{"title":"OTUD3 prevents ulcerative colitis by inhibiting microbiota-mediated STING activation","authors":"Bo Li, Taiki Sakaguchi, Haruka Tani, Takayoshi Ito, Mari Murakami, Ryu Okumura, Masao Kobayashi, Daisuke Okuzaki, Daisuke Motooka, Hiroki Ikeuchi, Takayuki Ogino, Tsunekazu Mizushima, Seiichi Hirota, Yuriko Otake-Kasamoto, Toshihiro Kishikawa, Shota Nakamura, Kouji Kobiyama, Ken J. Ishii, Takao Hashiguchi, Taro Kawai, Etsushi Kuroda, Shinichiro Shinzaki, Wataru Ise, Tomohiro Kurosaki, Akira Kikuchi, Yoshihiko Tomofuji, Yukinori Okada, Kiyoshi Takeda, Hisako Kayama","doi":"10.1126/sciimmunol.adm6843","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div >Ulcerative colitis (UC) develops through a complicated interaction between the host and microbiota. Intestinal fibroblasts are believed to play crucial roles in the pathogenesis of UC, but the influence of the host-microbiota interaction on the pathophysiology of intestinal fibroblasts remains poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that OTU deubiquitinase 3 (OTUD3) suppresses pathologic activation of fibroblasts exposed to microbial cyclic GMP-AMP (3′3’-cGAMP) in the colon by deubiquitinating stimulator of interferon genes (STING). Mice harboring a UC risk missense variant in the <i>Otud3</i> gene showed pathological features of UC in the colon after transplantation of a fecal microbiota with the potential to produce excessive cGAMP from patients with UC. Collectively, these results highlight a mechanism of the interaction between OTUD3 in host fibroblasts and STING-activating microbiota in UC development.</div>","PeriodicalId":21734,"journal":{"name":"Science Immunology","volume":"10 109","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":16.3000,"publicationDate":"2025-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Science Immunology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.adm6843","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"IMMUNOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Ulcerative colitis (UC) develops through a complicated interaction between the host and microbiota. Intestinal fibroblasts are believed to play crucial roles in the pathogenesis of UC, but the influence of the host-microbiota interaction on the pathophysiology of intestinal fibroblasts remains poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that OTU deubiquitinase 3 (OTUD3) suppresses pathologic activation of fibroblasts exposed to microbial cyclic GMP-AMP (3′3’-cGAMP) in the colon by deubiquitinating stimulator of interferon genes (STING). Mice harboring a UC risk missense variant in the Otud3 gene showed pathological features of UC in the colon after transplantation of a fecal microbiota with the potential to produce excessive cGAMP from patients with UC. Collectively, these results highlight a mechanism of the interaction between OTUD3 in host fibroblasts and STING-activating microbiota in UC development.
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Science Immunology is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes original research articles in the field of immunology. The journal encourages the submission of research findings from all areas of immunology, including studies on innate and adaptive immunity, immune cell development and differentiation, immunogenomics, systems immunology, structural immunology, antigen presentation, immunometabolism, and mucosal immunology. Additionally, the journal covers research on immune contributions to health and disease, such as host defense, inflammation, cancer immunology, autoimmunity, allergy, transplantation, and immunodeficiency. Science Immunology maintains the same high-quality standard as other journals in the Science family and aims to facilitate understanding of the immune system by showcasing innovative advances in immunology research from all organisms and model systems, including humans.