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ArticleJournal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950)2025

Aggregatin is a mitochondrial regulator of MAVS activation to drive innate immunity.

Ju Gao, Mao Ding, Yanbin Xiyang, Siyue Qin, Devanshi Shukla, Jiawei Xu, Masaru Miyagi, Hisashi Fujioka, Jingjing Liang, Xinglong Wang

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Article in Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Ju GaoDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Mao DingDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Yanbin XiyangDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Siyue QinDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Devanshi ShuklaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Jiawei XuDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Masaru MiyagiDepartment of Pharmacology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4325-1216
Hisashi FujiokaElectron Microscopy Core Facility, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8511-7141
Jingjing LiangDepartment of Pharmacy Practice and Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
Xinglong WangDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8657-0159

Funding

FAM222A and amyloid plaque deposition in Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG066578 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI MIYAGI, MASARU, WANG, XINGLONG · 2020 to 2020
$2.8M
Mitochondrial modulation of neuroinflammation in AD and related tauopathiesRF1AG065342 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI WANG, XINGLONG · 2020 to 2020
$2.2M
Mitochondrial TDP-43 in Alzheimer's DiseaseRF1AG056320 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI WANG, XINGLONG · 2019 to 2019
$2.0M
Mitochondrial modulation of neuroinflammation in AD and related tauopathiesR01AG065342 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI Xinglong Wang · 2025 to 2026
$1.1M
FAM222A and amyloid plaque deposition in Alzheimer's DiseaseR01AG066578 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA · PI WANG, XINGLONG · 2025 to 2025
$680k
Alzheimer's Association AARG-22-923849National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke RF1AG066578NIA NIH HHS R01 AG065342NIA NIH HHS R01 AG066578NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG056320NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG065342NIA NIH HHS RF1 AG066578
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Abstract

Mitochondrial antiviral-signaling protein (MAVS) is a key adapter protein required for inducing type I interferons (IFN-Is) and other antiviral effector molecules. The formation of MAVS aggregates on mitochondria is essential for its activation; however, the regulatory mitochondrial factor that mediates the aggregation process is unknown. Our recent work has identified the protein Aggregatin as a critical seeding factor for β-amyloid peptide aggregation. Here we show that Aggregatin serves as a cross-seed for MAVS aggregates on mitochondria to orchestrate innate immune signaling. Aggregatin is primarily localized to mitochondria in the cytosol and has the ability to induce MAVS aggregation and MAVS-dependent IFN-I responses alone in both HEK293 cells and human leukemia monocytic THP-1 cells. Mitochondrial Aggregatin level increases upon viral infection. Also, Aggregatin knockout suppresses viral infection-induced MAVS aggregation and IFN-I signal cascade activation. Nemo-like kinase is further identified as a kinase phosphorylating Aggregatin at Ser59 to regulate its stability and cross-seeding activity. Collectively, our finding reveals an important physiological function of Aggregatin in innate immunity by cross-seeding MAVS aggregation.

Indexed as

Adaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingImmunity, InnateMitochondriaHEK293 CellsHumansInterferon Type ISignal TransductionTHP-1 CellsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingInterferon Type IMAVS protein, humanAggregatininnate immunityinterferonMAVSmitochondriaviral infection

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PMID40073244
PMCPMC11878994

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