YOD1/TRAF6 association balances p62-dependent IL-1 signaling to NF-κB

  1. Gisela Schimmack
  2. Kenji Schorpp
  3. Kerstin Kutzner
  4. Torben Gehring
  5. Jara Kerstin Brenke
  6. Kamyar Hadian
  7. Daniel Krappmann  Is a corresponding author
  1. Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Germany

Abstract

The ubiquitin ligase TRAF6 is a key regulator of canonical IκB kinase (IKK)/NF-κB signaling in response to interleukin-1 (IL-1) stimulation. Here, we identified the deubiquitinating enzyme YOD1 (OTUD2) as a novel interactor of TRAF6 in human cells. YOD1 binds to the C-terminal TRAF homology domain of TRAF6 that also serves as the interaction surface for the adaptor p62/Sequestosome-1, which is required for IL-1 signaling to NF-κB. We show that YOD1 competes with p62 for TRAF6 association and abolishes the sequestration of TRAF6 to cytosolic p62 aggregates by a non-catalytic mechanism. YOD1 associates with TRAF6 in unstimulated cells but is released upon IL-1κ stimulation, thereby facilitating TRAF6 auto-ubiquitination as well as NEMO/IKKκ substrate ubiquitination. Further, IL-1 triggered IKK/NF-κB signaling and induction of target genes is decreased by YOD1 overexpression and augmented after YOD1 depletion. Hence, our data define that YOD1 antagonizes TRAF6/p62-dependent IL-1 signaling to NF-κB.

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  1. Gisela Schimmack

    Research Unit Cellular Signal Integration, Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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  2. Kenji Schorpp

    Assay Development and Screening Platform, Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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  3. Kerstin Kutzner

    Research Unit Cellular Signal Integration, Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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  4. Torben Gehring

    Research Unit Cellular Signal Integration, Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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  5. Jara Kerstin Brenke

    Assay Development and Screening Platform, Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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  6. Kamyar Hadian

    Assay Development and Screening Platform, Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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    The authors declare that no competing interests exist.
  7. Daniel Krappmann

    Research Unit Cellular Signal Integration, Institute of Molecular Toxicology and Pharmacology, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany
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    daniel.krappmann@helmholtz-muenchen.de
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Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SPP1365)

  • Daniel Krappmann

Wilhelm Sander-Stiftung (2012.075.2)

  • Daniel Krappmann

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB1054 A4)

  • Daniel Krappmann

The funders had no role in study design, data collection and interpretation, or the decision to submit the work for publication.

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© 2017, Schimmack et al.

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  1. Gisela Schimmack
  2. Kenji Schorpp
  3. Kerstin Kutzner
  4. Torben Gehring
  5. Jara Kerstin Brenke
  6. Kamyar Hadian
  7. Daniel Krappmann
(2017)
YOD1/TRAF6 association balances p62-dependent IL-1 signaling to NF-κB
eLife 6:e22416.
https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.22416

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