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The innate immune DNA Sensor cGAS produces a noncanonical cyclic dinucleotide that activates human STING.

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Diner, Elie J., Burdette, Dara L., Wilson, Stephen C., Monroe, Kathryn M., Kellenberger, Colleen A., Hyodo, Mamoru, Hayakawa, Yoshihiro, Hammond, Ming C. +1 more·2013·Cell Reports

Abstract

The presence of foreign DNA in the cytosol of mammalian cells elicits a potent antiviral interferon response. Recently, cytosolic DNA was proposed to induce the synthesis of cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) upon binding to an enzyme called cGAMP synthase (cGAS). cGAMP activates an interferon response by binding to a downstream receptor called STING. Here, we identify natural variants of human STING (hSTING) that are poorly responsive to cGAMP yet, unexpectedly, are normally responsive to DNA and cGAS signaling. We explain this paradox by demonstrating that the cGAS product is actually a noncanonical cyclic dinucleotide, cyclic [G(2'-5')pA(3'-5')p], which contains a single 2'-5' phosphodiester bond. Cyclic [G(2'-5')pA(3'-5')p] potently activates diverse hSTING receptors and, therefore, may be a useful adjuvant or immunotherapeutic. Our results indicate that hSTING variants have evolved to distinguish conventional (3'-5') cyclic dinucleotides, known to be produced mainly by bacteria, from the noncanonical cyclic dinucleotide produced by mammalian cGAS.

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Authors
Diner, E. J., Burdette, D. L., Wilson, S. C., Monroe, K. M., Kellenberger, C. A., Hyodo, M., Hayakawa, Y., Hammond, M. C., & Vance, R. E.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Berkeley (US)
  • Hokkaido University (JP)
  • Aichi Institute of Technology (JP)
Corresponding author
  • Hammond, Ming C.
  • Vance, Russell E.
Venue
Cell Reports
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2013-05
Volume
3
Issue
5
Pages
1355-1361
ISSN
2211-1247 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2055063197
Cited by
767
References
29
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FWCI
27.81
Type
journal article
Language
en
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  • Cell Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
  • eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (1dp2od008677-01)
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (24350087)
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (T32GM066698)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI063302, R21AI103817, AI075039, AI080749, R01AI080749, AI103817, F32AI091100, R37AI075039, P01AI063302, R01AI075039)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › interferon and immune responses
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Phosphodiesterase function and regulation
Keywords
cGAS, STING, cyclic dinucleotides, cGAMP, innate immunity, cytosolic DNA sensing, interferon response, adjuvants, immunotherapy
MeSH terms
STING Protein, Cyclic Guanosine Monophosphate-Adenosine Monophosphate Synthase, Animals, Base Sequence, Cell Line, Humans, Immunity, Innate, Membrane Proteins, Molecular Sequence Data, Nucleotides, Cyclic, Nucleotidyltransferases, Oligonucleotides, Protein Binding, RNA Interference, RNA, Small Interfering, Mice, HEK293 Cells

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