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Wang M, Bai Y, Jiang D, Wang Y, Zhao F, Zhou Y, Zhou M, Chen Y, Yu C, Wang X, Guo Q, Zha L, Li Q, Cao Z, Wu J, Shi S, Wang Q, Xu C, Kong X, Tu X. A novel HOIP frameshift variant alleviates NF-kappaB signalling and sensitizes cells to TNF-induced death. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2024; 1870:167355. [PMID: 39009172 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2024.167355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2023] [Revised: 06/28/2024] [Accepted: 07/08/2024] [Indexed: 07/17/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND HOIP is the catalytic subunit of the E3 ligase complex (linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex), which is able to generate linear ubiquitin chains. However, the role of rare HOIP functionally deficient variants remains unclear. The pathogenic mechanism and the relationship with immune deficiency phenotypes remain to be clarified. METHODS Based on a next-generation sequencing panel of 270 genes, we identified a HOIP deletion variant that causes common variable immunodeficiency disease. Bioinformatics analysis and cell-based experiments were performed to study the molecular mechanism by which the variant causes immunodeficiency diseases. FINDINGS A homozygous loss-of-function variant in HOIP was identified. The variant causes a frameshift and generates a premature termination codon in messenger RNA, resulting in a C-terminal truncated HOIP mutant, that is, the loss of the linear ubiquitin chain-specific catalytic domain. The truncated HOIP mutant has impaired E3 ligase function in linear ubiquitination, leading to the suppression of canonical NF-κB signalling and increased TNF-induced multiple forms of cell death. INTERPRETATION The loss-of-function HOIP variant accounts for the immune deficiencies. The canonical NF-κB pathway and cell death are involved in the pathogenesis of the disease. FUNDING This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 82270444 and 81501851). RESEARCH IN CONTEXT Evidence before this study LUBAC is the only known linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex for which HOIP is an essential catalytic subunit. Three HOIP variants have now been identified in two immunodeficient patients and functionally characterised. However, there have been no reports on the pathogenicity of only catalytic domain deletion variants in humans, or the pathogenic mechanisms of catalytic domain deletion variants. Added value of this study We report the first case of an autosomal recessive homozygous deletion variant that results in deletion of the HOIP catalytic structural domain. We demonstrate that this variant is a loss-of-function variant using a heterologous expression system. The variant has impaired E3 ligase function. It can still bind to other subunits of LUBAC, but it fails to generate linear ubiquitin chains. We also explored the underlying mechanisms by which this variant leads to immunodeficiency. The variant attenuates the canonical NF-κB and MAPK signalling cascades and increases the sensitivity of TNFα-induced diverse cell death and activation of mitochondrial apoptosis pathways. These findings provide support for the treatment and drug development of patients with inborn errors of immunity in HOIP and related signalling pathways. Implications of all the available evidence First, this study expands the HOIP pathogenic variant database and phenotypic spectrum. Furthermore, studies on the biological functions of pathogenic variants in relation to the NF-κB signalling pathway and cell death provided new understanding into the genetic basis and pathogenesis of HOIP-deficient immune disease, indicating the necessity of HOIP and related signalling pathway variants as diagnostic targets in patients with similar genetic deficiency phenotypes..
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- Mengru Wang
- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Genetic and Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Genetic Testing Center, Qingdao Women and Children's Hospital, Qingdao University, Qingdao 266034, China
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- National Demonstration Center for Experimental Basic Medical Education, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430030, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022, China
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- Genetic and Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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- Genetic and Prenatal Diagnosis Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450052, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics of the Ministry of Education, Center for Human Genome Research, College of Life Science and Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China.
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Oda H, Manthiram K, Chavan PP, Rieser E, Veli Ö, Kaya Ö, Rauch C, Nakabo S, Kuehn HS, Swart M, Wang Y, Çelik NI, Molitor A, Ziaee V, Movahedi N, Shahrooei M, Parvaneh N, Alipour-Olyei N, Carapito R, Xu Q, Preite S, Beck DB, Chae JJ, Nehrebecky M, Ombrello AK, Hoffmann P, Romeo T, Deuitch NT, Matthíasardóttir B, Mullikin J, Komarow H, Stoddard J, Niemela J, Dobbs K, Sweeney CL, Anderton H, Lawlor KE, Yoshitomi H, Yang D, Boehm M, Davis J, Mudd P, Randazzo D, Tsai WL, Gadina M, Kaplan MJ, Toguchida J, Mayer CT, Rosenzweig SD, Notarangelo LD, Iwai K, Silke J, Schwartzberg PL, Boisson B, Casanova JL, Bahram S, Rao AP, Peltzer N, Walczak H, Lalaoui N, Aksentijevich I, Kastner DL. Biallelic human SHARPIN loss of function induces autoinflammation and immunodeficiency. Nat Immunol 2024; 25:764-777. [PMID: 38609546 DOI: 10.1038/s41590-024-01817-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 03/14/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024]
Abstract
The linear ubiquitin assembly complex (LUBAC) consists of HOIP, HOIL-1 and SHARPIN and is essential for proper immune responses. Individuals with HOIP and HOIL-1 deficiencies present with severe immunodeficiency, autoinflammation and glycogen storage disease. In mice, the loss of Sharpin leads to severe dermatitis due to excessive keratinocyte cell death. Here, we report two individuals with SHARPIN deficiency who manifest autoinflammatory symptoms but unexpectedly no dermatological problems. Fibroblasts and B cells from these individuals showed attenuated canonical NF-κB responses and a propensity for cell death mediated by TNF superfamily members. Both SHARPIN-deficient and HOIP-deficient individuals showed a substantial reduction of secondary lymphoid germinal center B cell development. Treatment of one SHARPIN-deficient individual with anti-TNF therapies led to complete clinical and transcriptomic resolution of autoinflammation. These findings underscore the critical function of the LUBAC as a gatekeeper for cell death-mediated immune dysregulation in humans.
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- Hirotsugu Oda
- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
- Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Laboratoire d'ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire, INSERM UMR_S1109, Plateforme GENOMAX, Faculté de Médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, CRBS, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Institut Thématique Interdisciplinaire (ITI) de Médecine de Précision de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
- Children's Medical Center, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Tehran, Iran
- Pediatric Rheumatology Society of Iran, Tehran, Iran
- Pediatric Rheumatology Research Group, Rheumatology Research Center, Tehran, Iran
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- Children's Medical Center, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Tehran, Iran
- Pediatric Rheumatology Society of Iran, Tehran, Iran
- School of Medicine, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran
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- Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology, Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
- Dr. Shahrooei Lab, 22 Bahman St., Ashrafi Esfahani Blvd, Tehran, Iran
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- Children's Medical Center, Pediatrics Center of Excellence, Tehran, Iran
- Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Laboratoire d'ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire, INSERM UMR_S1109, Plateforme GENOMAX, Faculté de Médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, CRBS, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Institut Thématique Interdisciplinaire (ITI) de Médecine de Précision de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
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- Laboratoire d'ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire, INSERM UMR_S1109, Plateforme GENOMAX, Faculté de Médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, CRBS, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Institut Thématique Interdisciplinaire (ITI) de Médecine de Précision de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Plateau Technique de Biologie, Pôle de Biologie, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, France
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
- Center for Human Genetics and Genomics, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Molecular and Translational Science, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, USA
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
- Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, INSERM, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- Imagine Institute, Paris Cité University, Paris, France
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- St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
- Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, INSERM, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- Imagine Institute, Paris Cité University, Paris, France
- Department of Pediatrics, Necker Hospital for Sick Children, Paris, France
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA
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- Laboratoire d'ImmunoRhumatologie Moléculaire, INSERM UMR_S1109, Plateforme GENOMAX, Faculté de Médecine, Fédération Hospitalo-Universitaire OMICARE, Centre de Recherche d'Immunologie et d'Hématologie, CRBS, Fédération de Médecine Translationnelle de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Institut Thématique Interdisciplinaire (ITI) de Médecine de Précision de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
- Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Plateau Technique de Biologie, Pôle de Biologie, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, France
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Department of Translational Genomics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Institute of Biochemistry I, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Centre for Cell Death, Cancer, and Inflammation, UCL Cancer Institute, University College, London, UK
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
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Fu Y, Li L, Zhang X, Deng Z, Wu Y, Chen W, Liu Y, He S, Wang J, Xie Y, Tu Z, Lyu Y, Wei Y, Wang S, Cui CP, Liu CH, Zhang L. Systematic HOIP interactome profiling reveals critical roles of linear ubiquitination in tissue homeostasis. Nat Commun 2024; 15:2974. [PMID: 38582895 PMCID: PMC10998861 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47289-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2024] [Indexed: 04/08/2024] Open
Abstract
Linear ubiquitination catalyzed by HOIL-1-interacting protein (HOIP), the key component of the linear ubiquitination assembly complex, plays fundamental roles in tissue homeostasis by executing domain-specific regulatory functions. However, a proteome-wide analysis of the domain-specific interactome of HOIP across tissues is lacking. Here, we present a comprehensive mass spectrometry-based interactome profiling of four HOIP domains in nine mouse tissues. The interaction dataset provides a high-quality HOIP interactome resource with an average of approximately 90 interactors for each bait per tissue. HOIP tissue interactome presents a systematic understanding of linear ubiquitination functions in each tissue and also shows associations of tissue functions to genetic diseases. HOIP domain interactome characterizes a set of previously undefined linear ubiquitinated substrates and elucidates the cross-talk among HOIP domains in physiological and pathological processes. Moreover, we show that linear ubiquitination of Integrin-linked protein kinase (ILK) decreases focal adhesion formation and promotes the detachment of Shigella flexneri-infected cells. Meanwhile, Hoip deficiency decreases the linear ubiquitination of Smad ubiquitination regulatory factor 1 (SMURF1) and enhances its E3 activity, finally causing a reduced bone mass phenotype in mice. Overall, our work expands the knowledge of HOIP-interacting proteins and provides a platform for further discovery of linear ubiquitination functions in tissue homeostasis.
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- Yesheng Fu
- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
- Savaid Medical School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 101408, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Medical Proteomics, National Center for Protein Sciences (Beijing), Beijing Institute of Lifeomics, Beijing, 100850, China.
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Li J, Liu S, Li S. Mechanisms underlying linear ubiquitination and implications in tumorigenesis and drug discovery. Cell Commun Signal 2023; 21:340. [PMID: 38017534 PMCID: PMC10685518 DOI: 10.1186/s12964-023-01239-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2023] [Accepted: 07/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/30/2023] Open
Abstract
Linear ubiquitination is a distinct type of ubiquitination that involves attaching a head-to-tail polyubiquitin chain to a substrate protein. Early studies found that linear ubiquitin chains are essential for the TNFα- and IL-1-mediated NF-κB signaling pathways. However, recent studies have discovered at least sixteen linear ubiquitination substrates, which exhibit a broader activity than expected and mediate many other signaling pathways beyond NF-κB signaling. Dysregulation of linear ubiquitination in these pathways has been linked to many types of cancers, such as lymphoma, liver cancer, and breast cancer. Since the discovery of linear ubiquitin, extensive effort has been made to delineate the molecular mechanisms of how dysregulation of linear ubiquitination causes tumorigenesis and cancer development. In this review, we highlight newly discovered linear ubiquitination-mediated signaling pathways, recent advances in the role of linear ubiquitin in different types of cancers, and the development of linear ubiquitin inhibitors. Video Abstract.
