Abstract
Shigella flexneri type III effector OspC3 was recently
found to evade host pyroptosis by targeting caspase-11 for
ADP-riboxanation. The ADP-riboxanase activity was shared by its
paralogues, OspC1 and OspC2, whereas the host substrates of them are
still unknown. To solve this problem, we employed eAf1521 enrichment
coupled with mass spectrometry (MS)-based proteomics to profile the host
substrates of OspC1. In this study, we identified HERC5 as a host target
of OspC1. As described previously, HERC5 functions as an E3 ISG15 ligase
and catalyzes the ISGylation of a huge subset of host and pathogen
proteins upon bacterial infection. Here, we show that S. flexneri
hijacks host ISGylation pathway by OspC1-catalyzed ADP-riboxanation of
HERC5 to promote its own survival and proliferation in host cells.