TNFSF12

Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 12 also known as TNF-related weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TNFSF12 gene.[5][6][7]

TNFSF12
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesTNFSF12, APO3L, DR3LG, TWEAK, TNLG4A, tumor necrosis factor superfamily member 12, TNF superfamily member 12
External IDsOMIM: 602695 MGI: 1196259 HomoloGene: 7979 GeneCards: TNFSF12
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

8742

21944

Ensembl

ENSG00000239697

ENSMUSG00000097328

UniProt

O43508

O54907

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003809

NM_011614

RefSeq (protein)

NP_003800

NP_035744

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 7.55 – 7.56 MbChr 11: 69.58 – 69.59 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Function

TWEAK was discovered in 1997.[5] The protein encoded by this gene is a cytokine that belongs to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand family. This protein is a ligand for the FN14/TWEAKR receptor. This cytokine has overlapping signaling functions with TNF, but displays a much wider tissue distribution. Leukocytes are the main source of TWEAK including human resting and activated monocytes, dendritic cells and natural killer cells.[8] TWEAK can induce apoptosis via multiple pathways of cell death in a cell type-specific manner. This cytokine is also found to promote proliferation and migration of endothelial cells, and thus acts as a regulator of angiogenesis.[7]

Clinical significance

Excessive activation of the TWEAK pathway in chronic injury has been described to promote pathological tissue changes including chronic inflammation, fibrosis and angiogenesis.[9] In chronic liver disease, for example, TWEAK expression is enhanced and causes hepatic stellate cells, which are key regulators of liver fibrosis, to proliferate.[10]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000239697 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000097328 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Chicheportiche Y, Bourdon PR, Xu H, Hsu YM, Scott H, Hession C, Garcia I, Browning JL (December 1997). "TWEAK, a new secreted ligand in the tumor necrosis factor family that weakly induces apoptosis". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 272 (51): 32401–10. doi:10.1074/jbc.272.51.32401. PMID 9405449.
  6. Marsters SA, Sheridan JP, Pitti RM, Brush J, Goddard A, Ashkenazi A (April 1998). "Identification of a ligand for the death-domain-containing receptor Apo3". Current Biology. 8 (9): 525–8. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(98)70204-0. PMID 9560343. S2CID 14953579.
  7. "Entrez Gene: TNFSF12 tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 12".
  8. Maecker H, Varfolomeev E, Kischkel F, Lawrence D, LeBlanc H, Lee W, Hurst S, Danilenko D, Li J, Filvaroff E, Yang B, Daniel D, Ashkenazi A (December 2005). "TWEAK attenuates the transition from innate to adaptive immunity". Cell. 123 (5): 931–44. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2005.09.022. PMID 16325585. S2CID 2660454.
  9. Burkly LC (June 2014). "TWEAK/Fn14 axis: the current paradigm of tissue injury-inducible function in the midst of complexities". Seminars in Immunology. The TNF family - challenges ahead. 26 (3): 229–36. doi:10.1016/j.smim.2014.02.006. PMID 24636536.
  10. Wilhelm A, Shepherd EL, Amatucci A, Munir M, Reynolds G, Humphreys E, Resheq Y, Adams DH, Hübscher S, Burkly LC, Weston CJ, Afford SC (February 2016). "Interaction of TWEAK with Fn14 leads to the progression of fibrotic liver disease by directly modulating hepatic stellate cell proliferation". The Journal of Pathology. 239 (1): 109–21. doi:10.1002/path.4707. PMC 4949530. PMID 26924336.

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