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ArticleNature communications2025

The RNA-binding protein RRP1 brakes macrophage one-carbon metabolism to suppress autoinflammation.

Yumei Zhou, Mengxuan Li, Ke Jin, Mingyue Wen, Hua Qin, Yue Xu, Chunmei Wang, Xuan Zhang, Xuetao Cao

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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. Cited by 7 papers.

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Yumei Zhou *National Key Laboratory of Immunity and Inflammation, Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Suzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0007-0409-1121
Mengxuan Li *National Key Laboratory of Immunity and Inflammation, Institute of Immunology, Navy Medical University, Shanghai, China.
Ke JinInstitute of Immunology, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
Mingyue WenNational Key Laboratory of Immunity and Inflammation, Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Suzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9372-2579
Hua QinInstitute of Immunology, College of Life Sciences, Nankai University, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5128-8986
Yue XuDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
Chunmei WangNational Key Laboratory of Immunity and Inflammation, Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Suzhou, China.
Xuan ZhangDepartment of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8775-1699
Xuetao CaoNational Key Laboratory of Immunity and Inflammation, Suzhou Institute of Systems Medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Suzhou, China. caoxt@immunol.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9677-7647

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82388201
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA-binding proteins (RBP) are important for the initiation and resolution of inflammation, so better understanding of RBP-RNA interactions and their crosstalk with metabolism may provide alternate targets to controlling inflammation. Here we establish global RNA-protein interactome purification (GRPIp) to profile the RBP landscape in inflammatory primary macrophages and identify ribosomal RNA processing 1 (RRP1) as a suppressor of inflammatory innate responses. Mechanistically, RRP1 binds nuclear thymidylate synthetase (Tyms) transcript and decreases TYMS expression post-transcriptionally in inflammatory macrophages, consequently suppressing folate metabolism cycle and inhibiting one-carbon metabolism-driven inflammation. Myeloid-specific RRP1-deficient mice develop severe experimental arthritis with increased pro-inflammatory cytokines and immunologic injury. Meanwhile, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, RRP1 expression in peripheral blood monocytes negatively correlates with TYMS expression and serum IL-1β levels. Our results thus suggest that RRP1 acts as an anti-inflammatory factor through braking one-carbon metabolism post-transcriptionally, thereby implicating potential strategies for controlling autoinflammation.

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CarbonInflammationMacrophagesRNA-Binding ProteinsAnimalsArthritis, RheumatoidFemaleHumansInterleukin-1betaMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutCarbonInterleukin-1betaRNA-Binding Proteins

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PMCPMC12297237

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