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ArticleNature communications2025

TRIM23 mediates cGAS-induced autophagy in anti-HSV defense.

Dhiraj Acharya, Zuberwasim Sayyad, Helene Hoenigsperger, Maximilian Hirschenberger, Matthew Zurenski, Kannan Balakrishnan, Junji Zhu, Sebastian Gableske, Jiro Kato, Shen-Ying Zhang and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Dhiraj Acharya *Florida Research and Innovation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Port St. Lucie, FL, USA.
Zuberwasim Sayyad *Florida Research and Innovation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Port St. Lucie, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1799-7604
Helene HoenigspergerInstitute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Maximilian HirschenbergerInstitute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.
Matthew ZurenskiDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Kannan BalakrishnanFlorida Research and Innovation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Port St. Lucie, FL, USA.
Junji ZhuFlorida Research and Innovation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Port St. Lucie, FL, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2968-180X
Sebastian GableskeDepartment of Microbiology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
Jiro KatoThe Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Branch; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0318-1794
Shen-Ying ZhangSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9449-3672
Jean-Laurent CasanovaSt. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
Joel MossThe Critical Care Medicine and Pulmonary Branch; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Konstantin M J SparrerInstitute of Molecular Virology, Ulm University Medical Center, Ulm, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-1779
Michaela U GackFlorida Research and Innovation Center, Cleveland Clinic, Port St. Lucie, FL, USA. gackm@ccf.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2163-2598

Funding

Regulation of Host Innate Immunity Against Viral InfectionR01AI087846 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GACK, MICHAELA ULRIKE · 2010 to 2020
$3.9M
Regulation of Host Innate Immunity Against Viral InfectionR37AI087846 · NIAID · CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COM-CWRU · PI Michaela Ulrike Gack · 2021 to 2026
$2.8M
The Role of TRIM23 in Autophagy Mediated Antiviral DefensesR01AI148534 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO · PI GACK, MICHAELA ULRIKE · 2020 to 2024
$2.3M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI087846NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148534NIAID NIH HHS R37 AI087846
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cGAS-STING pathway, well-known to elicit interferon (IFN) responses, is also a key inducer of autophagy upon virus infection or other stimuli. Whereas the mediators for cGAS-induced IFN responses are well characterized, much less is known about how cGAS elicits autophagy. Here, we report that TRIM23, a unique TRIM protein harboring both ubiquitin E3 ligase and GTPase activity, is crucial for cGAS-STING-dependent antiviral autophagy. Genetic ablation of TRIM23 impairs autophagic control of HSV-1 infection. HSV-1 infection or cGAS-STING stimulation induces TBK1-mediated TRIM23 phosphorylation at S39, which triggers TRIM23 autoubiquitination and GTPase activity and ultimately elicits autophagy. Fibroblasts from a patient with herpes simplex encephalitis heterozygous for a dominant-negative, kinase-inactivating TBK1 mutation fail to activate autophagy by TRIM23 and cGAS-STING. Our results thus identify the cGAS-STING-TBK1-TRIM23 axis as a key autophagy defense pathway and may stimulate new therapeutic interventions for viral or inflammatory diseases.

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AutophagyHerpes SimplexHerpesvirus 1, HumanNucleotidyltransferasesUbiquitin-Protein LigasesAnimalsCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseFibroblastsHEK293 CellsHumansMembrane ProteinsMicePhosphorylationProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSignal TransductionSTING ProteincGAS protein, humancGAS protein, mouseCyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate SynthaseMembrane ProteinsNucleotidyltransferasesProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesSTING1 protein, humanSTING ProteinTBK1 protein, humanUbiquitin-Protein Ligases

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PMID40360474
PMCPMC12075517

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