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STING governs RCC growth through mitochondrial regulation of VDAC2

ABSTRACT: STING is an innate immune sensor for immune surveillance of viral or bacterial infection and maintenance of an immune-friendly microenvironment to unfavored tumorigenesis. Whether and how STING exerts any innate immunity independent function remains elusive. Here, we report that STING expression is increased in RCC patients and STING governs RCC growth through non-canonical innate immune signaling by maintaining mitochondrial ROS and calcium homeostasis. Mechanistically, we identify mitochondrial calcium transporter VDAC2 as a new STING binding partner and downstream effector, through suppression of which STING controls proper mitochondrial ROS/calcium levels. We also find palmitoylation of STING-C88/C91 residues is critical to mediate STING interaction with VDAC2 and inhibiting STING palmitoyl-transferases ZDHHCs by 2-BP significantly impedes RCC cell growth. Together, our studies reveal an innate immunity-independent function of STING in regulating RCC mitochondrial function and growth. We hope our study provides a rationale to apply palmitoylation inhibitors to treating RCC.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE190816 | GEO | 2022/11/29

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:The goal of this analysis was to utilize microarray profiling to identify basal alterations in gene expression in response to TFAM depletion and mtDNA stress. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is normally present at thousands of copies per cell and is packaged into several hundred higher-order structures termed nucleoids. The abundant mtDNA-binding protein, TFAM (transcription factor A,mitochondrial), regulates nucleoid architecture, abundance and segregation. Complete mtDNA depletion profoundly impairs oxidative phosphorylation, triggering calcium-dependent stress signalling and adaptive metabolic responses. However, the cellular responses to mtDNA instability, a physiologically relevant stress observed in many human diseases and ageing, remain poorly defined. Here we show that moderate mtDNA stress elicited by TFAM deficiency engages cytosolic antiviral signalling to enhance the expression of a subset of interferon-stimulated genes. Mechanistically, we find that aberrant mtDNA packaging promotes escape of mtDNA into the cytosol, where it engages the DNA sensor cGAS (also known as MB21D1) and promotes STING (also known as TMEM173)–IRF3-dependent signalling to elevate interferon-stimulated gene expression, potentiate type I interferon responses and confer broad viral resistance. Furthermore, we demonstrate that herpesviruses induce mtDNA stress, which enhances antiviral signalling and type I interferon responses during infection. Our results further demonstrate that mitochondria are central participants in innate immunity, identify mtDNA stress as a cell-intrinsic trigger of antiviral signaling and suggest that cellular monitoring of mtDNA homeostasis cooperates with canonical virus sensing mechanisms to fully engage antiviral innate immunity. Murine embryonic fibroblasts were isolated from wild-type or Tfam+/- E13.5 littermate embryos. RNA from passage-matched wild-type and Tfam+/- MEF lines was extracted in duplicate and hybridized onto Affymetrix microarrays. Four arrays were performed in total with two technical replicates per genotype.

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STING governs RCC growth through mitochondrial regulation of VDAC2

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