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- Jack Li
- Department of Biosciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100085, People's Republic of China.
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
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Miao Y, Qian G, Zhang R, Yuan Y, Zuo Y, Ding Y, Li X, Tang Y, Zheng H, Lv H. Linear ubiquitination improves NFAT1 protein stability and facilitates NFAT1 signalling in Kawasaki disease. FEBS J 2023; 290:4224-4237. [PMID: 36779231 DOI: 10.1111/febs.16749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 01/08/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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NFAT1 is known for its roles in T cell development and activation. So far, the phosphorylation of NFAT1 has been extensively studied, but the other post-translational modifications of NFAT1 remain largely unknown. In this study, we reported that NFAT1 is a linearly ubiquitinated substrate of linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC). LUBAC promoted NFAT1 linear ubiquitination, which in turn inhibited K48-linked polyubiquitination of NFAT1 and therefore increased NFAT1 protein stability. Interestingly, the linear ubiquitination levels of NFAT1 in patients with the Kawasaki disease were upregulated. Further studies demonstrated that the patients with the Kawasaki disease had increased mRNA levels of HOIL-1L. These findings revealed a linearly ubiquitinated substrate of LUBAC and an important biological function of NFAT1 linear ubiquitination in the Kawasaki disease and therefore may provide a novel strategy for the treatment of the Kawasaki disease.
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- Ying Miao
- Institute of Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute of Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Infection and Immunity, Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Institute of Pediatric Research, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Mauro D, Manou-Stathopoulou S, Rivellese F, Sciacca E, Goldmann K, Tsang V, Lucey-Clayton I, Pagani S, Alam F, Pyne D, Rajakariar R, Gordon PA, Whiteford J, Bombardieri M, Pitzalis C, Lewis MJ. UBE2L3 regulates TLR7-induced B cell autoreactivity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. J Autoimmun 2023; 136:103023. [PMID: 37001433 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2023.103023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 03/31/2023]
Abstract
Both TLR7 and NF-κB hyperactivity are known to contribute to pathogenesis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), driving a pro-interferon response, autoreactive B cell expansion and autoantibody production. UBE2L3 is an SLE susceptibility gene which drives plasmablast/plasma cell expansion in SLE, but its role in TLR7 signalling has not been elucidated. We aimed to investigate the role of UBE2L3 in TLR7-mediated NF-κB activation, and the effect of UBE2L3 inhibition by Dimethyl Fumarate (DMF) on SLE B cell differentiation in vitro. Our data demonstrate that UBE2L3 is critical for activation of NF-κB downstream of TLR7 stimulation, via interaction with LUBAC. DMF, which directly inhibits UBE2L3, significantly inhibited TLR7-induced NF-κB activation, differentiation of memory B cells and plasmablasts, and autoantibody secretion in SLE. DMF also downregulated interferon signature genes and plasma cell transcriptional programmes. These results demonstrate that UBE2L3 inhibition could potentially be used as a therapy in SLE through repurposing of DMF, thus preventing TLR7-driven autoreactive B cell maturation.
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Sakamoto Y, Sasaki K, Omatsu M, Hamada K, Nakanishi Y, Itatani Y, Kawada K, Obama K, Seno H, Iwai K. Differential involvement of LUBAC-mediated linear ubiquitination in intestinal epithelial cells and macrophages during intestinal inflammation. J Pathol 2023; 259:304-317. [PMID: 36454102 DOI: 10.1002/path.6042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/05/2022]
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Disruption of the intestinal epithelial barrier and dysregulation of macrophages are major factors contributing to the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs). Activation of NF-κB and cell death are involved in maintaining intestinal homeostasis in a cell type-dependent manner. Although both are regulated by linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC)-mediated linear ubiquitination, the physiological relevance of linear ubiquitination to intestinal inflammation remains unexplored. Here, we used two experimental mouse models of IBD (intraperitoneal LPS and oral dextran sodium sulfate [DSS] administration) to examine the role of linear ubiquitination in intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) and macrophages during intestinal inflammation. We did this by deleting the linear ubiquitination activity of LUBAC specifically from IECs or macrophages. Upon LPS administration, loss of ligase activity in IECs induced mucosal inflammation and augmented IEC death. LPS-mediated death of LUBAC-defective IECs was triggered by TNF. IEC death was rescued by an anti-TNF antibody, and TNF (but not LPS) induced apoptosis of organoids derived from LUBAC-defective IECs. However, augmented TNF-mediated IEC death did not overtly affect the severity of colitis after DSS administration. By contrast, defective LUBAC ligase activity in macrophages ameliorated DSS-induced colitis by attenuating both infiltration of macrophages and expression of inflammatory cytokines. Decreased production of macrophage chemoattractant MCP-1/CCL2, as well as pro-inflammatory IL-6 and TNF, occurred through impaired activation of NF-κB and ERK via loss of ligase activity in macrophages. Taken together, these results indicate that both intraperitoneal LPS and oral DSS administrations are beneficial for evaluating epithelial integrity under inflammatory conditions, as well as macrophage functions in the event of an epithelial barrier breach. The data clarify the cell-specific roles of linear ubiquitination as a critical regulator of TNF-mediated epithelial integrity and macrophage pro-inflammatory responses during intestinal inflammation. © 2022 The Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland.
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- Yusuke Sakamoto
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.,Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Watanabe Y, Hosokawa N, Yoshida M, Miura T, Kawano M. Identification of Closed Linear Epitopes in S1-RBD and S2-HR1/2 of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Able to Induce Neutralizing Abs. Vaccines (Basel) 2023; 11:vaccines11020287. [PMID: 36851165 PMCID: PMC9966687 DOI: 10.3390/vaccines11020287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2023] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
SARS-CoV-2 has evolved as several variants. Immunization to boost the Ab response to Spike antigens is effective, but similar vaccines could not enhance Ab efficacy enough. Effective Ab responses against the human ACE2 (hACE2)-mediated infection of the emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants are needed. We identified closed linear epitopes of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike molecule that induced neutralizing Abs (nAbs) against both S1-RBD, responsible for attachment to hACE2, and S2-HR1/2, in convalescents and vaccine recipients. They inhibited a pseudo-virus infection mediated by the hACE2 pathway. The epitope sequences included epitopes #7 (aa411-432), #11 (aa459-480) and #111 (aa1144-1161), in S1-RBD and S2-HR2. Epitope #111 was conserved in Wuhan and variant strains, whereas #7 and #11 were conserved in Wuhan carried mutations K417N and S477N/T478K in Omicron BA.4/5. These mutations were recognized by the original epitope-specific Abs. These epitopes in RBD and HR2 neither contained, nor overlapped with, those responsible for the antibody-dependent enhancement of the SARS-CoV-2 infection. The sublingual administration of multiple epitope-conjugated antigens increased the IgG and IgA Abs specific to the neutralizing epitopes in mice pre-immunized subcutaneously. The findings indicated that S1-RBD and S2-HR2 epitopes were responsible for pseudo-virus SARS-CoV-2 infections and that sublingual boosts with multiple epitope-conjugated antigens could enhance the protection by nAbs of IgG and IgA against infection by a wide range of variants.
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- Yoshihiro Watanabe
- Innovative Clinical Research Center of Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-76-265-2871
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- Rheumatology of Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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- Rheumatology of Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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- Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Rheumatology of Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa 920-8641, Japan
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Du X, Pang J, Gu B, Si T, Chang Y, Li T, Wu M, Wang Z, Wang Y, Feng J, Wu N, Man J, Li H, Li A, Zhang T, Wang B, Duan X. A bio-orthogonal linear ubiquitin probe identifies STAT3 as a direct substrate of OTULIN in glioblastoma. Nucleic Acids Res 2023; 51:1050-1066. [PMID: 36660824 PMCID: PMC9943648 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkad002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2022] [Revised: 11/23/2022] [Accepted: 01/03/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2023] Open
Abstract
While linear ubiquitin plays critical roles in multiple cell signaling pathways, few substrates have been identified. Global profiling of linear ubiquitin substrates represents a significant challenge because of the low endogenous level of linear ubiquitination and the background interference arising from highly abundant ubiquitin linkages (e.g. K48- and K63-) and from the non-specific attachment of interfering proteins to the linear polyubiquitin chain. We developed a bio-orthogonal linear ubiquitin probe by site-specific encoding of a norbornene amino acid on ubiquitin (NAEK-Ub). This probe facilitates covalent labeling of linear ubiquitin substrates in live cells and enables selective enrichment and identification of linear ubiquitin-modified proteins. Given the fact that the frequent overexpression of the linear linkage-specific deubiquitinase OTULIN correlates with poor prognosis in glioblastoma, we demonstrated the feasibility of the NAEK-Ub strategy by identifying and validating substrates of linear ubiquitination in patient-derived glioblastoma stem-like cells (GSCs). We identified STAT3 as a bona fide substrate of linear ubiquitin, and showed that linear ubiquitination negatively regulates STAT3 activity by recruitment of the phosphatase TC-PTP to STAT3. Furthermore, we demonstrated that preferential expression of OTULIN in GSCs restricts linear ubiquitination on STAT3 and drives persistent STAT3 signaling, and thereby maintains the stemness and self-renewal of GSCs.
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Pediatric Diseases of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, MOE Key Laboratory of Major Diseases in Children, Beijing Pediatric Research Institute, Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University, National Center for Children's Health, Beijing 100045, China
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- Department of Stomatology, the First Medical Center, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing 100853, China,Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing 100853, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center of Biomedical Analysis, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Toxicology and Medical Countermeasures, Beijing Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center of Biomedical Analysis, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center of Biomedical Analysis, Beijing 100850, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Proteomics, National Center of Biomedical Analysis, Beijing 100850, China
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- Correspondence may also be addressed to Tong Zhang.
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- Correspondence may also be addressed to Bo Wang.
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Jimbo K, Hattori A, Koide S, Ito T, Sasaki K, Iwai K, Nannya Y, Iwama A, Tojo A, Konuma T. Genetic deletion and pharmacologic inhibition of E3 ubiquitin ligase HOIP impairs the propagation of myeloid leukemia. Leukemia 2023; 37:122-133. [PMID: 36352193 DOI: 10.1038/s41375-022-01750-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2022] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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We investigated the role of Hoip, a catalytic subunit of linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC), in adult hematopoiesis and myeloid leukemia by using both conditional deletion of Hoip and small-molecule chemical inhibitors of Hoip. Conditional deletion of Hoip led to significantly longer survival and marked depletion of leukemia burden in murine myeloid leukemia models. Nevertheless, a competitive transplantation assay showed the reduction of donor-derived cells in the bone marrow of recipient mice was relatively mild after conditional deletion of Hoip. Although both Hoip-deficient hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and leukemia stem cells (LSCs) impaired the maintenance of quiescence, conditional deletion of Hoipinduced apoptosis in LSCs but not HSCs in vivo. Structure-function analysis revealed that LUBAC ligase activity and the interaction of LUBAC subunits were critical for the propagation of leukemia. Hoip regulated oxidative phosphorylation pathway independently of nuclear factor kappa B pathway in leukemia, but not in normal hematopoietic cells. Finally, the administration of thiolutin, which inhibits the catalytic activity of Hoip, improved the survival of recipients in murine myeloid leukemia and suppressed propagation in the patient-derived xenograft model of myeloid leukemia. Collectively, these data indicate that inhibition of LUBAC activity may be a valid therapeutic target for myeloid leukemia.
