Orientia tsutsugamushi Ank5 promotes NLRC5 cytoplasmic retention and degradation to inhibit MHC class I expression

Haley E. Adcox, Jason R. Hunt, Paige E. Allen, Thomas E. Siff, Kyle G. Rodino, Andrew K. Ottens and Jason A. Carlyon ()
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Haley E. Adcox: School of Medicine
Jason R. Hunt: School of Medicine
Paige E. Allen: School of Medicine
Thomas E. Siff: School of Medicine
Kyle G. Rodino: School of Medicine
Andrew K. Ottens: School of Medicine
Jason A. Carlyon: School of Medicine

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-21

Abstract: Abstract How intracellular bacteria subvert the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I pathway is poorly understood. Here, we show that the obligate intracellular bacterium Orientia tsutsugamushi uses its effector protein, Ank5, to inhibit nuclear translocation of the MHC class I gene transactivator, NLRC5, and orchestrate its proteasomal degradation. Ank5 uses a tyrosine in its fourth ankyrin repeat to bind the NLRC5 N-terminus while its F-box directs host SCF complex ubiquitination of NLRC5 in the leucine-rich repeat region that dictates susceptibility to Orientia- and Ank5-mediated degradation. The ability of O. tsutsugamushi strains to degrade NLRC5 correlates with ank5 genomic carriage. Ectopically expressed Ank5 that can bind but not degrade NLRC5 protects the transactivator during Orientia infection. Thus, Ank5 is an immunoevasin that uses its bipartite architecture to rid host cells of NLRC5 and reduce surface MHC class I molecules. This study offers insight into how intracellular pathogens can impair MHC class I expression.

Date: 2024
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