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- Title
NLRP4 negatively regulates type I interferon signaling by targeting the kinase TBK1 for degradation via the ubiquitin ligase DTX4.
- Authors
Cui, Jun; Li, Yinyin; Zhu, Liang; Liu, Dan; Songyang, Zhou; Wang, Helen Y; Wang, Rong-Fu
- Abstract
Stringent control of the type I interferon signaling pathway is important for maintaining host immune responses and homeostasis, yet the molecular mechanisms responsible for its tight regulation are still poorly understood. Here we report that the pattern-recognition receptor NLRP4 regulated the activation of type I interferon mediated by double-stranded RNA or DNA by targeting the kinase TBK1 for degradation. NLRP4 recruited the E3 ubiquitin ligase DTX4 to TBK1 for Lys48 (K48)-linked polyubiquitination at Lys670, which led to degradation of TBK1. Knockdown of either DTX4 or NLRP4 abrogated K48-linked ubiquitination and degradation of TBK1 and enhanced the phosphorylation of TBK1 and the transcription factor IRF3. Our results identify a previously unrecognized role for NLRP4 in the regulation of type I interferon signaling and provide molecular insight into the mechanisms by which NLRP4-DTX4 targets TBK1 for degradation.
- Subjects
INTERFERONS; UBIQUITIN ligases; STRINGENT control (Bacteria); DOUBLE-stranded RNA; UBIQUITINATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; KINASES
- Publication
Nature Immunology, 2012, Vol 13, Issue 4, p387
- ISSN
1529-2908
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/ni.2239