Initiating an immune response to viral infection begins with the detection of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) by pattern-recognition receptors (PRRs). RIG-I, MDA5, and cGAS are major PRRs that can sense viral nucleic acids. Since their activation is strictly regulated by polyubiquitination and deubiquitination, it is important to understand how RIG-I, MDA5, and cGAS are regulated by ubiquitinase and deubiquitinase.
A research group recently found that the deubiquitinase OTUD3 prompts a different immune response depending on whether it is responding to an RNA or DNA virus. In the former case, OTUD3 limits RNA virus-triggered innate immunity, whereas in the latter case it promotes DNA virus-triggered innate immunity. The results were published in Cell Reports.
In this study, the researchers first used ubiquitination assays and found that overexpression of OTUD3 diminished K63-linked polyubiquitination of RIG-I and MDA5 simultaneously. “It indicated that OTUD3 is a negative regulator in innate immunity mediated by RIG-I and MDA5,” said the senior author.
Unanchored K63 ubiquitin chains induce oligomerization of RIG-I and MDA5, leading to their activation during an antiviral innate immune response. The researchers then examined whether OTUD3 affects the oligomerization of RIG-I and MDA5. Their results suggested that OTUD3 inhibits oligomerization and prevents viral RNA from binding to RIG-I and MDA5.
It has been suggested that the E3 ligases RNF135 and TRIM65 target RIG-I and MDA5 for K63-linked polyubiquitination, respectively. The researchers then transfected RNF135 together with RIG-I, or TRIM65 together with MDA5 in 293T cells and performed ubiquitination assays. They also confirmed that OTUD3 can inhibit RNF135-induced RIG-I and TRIM65-induced MDA5 K63-linked polyubiquitination.
To evaluate the importance of OTUD3 in the host against RNA viral infections in vivo, the researchers used mice and zebrafish as models and demonstrated that OTUD3-deficient mice and zebrafish are more resistant to RNA viral infection.
The researchers subsequently detected the effect of OTUD3 in DNA virus-triggered innate antiviral signaling. “What we found interesting is that OTUD3 is a positive regulator in response to DNA virus infection, and OTUD3 can interact with cGAS and catalyzed the removal of K48-linked polyubiquitin chains,” said the author.
To further clarify the mechanism of OTUD3 in DNA virus-triggered innate antiviral signaling, the researchers performed mutation and ubiquitination assays, which showed that OTUD3 cleaved K48-linked polyubiquitination chains from Lys279 of cGAS. It then promoted the DNA-binding ability of cGAS and protected cGAS from degradation.
In addition, mice and zebrafish were also used to confirm that OTUD3 positively regulated DNA virus-triggered antiviral immune responses in vivo.
This study revealed that OTUD3 plays different roles in innate immunity depending on whether it is responding to infection by an RNA or DNA virus, thus highlighting the complexity of the host antiviral response.
https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(22)00697-0
http://sciencemission.com/site/index.php?page=news&type=view&id=publications%2Fopposing-effects-of&filter=22
A deubiquitinase's role in differentiating innate immunity between RNA and DNA viral infections
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