The ectodermal dysplasia receptor activates the nuclear factor-kappaB, JNK, and cell death pathways and binds to ectodysplasin A.

The ectodermal dysplasia receptor (EDAR) is a recently isolated member of the tumor necrosis factor receptor family that has been shown to play a key role in the process of ectodermal differentiation. We present evidence that EDAR is capable of activating the nuclear factor-kappaB, JNK, and caspase-independent cell death pathways ...
and that these activities are impaired in mutants lacking its death domain or those associated with anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia and the downless phenotype. Although EDAR possesses a death domain, it did not interact with the death domain-containing adaptor proteins TRADD and FADD. EDAR successfully interacted with various TRAF family members; however, a dominant-negative mutant of TRAF2 was incapable of blocking EDAR-induced nuclear factor-kappaB or JNK activation. Collectively, the above results suggest that EDAR utilizes a novel signal transduction pathway. Finally, ectodysplasin A can physically interact with the extracellular domain of EDAR and thus represents its biological ligand.
Mesh Terms:
Cell Death, Ectodermal Dysplasia, Ectodysplasins, Enzyme Activation, JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, Membrane Proteins, Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, Mutagenesis, NF-kappa B, Protein Binding, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Signal Transduction
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Jan. 26, 2001
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