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- Koji Jimbo
- Division of Hematopoietic Disease Control, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Molecular Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cell Fate Dynamics and Therapeutics, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Cell Fate Dynamics and Therapeutics, Institute for Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Division of Hematopoietic Disease Control, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Hematology/Oncology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Stem Cell and Molecular Medicine, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Molecular Therapy, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Department of Hematology/Oncology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Hematopoietic Disease Control, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- Department of Hematology/Oncology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
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LUBAC-mediated linear ubiquitination plays a pivotal role in regulation of cell death and inflammatory pathways. Genetic deficiency in LUBAC components leads to severe immune dysfunction or embryonic lethality. LUBAC has been extensively studied for its role in mediating TNF signaling. However,
Tnfr1
knockout is not able to fully rescue the embryonic lethality of LUBAC deficiency, suggesting that LUBAC may modify additional key cellular substrates in promoting cell survival. GPx4 is an important selenoprotein involved in regulating cellular redox homeostasis in defense against lipid peroxidation-mediated cell death known as ferroptosis. Here we demonstrate that LUBAC deficiency sensitizes to ferroptosis by promoting GPx4 degradation and downstream lipid peroxidation. LUBAC binds and stabilizes GPx4 by modulating its linear ubiquitination both in normal condition and under oxidative stress. Our findings identify GPx4 as a key substrate of LUBAC and a previously unrecognized role of LUBAC-mediated linear ubiquitination in regulating cellular redox status and cell death.
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Guo Y, He J, Zhang H, Chen R, Li L, Liu X, Huang C, Qiang Z, Zhou Z, Wang Y, Huang J, Zhao X, Zheng J, Chen GQ, Yu J. Linear ubiquitination of PTEN impairs its function to promote prostate cancer progression. Oncogene 2022; 41:4877-4892. [PMID: 36192478 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-022-02485-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2022] [Revised: 09/17/2022] [Accepted: 09/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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PTEN is frequently mutated in human cancers, which leads to the excessive activation of PI3K/AKT signaling and thus promotes tumorigenesis and drug resistance. Met1-linked ubiquitination (M1-Ubi) is also involved in cancer progression, but the mechanism is poorly defined. Here we find that HOIP, one important component of linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC), promotes prostate cancer (PCa) progression by enhancing AKT signaling in a PTEN-dependent manner. Mechanistically, PTEN is modified by M1-Ubi at two sites K144 and K197, which significantly inhibits PTEN phosphatase activity and thus accelerates PCa progression. More importantly, we identify that the high-frequency mutants PTENR173H and PTENR173C in PCa patients showed the enhanced level of M1-Ubi, which impairs PTEN function in inhibition of AKT phosphorylation and cell growth. We also find that HOIP depletion sensitizes PCa cells to therapeutic agents BKM120 and Enzalutamide. Furthermore, the clinical data analyses confirm that HOIP is upregulated and positively correlated with AKT activation in PCa patient specimen, which may promote PCa progression and increase the risk of PCa biochemical relapse. Together, our study reveals a key role of PTEN M1-Ubi in regulation of AKT activation and PCa progression, which may propose a new strategy for PCa therapy.
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- Yanmin Guo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Key Laboratory of Cell Differentiation and Apoptosis of Chinese Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes, Ren-Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Inflammation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025, China.
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Reciprocal interplay between OTULIN-LUBAC determines genotoxic and inflammatory NF-κB signal responses. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2022; 119:e2123097119. [PMID: 35939695 PMCID: PMC9388121 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2123097119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
Abstract
Targeting nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-κB) represents a highly viable strategy against chemoresistance in cancers as well as cell death. Ubiquitination, including linear ubiquitination mediated by the linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC), is emerging as a crucial mechanism of overactivated NF-κB signaling. Ovarian tumor family deubiquitinase OTULIN is the only linear linkage-specific deubiquitinase; however, the molecular mechanisms of how it counteracts LUBAC-mediated NF-κB activation have been largely unknown. Here, we identify Lys64/66 of OTULIN for linear ubiquitination facilitated in a LUBAC-dependent manner as a necessary event required for OTULIN-LUBAC interaction under unstressed conditions, which becomes deubiquitinated by OTULIN itself in response to genotoxic stress. Furthermore, this self-deubiquitination of OTULIN occurs intermolecularly, mediated by OTULIN dimerization, resulting in the subsequent dissociation of OTULIN from the LUBAC complex and NF-κB overactivation. Oxidative stress induces OTULIN dimerization via cysteine-mediated covalent disulfide bonds. Our study reveals that the status of the physical interaction between OTULIN and LUBAC is a crucial determining factor for the genotoxic NF-κB signaling, as measured by cell survival and proliferation, while OTULIN loss of function resulting from its dimerization and deubiquitination leads to a dissociation of OTULIN from the LUBAC complex. Of note, similar molecular mechanisms apply to the inflammatory NF-κB signaling in response to tumor necrosis factor α. Hence, a fuller understanding of the detailed molecular mechanisms underlying the disruption of the OTULIN-LUBAC interaction will be instrumental for developing future therapeutic strategies against cancer chemoresistance and necroptotic processes pertinent to numerous human diseases.
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Peltzer N, Annibaldi A. Cell Death-Related Ubiquitin Modifications in Inflammatory Syndromes: From Mice to Men. Biomedicines 2022; 10:biomedicines10061436. [PMID: 35740456 PMCID: PMC9219782 DOI: 10.3390/biomedicines10061436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Aberrant cell death can cause inflammation and inflammation-related diseases. While the link between cell death and inflammation has been widely established in mouse models, evidence supporting a role for cell death in the onset of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases in patients is still missing. In this review, we discuss how the lessons learnt from mouse models can help shed new light on the initiating or contributing events leading to immune-mediated disorders. In addition, we discuss how multiomic approaches can provide new insight on the soluble factors released by dying cells that might contribute to the development of such diseases.
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- Nieves Peltzer
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Robert-Koch-Strasse 21, 50931 Köln, Germany
- Department of Translational Genomics, University of Cologne, Weyertal 115b, 50931 Köln, Germany
- Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD) Research Center, University of Cologne, Joseph-Steltzmann-Strasse 26, 50931 Köln, Germany
- Correspondence: (N.P.); (A.A.)
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- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Robert-Koch-Strasse 21, 50931 Köln, Germany
- Correspondence: (N.P.); (A.A.)
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Liu R, King A, Tarlinton D, Heierhorst J. The ASCIZ-DYNLL1 Axis Is Essential for TLR4-Mediated Antibody Responses and NF-κB Pathway Activation. Mol Cell Biol 2021; 41:e0025121. [PMID: 34543116 PMCID: PMC8608018 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.00251-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2021] [Revised: 06/25/2021] [Accepted: 09/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Toll-like receptors (TLRs) and interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptors regulate immune and inflammatory responses by activating the NF-κB pathway. Here, we report that B-cell-specific loss of dynein light chain 1 (DYNLL1, LC8) or its designated transcription factor ASCIZ (ATMIN) leads to severely reduced in vivo antibody responses to TLR4-dependent but not T-cell-dependent antigens in mice. This defect was independent of DYNLL1's established roles in modulating BIM-dependent apoptosis and 53BP1-dependent antibody class-switch recombination. In B cells and fibroblasts, the ASCIZ-DYNLL1 axis was required for TLR4-, IL-1-, and CD40-mediated NF-κB pathway activation but dispensable for antigen receptor and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α) signaling. In contrast to previous reports that overexpressed DYNLL1 directly inhibits the phosphorylation and degradation of the NF-κB inhibitor IκBα, we found here that under physiological conditions, DYNLL1 is required for signal-specific activation of the NF-κB pathway upstream of IκBα. Our data identify DYNLL1 as a signal-specific regulator of the NF-κB pathway and indicate that it may act as a universal modulator of TLR4 (and IL-1) signaling with wide-ranging roles in inflammation and immunity.
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- Rui Liu
- St. Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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- St. Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Immunology and Pathology, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- St. Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Medicine at St. Vincent’s Hospital, University of Melbourne Medical School, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
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LUBAC: a new player in polyglucosan body disease. Biochem Soc Trans 2021; 49:2443-2454. [PMID: 34709403 PMCID: PMC8589444 DOI: 10.1042/bst20210838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Revised: 10/01/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Altered protein ubiquitination is associated with the pathobiology of numerous diseases; however, its involvement in glycogen metabolism and associated polyglucosan body (PB) disease has not been investigated in depth. In PB disease, excessively long and less branched glycogen chains (polyglucosan bodies, PBs) are formed, which precipitate in different tissues causing myopathy, cardiomyopathy and/or neurodegeneration. Linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC) is a multi-protein complex composed of two E3 ubiquitin ligases HOIL-1L and HOIP and an adaptor protein SHARPIN. Together they are responsible for M1-linked ubiquitination of substrates primarily related to immune signaling and cell death pathways. Consequently, severe immunodeficiency is a hallmark of many LUBAC deficient patients. Remarkably, all HOIL-1L deficient patients exhibit accumulation of PBs in different organs especially skeletal and cardiac muscle resulting in myopathy and cardiomyopathy with heart failure. This emphasizes LUBAC's important role in glycogen metabolism. To date, neither a glycogen metabolism-related LUBAC substrate nor the molecular mechanism are known. Hence, current reviews on LUBAC's involvement in glycogen metabolism are lacking. Here, we aim to fill this gap by describing LUBAC's involvement in PB disease. We present a comprehensive review of LUBAC structure, its role in M1-linked and other types of atypical ubiquitination, PB pathology in human patients and findings in new mouse models to study the disease. We conclude the review with recent drug developments and near-future gene-based therapeutic approaches to treat LUBAC related PB disease.
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Barnabei L, Laplantine E, Mbongo W, Rieux-Laucat F, Weil R. NF-κB: At the Borders of Autoimmunity and Inflammation. Front Immunol 2021; 12:716469. [PMID: 34434197 PMCID: PMC8381650 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.716469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 233] [Impact Index Per Article: 77.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The transcription factor NF-κB regulates multiple aspects of innate and adaptive immune functions and serves as a pivotal mediator of inflammatory response. In the first part of this review, we discuss the NF-κB inducers, signaling pathways, and regulators involved in immune homeostasis as well as detail the importance of post-translational regulation by ubiquitination in NF-κB function. We also indicate the stages of central and peripheral tolerance where NF-κB plays a fundamental role. With respect to central tolerance, we detail how NF-κB regulates medullary thymic epithelial cell (mTEC) development, homeostasis, and function. Moreover, we elaborate on its role in the migration of double-positive (DP) thymocytes from the thymic cortex to the medulla. With respect to peripheral tolerance, we outline how NF-κB contributes to the inactivation and destruction of autoreactive T and B lymphocytes as well as the differentiation of CD4+-T cell subsets that are implicated in immune tolerance. In the latter half of the review, we describe the contribution of NF-κB to the pathogenesis of autoimmunity and autoinflammation. The recent discovery of mutations involving components of the pathway has both deepened our understanding of autoimmune disease and informed new therapeutic approaches to treat these illnesses.
