{Reference Type}: Journal Article {Title}: Endogenously produced itaconate negatively regulates innate-driven cytokine production and drives global ubiquitination in human macrophages. {Author}: Bourner LA;Chung LA;Long H;McGettrick AF;Xiao J;Roth K;Bailey JD;Strickland M;Tan B;Cunningham J;Lutzke B;McGee J;Otero FJ;Gemperline DC;Zhang L;Wang YC;Chalmers MJ;Yang CW;Gutierrez JA;O'Neill LAJ;Dorsey FC; {Journal}: Cell Rep {Volume}: 43 {Issue}: 8 {Year}: 2024 Aug 27 暂无{DOI}: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114570 {Abstract}: A wide variety of electrophilic derivatives of itaconate, the Kreb's cycle-derived metabolite, are immunomodulatory, yet these derivatives have overlapping and sometimes contradictory activities. Therefore, we generated a genetic system to interrogate the immunomodulatory functions of endogenously produced itaconate in human macrophages. Endogenous itaconate is driven by multiple innate signals restraining inflammatory cytokine production. Endogenous itaconate directly targets cysteine 13 in IRAK4 (disrupting IRAK4 autophosphorylation and activation), drives the degradation of nuclear factor κB, and modulates global ubiquitination patterns. As a result, cells unable to make itaconate overproduce inflammatory cytokines such as tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and IL-1β in response to these innate activators. In contrast, the production of interferon (IFN)β, downstream of LPS, requires the production of itaconate. These data demonstrate that itaconate is a critical arbiter of inflammatory cytokine production downstream of multiple innate signaling pathways, laying the groundwork for the development of itaconate mimetics for the treatment of autoimmunity.