Frontiers in Immunology (Jan 2023)

Duck TRIM29 negatively regulates type I IFN production by targeting MAVS

  • Weiqiang Li,
  • Weiqiang Li,
  • Weiqiang Li,
  • Yating Song,
  • Yating Song,
  • Yating Song,
  • Yuqing Du,
  • Yuqing Du,
  • Yuqing Du,
  • Zhanhong Huang,
  • Zhanhong Huang,
  • Zhanhong Huang,
  • Meng Zhang,
  • Meng Zhang,
  • Meng Zhang,
  • Zuxian Chen,
  • Zuxian Chen,
  • Zuxian Chen,
  • Zhuoliang He,
  • Zhuoliang He,
  • Zhuoliang He,
  • Yangbao Ding,
  • Yangbao Ding,
  • Yangbao Ding,
  • Junsheng Zhang,
  • Junsheng Zhang,
  • Junsheng Zhang,
  • Luxiang Zhao,
  • Luxiang Zhao,
  • Luxiang Zhao,
  • Hailiang Sun,
  • Hailiang Sun,
  • Hailiang Sun,
  • Peirong Jiao,
  • Peirong Jiao,
  • Peirong Jiao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3389/fimmu.2022.1016214
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13

Abstract

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The innate immune response is a host defense mechanism that induces type I interferon and proinflammatory cytokines. Tripartite motif (TRIM) family proteins have recently emerged as pivotal regulators of type I interferon production in mammals. Here, we first identified duck TRIM29, which encodes 571 amino acids and shows high sequence homology with other bird TRIM29 proteins. DuTRIM29 inhibited IFN-β and IRF7 promoter activation in a dose-dependent manner and downregulated the mRNA expression of IFN-β, IRF7, Mx and IL-6 mediated by duRIG-I. Moreover, duTRIM29 interacted and colocalized with duMAVS in the cytoplasm. DuTRIM29 interacted with duMAVS via its C-terminal domains. In addition, duTRIM29 inhibited IFN-β and IRF7 promoter activation and significantly downregulated IFN-β and immune-related gene expression mediated by duMAVS in ducks. Furthermore, duTRIM29 induced K29-linked polyubiquitination and degradation of duMAVS to suppress the expression of IFN-β. Overall, our results demonstrate that duTRIM29 negatively regulates type I IFN production by targeting duMAVS in ducks. This study will contribute to a better understanding of the molecular mechanism regulating the innate immune response by TRIM proteins in ducks.

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