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- Laura Barnabei
- INSERM UMR 1163, Laboratory of Immunogenetics of Pediatric Autoimmune Diseases, Imagine Institute Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité University, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM, UMR1135), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, ERL8255), Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses CMI, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM, UMR1135), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, ERL8255), Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses CMI, Paris, France
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- INSERM UMR 1163, Laboratory of Immunogenetics of Pediatric Autoimmune Diseases, Imagine Institute Paris Descartes Sorbonne Paris Cité University, Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM, UMR1135), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS, ERL8255), Centre d'Immunologie et des Maladies Infectieuses CMI, Paris, France
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Wu X, Tang Y, Zhang S, Zhao X, Lin X. MyD88-Dependent Signaling Is Required for HOIP Deficiency-Induced Autoinflammation. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2021; 207:542-554. [PMID: 34253576 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.2100173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 05/06/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC) plays pivotal roles in regulating lymphocyte activation, inflammation, and cell death. This is highlighted by the fact that patients with mutations in LUBAC catalytic subunit HOIP suffer from autoinflammation combined with immunodeficiency. Although defective development of T and B cells resulting from HOIP deficiency in adaptive immunity can explain immunodeficiency, the pathogenesis of autoinflammation is not clear. In this study, we found that dendritic cell (DC)-specific deletion of HOIP resulted in spontaneous inflammation, indicating the essential role of HOIP in maintaining DC homeostasis. Although HOIP deficiency in DCs did not affect TNF-α-induced NF-κB activation, it enhanced TNF-α-induced apoptosis and necroptosis. However, crossing HoipDC KO mice with TNFR1-knockout mice surprisingly could not rescue the systematic inflammation, suggesting that the autoinflammation is not due to the effect of HOIP on TNF-α signaling. In contrast, treatment of HoipDC KO mice with antibiotics reduced the inflammation, implying that TLR signaling may contribute to the inflammatory phenotype found in HoipDC KO mice. Consistently, we found that LPS induced more cell death and significantly higher levels of IL-1α and IL-1β in HoipDC KO cells. Importantly, MyD88 deficiency rescued the inflammatory phenotype in HoipDC KO mice. Together, these findings reveal the indispensable function of HOIP in maintaining DC homeostasis, and MyD88-dependent proinflammatory signal plays a substantial role in the pathogenesis of human autoinflammation associated with HOIP mutations.
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- Xin Wu
- Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University School of Medicine, Beijing, China; and
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- Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University School of Medicine, Beijing, China; and
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- Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University School of Medicine, Beijing, China; and
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- Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University School of Medicine, Beijing, China; and
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- Institute for Immunology, Tsinghua University School of Medicine, Beijing, China; and .,Tsinghua-Peking Center for Life Sciences, Beijing, China
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Verboom L, Hoste E, van Loo G. OTULIN in NF-κB signaling, cell death, and disease. Trends Immunol 2021; 42:590-603. [PMID: 34074601 DOI: 10.1016/j.it.2021.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 05/03/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Tight control of inflammatory signaling pathways is an absolute requirement to avoid chronic inflammation and disease. One of the proteins responsible for such control is OTU deubiquitinase with linear linkage specificity (OTULIN), the only mammalian deubiquitinating enzyme (DUB) exclusively hydrolyzing linear ubiquitin chains from proteins modified by the linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC) described thus far. Recent findings show that loss-of-function mutations in OTULIN underlie a severe early-onset human autoinflammatory disease and severe pathology in experimental mouse models. Here, we review the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which OTULIN controls inflammation and discuss the involvement of OTULIN in inflammatory disease development. We also highlight several newly identified roles for OTULIN, including a ubiquitin-independent function.
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- Lien Verboom
- VIB Center for Inflammation Research, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Inflammation Research, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- VIB Center for Inflammation Research, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, 9052 Ghent, Belgium; Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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Wang J, Li T, Zan H, Rivera CE, Yan H, Xu Z. LUBAC Suppresses IL-21-Induced Apoptosis in CD40-Activated Murine B Cells and Promotes Germinal Center B Cell Survival and the T-Dependent Antibody Response. Front Immunol 2021; 12:658048. [PMID: 33953720 PMCID: PMC8089397 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.658048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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B cell activation by Tfh cells, i.e., through CD154 engagement of CD40 and IL-21, and survival within GCs are crucial for the T-dependent Ab response. LUBAC, composed of HOIP, SHARPIN, and HOIL-1, catalyzes linear ubiquitination (Linear M1-Ub) to mediate NF-κB activation and cell survival induced by TNF receptor superfamily members, which include CD40. As shown in this study, B cells expressing the Sharpin null mutation cpdm (Sharpincpdm) could undergo proliferation, CSR, and SHM in response to immunization by a T-dependent Ag, but were defective in survival within GCs, enrichment of a mutation enhancing the BCR affinity, and production of specific Abs. Sharpincpdm B cells stimulated in vitro with CD154 displayed normal proliferation and differentiation, marginally impaired NF-κB activation and survival, but markedly exacerbated death triggered by IL-21. While activating the mitochondria-dependent apoptosis pathway in both Sharpin+/+ and Sharpincpdm B cells, IL-21 induced Sharpincpdm B cells to undergo sustained activation of caspase 9 and caspase 8 of the mitochondria-dependent and independent pathway, respectively, and ultimately caspase 3 in effecting apoptosis. These were associated with loss of the caspase 8 inhibitor cFLIP and reduction in cFLIP Linear M1-Ub, which interferes with cFLIP poly-ubiquitination at Lys48 and degradation. Finally, the viability of Sharpincpdm B cells was rescued by caspase inhibitors but virtually abrogated – together with Linear M1-Ub and cFLIP levels – by a small molecule HOIP inhibitor. Thus, LUBAC controls the cFLIP expression and inhibits the effects of caspase 8 and IL-21-activated caspase 9, thereby suppressing apoptosis of CD40 and IL-21-activated B cells and promoting GC B cell survival.
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- Jingwei Wang
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.,Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States
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Dong Y, Yang C, Pan F. Post-Translational Regulations of Foxp3 in Treg Cells and Their Therapeutic Applications. Front Immunol 2021; 12:626172. [PMID: 33912156 PMCID: PMC8071870 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.626172] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 03/17/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Regulatory T (Treg) cells are indispensable for immune homeostasis due to their roles in peripheral tolerance. As the master transcription factor of Treg cells, Forkhead box P3 (Foxp3) strongly regulates Treg function and plasticity. Because of this, considerable research efforts have been directed at elucidating the mechanisms controlling Foxp3 and its co-regulators. Such work is not only advancing our understanding on Treg cell biology, but also uncovering novel targets for clinical manipulation in autoimmune diseases, organ transplantation, and tumor therapies. Recently, many studies have explored the post-translational regulation of Foxp3, which have shown that acetylation, phosphorylation, glycosylation, methylation, and ubiquitination are important for determining Foxp3 function and plasticity. Additionally, some of these targets have been implicated to have great therapeutic values. In this review, we will discuss emerging evidence of post-translational regulations on Foxp3 in Treg cells and their exciting therapeutic applications.
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- Yi Dong
- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Science, Shenzhen, China
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Tang CT, Yang J, Liu ZD, Chen Y, Zeng C. Taraxasterol acetate targets RNF31 to inhibit RNF31/p53 axis-driven cell proliferation in colorectal cancer. Cell Death Discov 2021; 7:66. [PMID: 33824292 PMCID: PMC8024285 DOI: 10.1038/s41420-021-00449-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Revised: 01/22/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer worldwide. Several studies have suggested that taraxasterol acetate (TA) can inhibit the growth of tumor cells. However, to date, it remains unclear how TA inhibits cell growth and how RNF31 functions as an oncogene. We examined the expression of RNF31 in CRC tissue samples via immunohistochemistry and elucidated the function of RNF31 in CRC cells by constructing a cell model with RNF31 depletion. A cycloheximide (CHX)-chase analysis and immunofluorescence assays were conducted to demonstrate that TA can promote RNF31 degradation by activating autophagy. We used the PharmMapper website to predict targets of TA and identified RNF31. CHX-chase experiments showed that TA could facilitate RNF31 degradation, which was inhibited by the administration of chloroquine. Immunofluorescence assays showed that RNF31 protein was colocalized with LC3I/II and p62, suggesting that TA promoted RNF31 degradation by activating autophagy. We also found that CRC patients with RNF31 overexpression had poorer survival than those with low RNF31 expression. The results of the CHX-chase experiment showed that depletion of RNF31 alleviated p53 degradation, which was inhibited by MG132. A series of co-immunoprecipitation (Co-IP) assays revealed that RNF31 interacts with p53 and promotes p53 ubiquitination and degradation. A Co-IP assay performed with a truncated RNF31 plasmid showed that the PUB domain interacts with p53. Moreover, the PUB domain is the key structure in the induction of p53 ubiquitination. Our findings reveal a key role of RNF31 in CRC cell growth and indicate a mechanism through which TA inhibits cell growth.
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- Chao-Tao Tang
- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China.
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LUBAC accelerates B-cell lymphomagenesis by conferring resistance to genotoxic stress on B cells. Blood 2021; 136:684-697. [PMID: 32325488 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2019002654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2019] [Accepted: 03/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC) is a key regulator of NF-κB signaling. Activating single-nucleotide polymorphisms of HOIP, the catalytic subunit of LUBAC, are enriched in patients with activated B-cell-like (ABC) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), and expression of HOIP, which parallels LUBAC activity, is elevated in ABC-DLBCL samples. Thus, to clarify the precise roles of LUBAC in lymphomagenesis, we generated a mouse model with augmented expression of HOIP in B cells. Interestingly, augmented HOIP expression facilitated DLBCL-like B-cell lymphomagenesis driven by MYD88-activating mutation. The developed lymphoma cells partly shared somatic gene mutations with human DLBCLs, with increased frequency of a typical AID mutation pattern. In vitro analysis revealed that HOIP overexpression protected B cells from DNA damage-induced cell death through NF-κB activation, and analysis of the human DLBCL database showed that expression of HOIP positively correlated with gene signatures representing regulation of apoptosis signaling, as well as NF-κB signaling. These results indicate that HOIP facilitates lymphomagenesis by preventing cell death and augmenting NF-κB signaling, leading to accumulation of AID-mediated mutations. Furthermore, a natural compound that specifically inhibits LUBAC was shown to suppress the tumor growth in a mouse transplantation model. Collectively, our data indicate that LUBAC is crucially involved in B-cell lymphomagenesis through protection against DNA damage-induced cell death and is a suitable therapeutic target for B-cell lymphomas.
