RIOK3 is an adaptor protein required for IRF3-mediated antiviral type I interferon production

Jun Feng, Paul D. De Jesus, Victoria Su, Stephanie Han, Danyang Gong, Nicholas C. Wu, Yuan Tian, Xudong Li, Ting Ting Wu, Sumit K. Chanda, Ren Sun

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Abstract

Detection of cytosolic nucleic acids by pattern recognition receptors leads to the induction of type I interferons (IFNs) and elicits the innate immune response. We report here the identification of RIOK3 as a novel adaptor protein that is essential for the cytosolic nucleic acid-induced type I IFN production and for the antiviral response to gammaherpesvirus through two independent kinome-wide RNA interference screens. RIOK3 knockdown blocks both cytosolic double-stranded B-form DNA and doublestranded RNA-induced IRF3 activation and IFN-β production. In contrast, the overexpression of RIOK3 activates IRF3 and induces IFN-β. RIOK3 functions downstream of TBK1 and upstream of IRF3 activation. Furthermore, RIOK3 physically interacts with both IRF3 and TBK1 and is necessary for the interaction between TBK1 and IRF3. In addition, global transcriptome analysis shows that the expression of many gene involved antiviral responses is dependent on RIOK3. Thus, knockdown of RIOK3 inhibits cellular antiviral responses against both DNA and RNA viruses (herpesvirus and influenza A virus). Our data suggest that RIOK3 plays a critical role in the antiviral type I IFN pathway by bridging TBK1 and IRF3.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7987-7997
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of virology
Volume88
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2014
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology
  • Immunology
  • Insect Science
  • Virology

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