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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

Epigenetic control of type III interferon expression by 8-oxoguanine and its reader 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase1.

Yaoyao Xue, Lang Pan, Spiros Vlahopoulos, Ke Wang, Xu Zheng, Zsolt Radak, Attila Bacsi, Lloyd Tanner, Allan R Brasier, Xueqing Ba and 1 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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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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8 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. 8-Oxoguanine: A Lesion, an Epigenetic Mark, or a Molecular Signal?International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 6 institutions in 5 countries.

Yaoyao XueDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States.
Lang PanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States.
Spiros VlahopoulosHoremeio Research Laboratory, First Department of Pediatrics, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Ke WangDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States.
Xu ZhengDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States.
Zsolt RadakResearch Institute of Molecular Exercise Science, University of Sport Science, Budapest, Hungary.
Attila BacsiDepartment of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary.
Lloyd TannerRespiratory Medicine, Allergology & Palliative Medicine, Lund University and Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
Allan R BrasierDepartment of Medicine, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.
Xueqing BaKey Laboratory of Molecular Epigenetics of Ministry of Education, School of Life Science, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, China.
Istvan BoldoghDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, United States.
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · USNortheast Normal University · CNLund University · SENational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity of Debrecen · HUUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

Virus, Tissue Culture and ImmunoassayP01AI062885 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI BOLDOGH, ISTVAN STEVEN · 2005 to 2022
$23.9M
NIAID NIH HHS P01 AI062885
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interferons (IFNs) are secreted cytokines with the ability to activate expression of IFN stimulated genes that increase resistance of cells to virus infections. Activated transcription factors in conjunction with chromatin remodelers induce epigenetic changes that reprogram IFN responses. Unexpectedly, 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase1 (Ogg1) knockout mice show enhanced stimuli-driven IFN expression that confers increased resistance to viral and bacterial infections and allergen challenges. Here, we tested the hypothesis that the DNA repair protein OGG1 recognizes 8-oxoguanine (8-oxoGua) in promoters modulating IFN expression. We found that functional inhibition, genetic ablation, and inactivation by post-translational modification of OGG1 significantly augment IFN-λ expression in epithelial cells infected by human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV). Mechanistically, OGG1 bound to 8-oxoGua in proximity to interferon response elements, which inhibits the IRF3/IRF7 and NF-κB/RelA DNA occupancy, while promoting the suppressor NF-κB1/p50-p50 homodimer binding to the IFN-λ2/3 promoter. In a mouse model of bronchiolitis induced by RSV infection, functional ablation of OGG1 by a small molecule inhibitor (TH5487) enhances IFN-λ production, decreases immunopathology, neutrophilia, and confers antiviral protection. These findings suggest that the ROS-generated epigenetic mark 8-oxoGua via its reader OGG1 serves as a homeostatic thresholding factor in IFN-λ expression. Pharmaceutical targeting of OGG1 activity may have clinical utility in modulating antiviral response.

Indexed as

DNADNA GlycosylasesEpigenesis, GeneticInterferon LambdaAnimalsMiceMice, KnockoutDNADNA GlycosylasesInterferon LambdaOgg1 protein, mouseIFN-λinnate immune responseIRFNF-κBROSsmall airway epithelium

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PMID37600772
PMCPMC10436556
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