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Dong Y, Pan F. Ubiquitin-Dependent Regulation of Treg Function and Plasticity. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1278:63-80. [PMID: 33523443 DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-6407-9_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/08/2023]
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As an indispensable part of peripheral tolerance, regulatory T (Treg) cells play an important role in immune homeostasis by suppressing other immune cells. Behind this function is a complex network of transcription factors and signaling cascades that regulates the function and plasticity of regulatory T cells. Among these, Forkhead box P3 (Foxp3) is considered as the master transcription factor, and its stability will influence the function and viability of Treg cells. Because of this, understanding the mechanisms that regulate Foxp3 and its co-regulators will provide more understanding to Treg cells and uncover more targets to manipulate Treg cells in treating autoimmune diseases, organ transplantation, and tumor. Interestingly, several recent studies show that ubiquitin-dependent pathways are important regulators of Foxp3, which suggest both great scientific and therapeutic values. In this chapter, we cover emerging evidence of ubiquitin-dependent, posttranslational regulation of Treg function and plasticity.
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- Yi Dong
- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Cancer Immunology Research, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
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Jahan AS, Elbæk CR, Damgaard RB. Met1-linked ubiquitin signalling in health and disease: inflammation, immunity, cancer, and beyond. Cell Death Differ 2021; 28:473-492. [PMID: 33441937 DOI: 10.1038/s41418-020-00676-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2020] [Revised: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Post-translational modification of proteins with ubiquitin (ubiquitination) provides a rapid and versatile mechanism for regulating cellular signalling systems. Met1-linked (or 'linear') ubiquitin chains have emerged as a key regulatory signal that controls cell death, immune signalling, and other vital cellular functions. The molecular machinery that assembles, senses, and disassembles Met1-linked ubiquitin chains is highly specific. In recent years, the thorough biochemical and genetic characterisation of the enzymes and proteins of the Met1-linked ubiquitin signalling machinery has paved the way for substantial advances in our understanding of how Met1-linked ubiquitin chains control cell signalling and biology. Here, we review current knowledge and recent insights into the role of Met1-linked ubiquitin chains in cell signalling with an emphasis on their role in disease biology. Met1-linked ubiquitin has potent regulatory functions in immune signalling, NF-κB transcription factor activation, and cell death. Importantly, mounting evidence shows that dysregulation of Met1-linked ubiquitin signalling is associated with multiple human diseases, including immune disorders, cancer, and neurodegeneration. We discuss the latest evidence on the cellular function of Met1-linked ubiquitin in the context of its associated diseases and highlight new emerging roles of Met1-linked ubiquitin chains in cell signalling, including regulation of protein quality control and metabolism.
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- Akhee Sabiha Jahan
- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark
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- Department of Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Technical University of Denmark, Søltofts Plads, 2800 Kgs, Lyngby, Denmark.
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IWAI K. LUBAC-mediated linear ubiquitination: a crucial regulator of immune signaling. PROCEEDINGS OF THE JAPAN ACADEMY. SERIES B, PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 2021; 97:120-133. [PMID: 33692228 PMCID: PMC8019854 DOI: 10.2183/pjab.97.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2020] [Accepted: 12/25/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Ubiquitination is a reversible post-translational modification in which ubiquitin chains are conjugated to target proteins to modulate protein function. The type of ubiquitin chain determines the mode of protein regulation. It has been shown that ubiquitin chains are formed via one of seven Lys residues in ubiquitin, and several types of ubiquitin chains are found in cells. We identified a new type of linear ubiquitin chain linked through the N-terminal Met of ubiquitin and assembled by the linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC), which is specific for linear chains. The discovery of linear ubiquitin chains and LUBAC is considered as a paradigm shift in ubiquitin research because linear ubiquitination is exclusive to animals, despite the existence of ubiquitination throughout eukaryotic kingdoms. Linear ubiquitination plays a critical role in immune signaling and cell death regulation. Dysregulation of LUBAC-mediated linear ubiquitination underlies various human diseases, including autoinflammation, autoimmunity, infection, and malignant tumors. This review summarizes the current status of linear ubiquitination research.
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- Kazuhiro IWAI
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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Oikawa D, Hatanaka N, Suzuki T, Tokunaga F. Cellular and Mathematical Analyses of LUBAC Involvement in T Cell Receptor-Mediated NF-κB Activation Pathway. Front Immunol 2020; 11:601926. [PMID: 33329596 PMCID: PMC7732508 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.601926] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/26/2020] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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The LUBAC ubiquitin ligase complex, composed of the HOIP, HOIL-1L, and SHARPIN subunits, stimulates the canonical nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) activation pathways through its Met1-linked linear ubiquitination activity. Here we performed cellular and mathematical modeling analyses of the LUBAC involvement in the T cell receptor (TCR)-mediated NF-κB activation pathway, using the Jurkat human T cell line. LUBAC is indispensable for TCR-induced NF-κB and T cell activation, and transiently associates with and linearly ubiquitinates the CARMA1-BCL10-MALT1 (CBM) complex, through the catalytic HOIP subunit. In contrast, the linear ubiquitination of NEMO, a substrate of the TNF-α-induced canonical NF-κB activation pathway, was limited during the TCR pathway. Among deubiquitinases, OTULIN, but not CYLD, plays a major role in downregulating LUBAC-mediated TCR signaling. Mathematical modeling indicated that linear ubiquitination of the CBM complex accelerates the activation of IκB kinase (IKK), as compared with the activity induced by linear ubiquitination of NEMO alone. Moreover, simulations of the sequential linear ubiquitination of the CBM complex suggested that the allosteric regulation of linear (de)ubiquitination of CBM subunits is controlled by the ubiquitin-linkage lengths. These results indicated that, unlike the TNF-α-induced NF-κB activation pathway, the TCR-mediated NF-κB activation in T lymphocytes has a characteristic mechanism to induce LUBAC-mediated NF-κB activation.
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- Daisuke Oikawa
- Department of Pathobiochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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- Division of Mathematical Science, Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Center for Mathematical Modeling and Data Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Pathobiochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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Zhang T, Sun J, Cheng J, Yin W, Li J, Miller H, Herrada AA, Gu H, Song H, Chen Y, Gong Q, Liu C. The role of ubiquitinase in B cell development and function. J Leukoc Biol 2020; 109:395-405. [PMID: 32816356 DOI: 10.1002/jlb.1mr0720-185rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2019] [Revised: 07/16/2020] [Accepted: 07/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Ubiquitinases are a select group of enzymes that modify target proteins through ubiquitination, which plays a crucial role in the regulation of protein degradation, location, and function. B lymphocytes that originated from bone marrow hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), exert humoral immune functions by differentiating into plasma cells and producing antibodies. Previous studies have shown that ubiquitination is involved in the regulation of the cell cycle and signal transduction important for B lymphocyte development and function. In this review, how ubiquitinases regulate B cell development, activation, apoptosis, and proliferation is discussed, which could help in understanding the physiological processes and diseases related to B cells and also provides potential new targets for further studies.
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- Tong Zhang
- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of hematology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical college, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Wuhan Children's Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of hematology, Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical college, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Intracellular Pathogens, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Lymphatic and Inflammation Research Laboratory, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Talca, Chile
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- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, No 1, Shuaifuyuan, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
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- The Second Department of Pediatrics, Affiliated Hospital of Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, Guizhou, China
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- Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China.,Clinical Molecular Immunology Center, School of Medicine, Yangtze University, Jingzhou, China
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- Department of Pathogen Biology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
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HOIP for targeting diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. Blood 2020; 136:646-647. [PMID: 32761216 DOI: 10.1182/blood.2020006242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Oikawa D, Sato Y, Ito H, Tokunaga F. Linear Ubiquitin Code: Its Writer, Erasers, Decoders, Inhibitors, and Implications in Disorders. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21093381. [PMID: 32403254 PMCID: PMC7246992 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21093381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2020] [Revised: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC) is a ubiquitin ligase composed of the Heme-oxidized IRP2 ubiquitin ligase-1L (HOIL-1L), HOIL-1L-interacting protein (HOIP), and Shank-associated RH domain interactor (SHARPIN) subunits. LUBAC specifically generates the N-terminal Met1-linked linear ubiquitin chain and regulates acquired and innate immune responses, such as the canonical nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) and interferon antiviral pathways. Deubiquitinating enzymes, OTULIN and CYLD, physiologically bind to HOIP and control its function by hydrolyzing the linear ubiquitin chain. Moreover, proteins containing linear ubiquitin-specific binding domains, such as NF-κB-essential modulator (NEMO), optineurin, A20-binding inhibitors of NF-κB (ABINs), and A20, modulate the functions of LUBAC, and the dysregulation of the LUBAC-mediated linear ubiquitination pathway induces cancer and inflammatory, autoimmune, and neurodegenerative diseases. Therefore, inhibitors of LUBAC would be valuable to facilitate investigations of the molecular and cellular bases for LUBAC-mediated linear ubiquitination and signal transduction, and for potential therapeutic purposes. We identified and characterized α,β-unsaturated carbonyl-containing chemicals, named HOIPINs (HOIP inhibitors), as LUBAC inhibitors. We summarize recent advances in elucidations of the pathophysiological functions of LUBAC-mediated linear ubiquitination and identifications of its regulators, toward the development of LUBAC inhibitors.
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- Daisuke Oikawa
- Department of Pathobiochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka 545-8585, Japan;
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- Center for Research on Green Sustainable Chemistry, Tottori University, Tottori 680-8552, Japan;
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- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama 641-8510, Japan;
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- Department of Pathobiochemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka 545-8585, Japan;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +81-6-6645-3720
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Douglas T, Saleh M. Cross-regulation between LUBAC and caspase-1 modulates cell death and inflammation. J Biol Chem 2020; 295:5216-5228. [PMID: 32122970 PMCID: PMC7170516 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra119.011622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The linear ubiquitin assembly complex (LUBAC) is an essential component of the innate and adaptive immune system. Modification of cellular substrates with linear polyubiquitin chains is a key regulatory step in signal transduction that impacts cell death and inflammatory signaling downstream of various innate immunity receptors. Loss-of-function mutations in the LUBAC components HOIP and HOIL-1 yield a systemic autoinflammatory disease in humans, whereas their genetic ablation is embryonically lethal in mice. Deficiency of the LUBAC adaptor protein Sharpin results in a multi-organ inflammatory disease in mice characterized by chronic proliferative dermatitis (cpdm), which is propagated by TNFR1-induced and RIPK1-mediated keratinocyte cell death. We have previously shown that caspase-1 and -11 promoted the dermatitis pathology of cpdm mice and mediated cell death in the skin. Here, we describe a reciprocal regulation of caspase-1 and LUBAC activities in keratinocytes. We show that LUBAC interacted with caspase-1 via HOIP and modified its CARD domain with linear polyubiquitin and that depletion of HOIP or Sharpin resulted in heightened caspase-1 activation and cell death in response to inflammasome activation, unlike what is observed in macrophages. Reciprocally, caspase-1, as well as caspase-8, regulated LUBAC activity by proteolytically processing HOIP at Asp-348 and Asp-387 during the execution of cell death. HOIP processing impeded substrate ubiquitination in the NF-κB pathway and resulted in enhanced apoptosis. These results highlight a regulatory mechanism underlying efficient apoptosis in keratinocytes and provide further evidence of a cross-talk between inflammatory and cell death pathways.
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- Todd Douglas
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 0B1, Canada
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 0B1, Canada; Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montréal, Québec H3G 0B1, Canada.
