Viperin binds STING and enhances the type‐I interferon response following dsDNA detection
Open Access
- 1 November 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Immunology & Cell Biology
- Vol. 99 (4), 373-391
- https://doi.org/10.1111/imcb.12420
Abstract
Viperin is an interferon‐inducible protein that is pivotal for eliciting an effective immune response against an array of diverse viral pathogens. Here we describe a mechanism of viperin's broad antiviral activity by demonstrating the protein's ability to synergistically enhance the innate immune dsDNA signalling pathway to limit viral infection. Viperin co‐localised with the key signalling molecules of the innate immune dsDNA sensing pathway, STING and TBK1; binding directly to STING and inducing enhanced K63‐linked polyubiquitination of TBK1. Subsequent analysis identified viperin's necessity to bind the cytosolic iron‐sulphur assembly component 2A, to prolong its enhancement of the type‐I interferon response to aberrant dsDNA. Here we show that viperin facilitates the formation of a signalling enhanceosome, to coordinate efficient signal transduction following activation of the dsDNA signalling pathway; which results in an enhanced antiviral state. We also provide evidence for viperin's radical SAM enzymatic activity to self‐limit its immunomodulatory functions. These data further define viperin's role as a positive regulator of innate immune signalling, offering a mechanism of viperin's broad antiviral capacity.Keywords
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