Jun Ninomiya-Tsuji

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Receptor-Associated Kinase Leads to Activation of TAK1 by Inducing TAB2 Translocation in the IL-1 Signaling Pathway

Takaesu, Giichi, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Kishida, Satoshi, Li, Xiaoxia, Stark, George R., Matsumoto, Kunihiro

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a proinflammatory cytokine that recognizes a surface receptor complex and generates multiple cellular responses. IL-1 stimulation activates the mitogen-activated protein...

A Drosophila MAPKKK, D-MEKK1, mediates stress responses through activation of p38 MAPK

Inoue, Hideki, Tateno, Minoru, Fujimura-Kamada, Konomi, Takaesu, Giichi, Adachi-Yamada, Takashi, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, ...

In cultured mammalian cells, the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is activated in response to a variety of environmental stresses. How ever, there is little evidence from in vivo...

Receptor Activator of NF-κB Ligand (RANKL) Activates TAK1 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase through a Signaling Complex Containing RANK, TAB2, and TRAF6

Mizukami, Junko, Takaesu, Giichi, Akatsuka, Hiroyuki, Sakurai, Hiroaki, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Matsumoto, Kunihiro, ...

The receptor activator of NF-κB (RANK) and its ligand RANKL are key molecules for differentiation and activation of osteoclasts. RANKL stimulates transcription factors AP-1 through mitogen-activated...

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Receptor-Associated Kinase-Dependent IL-1-Induced Signaling Complexes Phosphorylate TAK1 and TAB2 at the Plasma Membrane and Activate TAK1 in the Cytosol

Jiang, Zhengfan, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Qian, Youcun, Matsumoto, Kunihiro, Li, Xiaoxia

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor-associated kinase (IRAK) plays an important role in the sequential formation and activation of IL-1-induced signaling complexes. Previous studies showed that IRAK is...

The TAK1-NLK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade Functions in the Wnt-5a/Ca2+ Pathway To Antagonize Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling

Ishitani, Tohru, Kishida, Satoshi, Hyodo-Miura, Junko, Ueno, Naoto, Yasuda, Jun, Waterman, Marian, ...

Wnt signaling controls a variety of developmental processes. The canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway functions to stabilize β-catenin, and the noncanonical Wnt/Ca2+ pathway activates...

TAB2 Is Essential for Prevention of Apoptosis in Fetal Liver but Not for Interleukin-1 Signaling

Sanjo, Hideki, Takeda, Kiyoshi, Tsujimura, Tohru, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Matsumoto, Kunihiro, Akira, Shizuo

The proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 (IL-1) transmits a signal via several critical cytoplasmic proteins such as MyD88, IRAKs and TRAF6. Recently, serine/threonine kinase TAK1 and TAK1 binding...

Regulation of Lymphoid Enhancer Factor 1/T-Cell Factor by Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase-Related Nemo-Like Kinase-Dependent Phosphorylation in Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling

Ishitani, Tohru, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Matsumoto, Kunihiro

The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway regulates many developmental processes by modulating gene expression. Wnt signaling induces the stabilization of cytosolic β-catenin, which then associates with...

Role of the TAB2-related protein TAB3 in IL-1 and TNF signaling

Ishitani, Tohru, Takaesu, Giichi, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Shibuya, Hiroshi, Gaynor, Richard B., Matsumoto, Kunihiro

The cytokines IL-1 and TNF induce expression of a series of genes that regulate inflammation through activation of NF-κB signal transduction pathways. TAK1, a MAPKKK, is critical for both IL-1- and...

Wnt-1 signal induces phosphorylation and degradation of c-Myb protein via TAK1, HIPK2, and NLK

Kanei-Ishii, Chie, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Tanikawa, Jun, Nomura, Teruaki, Ishitani, Tohru, Kishida, Satoshi, ...

The c-myb proto-oncogene product (c-Myb) regulates both the proliferation and apoptosis of hematopoietic cells by inducing the transcription of a group of target genes. However, the biologically...

SEK-1 MAPKK mediates Ca2+ signaling to determine neuronal asymmetric development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Tanaka-Hino, Miho, Sagasti, Alvaro, Hisamoto, Naoki, Kawasaki, Masato, Nakano, Shunji, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, ...

The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is a highly conserved signaling cascade that converts extracellular signals into various outputs. In Caenorhabditis elegans, asymmetric expression...

TAK1-binding protein 2 facilitates ubiquitination of TRAF6 and assembly of TRAF6 with IKK in the IL-1 signaling pathway

Kishida, Satoshi, Sanjo, Hideki, Akira, Shizuo, Matsumoto, Kunihiro, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun

TAK1 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase participates in the Interleukin-1 (IL-1) signaling pathway by mediating activation of JNK, p38, and NF-κB. TAK1-binding protein 2 (TAB2) was...

Involvement of ASK1 in Ca2+-induced p38 MAP kinase activation

Takeda, Kohsuke, Matsuzawa, Atsushi, Nishitoh, Hideki, Tobiume, Kei, Kishida, Satoshi, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, ...

