Journal
JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 5, Issue 2, Pages 111-119Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/jmcb/mjt006
Keywords
MDA5; RAVER1; coactivator; signaling; innate immunity
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- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2012CB910200, 2010CB911802]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31221061, 31130020, 91029302]
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Detection of viral nucleic acids by pattern recognition receptors initiates type I interferon (IFN) induction and innate antiviral response. The RIG-I-like receptors (RLRs), including RIG-I and MDA5, recognize cytoplasmic viral RNA in most cell types and are critically involved in innate antiviral response. RIG-I and MDA5 are structurally related and mediate similar signaling pathways. While the regulation of RIG-I activity has been extensively investigated, little is known about the regulatory mechanisms of MDA5 activity. Here we identified ribonucleoprotein PTB-binding 1 (RAVER1) as a specific MDA5-interacting protein. RAVER1 was associated with MDA5 upon viral infection. Overexpression of RAVER1 at low dosages enhanced MDA5- but not RIG-I-mediated activation of the IFN- promoter, whereas knockdown of RAVER1 inhibited MDA5- but not RIG-I-mediated induction of downstream antiviral genes. Mechanistically, overexpression of RAVER1 enhanced the binding of MDA5 to its ligand poly(I:C), whereas knockdown of RAVER1 had opposite effect. Our findings suggest that RAVER1 specifically regulates MDA5 activity, revealing a mechanism of differential regulation of MDA5- and RIG-I-mediated innate antiviral response.
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