Induction of OTUD4 by viral infection promotes antiviral responses through deubiquitinating and stabilizing MAVS
CELL RESEARCH(2018)
摘要
The activity and stability of the adapter protein MAVS (also known as VISA, Cardif and IPS-1), which critically mediates cellular antiviral responses, are extensively regulated by ubiquitination. However, the process whereby MAVS is deubiquitinated is unclear. Here, we report that the ovarian tumor family deubiquitinase 4 (OTUD4) targets MAVS for deubiquitination. Viral infection leads to the IRF3/7-dependent upregulation of OTUD4 which interacts with MAVS to remove K48-linked polyubiquitin chains, thereby maintaining MAVS stability and promoting innate antiviral signaling. Knockout or knockdown of OTUD4 impairs RNA virus-triggered activation of IRF3 and NF-κB, expression of their downstream target genes, and potentiates VSV replication in vitro and in vivo. Consistently, Cre-ER Otud4 fl/fl or Lyz2-Cre Otud4 fl/fl mice produce decreased levels of type I interferons and proinflammatory cytokines and exhibit increased sensitivity to VSV infection compared to their control littermates. In addition, reconstitution of MAVS into OTUD4-deficient cells restores virus-induced expression of downstream genes and cellular antiviral responses. Together, our findings uncover an essential role of OTUD4 in virus-triggered signaling and contribute to the understanding of deubiquitination-mediated regulation of innate antiviral responses.
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Innate Antiviral Signaling,Cellular Antiviral Response,Mouse Lung Fibroblasts (MLFs),Bone Marrow-derived Dendritic Cells (BMDCs),RIG-I-like Receptors (RLRs)
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