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The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Volume 192, Number 8, October 16, 2000 1165-1174


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FIST/HIPK3: a Fas/FADD-interacting Serine/Threonine Kinase that Induces FADD Phosphorylation and Inhibits Fas-mediated Jun NH2-terminal Kinase Activation

Véronique Rochat-Steinera, Karin Beckera, Olivier Micheaua, Pascal Schneidera, Kim Burnsa, and Jürg Tschoppa
a Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, BIL Biomedical Research Center, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland

Correspondence to: Jürg Tschopp, Institute of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Ch. des Boveresses 155, CH-1066 Epalinges, Switzerland. Tel:41-21-692-5738 Fax:41-21-692-5705

Fas is a cell surface death receptor that signals apoptosis. Several proteins have been identified that bind to the cytoplasmic death domain of Fas. Fas-associated death domain (FADD), which couples Fas to procaspase-8, and Daxx, which couples Fas to the Jun NH2-terminal kinase pathway, bind independently to the Fas death domain. We have identified a 130-kD kinase designated Fas-interacting serine/threonine kinase/homeodomain-interacting protein kinase (FIST/HIPK3) as a novel Fas-interacting protein. Binding to Fas is mediated by a conserved sequence in the COOH terminus of the protein. FIST/HIPK3 is widely expressed in mammalian tissues and is localized both in the nucleus and in the cytoplasm. In transfected cell lines, FIST/HIPK3 causes FADD phosphorylation, thereby promoting FIST/HIPK3–FADD–Fas interaction. Although Fas ligand–induced activation of Jun NH2-terminal kinase is impaired by overexpressed active FIST/HIPK3, cell death is not affected. These results suggest that Fas-associated FIST/HIPK3 modulates one of the two major signaling pathways of Fas.

Key Words: Fas/CD95, apoptosis, kinase, Jun NH2-terminal kinase, signal transduction


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