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ADAR and hnRNPC deficiency synergize in activating endogenous dsRNA-induced type I IFN responses.

Anna-Maria Herzner, Zia Khan, Eric L Van Nostrand, Sara Chan, Trinna Cuellar, Ronald Chen, Ximo Pechuan-Jorge, Laszlo Komuves, Margaret Solon, Zora Modrusan, Benjamin Haley, Gene W Yeo, Timothy W Behrens, Matthew L Albert

The Journal of experimental medicine · 2021 · Vol. 218 (9)

Abstract

Cytosolic double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) initiates type I IFN responses. Endogenous retroelements, notably Alu elements, constitute a source of dsRNA. Adenosine-to-inosine (A-to-I) editing by ADAR induces mismatches in dsRNA and prevents recognition by MDA5 and autoinflammation. To identify additional endogenous dsRNA checkpoints, we conducted a candidate screen in THP-1 monocytes and found that hnRNPC and ADAR deficiency resulted in synergistic induction of MDA5-dependent IFN responses. RNA-seq analysis demonstrated dysregulation of Alu-containing introns in hnRNPC-deficient cells via utilization of unmasked cryptic splice sites, including introns containing ADAR-dependent A-to-I editing clusters. These putative MDA5 ligands showed reduced editing in the absence of ADAR, providing a plausible mechanism for the combined effects of hnRNPC and ADAR. This study contributes to our understanding of the control of repetitive element-induced autoinflammation and suggests that patients with hnRNPC-mutated tumors might maximally benefit from ADAR inhibition-based immunotherapy.

Linked datasets 1

GSE176012 GSE · via ncbi_elink
GEO ↗

RNAseq of hnRNPC and ADAR deficient THP-1

Homo sapiens

132 data files
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Potentially related datasets 2

These accessions were text-mined from the PMC full text. They may be referenced for comparison, cited from other studies, or otherwise mentioned without being primary data for this paper.

Accession Source Title
E-MTAB-1371 E-MTAB · ArrayExpress No title in the index
GSE176012 GSE · GEO GEO ↗ RNAseq of hnRNPC and ADAR deficient THP-1

Analysis pipelines 1

Pipeline Assay Steps Dataset
GSE176012 RNA-seq Data Processing geo_data_processing RNA-seq 12 GSE176012
Funding 6 grants
Grant Funder
R00 HG009530 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
U41 HG009889 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
K99 HG009530 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
U54 HG007005 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
U54HG007005 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)
HG009530 NHGRI NIH HHS (United States)