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. 2025 Apr;21(4):754-770.
doi: 10.1080/15548627.2024.2426114. Epub 2024 Nov 19.

Avian TRIM13 attenuates antiviral innate immunity by targeting MAVS for autophagic degradation

Peng Zhou  1   2   3 , Qingxiang Zhang  1   2   3 , Yueshan Yang  1   2   3 , Dong Chen  1   2   3 , Anan Jongkaewwattana  4 , Hui Jin  1   2   3 , Hongbo Zhou  1   2   3 , Rui Luo  1   2   3
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Avian TRIM13 attenuates antiviral innate immunity by targeting MAVS for autophagic degradation

Peng Zhou et al. Autophagy. 2025 Apr.

Abstract

MAVS (mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein) is a crucial adaptor in antiviral innate immunity that must be tightly regulated to maintain immune homeostasis. In this study, we identified the duck Anas platyrhynchos domesticus TRIM13 (ApdTRIM13) as a novel negative regulator of duck MAVS (ApdMAVS) that mediates the antiviral innate immune response. Upon infection with RNA viruses, ApdTRIM13 expression increased, and it specifically binds to ApdMAVS through its TM domain, facilitating the degradation of ApdMAVS in a manner independent of E3 ligase activity. Furthermore, ApdTRIM13 recruits the autophagic cargo receptor duck SQSTM1 (ApdSQSTM1), which facilitates its interaction with ApdMAVS independent of ubiquitin signaling, and subsequently delivers ApdMAVS to phagophores for degradation. Depletion of ApdSQSTM1 reduces ApdTRIM13-mediated autophagic degradation of ApdMAVS, thereby enhancing the antiviral immune response. Collectively, our findings reveal a novel mechanism by which ApdTRIM13 regulates type I interferon production by targeting ApdMAVS for selective autophagic degradation mediated by ApdSQSTM1, providing insights into the crosstalk between selective autophagy and innate immune responses in avian species.Abbreviation: 3-MA: 3-methyladenine; ATG5: autophagy related 5; baf A1: bafilomycin A1; BECN1: beclin 1; CALCOCO2/NDP52: calcium binding and coiled-coil domain 2; CARD: caspase recruitment domain; co-IP: co-immunoprecipitation; DEFs: duck embryonic fibroblasts; DTMUV: duck Tembusu virus; eGFP: enhanced green fluorescent protein; hpi: hours post infection; IFIH1/MDA5: interferon induced with helicase C domain 1; IFN: interferon; IKBKE/IKKε: inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa B kinase subunit epsilon; IP: immunoprecipitation; IRF7: interferon regulatory factor 7; ISRE: interferon-stimulated response element; mAb: monoclonal antibody; MAP1LC3B/LC3B: microtubule associated protein 1 light chain 3 beta; MAVS: mitochondrial antiviral signaling protein; MOI: multiplicity of infection; NBR1: NBR1 autophagy cargo receptor; NFKB: nuclear factor kappa B; pAb: polyclonal antibody; poly(I:C): Polyriboinosinic polyribocytidylic acid; RIGI: RNA sensor RIG-I; RLR: RIGI-like-receptor; SeV: sendai virus; siRNA: small interfering RNA; SQSTM1/p62: sequestosome 1; TAX1BP1: Tax1 binding protein 1; TBK1: TANK binding kinase 1; TCID50: 50% tissue culture infectious dose; TM: tansmembrane; TOLLIP: toll interacting protein; TRIM: tripartite motif containing; UBA: ubiquitin-associated domain; Ub: ubiquitin; VSV: vesicular stomatitis virus; WT: wild type.

Keywords: Antiviral immunity; ApdMAVS; ApdTRIM13; SQSTM1; autophagic degradation.

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