Helicobacter pylori-induced tyrosine phosphorylation of IKKβ contributes to NF-κB activation

Abstract Helicobacter pylori, the etiological agent of several human gastric diseases, induces the transcription factor nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) in colonized epithelial cells leading to the release of proinflammatory mediators. Activation of NF-κB involves the IκB kinase (IKK)-complex composed of two catalytic subunits, IKKα and IKKβ, and a regulatory scaffold protein, IKKγ. IKKβ was shown to be essential for NF-κB activation in response to a variety of stimuli including H. pylori. In addition to the phosphorylation of serine residues, tyrosine phosphorylation could be crucial for IKKβ activation. Here we provide evidence that IKKβ phosphorylation is induced in lipid rafts (DRM fractions) of H. pylori-infected cells, but not TNFα-stimulated cells. Furthermore, H. pylori transiently induces binding of IKKβ to c-Src kinase. Inhibition of c-Src by specific inhibitors as well as knockdown of c-Src by small interfering RNA reduced phosphorylation of IκBα as well as of p65. Thus, tyrosine-phosphorylated IKKβ contributes at least in part to NF-κB activation in response to H. pylori infection.

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