB2 and TAB1-TAB3. |
siRNA knockdown, p38 and MKK3/6 phosphorylation assays, IL-6 ELISA, multiple endothelial cell types |
The Journal of biological chemistry |
Medium |
30760523
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| 2020 |
USP15 stabilizes TAB3 by inhibiting NBR1-mediated selective autophagic degradation of TAB3, independent of USP15's deubiquitinating activity. This TAB3 stabilization potentiates NF-κB activation downstream of TNFα and IL-1β. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, ubiquitination assays, lysosome inhibitor experiments, siRNA knockdown, NF-κB reporter assays |
The FEBS journal |
Medium |
31903660
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| 2022 |
METTL3 promotes m6A modification of TAB3 mRNA at its stop codon region. IGF2BP2 reads this m6A modification and stabilizes TAB3 mRNA. METTL3 knockdown reduces TAB3 protein levels and attenuates renal inflammation; METTL3 overexpression increases TAB3 stability and promotes inflammation. This mechanism was validated in vitro and in conditional METTL3 knockout mouse models. |
m6A-RIP sequencing, RNA-IP (IGF2BP2 pulldown), METTL3 conditional knockout mice, siRNA knockdown and overexpression |
Science translational medicine |
High |
35417191
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| 2016 |
TAB2 and TAB3 connect signaling molecules to activate IKK in B-cell receptor (BCR) signaling by linking TAK1 to CARMA1. Loss of TAB2 and TAB3 abolished BCR-induced IKK activation and TAK1 association with CARMA1. Deletion of TAB3 domains (ubiquitin-conjugation-to-ER degradation domain, coiled-coil domain, and zinc finger domain) each blocked IKK activation and CARMA1 association. |
TAB2/TAB3-deficient DT40 B cell lines, domain deletion mutants, Co-immunoprecipitation, IKK activation assays |
FEBS letters |
Medium |
27497262
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| 2020 |
TAB3 promotes STAT3 phosphorylation through formation of a TAB3-TAK1-STAT3 complex, leading to upregulation of PIM1 expression and colorectal cancer proliferation. TAB3 knockdown decreased STAT3 phosphorylation and PIM1 expression; PIM1 overexpression rescued proliferation defects caused by TAB3 knockdown. |
Co-immunoprecipitation, siRNA knockdown, rescue overexpression experiments, xenograft tumor assays, immunoblotting |
Experimental cell research |
Medium |
32229191
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| 2024 |
TAB2 and TAB3 are redundantly required in macrophages for TLR-induced NF-κB and MAPK activation and pro-inflammatory cytokine/chemokine production. Double deficiency of TAB2 and TAB3 severely impairs IκBζ expression at mRNA and protein levels, thereby impairing IL-6 production in response to LPS or Pam3CSK4. |
TAB2/TAB3 double-deficient bone marrow-derived macrophages, cytokine ELISA, NF-κB and MAPK phosphorylation assays, IκBζ expression analysis |
International immunology |
High |
38567483
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| 2002 |
TAB3 was identified in Xenopus laevis as a novel TAK1-binding protein with a role in regulating TAK1 activity during neural induction, with a proposed model of BMP inhibition partly through TAK1 regulation. |
Xenopus cDNA microarray, gain-of-function studies in ectodermal explants |
Development (Cambridge, England) |
Low |
12403722
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| 2017 |
TAB3 regulates Survivin expression by activating the NF-κB pathway through formation of a TAK1-TAB3-TRAF6 complex. TAB3 knockdown decreased Survivin expression and suppressed colorectal cancer cell migration and invasion in vitro and liver metastasis in vivo. |
Co-immunoprecipitation (TAK1-TAB3-TRAF6 complex), siRNA knockdown, invasion/migration assays, in vivo liver metastasis model |
Oncotarget |
Medium |
29290971
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