Self RNA sensing by cytosolic innate immune receptors
胞质先天免疫受体的自身 RNA 传感
基本信息
- 批准号:MR/Y013212/1
- 负责人:
- 金额:$ 225.88万
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- 依托单位国家:英国
- 项目类别:Research Grant
- 财政年份:2024
- 资助国家:英国
- 起止时间:2024 至 无数据
- 项目状态:未结题
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项目摘要
The immune system is a complex network that protects the human body against infections, including with viruses. This large and diverse group of microorganisms causes diseases ranging from the common cold to AIDS and COVID-19, and viruses continue to pose the risk of pandemic outbreaks. The immune system can eliminate viruses, and it is therefore important to understand how the immune response is kick-started upon infection. The first step is that the cells in our body recognise the presence of a virus. We know that cells have specialised proteins called sensors that detect viruses. However, how these antennas sense viruses is not fully understood. One property of all viruses is that they introduce genetic material in the form of DNA or RNA into the cells that they infect. These foreign nucleic acid molecules can activate some virus sensors that then induce a first wave of immune responses called innate immunity.Surprisingly, our preliminary data indicate that self RNA molecules produced by cells can also activate the innate immune system. We found that introns, a type of RNA normally degraded quickly in the nucleus of cells, accumulate in the cytoplasm of virus-infected cells, and bind to a sensor called MDA5. Conceptually, we propose that MDA5 guards cells against infection by detecting virus-induced perturbations rather than molecules directly introduced by the virus. Our first aim is to provide evidence for this concept by applying molecular biology studies to identify the RNAs bound by MDA5 during different viral infections. This will include important human viruses such as SARS coronavirus 2, hepatitis C virus and herpes simplex virus 1.Another important RNA sensor is the ZBP1 protein. Akin to what we found for MDA5, our unpublished results show that ZBP1 binds mitochondrial RNA, a cellular RNA that is normally found only in mitochondria, a sub-cellular organelle devoid of ZBP1. Our second aim is therefore to investigate the idea that cellular stress damages mitochondria, resulting in escape of mitochondrial RNA into the cytosol of cells, where it may be detected by ZBP1 upon adopting an unusual conformation called 'Z'. This work will employ similar RNA binding techniques already used for MDA5.Cells continuously modify some of their own RNAs in a process called RNA editing, whereby adenosine is converted to inosine, changing the biochemical properties of the RNA. Previous studies of human genetic disease and in vivo models revealed that RNA editing, in the absence of infections, prevents unwanted innate immune responses to self RNA. However, when RNA editing is disabled due to mutations, MDA5 and ZBP1 become active and profound inflammation and autoimmune disease are unleashed. An important knowledge gap is that the types of RNAs that need to be edited to prevent disease remain poorly characterised. Our hypothesis is that RNAs in the Z conformation are important. We will identify such Z-RNAs and the tissues and cell types in which they trigger unwanted immune responses. This work will take advantage of an in vivo model and of cells from patients with autoinflammatory disease in which a protein called ADAR1, which edits RNA, cannot bind to Z-RNA.We anticipate that our work will establish cytosolic self RNA sensing, in addition to detection of foreign RNA, as a predominant mode of immune surveillance and homeostasis. This will be a significant shift of understanding in this area of research and will inform the development of new treatments for many diseases. Activation of cytosolic RNA receptors may boost immune responses in viral infections. Moreover, this strategy may be used in synergy with cancer treatments such as check-point blockade, which activate the adaptive arm of the immune system. Vice versa, blocking RNA sensors may be beneficial in many non-infectious diseases and conditions ranging from metabolic disorders to ageing that all involve inflammation.
