PMID- 34110282 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211129 LR - 20211129 IS - 2050-084X (Electronic) IS - 2050-084X (Linking) VI - 10 DP - 2021 Jun 10 TI - Ubiquitination and degradation of NF90 by Tim-3 inhibits antiviral innate immunity. LID - 10.7554/eLife.66501 [doi] LID - e66501 AB - Nuclear factor 90 (NF90) is a novel virus sensor that serves to initiate antiviral innate immunity by triggering stress granule (SG) formation. However, the regulation of the NF90-SG pathway remains largely unclear. We found that Tim-3, an immune checkpoint inhibitor, promotes the ubiquitination and degradation of NF90 and inhibits NF90-SG-mediated antiviral immunity. Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) infection induces the up-regulation and activation of Tim-3 in macrophages, which in turn recruit the E3 ubiquitin ligase TRIM47 to the zinc finger domain of NF90 and initiate a proteasome-dependent degradation via K48-linked ubiquitination at Lys297. Targeted inactivation of Tim-3 enhances the NF90 downstream SG formation by selectively increasing the phosphorylation of protein kinase R and eukaryotic translation initiation factor 2alpha, the expression of SG markers G3BP1 and TIA-1, and protecting mice from VSV challenge. These findings provide insights into the crosstalk between Tim-3 and other receptors in antiviral innate immunity and its related clinical significance. CI - (c) 2021, Dou et al. FAU - Dou, Shuaijie AU - Dou S AD - Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. AD - Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China. FAU - Li, Guoxian AU - Li G AD - Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. AD - Institute of Immunology, Medical School of Henan University, Kaifeng, China. FAU - Li, Ge AU - Li G AD - Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. FAU - Hou, Chunmei AU - Hou C AD - Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. FAU - Zheng, Yang AU - Zheng Y AD - Department of Oncology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China. FAU - Tang, Lili AU - Tang L AD - Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. FAU - Gao, Yang AU - Gao Y AD - Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. FAU - Mo, Rongliang AU - Mo R AD - Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. FAU - Li, Yuxiang AU - Li Y AD - Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. FAU - Wang, Renxi AU - Wang R AD - Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. AD - Beijing Institute of Brain Disorders, Laboratory of Brain Disorders, Ministry of Science and Technology, Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Disorders, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. FAU - Shen, Beifen AU - Shen B AD - Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. FAU - Zhang, Jun AU - Zhang J AD - Institute of Immunology, Medical School of Henan University, Kaifeng, China. FAU - Han, Gencheng AU - Han G AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1408-878X AD - Beijing Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20210610 PL - England TA - Elife JT - eLife JID - 101579614 RN - 0 (Havcr2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Hepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2) RN - 0 (Nuclear Factor 90 Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cytoplasmic Granules/immunology/metabolism MH - *Hepatitis A Virus Cellular Receptor 2/immunology/metabolism MH - Immunity, Innate/*immunology MH - Macrophages/immunology/metabolism MH - Mice MH - *Nuclear Factor 90 Proteins/immunology/metabolism MH - Rhabdoviridae Infections/immunology MH - Ubiquitination/*immunology MH - Vesiculovirus MH - Virus Diseases/*immunology PMC - PMC8225388 OTO - NOTNLM OT - NF90 OT - Tim-3 OT - antiviral innate immunity OT - immunology OT - inflammation OT - mouse OT - ubiquitination OT - virus sensor COIS- SD, GL, GL, CH, YZ, LT, YG, RM, YL, RW, BS, JZ, GH No competing interests declared EDAT- 2021/06/11 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/30 06:00 PMCR- 2021/06/10 CRDT- 2021/06/10 12:17 PHST- 2021/01/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2021/06/08 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/06/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/06/10 12:17 [entrez] PHST- 2021/06/10 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 66501 [pii] AID - 10.7554/eLife.66501 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Elife. 2021 Jun 10;10:e66501. doi: 10.7554/eLife.66501.