INAVA-ARNO complexes bridge mucosal barrier function with inflammatory signaling
Abstract
Homeostasis at mucosal surfaces requires cross-talk between the environment and barrier epithelial cells. Disruption of barrier function typifies mucosal disease. Here we elucidate a bifunctional role in coordinating this cross-talk for the inflammatory bowel disease risk-gene INAVA. Both activities require INAVA's DUF3338 domain (renamed CUPID). CUPID stably binds the cytohesin ARF-GEF ARNO to effect lateral membrane F-actin assembly underlying cell-cell junctions and barrier function. Unexpectedly, when bound to CUPID, ARNO affects F-actin dynamics in the absence of its canonical activity as a guanine nucleotide-exchange factor. Upon exposure to IL-1β, INAVA relocates to form cytosolic puncta, where CUPID amplifies TRAF6-dependent polyubiquitination and inflammatory signaling. In this case, ARNO binding to CUPID negatively-regulates polyubiquitination and the inflammatory response. INAVA and ARNO act similarly in primary human macrophages responding to IL-1β and NOD2 agonists. Thus, INAVA-CUPID exhibits dual functions, coordinated directly by ARNO, that bridge epithelial barrier function with extracellular signals and inflammation.
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All data analysed during this study are included in the manuscript. Source data have been provided for Figure 3 C-F.
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National Institutes of Health (T32HD007466)
- Phi H Luong
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (Career Development Award)
- Phi H Luong
Boston Children's Hospital (Rubin-Wolpow Fellowship)
- Phi H Luong
National Institutes of Health (DK099097)
- Clara Abraham
National Institutes of Health (DK048106)
- Wayne I Lencer
National Institutes of Health (DK084424)
- Wayne I Lencer
National Institutes of Health (P30 DK034854)
- Wayne I Lencer
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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- Kiyoshi Takeda, Osaka University, Japan
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- Received: May 21, 2018
- Accepted: October 15, 2018
- Accepted Manuscript published: October 25, 2018 (version 1)
- Version of Record published: November 9, 2018 (version 2)
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© 2018, Luong et al.
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