PMID- 10655476 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000302 LR - 20220317 IS - 0027-8424 (Print) IS - 0027-8424 (Linking) VI - 97 IP - 3 DP - 2000 Feb 1 TI - A nuclear export signal in the N-terminal regulatory domain of IkappaBalpha controls cytoplasmic localization of inactive NF-kappaB/IkappaBalpha complexes. PG - 1014-9 AB - Appropriate subcellular localization is crucial for regulation of NF-kappaB function. Herein, we show that latent NF-kappaB complexes can enter and exit the nucleus in preinduction states. The nuclear export inhibitor leptomycin B (LMB) sequestered NF-kappaB/IkappaBalpha complexes in the nucleus. Using deletion and site-directed mutagenesis, we identified a previously uncharacterized nuclear export sequence in residues 45-54 of IkappaBalpha that was required for cytoplasmic localization of inactive complexes. This nuclear export sequence also caused nuclear exclusion of heterologous proteins in a LMB-sensitive manner. Importantly, a LMB-insensitive CRM1 mutant (Crm1-K1) abolished LMB-induced nuclear accumulation of the inactive complexes. Moreover, a cell-permeable p50 NF-kappaB nuclear localization signal peptide also blocked these LMB effects. These results suggest that NF-kappaB/IkappaBalpha complexes shuttle between the cytoplasm and nucleus by a nuclear localization signal-dependent nuclear import and a CRM1-dependent nuclear export. The LMB-induced nuclear complexes could not bind DNA and were inaccessible to signaling events, because LMB inhibited NF-kappaB activation without affecting the subcellular localization of upstream kinases IKKbeta and NIK. Our findings indicate that the dominant nuclear export over nuclear import contributes to the largely cytoplasmic localization of the inactive complexes to achieve efficient NF-kappaB activation by extracellular signals. FAU - Huang, T T AU - Huang TT AD - Program in Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Wisconsin, K4/554 Clinical Sciences Center, 600 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53792, USA. FAU - Kudo, N AU - Kudo N FAU - Yoshida, M AU - Yoshida M FAU - Miyamoto, S AU - Miyamoto S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A JT - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America JID - 7505876 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Fatty Acids, Unsaturated) RN - 0 (I-kappa B Proteins) RN - 0 (Karyopherins) RN - 0 (Macromolecular Substances) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - 0 (NFKBIA protein, human) RN - 0 (Protein Sorting Signals) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (exportin 1 protein) RN - 139874-52-5 (NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) RN - Y031I2N1EO (leptomycin B) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Motifs MH - Animals MH - Biological Transport/drug effects MH - COS Cells MH - Carrier Proteins/physiology MH - Cell Nucleus/metabolism MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - Cytoplasm/*metabolism MH - DNA/metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*chemistry/genetics/physiology MH - Fatty Acids, Unsaturated/pharmacology MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - *I-kappa B Proteins MH - *Karyopherins MH - Macromolecular Substances MH - Models, Biological MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - NF-KappaB Inhibitor alpha MH - NF-kappa B/*metabolism MH - Protein Sorting Signals/chemistry/*physiology MH - *Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Transcription, Genetic MH - Transfection PMC - PMC15505 EDAT- 2000/02/03 09:00 MHDA- 2000/03/04 09:00 CRDT- 2000/02/03 09:00 PHST- 2000/02/03 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/03/04 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/02/03 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1073/pnas.97.3.1014 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2000 Feb 1;97(3):1014-9. doi: 10.1073/pnas.97.3.1014.