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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2021

Cellular nucleic acid-binding protein is essential for type I interferon-mediated immunity to RNA virus infection.

Yongzhi Chen, Xuqiu Lei, Zhaozhao Jiang, Katherine A Fitzgerald

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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19 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  14. Cellular nucleic acid-binding protein restricts SARS-CoV-2 by regulating interferon and disrupting RNA-protein condensates.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yongzhi ChenProgram in Innate Immunity, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605.ORCID 0000-0002-1554-0240
Xuqiu LeiProgram in Innate Immunity, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605.ORCID 0000-0003-3565-6969
Zhaozhao JiangProgram in Innate Immunity, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605.ORCID 0000-0002-9768-8491
Katherine A FitzgeraldProgram in Innate Immunity, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605 kate.fitzgerald@umassmed.edu.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · US

Funding

Innate Immune Activation in MalariaR01AI079293 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A., GOLENBOCK, DOUGLAS T · 2009 to 2024
$10.9M
Gene Regulation in Innate ImmunityR37AI067497 · NIAID · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI FITZGERALD, KATHERINE A. · 2015 to 2024
$4.6M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI079293NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI067497
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Type I interferons (IFNs) are innate immune cytokines required to establish cellular host defense. Precise control of IFN gene expression is crucial to maintaining immune homeostasis. Here, we demonstrated that cellular nucleic acid-binding protein (CNBP) was required for the production of type I IFNs in response to RNA virus infection. CNBP deficiency markedly impaired IFN production in macrophages and dendritic cells that were infected with a panel of RNA viruses or stimulated with synthetic double-stranded RNA. Furthermore, CNBP-deficient mice were more susceptible to influenza virus infection than were wild-type mice. Mechanistically, CNBP was phosphorylated and translocated to the nucleus, where it directly binds to the promoter of IFNb in response to RNA virus infection. Furthermore, CNBP controlled the recruitment of IFN regulatory factor (IRF) 3 and IRF7 to IFN promoters for the maximal induction of IFNb gene expression. These studies reveal a previously unrecognized role for CNBP as a transcriptional regulator of type I IFN genes engaged downstream of RNA virus-mediated innate immune signaling, which provides an additional layer of control for IRF3- and IRF7-dependent type I IFN gene expression and the antiviral innate immune response.

Indexed as

ImmunityA549 CellsAnimalsHEK293 CellsHumansInterferon Regulatory Factor-3Interferon Regulatory Factor-7Interferon Type IMiceMice, Inbred C57BLPoly I-CPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, ViralRNA VirusesCnbp protein, mouseInterferon Regulatory Factor-3Interferon Regulatory Factor-7Interferon Type IPoly I-CRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, ViralantiviralCNBPRNA virustranscriptional regulatortype I interferon

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PMID34168080
PMCPMC8255963
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