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Cell-cycle exit and differentiation of suprabasal epidermal keratinocytes require nuclear IκB kinase α (IKKα), but not its protein kinase activity. IKKα also is a suppressor of squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), but its mode of action remains elusive. Postulating that IKKα may serve as a transcriptional regulator in keratinocytes, we searched for cell-cycle-related genes that could illuminate this function. IKKα was found to control several Myc antagonists, includingMad1 ,Mad2 , andOvol1 , through the association with TGFβ-regulated Smad2/3 transcription factors and is required for Smad3 recruitment to at least one of these targets. Surprisingly, Smad2/3-dependentMad1 induction and keratinocyte differentiation are independent of Smad4, the almost universal coregulator of canonical TGFβ signaling. IKKα also is needed for nuclear accumulation of activated Smad2/3 in the epidermis, and Smad2/3 are required for epidermal differentiation. We suggest that a TGFβ–Smad2/3–IKKα axis is a critical Smad4-independent regulator of keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation.

IKKα is a critical coregulator of a Smad4-independent TGFβ-Smad2/3 signaling pathway that controls keratinocyte differentiation