Vibrio splendidus infection promotes circRNA-FGL1-regulated coelomocyte apoptosis via competitive binding to Myc with the deubiquitinase OTUB1 in Apostichopus japonicus.

Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101238921 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1553-7374 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 15537366 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS Pathog Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science, c2005-

Apoptosis* ; RNA, Circular*/metabolism ; RNA, Circular*/genetics ; Vibrio* ; Stichopus*/microbiology ; Stichopus*/metabolism ; Stichopus*/genetics ; Vibrio Infections*/metabolism; Animals ; Binding, Competitive ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/metabolism ; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc/genetics

Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are involved in various physiological and pathological processes in both vertebrates and invertebrates. However, most studies on circRNAs have focused on their roles as endogenous competitive RNAs. Here, we report a novel function of circRNA derived from the Fibrinogen-like protein 1 gene (circ-FGL1) that inhibits coelomocyte apoptosis via competing with the deubiquitinase AjOTUB1 to bind AjMyc in Apostichopus japonicus during Vibrio splendidus infection. The results showed that circ-FGL1 is significantly downregulated in coelomocytes of V. splendidus-induced A. japonicus and negatively regulates coelomocyte apoptosis through the AjBax-AjCyt c pathway. Mechanistically, the deubiquitinase AjOTUB1 and circ-FGL1 could interact with the transcription factor protein AjMyc in the same region with circ-FGL1/AjMyc having greater affinity. Under normal conditions, high levels of circ-FGL1 bind directly to AjMyc, inhibiting the deubiquitylation of AjMyc by AjOTUB1 and leading to the degradation of AjMyc. After V. splendidus infection, AjMyc disassociates from the depressed expression of circ-FGL1, promoting its deubiquitylation by binding to the induced deubiquitinase AjOTUB1 to inhibit its degradation. AjMyc is then transferred to the nucleus and promotes the transcription of AjCyt c and AjBax to induce coelomocyte apoptosis. The new finding will expand our present outstanding on the functional role of circRNAs and suggest new therapeutic targets for the treatment of echinoderms during bacterial invasion.
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0 (RNA, Circular)
0 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc)

Vibrio splendidus

Date Created: 20240815 Date Completed: 20240827 Latest Revision: 20240829

20250114

PMC11349225

10.1371/journal.ppat.1012463

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