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Molecular bases for HOIPINs-mediated inhibition of LUBAC and innate immune responses. Commun Biol 2020; 3:163. [PMID: 32246052 PMCID: PMC7125101 DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0882-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The NF-κB and interferon antiviral signaling pathways play pivotal roles in inflammatory and innate immune responses. The LUBAC ubiquitin ligase complex, composed of the HOIP, HOIL-1L, and SHARPIN subunits, activates the canonical NF-κB pathway through Met1-linked linear ubiquitination. We identified small-molecule chemical inhibitors of LUBAC, HOIPIN-1 and HOIPIN-8. Here we show that HOIPINs down-regulate not only the proinflammatory cytokine-induced canonical NF-κB pathway, but also various pathogen-associated molecular pattern-induced antiviral pathways. Structural analyses indicated that HOIPINs inhibit the RING-HECT-hybrid reaction in HOIP by modifying the active Cys885, and residues in the C-terminal LDD domain, such as Arg935 and Asp936, facilitate the binding of HOIPINs to LUBAC. HOIPINs effectively induce cell death in activated B cell-like diffuse large B cell lymphoma cells, and alleviate imiquimod-induced psoriasis in model mice. These results reveal the molecular and cellular bases of LUBAC inhibition by HOIPINs, and demonstrate their potential therapeutic uses. Daisuke Oikawa et al. provide structural insights into how small-molecule inhibitors of LUBAC ubiquitin ligase, HOIPINs, bind to LUBAC. They find that HOIPINs trigger apoptosis in lymphoma cells and alleviate psoriasis in mice, suggesting the potential therapeutic utility of HOIPINs.
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Dittmar G, Winklhofer KF. Linear Ubiquitin Chains: Cellular Functions and Strategies for Detection and Quantification. Front Chem 2020; 7:915. [PMID: 31998699 PMCID: PMC6966713 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2019.00915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Ubiquitination of proteins is a sophisticated post-translational modification implicated in the regulation of an ever-growing abundance of cellular processes. Recent insights into different layers of complexity have shaped the concept of the ubiquitin code. Key players in determining this code are the number of ubiquitin moieties attached to a substrate, the architecture of polyubiquitin chains, and post-translational modifications of ubiquitin itself. Ubiquitination can induce conformational changes of substrates and alter their interactive profile, resulting in the formation of signaling complexes. Here we focus on a distinct type of ubiquitination that is characterized by an inter-ubiquitin linkage through the N-terminal methionine, called M1-linked or linear ubiquitination. Formation, recognition, and disassembly of linear ubiquitin chains are highly specific processes that are implicated in immune signaling, cell death regulation and protein quality control. Consistent with their role in influencing signaling events, linear ubiquitin chains are formed in a transient and spatially regulated manner, making their detection and quantification challenging.
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- Gunnar Dittmar
- Proteomics of Cellular Signalling, Quantitative Biology Unit, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Strassen, Luxembourg
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- Department of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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Sano S, Wang Y, Evans MA, Yura Y, Sano M, Ogawa H, Horitani K, Doviak H, Walsh K. Lentiviral CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genome Editing for the Study of Hematopoietic Cells in Disease Models. J Vis Exp 2019:10.3791/59977. [PMID: 31633690 PMCID: PMC7249700 DOI: 10.3791/59977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Manipulating genes in hematopoietic stem cells using conventional transgenesis approaches can be time-consuming, expensive, and challenging. Benefiting from advances in genome editing technology and lentivirus-mediated transgene delivery systems, an efficient and economical method is described here that establishes mice in which genes are manipulated specifically in hematopoietic stem cells. Lentiviruses are used to transduce Cas9-expressing lineage-negative bone marrow cells with a guide RNA (gRNA) targeting specific genes and a red fluorescence reporter gene (RFP), then these cells are transplanted into lethally-irradiated C57BL/6 mice. Mice transplanted with lentivirus expressing non-targeting gRNA are used as controls. Engraftment of transduced hematopoietic stem cells are evaluated by flow cytometric analysis of RFP-positive leukocytes of peripheral blood. Using this method, ~90% transduction of myeloid cells and ~70% of lymphoid cells at 4 weeks after transplantation can be achieved. Genomic DNA is isolated from RFP-positive blood cells, and portions of the targeted site DNA are amplified by PCR to validate the genome editing. This protocol provides a high-throughput evaluation of hematopoiesis-regulatory genes and can be extended to a variety of mouse disease models with hematopoietic cell involvement.
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- Soichi Sano
- Hematovascular Biology Center, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine
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- Hematovascular Biology Center, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine
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- Hematovascular Biology Center, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine
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- Hematovascular Biology Center, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine
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- Hematovascular Biology Center, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine
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- Hematovascular Biology Center, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine
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- Hematovascular Biology Center, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine
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- Hematovascular Biology Center, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine
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- Hematovascular Biology Center, Robert M. Berne Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine;
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Fujita H, Tokunaga A, Shimizu S, Whiting AL, Aguilar-Alonso F, Takagi K, Walinda E, Sasaki Y, Shimokawa T, Mizushima T, Ohki I, Ariyoshi M, Tochio H, Bernal F, Shirakawa M, Iwai K. Cooperative Domain Formation by Homologous Motifs in HOIL-1L and SHARPIN Plays A Crucial Role in LUBAC Stabilization. Cell Rep 2019; 23:1192-1204. [PMID: 29694895 PMCID: PMC6044281 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2018.03.112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2017] [Revised: 02/19/2018] [Accepted: 03/25/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC) participates in inflammatory and oncogenic signaling by conjugating linear ubiquitin chains to target proteins. LUBAC consists of the catalytic HOIP subunit and two accessory subunits, HOIL-1L and SHARPIN. Interactions between the ubiquitin-associated (UBA) domains of HOIP and the ubiquitin-like (UBL) domains of two accessory subunits are involved in LUBAC stabilization, but the precise molecular mechanisms underlying the formation of stable trimeric LUBAC remain elusive. We solved the co-crystal structure of the binding regions of the trimeric LUBAC complex and found that LUBAC-tethering motifs (LTMs) located N terminally to the UBL domains of HOIL-1L and SHARPIN heterodimerize and fold into a single globular domain. This interaction is resistant to dissociation and plays a critical role in stabilizing trimeric LUBAC. Inhibition of LTM-mediated HOIL-1L/SHARPIN dimerization profoundly attenuated the function of LUBAC, suggesting LTM as a superior target of LUBAC destabilization for anticancer therapeutics. Fujita et al. report a crystal structure of the trimeric LUBAC core and show that motifs in HOIL-1L and SHARPIN fold into a single domain critical for LUBAC stabilization. The authors also develop an inhibitor of this interaction that destabilizes LUBAC and kills cancer cells.
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- Hiroaki Fujita
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto University School of Engineering, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Anesthesia, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Department of Picobiology, University of Hyogo School of Life Science, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Picobiology, University of Hyogo School of Life Science, Hyogo 678-1297, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto University School of Engineering, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto University School of Engineering, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Biophysics, Kyoto University School of Science, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
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- Laboratory of Protein Dynamics and Signaling, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
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- Department of Molecular Engineering, Kyoto University School of Engineering, Kyoto 615-8510, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Kyoto University School of Medicine, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan.
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Sasaki K, Himeno A, Nakagawa T, Sasaki Y, Kiyonari H, Iwai K. Modulation of autoimmune pathogenesis by T cell-triggered inflammatory cell death. Nat Commun 2019; 10:3878. [PMID: 31462647 PMCID: PMC6713751 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11858-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2018] [Accepted: 08/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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T cell-mediated autoimmunity encompasses diverse immunopathological outcomes; however, the mechanisms underlying this diversity are largely unknown. Dysfunction of the tripartite linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC) is associated with distinct autonomous immune-related diseases. Cpdm mice lacking Sharpin, an accessory subunit of LUBAC, have innate immune cell-predominant dermatitis triggered by death of LUBAC-compromised keratinocytes. Here we show that specific gene ablation of Sharpin in mouse Treg causes phenotypes mimicking cpdm-like inflammation. Mechanistic analyses find that multiple types of programmed cell death triggered by TNF from tissue-oriented T cells initiate proinflammatory responses to implicate innate immune-mediated pathogenesis in this T cell-mediated inflammation. Moreover, additional disruption of the Hoip locus encoding the catalytic subunit of LUBAC converts cpdm-like dermatitis to T cell-predominant autoimmune lesions; however, innate immune-mediated pathogenesis still remains. These findings show that T cell-mediated killing and sequential autoinflammation are common and crucial for pathogenic diversity during T cell-mediated autoimmune responses. Many forms of autoimmune disorder involve abnormal T cell functions, but how this versatility is achieved is not fully clear. Here the authors show that Sharpin-deficient Treg cells induce the death of local keratinocytes via multiple programmed cell death and innate inflammation to cause skin inflammation similar to cpdm mice with genetic deletion of Sharpin.
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- Katsuhiro Sasaki
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- Animal Resource Development Unit and Genetic Engineering Team, RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies, 2-2-3 Minatojima Minami-machi, Chuou-ku, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan.
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Yu S, Dai J, Ma M, Xu T, Kong Y, Cui C, Chi Z, Si L, Tang H, Yang L, Sheng X, Guo J. RBCK1 promotes p53 degradation via ubiquitination in renal cell carcinoma. Cell Death Dis 2019; 10:254. [PMID: 30874541 PMCID: PMC6420644 DOI: 10.1038/s41419-019-1488-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2018] [Revised: 02/22/2019] [Accepted: 02/25/2019] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for approximately 3% of adult malignancies, and the incidence of RCC continues to rise worldwide. Although RCC can be treated with surgery at an early stages, the five-year survival rates have been observed to decline dramatically in patients with advanced disease. Most patients with RCC treated with cytotoxic or targeted drugs will develop resistance at some point during therapy. Thus, it is necessary to identify novel therapeutic targets for RCC. Here, we found that RANBP2-type and C3HC4-type zinc finger-containing 1 (RBCK1) expression was upregulated in human RCC samples. Analysis of multiple public databases revealed the correlation between RBCK1 expression and poor prognosis in RCC patients. Subsequently, we performed RBCK1 depletion experiments in RCC cells that severely affected the in vivo and in vitro proliferation of renal cancer cells. The effects of RBCK1 on cell proliferation could be rescued with p53 expression knockdown in two cell lines expressing wild-type p53. Further experiments demonstrated that RBCK1 could facilitate p53 poly-ubiquitination and degradation by direct interaction with p53. Together, our results show that RBCK1 may serve as a promising target for RCC therapy by restoring p53 functions.
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- Sifan Yu
- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Renal Cancer and Melanoma, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing, China.
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Mattern M, Sutherland J, Kadimisetty K, Barrio R, Rodriguez MS. Using Ubiquitin Binders to Decipher the Ubiquitin Code. Trends Biochem Sci 2019; 44:599-615. [PMID: 30819414 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2019.01.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Revised: 01/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/29/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Post-translational modifications (PTMs) by ubiquitin (Ub) are versatile, highly dynamic, and involved in nearly all aspects of eukaryote biological function. The reversibility and heterogeneity of Ub chains attached to protein substrates have complicated their isolation, quantification, and characterization. Strategies have emerged to isolate endogenous ubiquitylated targets, including technologies based on the use of Ub-binding peptides, such as tandem-repeated Ub-binding entities (TUBEs). TUBEs allow the identification and characterization of Ub chains, and novel substrates for deubiquitylases (DUBs) and Ub ligases (E3s). Here we review their impact on purification, analysis of pan or chain-selective polyubiquitylated proteins and underline the biological relevance of this information. Together with peptide aptamers and other Ub affinity-based approaches, TUBEs will contribute to unraveling the secrets of the Ub code.