免疫系统是一个复杂的网络,可以保护人体免受感染,包括病毒感染。这一庞大而多样化的微生物群可引起从普通感冒到艾滋病和 COVID-19 等各种疾病,而病毒则继续构成大流行爆发的风险。免疫系统可以消灭病毒,因此了解感染后如何启动免疫反应非常重要。第一步是我们体内的细胞识别病毒的存在。我们知道细胞有一种特殊的蛋白质,称为传感器,可以检测病毒。然而,这些天线如何感知病毒尚不完全清楚。所有病毒的一个特性是它们将 DNA 或 RNA 形式的遗传物质引入它们感染的细胞中。这些外来核酸分子可以激活一些病毒传感器,然后诱导第一波免疫反应,称为先天免疫。令人惊讶的是,我们的初步数据表明细胞产生的自身RNA分子也可以激活先天免疫系统。我们发现内含子(一种通常在细胞核中快速降解的 RNA)在病毒感染细胞的细胞质中积累,并与一种名为 MDA5 的传感器结合。从概念上讲,我们提出 MDA5 通过检测病毒引起的扰动而不是病毒直接引入的分子来保护细胞免受感染。我们的首要目标是通过应用分子生物学研究来识别不同病毒感染期间 MDA5 结合的 RNA,从而为这一概念提供证据。这将包括重要的人类病毒,如SARS冠状病毒2、丙型肝炎病毒和单纯疱疹病毒1。另一个重要的RNA传感器是ZBP1蛋白。与我们对 MDA5 的发现类似,我们未发表的结果表明 ZBP1 结合线粒体 RNA,这是一种通常只在线粒体(一种缺乏 ZBP1 的亚细胞细胞器)中发现的细胞 RNA。因此,我们的第二个目标是研究细胞应激会损害线粒体,导致线粒体 RNA 逃逸到细胞质中,ZBP1 在采取一种称为“Z”的不寻常构象时可能会检测到它。这项工作将采用与 MDA5 已使用的类似 RNA 结合技术。细胞在称为 RNA 编辑的过程中不断修改自己的一些 RNA,从而将腺苷转化为肌苷,从而改变 RNA 的生化特性。先前对人类遗传疾病和体内模型的研究表明,在没有感染的情况下,RNA 编辑可以防止对自身 RNA 产生不必要的先天免疫反应。然而,当 RNA 编辑因突变而被禁用时,MDA5 和 ZBP1 就会变得活跃,并引发严重的炎症和自身免疫性疾病。一个重要的知识差距是需要编辑以预防疾病的 RNA 类型仍然知之甚少。我们的假设是 Z 构象的 RNA 很重要。我们将识别此类 Z-RNA 以及它们触发不需要的免疫反应的组织和细胞类型。这项工作将利用体内模型和来自自身炎症性疾病患者的细胞,其中一种名为 ADAR1 的蛋白质(可编辑 RNA)无法与 Z-RNA 结合。我们预计,除了检测外来 RNA 之外,我们的工作还将建立胞质自体 RNA 传感,作为免疫监视和体内平衡的主要模式。这将是对该研究领域认识的重大转变,并将为许多疾病新疗法的开发提供信息。胞质 RNA 受体的激活可能会增强病毒感染中的免疫反应。此外,这种策略可以与癌症治疗协同使用,例如检查点封锁,它可以激活免疫系统的适应性臂。反之亦然,阻断 RNA 传感器可能对许多非传染性疾病和病症有益,从代谢紊乱到衰老,所有这些都与炎症有关。
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Antibody class switch recombination requires SAMHD1-mediated dNTP degradation to promote DNA repair
抗体类别转换重组需要 SAMHD1 介导的 dNTP 降解以促进 DNA 修复
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- 发表时间:
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RIG-I-like receptors: their regulation and roles in RNA sensing
RIG-I 样受体:它们在 RNA 感应中的调节和作用
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10.1038/s41577-020-0288-3 - 发表时间:
2020-03-13 - 期刊:
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PYHIN proteins: center stage in DNA sensing
PYHIN 蛋白:DNA 传感的中心舞台
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10.1038/ni1110-984 - 发表时间:
2010-10-19 - 期刊:
- 影响因子:27.600
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2022 EULAR points to consider for the measurement, reporting and application of IFN-I pathway activation assays in clinical research and practice
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- DOI:
10.1136/ard-2022-223628 - 发表时间:
2023-06-01 - 期刊:
- 影响因子:20.600
- 作者:
Javier Rodríguez-Carrio;Agata Burska;Philip G Conaghan;Willem A Dik;Robert Biesen;Maija-Leena Eloranta;Giulio Cavalli;Marianne Visser;Dimitrios T Boumpas;George Bertsias;Marie Wahren-Herlenius;Jan Rehwinkel;Marie-Louise Frémond;Mary K Crow;Lars Rönnblom;Marjan A Versnel;Edward M Vital - 通讯作者:
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ADAR1: from basic mechanisms to inhibitors
ADAR1:从基本机制到抑制剂
- DOI:
10.1016/j.tcb.2024.06.006 - 发表时间:
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- 影响因子:18.100
- 作者:
Jan Rehwinkel;Parinaz Mehdipour - 通讯作者:
Parinaz Mehdipour
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- 批准号:
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- 资助金额:
$ 225.88万 - 项目类别:
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