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  2. Serine metabolism antagonizes antiviral innate immunity by preventing ATP6V0d2-mediated YAP lysosomal degradation

Serine metabolism antagonizes antiviral innate immunity by preventing ATP6V0d2-mediated YAP lysosomal degradation

  • Cell Metab. 2021 May 4;33(5):971-987.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2021.03.006.
Long Shen 1 Penghui Hu 1 Yanan Zhang 1 Zemin Ji 1 Xiao Shan 1 Lina Ni 2 Na Ning 3 Jing Wang 3 He Tian 4 Guanghou Shui 4 Yukang Yuan 5 Guoli Li 1 Hui Zheng 5 Xiang-Ping Yang 3 Dandan Huang 6 Xiangling Feng 6 Mulin Jun Li 6 Zhe Liu 1 Ting Wang 7 Qiujing Yu 8
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease (Ministry of Education), Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
  • 2 Department of Pharmacology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
  • 3 Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medicine, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China.
  • 4 State Key Laboratory of Molecular Developmental Biology, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China.
  • 5 Institutes of Biology and Medical Sciences, Soochow University, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, China.
  • 6 The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China.
  • 7 Department of Pharmacology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China. Electronic address: twang1@tmu.edu.cn.
  • 8 Key Laboratory of Immune Microenvironment and Disease (Ministry of Education), Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; Department of Pharmacology and Tianjin Key Laboratory of Inflammation Biology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China; The Province and Ministry Co-sponsored Collaborative Innovation Center for Medical Epigenetics, Department of Pharmacology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin 300070, China. Electronic address: yuqiujing2018@tmu.edu.cn.
Abstract

Serine metabolism promotes tumor oncogenesis and regulates immune cell functions, but whether it also contributes to Antiviral innate immunity is unknown. Here, we demonstrate that virus-infected macrophages display decreased expression of serine synthesis pathway (SSP) Enzymes. Suppressing the SSP key Enzyme phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PHGDH) by genetic approaches or by treatment with the pharmaceutical inhibitor CBR-5884 and by exogenous serine restriction enhanced IFN-β-mediated Antiviral innate immunity in vitro and in vivo. Mechanistic experiments showed that virus Infection or serine metabolism deficiency increased the expression of the V-ATPase subunit ATP6V0d2 by inhibiting S-adenosyl methionine-dependent H3K27me3 occupancy at the promoter. ATP6V0d2 promoted YAP lysosomal degradation to relieve YAP-mediated blockade of the TBK1-IRF3 axis and, thus, enhance IFN-β production. These findings implicate critical functions of PHGDH and the key immunometabolite serine in blunting Antiviral innate immunity and also suggest manipulation of serine metabolism as a therapeutic strategy against virus Infection.

Keywords

ATP6V0d2; H3K27me3; PHGDH; SAM; YAP; antiviral; serine metabolism.

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