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IRF3 inhibits nuclear translocation of NF-κB to prevent viral inflammation.


ABSTRACT: Interferon (IFN) regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) is a transcription factor activated by phosphorylation in the cytoplasm of a virus-infected cell; by translocating to the nucleus, it induces transcription of IFN-β and other antiviral genes. We have previously reported IRF3 can also be activated, as a proapoptotic factor, by its linear polyubiquitination mediated by the RIG-I pathway. Both transcriptional and apoptotic functions of IRF3 contribute to its antiviral effect. Here, we report a nontranscriptional function of IRF3, namely, the repression of IRF3-mediated NF-κB activity (RIKA), which attenuated viral activation of NF-κB and the resultant inflammatory gene induction. In Irf3-/- mice, consequently, Sendai virus infection caused enhanced inflammation in the lungs. Mechanistically, RIKA was mediated by the direct binding of IRF3 to the p65 subunit of NF-κB in the cytoplasm, which prevented its nuclear import. A mutant IRF3 defective in both the transcriptional and the apoptotic activities was active in RIKA and inhibited virus replication. Our results demonstrated IRF3 deployed a three-pronged attack on virus replication and the accompanying inflammation.

SUBMITTER: Popli S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9478676 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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IRF3 inhibits nuclear translocation of NF-κB to prevent viral inflammation.

Popli Sonam S   Chakravarty Sukanya S   Fan Shumin S   Glanz Anna A   Aras Siddhesh S   Nagy Laura E LE   Sen Ganes C GC   Chakravarti Ritu R   Chattopadhyay Saurabh S  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20220906 37


Interferon (IFN) regulatory factor 3 (IRF3) is a transcription factor activated by phosphorylation in the cytoplasm of a virus-infected cell; by translocating to the nucleus, it induces transcription of IFN-β and other antiviral genes. We have previously reported IRF3 can also be activated, as a proapoptotic factor, by its linear polyubiquitination mediated by the RIG-I pathway. Both transcriptional and apoptotic functions of IRF3 contribute to its antiviral effect. Here, we report a nontranscri  ...[more]

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