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ArticleCell death & disease2023

Lysine methyltransferase SMYD2 inhibits antiviral innate immunity by promoting IRF3 dephosphorylation.

Jiacheng Wu, Ye Hu, Jiaying Song, Jia Xu, Qian Zhang, Yangyang Chai, Xin Wang, Bingjing Wang, Yong Zhao, Xuetao Cao and 1 more

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Article in Cell death & disease, 2023. 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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7 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Direct lysine dimethylation of IRF3 by the methyltransferase SMYD3 attenuates antiviral innate immunity.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Jiacheng Wu *Department of Immunology, Center for Immunotherapy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9022-8169
Ye Hu *College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, 300071, China.
Jiaying Song *Department of Immunology, Center for Immunotherapy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China.
Jia XuDepartment of Immunology, Center for Immunotherapy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1091-8558
Qian ZhangNational Key Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Institute of Immunology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, China.
Yangyang ChaiDepartment of Immunology, Center for Immunotherapy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China.
Xin WangDepartment of Immunology, Center for Immunotherapy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China.
Bingjing WangDepartment of Immunology, Center for Immunotherapy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China.
Yong ZhaoFuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Heart Center of Henan Provincial People's Hospital, Zhengzhou, 450046, China.
Xuetao CaoDepartment of Immunology, Center for Immunotherapy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China. caoxt@immunol.org.
Xiaoqing XuDepartment of Immunology, Center for Immunotherapy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100005, China. xiaoqingxu@cams.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6959-8667
Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College · CNHenan Provincial People's Hospital · CNNankai University · CNSecond Military Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Phosphorylation of IRF3 is critical to induce type I interferon (IFN-I) production in antiviral innate response. Here we report that lysine methyltransferase SMYD2 inhibits the expressions of IFN-I and proinflammatory cytokines in macrophages upon viral infections. The Smyd2-deficient mice are more resistant to viral infection by producing more IFN-I and proinflammatory cytokines. Mechanistically, SMYD2 inhibits IRF3 phosphorylation in macrophages in response to viral infection independent of its methyltransferase activity. We found that SMYD2 interacts with the DNA-binding domain (DBD) and IRF association domain (IAD) domains of IRF3 by its insertion SET domain (SETi) and could recruit phosphatase PP1α to enhance its interaction with IRF3, which leads to decreased phosphorylation of IRF3 in the antiviral innate response. Our study identifies SMYD2 as a negative regulator of IFN-I production against virus infection. The new way of regulating IRF3 phosphorylation will provide insight into the understanding of IFN-I production in the innate response and possible intervention of the related immune disorders.

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LysineAnimalsAntibodiesCytokinesImmunity, InnateInterferonsMethyltransferasesMiceAntibodiesCytokinesInterferonsLysineMethyltransferases

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PMID37673879
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