Tim-3 promotes viral infection by suppressing the USP25-TRAF3-IRF7 signaling pathway

IF 3.7 4区医学 Q2 CELL BIOLOGY Cellular immunology Pub Date : 2025-02-08 DOI:10.1016/j.cellimm.2025.104930

Lin Du , Jinjie Chen , Chunxiao Du , Junrui Chen , Zhaoxiang Wang , Bing Bao , L.V. Zhonglin , Chen Xing , Meng Liang , Lanying Wang , Shun Xie , Yuxiang Li , Zhiding Wang , Ge Li , Jun Zhang , Gencheng Han

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Abstract

Tim-3, an immune checkpoint inhibitor, plays key roles in maintaining immune homeostasis and is involved in viral evasion. However, the precise role of Tim-3 in viral infection remains to be determined. USP25 is a deubiquitinating enzyme that initiates antiviral immunity by deubiquitinating TRAF3 and triggering the antiviral signaling pathway. Here we found that Tim-3-specific knockout in myeloid cells leads to enhanced antiviral immunity in mice with vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) encephalitis by increasing the type I interferon response. Mechanistically, Tim-3 inhibits the expression of USP25 via STAT1 and interacts with USP25 but does not regulate its posttranslational modification; as a result, Tim-3 inhibits USP25-mediated deubiquitination of TRAF3, promotes K48-linked ubiquitination and degradation of TRAF3, inhibits the phosphorylation of IRF7, and ultimately downregulates the interferon response. These findings provide new insights into the function of Tim-3 in antiviral immunity and its related clinical significance.

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Cellular immunology 生物-免疫学

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8.20

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2.30%

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102

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30 days

期刊介绍： Cellular Immunology publishes original investigations concerned with the immunological activities of cells in experimental or clinical situations. The scope of the journal encompasses the broad area of in vitro and in vivo studies of cellular immune responses. Purely clinical descriptive studies are not considered. Research Areas include: • Antigen receptor sites • Autoimmunity • Delayed-type hypersensitivity or cellular immunity • Immunologic deficiency states and their reconstitution • Immunologic surveillance and tumor immunity • Immunomodulation • Immunotherapy • Lymphokines and cytokines • Nonantibody immunity • Parasite immunology • Resistance to intracellular microbial and viral infection • Thymus and lymphocyte immunobiology • Transplantation immunology • Tumor immunity.

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