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STING dampens the unfolded protein response to enable the presentation of self-antigens on MHC-I during inflammation.

Fahmy, A. M.; Ahmadi, A.; Lanoix, J.; Cannon, T.; Badr Elemeery, m. N.; Hernandez Paredes, C.; Barrette, B.; Bonneil, E.; Zhong Xu, Y.; Ibrahim, M.; Arango-Duque, G.; Audemard, E. O.; Lemieux, S.; Chevet, E.; Schurr, E.; Pierre, P.; Gruenheid, S.; Thibault, P.; McBride, H. M.; Desjardins, M.

2026-05-28 immunology
10.64898/2026.05.25.727656 bioRxiv
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A growing body of evidence supports the contribution of the long-lasting adaptive immune system in Parkinsons disease (PD). We showed that the PD-associated protein PINK1 negatively regulates the presentation of mitochondrial antigens (MitAP) on MHC-I molecules. In vivo evidence indicated that MitAP activation in mice, in the absence of PINK1, led to cytotoxic CD8+ T cell stimulation and severe motor impairments, reversible by L-DOPA. We show here that following TLR4 activation, MitAP is engaged through a pathway involving cGAS-STING, which acts as a rheostat to dampen the unfolded protein response (UPR). Without STING, the stress response is amplified, leading to a translational attenuation that inhibits the expression of XBP1s, a transcription factor required for MitAP. STING activity also regulates the repertoire of peptides displayed at the cell surface during inflammation, highlighting a potential role in immunosurveillance. These findings establish STING and the UPR as key immune regulators targetable for therapeutic intervention during autoimmune diseases and PD.

Published in Cell Reports (predicted rank #3) · training set

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