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Schumann T, Ramon SC, Schubert N, Mayo MA, Hega M, Maser KI, Ada SR, Sydow L, Hajikazemi M, Badstübner M, Müller P, Ge Y, Shakeri F, Buness A, Rupf B, Lienenklaus S, Utess B, Muhandes L, Haase M, Rupp L, Schmitz M, Gramberg T, Manel N, Hartmann G, Zillinger T, Kato H, Bauer S, Gerbaulet A, Paeschke K, Roers A, Behrendt R. Deficiency for SAMHD1 activates MDA5 in a cGAS/STING-dependent manner. J Exp Med 2022; 220:213670. [PMID: 36346347 PMCID: PMC9648672 DOI: 10.1084/jem.20220829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2022] [Revised: 09/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
Abstract
Defects in nucleic acid metabolizing enzymes can lead to spontaneous but selective activation of either cGAS/STING or RIG-like receptor (RLR) signaling, causing type I interferon-driven inflammatory diseases. In these pathophysiological conditions, activation of the DNA sensor cGAS and IFN production are linked to spontaneous DNA damage. Physiological, or tonic, IFN signaling on the other hand is essential to functionally prime nucleic acid sensing pathways. Here, we show that low-level chronic DNA damage in mice lacking the Aicardi-Goutières syndrome gene SAMHD1 reduced tumor-free survival when crossed to a p53-deficient, but not to a DNA mismatch repair-deficient background. Increased DNA damage did not result in higher levels of type I interferon. Instead, we found that the chronic interferon response in SAMHD1-deficient mice was driven by the MDA5/MAVS pathway but required functional priming through the cGAS/STING pathway. Our work positions cGAS/STING upstream of tonic IFN signaling in Samhd1-deficient mice and highlights an important role of the pathway in physiological and pathophysiological innate immune priming.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tina Schumann
- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany,Institute for Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Institute for Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Biometry, Informatics and Epidemiology, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Institute for Genomic Statistics and Bioinformatics, Medical Faculty, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany,Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany,National Center for Tumor Diseases, Partner Site Dresden, Dresden, Germany,German Cancer Consortium, Partner Site Dresden, and German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical and Molecular Virology, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale U932, Institut Curie, Paris Sciences et Lettres Research University, Paris, France
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Immunology, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Oncology, Hematology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany,Institute for Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute for Immunology, Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany,Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, Germany,Correspondence to Rayk Behrendt:
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Jung S, von Thülen T, Yang I, Laukemper V, Rupf B, Janga H, Panagiotidis GD, Schoen A, Nicolai M, Schulte LN, Obermann HL, Weber F, Kaufmann A, Bauer S. A ribosomal RNA fragment with 2',3'-cyclic phosphate and GTP-binding activity acts as RIG-I ligand. Nucleic Acids Res 2020; 48:10397-10412. [PMID: 32946572 PMCID: PMC7544222 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkaa739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2020] [Accepted: 08/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
The RNA helicase RIG-I plays a key role in sensing pathogen-derived RNA. Double-stranded RNA structures bearing 5'-tri- or diphosphates are commonly referred to as activating RIG-I ligands. However, endogenous RNA fragments generated during viral infection via RNase L also activate RIG-I. Of note, RNase-digested RNA fragments bear a 5'-hydroxyl group and a 2',3'-cyclic phosphate. How endogenous RNA fragments activate RIG-I despite the lack of 5'-phosphorylation has not been elucidated. Here we describe an endogenous RIG-I ligand (eRL) that is derived from the internal transcribed spacer 2 region (ITS2) of the 45S ribosomal RNA after partial RNase A digestion in vitro, RNase A protein transfection or RNase L activation. The immunostimulatory property of the eRL is dependent on 2',3'-cyclic phosphate and its sequence is characterized by a G-quadruplex containing sequence motif mediating guanosine-5'-triphosphate (GTP) binding. In summary, RNase generated self-RNA fragments with 2',3'-cyclic phosphate function as nucleotide-5'-triphosphate binding aptamers activating RIG-I.
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- Stephanie Jung
- Institut für Immunologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, BMFZ, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 2, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Immunologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, BMFZ, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 2, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Krankenhaushygiene, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl Neuberg Straße 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany
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- Institut für Immunologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, BMFZ, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 2, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Immunologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, BMFZ, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 2, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Lungenforschung/iLung, Philipps-Universität Marburg, BMFZ, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 2, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Virologie, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin (FB10), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstr. 81, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Virologie, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin (FB10), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstr. 81, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Immunologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, BMFZ, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 2, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Lungenforschung/iLung, Philipps-Universität Marburg, BMFZ, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 2, 35043 Marburg, Germany
- Deutsches Zentrum für Lungenforschung (DZL), 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Immunologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, BMFZ, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 2, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Virologie, Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin (FB10), Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Schubertstr. 81, 35392 Gießen, Germany
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- Institut für Immunologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, BMFZ, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 2, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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- Institut für Immunologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, BMFZ, Hans-Meerwein-Straße 2, 35043 Marburg, Germany
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