Viral DNA Binding to NLRC3, an Inhibitory Nucleic Acid Sensor, Unleashes STING, a Cyclic Dinucleotide Receptor that Activates Type I Interferon. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Immune suppression is a crucial component of immunoregulation and a subgroup of nucleotide-binding domain (NBD), leucine-rich repeat (LRR)-containing proteins (NLRs) attenuate innate immunity. How this inhibitory function is controlled is unknown. A key question is whether microbial ligands can regulate this inhibition. NLRC3 is a negative regulator that attenuates type I interferon (IFN-I) response by sequestering and attenuating stimulator of interferon genes (STING) activation. Here, we report that NLRC3 binds viral DNA and other nucleic acids through its LRR domain. DNA binding to NLRC3 increases its ATPase activity, and ATP-binding by NLRC3 diminishes its interaction with STING, thus licensing an IFN-I response. This work uncovers a mechanism wherein viral nucleic acid binding releases an inhibitory innate receptor from its target.

published proceedings

  • Immunity

altmetric score

  • 24.15

author list (cited authors)

  • Li, X., Deng, M., Petrucelli, A. S., Zhu, C., Mo, J., Zhang, L. u., ... Ting, J.

citation count

  • 37

complete list of authors

  • Li, Xin||Deng, Meng||Petrucelli, Alex S||Zhu, Cheng||Mo, Jinyao||Zhang, Lu||Tam, Jason W||Ariel, Pablo||Zhao, Baoyu||Zhang, Song||Ke, Hengming||Li, Pingwei||Dokholyan, Nikolay V||Duncan, Joseph A||Ting, Jenny P-Y

publication date

  • January 2019