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Hongrui Li1, Jiazheng Quan2, Xibao Zhao2
1Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Regional Immunity and Diseases, Department of Immunology, Shenzhen University School of Medicine, Shenzhen, 516080, China; Institute of Immunology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, 310058, China.
Abstract:
Ubiquitin specific protease 14 (USP14) is a regulator of protein deubiquitination and proteasome activation, and has been implicated in negative regulation of type I IFN signaling pathway. However, the effect of USP14 on RNA virus-related inflammatory response has not been studied. Retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) is the important pattern recognition receptor of the innate immunity to detect RNA viruses or intracellular Poly(I:C)-LMW. Here, we reported that USP14 knockdown increased pro-inflammatory cytokines production in macrophages upon VSV infection or intracellular Poly(I:C)-LMW stimulation. USP14-overexpressed HeLa cells exhibited a decrease in RIG-I-mediated IL-6 and TNF-α expression. IU1, USP14 inhibitor, significantly promotes pro-inflammatory cytokines production in VSV-infected mice in vivo. Furthermore, USP14 was also found to inhibit the RIG-I-triggered NF-κB activation by deubiquitinating K63-linked RIG-I. Thus, our results demonstrate that USP14 is a negative regulator of RIG-I-mediated inflammatory response.
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