RabGAP1L modulates Rab7A and Rab10 to orchestrate cell-autonomous immunity

Summary: Cell-autonomous immunity protects cells by utilizing membrane trafficking to detect and counteract diverse microbial pathogens, including selective autophagy and extracellular expulsion. However, the mechanisms underlying the mutual regulation among these systems has remained unknown. Here,...

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Main Authors: Atsuko Minowa-Nozawa, Takashi Nozawa, Kazunori Murase, Ichiro Nakagawa
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Published: Elsevier 2025-05-01
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author Atsuko Minowa-Nozawa
Takashi Nozawa
Kazunori Murase
Ichiro Nakagawa
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Ichiro Nakagawa
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description Summary: Cell-autonomous immunity protects cells by utilizing membrane trafficking to detect and counteract diverse microbial pathogens, including selective autophagy and extracellular expulsion. However, the mechanisms underlying the mutual regulation among these systems has remained unknown. Here, we demonstrate that Rab GTPase-activating protein 1-like (RabGAP1L) modulates cell-autonomous immune responses via inactivation of two distinct Rab GTPases during group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection. Confocal microscopy analyses revealed that Rab7A positively regulates selective autophagy induction against GAS by facilitating endolysosomal trafficking and that Rab7A and Rab10 negatively regulate GAS expulsion from infected cells by inhibiting Rab11A-positive recycling endosome formation. RabGAP1L suppressed these pathways via inactivation of Rab7A and Rab10. By contrast, ATG7 and ATG5 knockout, resulting in autophagy deficiency, increased RabGAP1L-dependent bacterial expulsion from infected cells via the endocytic recycling pathway. Our findings suggest a regulatory mechanism of cell-autonomous immunity mediated by RabGAP1L, which contributes to the efficient elimination of intracellular pathogens.
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spelling doaj-art-dfa98993a48e476dbcd0685fd3e881552025-08-20T02:17:26ZengElsevierCell Reports2211-12472025-05-0144511559910.1016/j.celrep.2025.115599RabGAP1L modulates Rab7A and Rab10 to orchestrate cell-autonomous immunityAtsuko Minowa-Nozawa0Takashi Nozawa1Kazunori Murase2Ichiro Nakagawa3Department of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, JapanDepartment of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Corresponding authorDepartment of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, JapanDepartment of Microbiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan; Corresponding authorSummary: Cell-autonomous immunity protects cells by utilizing membrane trafficking to detect and counteract diverse microbial pathogens, including selective autophagy and extracellular expulsion. However, the mechanisms underlying the mutual regulation among these systems has remained unknown. Here, we demonstrate that Rab GTPase-activating protein 1-like (RabGAP1L) modulates cell-autonomous immune responses via inactivation of two distinct Rab GTPases during group A Streptococcus (GAS) infection. Confocal microscopy analyses revealed that Rab7A positively regulates selective autophagy induction against GAS by facilitating endolysosomal trafficking and that Rab7A and Rab10 negatively regulate GAS expulsion from infected cells by inhibiting Rab11A-positive recycling endosome formation. RabGAP1L suppressed these pathways via inactivation of Rab7A and Rab10. By contrast, ATG7 and ATG5 knockout, resulting in autophagy deficiency, increased RabGAP1L-dependent bacterial expulsion from infected cells via the endocytic recycling pathway. Our findings suggest a regulatory mechanism of cell-autonomous immunity mediated by RabGAP1L, which contributes to the efficient elimination of intracellular pathogens.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124725003705CP: Cell biologyCP: Immunology
spellingShingle Atsuko Minowa-Nozawa
Takashi Nozawa
Kazunori Murase
Ichiro Nakagawa
RabGAP1L modulates Rab7A and Rab10 to orchestrate cell-autonomous immunity
Cell Reports
CP: Cell biology
CP: Immunology
title RabGAP1L modulates Rab7A and Rab10 to orchestrate cell-autonomous immunity
title_full RabGAP1L modulates Rab7A and Rab10 to orchestrate cell-autonomous immunity
title_fullStr RabGAP1L modulates Rab7A and Rab10 to orchestrate cell-autonomous immunity
title_full_unstemmed RabGAP1L modulates Rab7A and Rab10 to orchestrate cell-autonomous immunity
title_short RabGAP1L modulates Rab7A and Rab10 to orchestrate cell-autonomous immunity
title_sort rabgap1l modulates rab7a and rab10 to orchestrate cell autonomous immunity
topic CP: Cell biology
CP: Immunology
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211124725003705
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