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CURRENT OPINION IN IMMUNOLOGY
Volume 23, Issue 5, Pages 573-582Publisher
CURRENT BIOLOGY LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2011.08.009
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, U.S. Public Health Service [AI-12520, AI-20611]
- Santa Barbara Foundation
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Double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) plays a centrally important role in antiviral innate immunity, both for the production of interferon (IFN) and also in the actions of IFN. Among the IFN-inducible gene products are the protein kinase regulated by RNA (PKR) and the adenosine deaminase acting on RNA 1 (ADAR1). PKR is an established key player in the antiviral actions of IFN, through dsRNA-dependent activation and subsequent phosphorylation of protein synthesis initiation factor elF2 alpha thereby altering the translational pattern in cells. In addition, PKR plays an important role as a positive effector that amplifies the production of IFN. ADAR1 catalyzes the deamination of adenosine (A) in RNA with double-stranded (ds) character, leading to the destabilization of RNA duplex structures and genetic recoding. By contrast to the antiviral and proapoptotic functions associated with PKR, the actions of ADAR1 in some instances are proviral and cell protective as ADAR1 functions as a suppressor of dsRNA-mediated antiviral responses including activation of PKR and interferon regulatory factor 3.
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