Wang, X. ; Zhang, H.* ; Wang, Y.* ; Bramasole, L.* ; Guo, K.* ; Mourtada, F.* ; Meul, T. ; Hu, Q. ; Viteri-Alvarez, V. ; Kammerl, I.E. ; Königshoff, M. ; Lehmann, M. ; Magg, T.* ; Hauck, F.* ; Fernandez, I.E. ; Meiners, S.
DNA sensing via the cGAS/STING pathway activates the immunoproteasome and adaptive T-cell immunity.
EMBO J. 42:e110597 (2023)
The immunoproteasome is a specialized type of proteasome involved in MHC class I antigen presentation, antiviral adaptive immunity, autoimmunity, and is also part of a broader response to stress. Whether the immunoproteasome is regulated by DNA stress, however, is not known. We here demonstrate that mitochondrial DNA stress upregulates the immunoproteasome and MHC class I antigen presentation pathway via cGAS/STING/type I interferon signaling resulting in cell autonomous activation of CD8+ T cells. The cGAS/STING-induced adaptive immune response is also observed in response to genomic DNA and is conserved in epithelial and mesenchymal cells of mice and men. In patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, chronic activation of the cGAS/STING-induced adaptive immune response in aberrant lung epithelial cells concurs with CD8+ T-cell activation in diseased lungs. Genetic depletion of the immunoproteasome and specific immunoproteasome inhibitors counteract DNA stress induced cytotoxic CD8+ T-cell activation. Our data thus unravel cytoplasmic DNA sensing via the cGAS/STING pathway as an activator of the immunoproteasome and CD8+ T cells. This represents a novel potential pathomechanism for pulmonary fibrosis that opens new therapeutic perspectives.
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Cd8+ T Cells ; Cgas/sting ; Fibrosis ; Immunoproteasome ; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial-dna; Molecular Mimicry; Proteasome; Innate; Mechanisms; Inhibitor; Mice; Autoimmunity; Homeostasis; Expression
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englisch
Veröffentlichungsjahr
2023
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0
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2023
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0261-4189
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1460-2075
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Band: 42,
Heft: 8,
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Artikelnummer: e110597
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Wiley
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Heidelberg, Germany
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Peer reviewed
POF Topic(s)
30202 - Environmental Health
80000 - German Center for Lung Research
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Lung Research
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G-501600-004
G-503100-001
G-501600-006
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Projekt DEAL
German Bundesinstitut fuer Risikobewertung
LMU Medical Faculty, Munich, Germany
Munich Clinician Scientist Program (MCSP)
China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Guangzhou Elite Scholarship Council (GESC)
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2023-10-06