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Role of the transcriptional regulator SP140 in resistance to bacterial infections via repression of type I interferons.

ABSTRACT: Type I interferons (IFNs) are essential for anti-viral immunity, but often impair protective immune responses during bacterial infections. An important question is how type I IFNs are strongly induced during viral infections, and yet are appropriately restrained during bacterial infections. The Super susceptibility to tuberculosis 1 (Sst1) locus in mice confers resistance to diverse bacterial infections. Here we provide evidence that Sp140 is a gene encoded within the Sst1 locus that represses type I IFN transcription during bacterial infections. We generated Sp140^-/- mice and found that they are susceptible to infection by Legionella pneumophila and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Susceptibility of Sp140^-/- mice to bacterial infection was rescued by crosses to mice lacking the type I IFN receptor (Ifnar^-/-). Our results implicate Sp140 as an important negative regulator of type I IFNs that is essential for resistance to bacterial infections.

SUBMITTER: Ji DX

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8248984 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Role of the transcriptional regulator SP140 in resistance to bacterial infections via repression of type I interferons.

Ji Daisy X DX Witt Kristen C KC Kotov Dmitri I DI Margolis Shally R SR Louie Alexander A Chevée Victoria V Chen Katherine J KJ Gaidt Moritz M MM Dhaliwal Harmandeep S HS Lee Angus Y AY Nishimura Stephen L SL Zamboni Dario S DS Kramnik Igor I Portnoy Daniel A DA Darwin K Heran KH Vance Russell E RE

eLife 20210621

Type I interferons (IFNs) are essential for anti-viral immunity, but often impair protective immune responses during bacterial infections. An important question is how type I IFNs are strongly induced during viral infections, and yet are appropriately restrained during bacterial infections. The Super susceptibility to tuberculosis 1 (Sst1) locus in mice confers resistance to diverse bacterial infections. Here we provide evidence that Sp140 is a gene encoded within the Sst ...[more]

PMID: 34151776

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Role of the transcriptional regulator SP140 in resistance to bacterial infections via repression of type I interferons.

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Role of the transcriptional regulator SP140 in resistance to bacterial infections via repression of type I interferons.

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