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- Michael Mattern
- Progenra Inc., 277 Great Valley Parkway, Malvern 19355, Pennsylvania, USA; These authors contributed equally
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- CIC bioGUNE, Technology Park of Bizkaia, Bldg. 801A, 48160 Derio, Spain; These authors contributed equally
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- LifeSensors Inc., 271 Great Valley Parkway, Malvern 19355, Pennsylvania, USA
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- CIC bioGUNE, Technology Park of Bizkaia, Bldg. 801A, 48160 Derio, Spain
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- ITAV-IPBS-UPS CNRS USR3505, 1 place Pierre Potier, Oncopole entrée B, 31106 Toulouse, France.
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Khoenkhoen S, Erikson E, Ádori M, Stark JM, Scholz JL, Cancro MP, Pedersen GK, Karlsson Hedestam GB. TACI expression and plasma cell differentiation are impaired in the absence of functional IκBNS. Immunol Cell Biol 2019; 97:485-497. [PMID: 30597621 PMCID: PMC6850186 DOI: 10.1111/imcb.12228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 12/17/2018] [Accepted: 12/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Impaired classical NF‐κB pathway signaling causes reduced antibody responses to T‐independent (TI) antigens. We investigated the potential reasons for defective TI responses in mice lacking the atypical inhibitory kappa B (IκB) protein of the NF‐κB pathway, IκBNS. Analyses of the plasma cell compartment in vitro and in vivo after challenge with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) showed significant decreases in the frequencies of plasma cells in the absence of IκBNS. In vitro activation of B cells via the B cell receptor or via Toll‐like receptor 4 revealed that early activation events were unaffected in IκBNS‐deficient B cells, while proliferation was reduced compared to in similarly stimulated wildtype (wt) B cells. IκBNS‐deficient B cells also displayed impaired upregulation of the transmembrane activator and calcium modulator cyclophilin ligand interactor (TACI), which is essential for TI responses, and decreased sensitivity to TACI ligands upon stimulation. Furthermore, IκBNS‐deficient B cells, in contrast to wt B cells, displayed altered expression of IRF4, Blimp‐1 and Pax5 upon LPS‐induced differentiation, indicating impaired transcriptional regulation of plasma cell generation.
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- Sharesta Khoenkhoen
- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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Thys A, Douanne T, Bidère N. Post-translational Modifications of the CARMA1-BCL10-MALT1 Complex in Lymphocytes and Activated B-Cell Like Subtype of Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma. Front Oncol 2018; 8:498. [PMID: 30474008 PMCID: PMC6237847 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2018.00498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 10/15/2018] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Piracy of the NF-κB transcription factors signaling pathway, to sustain its activity, is a mechanism often deployed in B-cell lymphoma to promote unlimited growth and survival. The aggressive activated B-cell like (ABC) subtype of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) exploits a multi-protein complex of CARMA1, BCL10, and MALT1 (CBM complex), which normally conveys NF-κB signaling upon antigen receptors engagement. Once assembled, the CBM also unleashes MALT1 protease activity to finely tune the immune response. As a result, ABC DLBCL tumors develop a profound addiction to NF-κB and to MALT1 enzyme, leaving open a breach for therapeutics. However, the pleiotropic nature of NF-κB jeopardizes the success of its targeting and urges us to develop new strategies. In this review, we discuss how post-translational modifications, such as phosphorylation and ubiquitination of the CBM components, as well as, MALT1 proteolytic activity, shape the CBM activity in lymphocytes and ABC DLBCL, and may provide new avenues to restore vulnerability in lymphoma.
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- An Thys
- Team SOAP, CRCINA, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CNRS, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France
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- Team SOAP, CRCINA, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CNRS, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France
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- Team SOAP, CRCINA, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CNRS, Université de Nantes, Université d'Angers, Nantes, France
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Zhu F, Yi G, Liu X, Zhu F, Zhao A, Wang A, Zhu R, Chen Z, Zhao B, Fang S, Yu X, Lin R, Liang R, Li D, Zhao W, Zhang Z, Guo W, Zhang S, Ge S, Fan X, Zhao G, Li B. Ring finger protein 31-mediated atypical ubiquitination stabilizes forkhead box P3 and thereby stimulates regulatory T-cell function. J Biol Chem 2018; 293:20099-20111. [PMID: 30389786 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.ra118.005802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2018] [Revised: 10/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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The CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ regulatory T (Treg) cells are critical for maintaining immune tolerance in healthy individuals and are reported to restrict anti-inflammatory responses and thereby promote tumor progression, suggesting them as a target in the development of antitumor immunotherapy. Forkhead box P3 (FOXP3) is a key transcription factor governing Treg lineage differentiation and their immune-suppressive function. Here, using Treg cells, as well as HEK-293T and Jurkat T cells, we report that the stability of FOXP3 is directly and positively regulated by the E3 ubiquitin ligase ring finger protein 31 (RNF31), which catalyzes the conjugation of atypical ubiquitin chains to the FOXP3 protein. We observed that shRNA-mediated RNF31 knockdown in human Treg cells decreases FOXP3 protein levels and increases levels of interferon-γ, resulting in a Th1 helper cell-like phenotype. Human Treg cells that ectopically expressed RNF31 displayed stronger immune-suppressive capacity, suggesting that RNF31 positively regulates both FOXP3 stability and Treg cell function. Moreover, we found that RNF31 is up-regulated in Treg cells that infiltrate human gastric tumor tissues compared with their counterparts residing in peripheral and normal tissue. We also found that elevated RNF31 expression in intratumoral Treg cells is associated with poor survival of gastric cancer patients, suggesting that RNF31 supports the immune-suppressive functions of Treg cells. Our results suggest that RNF31 could be a potential therapeutic target in immunity-based interventions against human gastric cancer.
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- Fuxiang Zhu
- From the Shanghai Institute of Immunology and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025,; the Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200025
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Immunology and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025,; the Shanghai Key laboratory of Bio-energy Crops, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200025
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- the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, RenJi Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujian Rd., Shanghai 200025
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- the Shanghai Key laboratory of Bio-energy Crops, School of Life Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200025
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Immunology and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Immunology and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025,; the Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200025
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- the Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200025
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- the Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200025
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Immunology and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025,; the Unit of Molecular Immunology, Institut Pasteur of Shanghai, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200025
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- the Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025
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- the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Key Laboratory of Digestive Organ Transplantation, Henan 450052, and
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- the Department of Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200025, China
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Immunology and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Immunology and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025
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- the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, RenJi Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujian Rd., Shanghai 200025
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- the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, RenJi Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujian Rd., Shanghai 200025
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- the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Key Laboratory of Digestive Organ Transplantation, Henan 450052, and
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- the Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Key Laboratory of Digestive Organ Transplantation, Henan 450052, and
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- the Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025
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- the Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025
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- the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, RenJi Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 160 Pujian Rd., Shanghai 200025,.
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- From the Shanghai Institute of Immunology and Department of Immunology and Microbiology, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200025,.
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LUBAC prevents lethal dermatitis by inhibiting cell death induced by TNF, TRAIL and CD95L. Nat Commun 2018; 9:3910. [PMID: 30254289 PMCID: PMC6156229 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-06155-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC), composed of HOIP, HOIL-1 and SHARPIN, is required for optimal TNF-mediated gene activation and to prevent cell death induced by TNF. Here, we demonstrate that keratinocyte-specific deletion of HOIP or HOIL-1 (E-KO) results in severe dermatitis causing postnatal lethality. We provide genetic and pharmacological evidence that the postnatal lethal dermatitis in HoipE-KO and Hoil-1E-KO mice is caused by TNFR1-induced, caspase-8-mediated apoptosis that occurs independently of the kinase activity of RIPK1. In the absence of TNFR1, however, dermatitis develops in adulthood, triggered by RIPK1-kinase-activity-dependent apoptosis and necroptosis. Strikingly, TRAIL or CD95L can redundantly induce this disease-causing cell death, as combined loss of their respective receptors is required to prevent TNFR1-independent dermatitis. These findings may have implications for the treatment of patients with mutations that perturb linear ubiquitination and potentially also for patients with inflammation-associated disorders that are refractory to inhibition of TNF alone. TNF mediated inflammation is critical in autoimmune mediated pathology, however many patients are refractory to current anti-TNF therapeutics. Here the authors show induction of several death ligands, in addition to TNF is sufficient to cause fatal dermatitis in a LUBAC deficient murine model of disease.
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Steiner A, Harapas CR, Masters SL, Davidson S. An Update on Autoinflammatory Diseases: Relopathies. Curr Rheumatol Rep 2018; 20:39. [PMID: 29846841 DOI: 10.1007/s11926-018-0749-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The nuclear factor κB (NF-κB) pathway is tightly regulated through multiple posttranslational mechanisms including ubiquitination. Mutations in these regulatory pathways can cause disease and are the focus of this review. RECENT FINDINGS The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC) is a trimer made up of HOIL-1L, SHARPIN, and the catalytic subunit HOIP. Loss of function mutations in HOIL-1L and HOIP result in largely overlapping phenotypes, characterized by multi-organ autoinflammation, immunodeficiency, and amylopectinosis. Interestingly, patient fibroblasts exhibited diminished IL-1β- and TNF-induced NF-κB activation, yet monocytes were hyper-responsive to IL-1β, hinting at cell type or target specific roles of LUBAC-mediated ubiquitination. Ubiquitin-driven signaling is counterbalanced by deubiquitinase enzymes (DUBs), such as OTULIN and A20. Hypomorphic mutations in OTULIN result in elevated NF-κB signaling causing an autoinflammatory syndrome. Similarly, patients with high-penetrance heterozygous mutations in the gene encoding A20 (haploinsufficiency of A20 (HA20)) display excessive ubiquitination and increased activity of NF-κB and of NLRP3 inflammasome activation. HA20 patients present with Behçet-like characteristics or an autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS)-like phenotype, indicating diverse protein functions. This review summarizes recent discoveries in the field of NF-kB-related autoinflammatory diseases (relopathies) within the past 3 years and points to several questions that still remain unanswered.
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- Annemarie Steiner
- Inflammation Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, 3052, Australia. .,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
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- Inflammation Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, 3052, Australia
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- Inflammation Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, 3052, Australia. .,Department of Medical Biology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia.
