title: USP18 recruits USP20 to promote innate antiviral response through deubiquitinating STING/MITA.
abstract: STING (also known as MITA) mediates the innate antiviral signaling and ubiquitination of STING is key to its function. However, the deubiquitination process of STING is unclear. Here we report that USP18 recruits USP20 to deconjugate K48-linked ubiquitination chains from STING and promotes the stability of STING and the expression of type I IFNs and proinflammatory cytokines after DNA virus infection. USP18 deficiency or knockdown of USP20 resulted in enhanced K48-linked ubiquitination and accelerated degradation of STING, and impaired activation of IRF3 and NF-κB as well as induction of downstream genes after infection with DNA virus HSV-1 or transfection of various DNA ligands. In addition, Usp18-/-mice were more susceptible to HSV-1 infection compared with the wild-type littermates. USP18 did not deubiquitinate STING in vitro but facilitated USP20 to catalyze deubiquitination of STING in a manner independent of the enzymatic activity of USP18. In addition, reconstitution of STING into Usp18-/-MEFs restored HSV-1-induced expression of downstream genes and cellular antiviral responses. Our findings thus uncover previously uncharacterized roles of USP18 and USP20 in mediating virus-triggered signaling and contribute to the understanding of the complicated regulatory system of the innate antiviral responses.
authors: State Key Laboratory of Virology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
authors: Man
authors: M
authors: Zhang
authors: State Key Laboratory of Virology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
authors: Meng-Xin
authors: MX
authors: Zhang
authors: State Key Laboratory of Virology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
authors: Qiang
authors: Q
authors: Zhang
authors: State Key Laboratory of Virology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
authors: Gao-Feng
authors: GF
authors: Zhu
authors: State Key Laboratory of Virology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
authors: Lei
authors: L
authors: Yuan
authors: Department of Pathology and Division of Biological Sciences, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
authors: Dong-Er
authors: DE
authors: Zhang
authors: State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Etiological Biology, Lanzhou Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Lanzhou 730046, China.
authors: Qiyun
authors: Q
authors: Zhu
authors: State Key Laboratory of Virology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.
authors: Jing
authors: J
authors: Yao
authors: Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China.
authors: Hong-Bing
authors: HB
authors: Shu
authors: State Key Laboratory of Virology, Hubei Key Laboratory of Cell Homeostasis, College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China.|Medical Research Institute, School of Medicine, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430071, China.
authors: Bo
authors: B
authors: Zhong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010450:Endopeptidases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000821:virology; D057809:HEK293 Cells; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary; D018259:Herpesvirus 1, Human / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D050838:Interferon Regulatory Factor-3 / Q000378:metabolism; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000378:metabolism; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D053633:Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D015398:Signal Transduction; D015996:Survival Rate; D043222:Ubiquitin Thiolesterase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014452:Ubiquitins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000099197:STING Protein
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D010450:Endopeptidases; D050838:Interferon Regulatory Factor-3; D007370:Interferon Type I; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D016328:NF-kappa B; D053633:Receptor, Interferon alpha-beta; D043222:Ubiquitin Thiolesterase; D014452:Ubiquitins; C489550:G1p2 protein, mouse; C508032:Ifnar1 protein, mouse; C530855:Sting1 protein, mouse; D000099197:STING Protein; C118306:Usp18 protein, mouse; C486762:Usp20 protein, mouse