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ArticleRNA biology2020

The RNA binding protein Quaking represses host interferon response by downregulating MAVS.

Kuo-Chieh Liao, Vanessa Chuo, W Samuel Fagg, Shelton S Bradrick, Julien Pompon, Mariano A Garcia-Blanco

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Article in RNA biology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Kuo-Chieh LiaoProgramme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0002-8766-4824
Vanessa ChuoProgramme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.
W Samuel FaggDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2909-1666
Shelton S BradrickDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA.
Julien PomponProgramme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-1110-9039
Mariano A Garcia-BlancoProgramme in Emerging Infectious Diseases, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-8538-1997
Duke-NUS Medical School · SGThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Quaking (QKI) is an RNA-binding protein (RBP) involved in multiple aspects of RNA metabolism and many biological processes. Despite a known immune function in regulating monocyte differentiation and inflammatory responses, the degree to which QKI regulates the host interferon (IFN) response remains poorly characterized. Here we show that QKI ablation enhances poly(I:C) and viral infection-induced IFNβ transcription. Characterization of IFN-related signalling cascades reveals that QKI knockout results in higher levels of IRF3 phosphorylation. Interestingly, complementation with QKI-5 isoform alone is sufficient to rescue this phenotype and reduce IRF3 phosphorylation. Further analysis shows that MAVS, but not RIG-I or MDA5, is robustly upregulated in the absence of QKI, suggesting that QKI downregulates MAVS and thus represses the host IFN response. As expected, MAVS depletion reduces IFNβ activation and knockout of MAVS in the QKI knockout cells completely abolishes IFNβ induction. Consistently, ectopic expression of RIG-I activates stronger IFNβ induction via MAVS-IRF3 pathway in the absence of QKI. Collectively, these findings demonstrate a novel role for QKI in negatively regulating host IFN response by reducing MAVS levels.

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A549 CellsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene Expression RegulationHost-Pathogen InteractionsHumansInterferon Regulatory Factor-3Interferon Type IPhosphorylationPoly I-CRespirovirus InfectionsRNA-Binding ProteinsSendai virusAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingInterferon Regulatory Factor-3Interferon Type IIRF3 protein, humanMAVS protein, humanPoly I-CQKI protein, humanRNA-Binding ProteinsIFNIRF3MAVSQKIviral infection

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PMID31829086
PMCPMC6999638
OpenAlexW2996498134

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