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- Inflammation Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, 3052, Australia
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Liu J, Wang Y, Gong Y, Fu T, Hu S, Zhou Z, Pan L. Structural Insights into SHARPIN-Mediated Activation of HOIP for the Linear Ubiquitin Chain Assembly. Cell Rep 2018; 21:27-36. [PMID: 28978479 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2017.09.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 09/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC) is the sole identified E3 ligase complex that catalyzes the formation of linear ubiquitin chain, and it is composed of HOIP, HOIL-1L, and SHARPIN. The E3 activity of HOIP can be effectively activated by HOIL-1L or SHARPIN, deficiency of which leads to severe immune system disorders. However, the underlying mechanism governing the HOIP-SHARPIN interaction and the SHARPIN-mediated activation of HOIP remains elusive. Here, we biochemically and structurally demonstrate that the UBL domain of SHARPIN specifically binds to the UBA domain of HOIP and thereby associates with and activates HOIP. We further uncover that SHARPIN and HOIL-1L can separately or synergistically bind to distinct sites of HOIP UBA with induced allosteric effects and thereby facilitate the E2 loading of HOIP for its activation. Thus, our findings provide mechanistic insights into the assembly and activation of LUBAC.
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- Jianping Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioorganic and Natural Products Chemistry, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 345 Lingling Road, Shanghai 200032, People's Republic of China.
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Peltzer N, Darding M, Montinaro A, Draber P, Draberova H, Kupka S, Rieser E, Fisher A, Hutchinson C, Taraborrelli L, Hartwig T, Lafont E, Haas TL, Shimizu Y, Böiers C, Sarr A, Rickard J, Alvarez-Diaz S, Ashworth MT, Beal A, Enver T, Bertin J, Kaiser W, Strasser A, Silke J, Bouillet P, Walczak H. LUBAC is essential for embryogenesis by preventing cell death and enabling haematopoiesis. Nature 2018; 557:112-117. [PMID: 29695863 PMCID: PMC5947819 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0064-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 155] [Impact Index Per Article: 25.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2018] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The Linear Ubiquitin chain Assembly Complex (LUBAC) is required for optimal gene activation and prevention of cell death upon activation of immune receptors, including TNFR11. Deficiency in the LUBAC components SHARPIN or HOIP in mice results in severe inflammation in adulthood or embryonic lethality, respectively, due to deregulation of TNFR1-mediated cell death2–8. In humans, deficiency in the third LUBAC component, HOIL-1, causes autoimmunity and inflammatory disease, similar to HOIP deficiency, whereas HOIL-1 deficiency in mice was reported to cause no overt phenotype9–11. By creating HOIL-1-deficient mice, we here show that HOIL-1 is, however, as essential for LUBAC function as HOIP, albeit for different reasons: whereas HOIP is LUBAC’s catalytically active component, HOIL-1 is required for LUBAC assembly, stability and optimal retention in the TNFR1-signalling complex (TNFR1-SC), thereby preventing aberrant cell death. Both, HOIL-1 and HOIP prevent embryonic lethality at mid-gestation by interfering with aberrant TNFR1-mediated endothelial cell death, which only partially depends on RIPK1 kinase activity. Co-deletion of Caspase-8 with RIPK3 or MLKL prevents cell death in Hoil-1-/- embryos, yet only combined loss of Caspase-8 with MLKL results in viable HOIL-1-deficient mice. Interestingly, Ripk3-/-Caspase-8-/-Hoil-1-/- embryos die at late-gestation due to haematopoietic defects that are rescued by co-deletion of RIPK1 but not MLKL. Collectively, these results demonstrate that both, HOIP and HOIL-1 are essential LUBAC components and are required for embryogenesis by preventing aberrant cell death. Furthermore, they unveil that, when LUBAC and Caspase-8 are absent, RIPK3 prevents RIPK1 from inducing embryonic lethality by causing defects in foetal haematopoiesis.
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- Nieves Peltzer
- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK.,Laboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK.,Laboratory of Adaptive Immunity, Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
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- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Institute of General Pathology, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Pattern Recognition Receptor Discovery Performance Unit, Immuno-Inflammation Therapeutic Area, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, USA
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- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Pattern Recognition Receptor Discovery Performance Unit, Immuno-Inflammation Therapeutic Area, GlaxoSmithKline, Collegeville, PA, USA
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- University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK.
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Sasaki Y, Iwai K. Crucial Role of Linear Ubiquitin Chain Assembly Complex-Mediated Inhibition of Programmed Cell Death in TLR4-Mediated B Cell Responses and B1b Cell Development. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 2018; 200:3438-3449. [PMID: 29654209 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.1701526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex (LUBAC)-mediated linear polyubiquitin plays crucial roles in thymus-dependent and -independent type II Ab responses and B1 cell development. In this study, we analyzed the role of LUBAC in TLR-mediated B cell responses. A mouse strain in which LUBAC activity was ablated specifically in B cells (B-HOIPΔlinear mice) showed defective Ab responses to a type I thymus-independent Ag, NP-LPS. B cells from B-HOIPΔlinear mice (HOIPΔlinear B cells) underwent massive cell death in response to stimulation of TLR4, but not TLR9. TLR4 stimulation induced caspase-8 activation in HOIPΔlinear B cells; this phenomenon, as well as TLR4-induced cell death, was suppressed by ablation of TRIF, a signal inducer specific for TLR4. In addition, LPS-induced survival, proliferation, and differentiation into Ab-producing cells of HOIPΔlinear B cells were substantially restored by inhibition of caspases together with RIP3 deletion, but not by RIP3 deletion alone, suggesting that LPS stimulation kills HOIPΔlinear B cells by apoptosis elicited via the TRIF pathway. Further examination of the roles of cell death pathways in B-HOIPΔlinear mice revealed that deletion of RIP3 increased the number of B1 cells, particularly B1b cells, in B-HOIPΔlinear mice, indicating that B1b cell homeostasis is controlled via LUBAC-mediated suppression of necroptosis. Taken together, the data show that LUBAC regulates TLR4-mediated B cell responses and B1b cell development and/or maintenance by inhibiting programmed cell death.
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- Yoshiteru Sasaki
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
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HIF and HOIL-1L-mediated PKCζ degradation stabilizes plasma membrane Na,K-ATPase to protect against hypoxia-induced lung injury. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:E10178-E10186. [PMID: 29109255 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1713563114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Organisms have evolved adaptive mechanisms in response to stress for cellular survival. During acute hypoxic stress, cells down-regulate energy-consuming enzymes such as Na,K-ATPase. Within minutes of alveolar epithelial cell (AEC) exposure to hypoxia, protein kinase C zeta (PKCζ) phosphorylates the α1-Na,K-ATPase subunit and triggers it for endocytosis, independently of the hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). However, the Na,K-ATPase activity is essential for cell homeostasis. HIF induces the heme-oxidized IRP2 ubiquitin ligase 1L (HOIL-1L), which leads to PKCζ degradation. Here we report a mechanism of prosurvival adaptation of AECs to prolonged hypoxia where PKCζ degradation allows plasma membrane Na,K-ATPase stabilization at ∼50% of normoxic levels, preventing its excessive down-regulation and cell death. Mice lacking HOIL-1L in lung epithelial cells (CreSPC/HOIL-1Lfl/fl ) were sensitized to hypoxia because they express higher levels of PKCζ and, consequently, lower plasma membrane Na,K-ATPase levels, which increased cell death and worsened lung injury. In AECs, expression of an α1-Na,K-ATPase construct bearing an S18A (α1-S18A) mutation, which precludes PKCζ phosphorylation, stabilized the Na,K-ATPase at the plasma membrane and prevented hypoxia-induced cell death even in the absence of HOIL-1L. Adenoviral overexpression of the α1-S18A mutant Na,K-ATPase in vivo rescued the enhanced sensitivity of CreSPC/HOIL-1Lfl/fl mice to hypoxic lung injury. These data suggest that stabilization of Na,K-ATPase during severe hypoxia is a HIF-dependent process involving PKCζ degradation. Accordingly, we provide evidence of an important adaptive mechanism to severe hypoxia, whereby halting the exaggerated down-regulation of plasma membrane Na,K-ATPase prevents cell death and lung injury.
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Hrdinka M, Gyrd-Hansen M. The Met1-Linked Ubiquitin Machinery: Emerging Themes of (De)regulation. Mol Cell 2017; 68:265-280. [PMID: 29053955 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2017.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2017] [Revised: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 08/31/2017] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The linear ubiquitin chain assembly complex, LUBAC, is the only known mammalian ubiquitin ligase that makes methionine 1 (Met1)-linked polyubiquitin (also referred to as linear ubiquitin). A decade after LUBAC was discovered as a cellular activity of unknown function, there are now many lines of evidence connecting Met1-linked polyubiquitin to NF-κB signaling, cell death, inflammation, immunity, and cancer. We now know that Met1-linked polyubiquitin has potent signaling functions and that its deregulation is connected to disease. Indeed, mutations and deficiencies in several factors involved in conjugation and deconjugation of Met1-linked polyubiquitin have been implicated in immune-related disorders. Here, we discuss current knowledge and recent insights into the role and regulation of Met1-linked polyubiquitin, with an emphasis on the mechanisms controlling the function of LUBAC.
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- Matous Hrdinka
- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK.
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Molecular basis for specificity of the Met1-linked polyubiquitin signal. Biochem Soc Trans 2017; 44:1581-1602. [PMID: 27913667 PMCID: PMC5135002 DOI: 10.1042/bst20160227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2016] [Revised: 10/03/2016] [Accepted: 10/07/2016] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The post-translational modification of proteins provides a rapid and versatile system for regulating all signalling pathways. Protein ubiquitination is one such type of post-translational modification involved in controlling numerous cellular processes. The unique ability of ubiquitin to form polyubiquitin chains creates a highly complex code responsible for different subsequent signalling outcomes. Specialised enzymes ('writers') generate the ubiquitin code, whereas other enzymes ('erasers') disassemble it. Importantly, the ubiquitin code is deciphered by different ubiquitin-binding proteins ('readers') functioning to elicit particular cellular responses. Ten years ago, the methionine1 (Met1)-linked (linear) polyubiquitin code was first identified and the intervening years have witnessed a seismic shift in our understanding of Met1-linked polyubiquitin in cellular processes, particularly inflammatory signalling. This review will discuss the molecular mechanisms of specificity determination within Met1-linked polyubiquitin signalling.
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Meininger I, Krappmann D. Lymphocyte signaling and activation by the CARMA1-BCL10-MALT1 signalosome. Biol Chem 2017; 397:1315-1333. [PMID: 27420898 DOI: 10.1515/hsz-2016-0216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/10/2016] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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The CARMA1-BCL10-MALT1 (CBM) signalosome triggers canonical NF-κB signaling and lymphocyte activation upon antigen-receptor stimulation. Genetic studies in mice and the analysis of human immune pathologies unveiled a critical role of the CBM complex in adaptive immune responses. Great progress has been made in elucidating the fundamental mechanisms that dictate CBM assembly and disassembly. By bridging proximal antigen-receptor signaling to downstream signaling pathways, the CBM complex exerts a crucial scaffolding function. Moreover, the MALT1 subunit confers a unique proteolytic activity that is key for lymphocyte activation. Deregulated 'chronic' CBM signaling drives constitutive NF-κB signaling and MALT1 activation, which contribute to the development of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases as well as lymphomagenesis. Thus, the processes that govern CBM activation and function are promising targets for the treatment of immune disorders. Here, we summarize the current knowledge on the functions and mechanisms of CBM signaling in lymphocytes and how CBM deregulations contribute to aberrant signaling in malignant lymphomas.
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