NEMO-binding domain peptide inhibition of inflammatory signal-induced NF-κB activation in vivo

Methods Mol Biol. 2015:1280:505-25. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2422-6_30.

Abstract

NF-κB comprises a family of transcription factors that regulate the expression of diverse gene families essential for inflammatory and immune responses as well as cell survival and cell death pathways. Aberrant NF-κB transcriptional activity plays pivotal roles in a large number of human pathologies, including a variety of cancers and chronic inflammatory diseases. Therefore, there has been a large increase in studies aimed at identifying and testing drugs or small molecule inhibitors that would specifically block NF-κB activation in inflammatory diseases and cancer. In this chapter, we describe an in vivo system to test the inhibitory effects of the NEMO-binding domain (NBD) peptide on NF-κB activation specifically in the vascular endothelium and lymphocytes in mice. We demonstrate that pretreatment of mice with the NBD peptide reduces the NF-κB induced gene expression of cell adhesion molecules and DNA-binding activity following systemic LPS stimulation. These methods can be further used to test alternate inhibitors for effects on NF-κB signaling in murine endothelium and immune cells.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aorta / metabolism
  • Blotting, Western / methods
  • E-Selectin / metabolism
  • Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay / methods
  • Enzyme Activation / drug effects
  • Inflammation / metabolism*
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / chemistry
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / metabolism*
  • Lipopolysaccharides / administration & dosage
  • Mice
  • NF-kappa B / metabolism*
  • Peptide Fragments / administration & dosage
  • Peptide Fragments / pharmacology*
  • Protein Interaction Domains and Motifs*
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects*
  • Spleen / metabolism
  • Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / metabolism

Substances

  • E-Selectin
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Lipopolysaccharides
  • NEMO protein, mouse
  • NF-kappa B
  • Peptide Fragments
  • Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1