The mammalian mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase kinase apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) is a pivotal component in cytokine- and stress-induced apoptosis. It also regulates cell...

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Receptor-Associated Kinase Leads to Activation of TAK1 by Inducing TAB2 Translocation in the IL-1 Signaling Pathway

Takaesu, Giichi, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Kishida, Satoshi, Li, Xiaoxia, Stark, George R., Matsumoto, Kunihiro

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a proinflammatory cytokine that recognizes a surface receptor complex and generates multiple cellular responses. IL-1 stimulation activates the mitogen-activated protein...

A Drosophila MAPKKK, D-MEKK1, mediates stress responses through activation of p38 MAPK

Inoue, Hideki, Tateno, Minoru, Fujimura-Kamada, Konomi, Takaesu, Giichi, Adachi-Yamada, Takashi, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, ...

In cultured mammalian cells, the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is activated in response to a variety of environmental stresses. How ever, there is little evidence from in vivo...

Receptor Activator of NF-κB Ligand (RANKL) Activates TAK1 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinase Kinase through a Signaling Complex Containing RANK, TAB2, and TRAF6

Mizukami, Junko, Takaesu, Giichi, Akatsuka, Hiroyuki, Sakurai, Hiroaki, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Matsumoto, Kunihiro, ...

The receptor activator of NF-κB (RANK) and its ligand RANKL are key molecules for differentiation and activation of osteoclasts. RANKL stimulates transcription factors AP-1 through mitogen-activated...

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) Receptor-Associated Kinase-Dependent IL-1-Induced Signaling Complexes Phosphorylate TAK1 and TAB2 at the Plasma Membrane and Activate TAK1 in the Cytosol

Jiang, Zhengfan, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Qian, Youcun, Matsumoto, Kunihiro, Li, Xiaoxia

Interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor-associated kinase (IRAK) plays an important role in the sequential formation and activation of IL-1-induced signaling complexes. Previous studies showed that IRAK is...

The TAK1-NLK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Cascade Functions in the Wnt-5a/Ca2+ Pathway To Antagonize Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling

Ishitani, Tohru, Kishida, Satoshi, Hyodo-Miura, Junko, Ueno, Naoto, Yasuda, Jun, Waterman, Marian, ...

Wnt signaling controls a variety of developmental processes. The canonical Wnt/β-catenin pathway functions to stabilize β-catenin, and the noncanonical Wnt/Ca2+ pathway activates...

TAB2 Is Essential for Prevention of Apoptosis in Fetal Liver but Not for Interleukin-1 Signaling

Sanjo, Hideki, Takeda, Kiyoshi, Tsujimura, Tohru, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Matsumoto, Kunihiro, Akira, Shizuo

The proinflammatory cytokine interleukin-1 (IL-1) transmits a signal via several critical cytoplasmic proteins such as MyD88, IRAKs and TRAF6. Recently, serine/threonine kinase TAK1 and TAK1 binding...

Regulation of Lymphoid Enhancer Factor 1/T-Cell Factor by Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase-Related Nemo-Like Kinase-Dependent Phosphorylation in Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling

Ishitani, Tohru, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Matsumoto, Kunihiro

The Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway regulates many developmental processes by modulating gene expression. Wnt signaling induces the stabilization of cytosolic β-catenin, which then associates with...

Role of the TAB2-related protein TAB3 in IL-1 and TNF signaling

Ishitani, Tohru, Takaesu, Giichi, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Shibuya, Hiroshi, Gaynor, Richard B., Matsumoto, Kunihiro

The cytokines IL-1 and TNF induce expression of a series of genes that regulate inflammation through activation of NF-κB signal transduction pathways. TAK1, a MAPKKK, is critical for both IL-1- and...

Wnt-1 signal induces phosphorylation and degradation of c-Myb protein via TAK1, HIPK2, and NLK

Kanei-Ishii, Chie, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, Tanikawa, Jun, Nomura, Teruaki, Ishitani, Tohru, Kishida, Satoshi, ...

The c-myb proto-oncogene product (c-Myb) regulates both the proliferation and apoptosis of hematopoietic cells by inducing the transcription of a group of target genes. However, the biologically...

SEK-1 MAPKK mediates Ca2+ signaling to determine neuronal asymmetric development in Caenorhabditis elegans

Tanaka-Hino, Miho, Sagasti, Alvaro, Hisamoto, Naoki, Kawasaki, Masato, Nakano, Shunji, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, ...

The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway is a highly conserved signaling cascade that converts extracellular signals into various outputs. In Caenorhabditis elegans, asymmetric expression...

Involvement of ASK1 in Ca2+-induced p38 MAP kinase activation

Takeda, Kohsuke, Matsuzawa, Atsushi, Nishitoh, Hideki, Tobiume, Kei, Kishida, Satoshi, Ninomiya-Tsuji, Jun, ...

The mammalian mitogen-activated protein (MAP) kinase kinase kinase apoptosis signal-regulating kinase 1 (ASK1) is a pivotal component in cytokine- and stress-induced apoptosis. It also regulates cell...