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ArticleCell research2025

Deubiquitinase-dependent transcriptional silencing controls inflammation.

Yuxin Yi, Wenjie Xu, Pengcheng Mi, Siliang Ye, Li Chen, Neal M Alto, Zixu Liu

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Article in Cell research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Yuxin YiSchool of Medicine, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Wenjie XuSchool of Medicine, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Pengcheng MiSchool of Medicine, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Siliang YeSchool of Medicine, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Li ChenSchool of Life Sciences, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Neal M AltoDepartment of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
Zixu LiuSchool of Medicine, Westlake University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. liuzixu@westlake.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0002-3082-6765

Funding

Resolution of Inflammation by the SIX-family Transcription FactorsR01AI150982 · NIAID · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI ALTO, NEAL MATHEW · 2020 to 2024
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Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology) 2023YFC2308400National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32170877NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI150982
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Abstract

Transcriptional control is crucial for the regulation of inflammation. While it is well-established that inducible transcriptional repressors are synthesized de novo through signal-dependent transcriptional upregulation, it remains unclear whether post-translational modification mechanisms, such as deubiquitination, also contribute to this process. We previously identified developmentally silenced sine oculis (SIX) transcription factors that are reactivated to control inflammatory gene transcription in differentiated immune cells under chronic microbial infections. However, the molecular mechanisms by which this transcriptional silencing process is regulated remain unclear. Here, we report that USP2, a deubiquitinase localized in the nucleus and induced by inflammatory signals, stabilizes SIX proteins through deubiquitination under inflammatory conditions. Consequently, the USP2-SIX complex acts in concert to control NF-κB-mediated inflammatory gene transcription by directly targeting gene promoters. Supporting this mechanism, Usp2

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Deubiquitinating EnzymesGene SilencingInflammationUbiquitin ThiolesteraseAnimalsHEK293 CellsHomeodomain ProteinsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNF-kappa BPromoter Regions, GeneticTranscription FactorsTranscription, GeneticUbiquitinationDeubiquitinating EnzymesHomeodomain ProteinsNF-kappa BTranscription FactorsUbiquitin ThiolesteraseUsp2 protein, mouse

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PMID40603562
PMCPMC12408807

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