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ArticleCell reports2024

Co-imaging of RelA and c-Rel reveals features of NF-κB signaling for ligand discrimination.

Shah Md Toufiqur Rahman, Apeksha Singh, Sarina Lowe, Mohammad Aqdas, Kevin Jiang, Haripriya Vaidehi Narayanan, Alexander Hoffmann, Myong-Hee Sung

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Article in Cell reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Autonomous Oscillations of NF-κB.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026
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  12. Evolving Rel.Nature immunology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Shah Md Toufiqur RahmanLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Apeksha SinghInstitute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Sarina LoweInstitute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Mohammad AqdasLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Kevin JiangInstitute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Haripriya Vaidehi NarayananInstitute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Alexander HoffmannInstitute for Quantitative and Computational Biosciences and Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Myong-Hee SungLaboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. Electronic address: sungm@nih.gov.
QB3 · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Functional decoding of signaling dynamics in single immune cellsZIAAG000380 · NIA · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING · PI SUNG, MYONG-HEE · 2016 to 2025
$29.0M
Characterizing functional states of macrophages via their stimulus-responsesR01AI173214 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Alexander Hoffmann · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
Coordinated dynamic regulation and function of IRF transcription factorsR01AI132835 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HOFFMANN, ALEXANDER · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
NFkB Signaling in MacrophagesR01AI127864 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HOFFMANN, ALEXANDER · 2017 to 2021
$1.9M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 AG999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA AG000380NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI127864NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI132835NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI173214
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Individual cell sensing of external cues has evolved through the temporal patterns in signaling. Since nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) signaling dynamics have been examined using a single subunit, RelA, it remains unclear whether more information might be transmitted via other subunits. Using NF-κB double-knockin reporter mice, we monitored both canonical NF-κB subunits, RelA and c-Rel, simultaneously in single macrophages by quantitative live-cell imaging. We show that signaling features of RelA and c-Rel convey more information about the stimuli than those of either subunit alone. Machine learning is used to predict the ligand identity accurately based on RelA and c-Rel signaling features without considering the co-activated factors. Ligand discrimination is achieved through selective non-redundancy of RelA and c-Rel signaling dynamics, as well as their temporal coordination. These results suggest a potential role of c-Rel in fine-tuning immune responses and highlight the need for approaches that will elucidate the mechanisms regulating NF-κB subunit specificity.

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NF-kappa BProto-Oncogene Proteins c-relAnimalsLigandsMacrophagesMiceSignal TransductionTranscription Factor RelALigandsNF-kappa BProto-Oncogene Proteins c-relTranscription Factor RelACP: Molecular biologyc-Relendogenous knockinfluorescent fusion reporter miceinflammatory signalinglive microscopymacrophagesmathematical modelingNF-κBRelA

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PMID38483906
PMCPMC11015162
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