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Usp25-Erlin1/2 activity limits cholesterol flux to restrict virus infection.

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posted on 2023-11-23, 11:23 authored by Qi Wen Teo, Ho Him Wong, Tiaan Heunis, Viktoriya Stancheva, Asmaa Hachim, Huibin Lv, Lewis Siu, Julian Ho, Yun Lan, Chris Ka Pun Mok, Rachel Ulferts, Sumana Sanyal
Reprogramming lipid metabolic pathways is a critical feature of activating immune responses to infection. However, how these reconfigurations occur is poorly understood. Our previous screen to identify cellular deubiquitylases (DUBs) activated during influenza virus infection revealed Usp25 as a prominent hit. Here, we show that Usp25-deleted human lung epithelial A549 cells display a >10-fold increase in pathogenic influenza virus production, which was rescued upon reconstitution with the wild type but not the catalytically deficient (C178S) variant. Proteomic analysis of Usp25 interactors revealed a strong association with Erlin1/2, which we confirmed as its substrate. Newly synthesized Erlin1/2 were degraded in Usp25-/- or Usp25C178S cells, activating Srebp2, with increased cholesterol flux and attenuated TLR3-dependent responses. Our study therefore defines the function of a deubiquitylase that serves to restrict a range of viruses by reprogramming lipid biosynthetic flux to install appropriate inflammatory responses.

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Crick (Grant ID: CC2087, Grant title: Beale CC2087)

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