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Chemical proteomics reveals post-translational remodeling of endosomal pathways during macrophage activation.

Zhang, T. L.; Sanford, H.; Gabbasova, R. R.; van Vlimmeren, A. E.; Kalaidzidis, Y.; Kojima, H.; Wayne, C. R.; Biswas, J.; Banerjee, P.; Zhang, B.; Abdel-Wahab, O.; Zerial, M.; Vinogradova, E. V.

2026-10-01 immunology
10.64898/2026.09.25.754469 bioRxiv
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Macrophages are central regulators of innate immunity, yet the post-translational mechanisms that enable rapid inflammatory responses remain incompletely understood. Here, we integrated transcriptomics, unenriched proteomics, phosphoproteomics, metabolomics, and cysteine reactivity profiling to comprehensively characterize primary human macrophages following Toll-like receptor and Stimulator of Interferon Genes (STING) activation. This approach revealed substantial discordance between transcript- and protein-level changes, as well as extensive post-translational remodeling. Differentially reactive cysteines were enriched in proteins involved in small-GTPase signaling, vesicular trafficking, and the endo-lysosomal system. Reactivity changes in two subunits of the endosomal mRNA-transport FERRY complex nominated it as a candidate target of inflammation-associated post-translational regulation. Biochemical and imaging analyses established FERRY complex assembly and early endosomal localization in primary human macrophages and identified DISC1 as a previously unrecognized FERRY-associated protein. This work provides a comprehensive resource of biochemical and post-translational remodeling during macrophage activation and implicates endosome-associated mRNA transport in innate immune regulation.

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