First Author | Li Y | Year | 2012 |
Journal | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A | Volume | 109 |
Issue | 29 | Pages | 11770-5 |
PubMed ID | 22745163 | Mgi Jnum | J:186390 |
Mgi Id | MGI:5432265 | Doi | 10.1073/pnas.1203405109 |
Citation | Li Y, et al. (2012) LSm14A is a processing body-associated sensor of viral nucleic acids that initiates cellular antiviral response in the early phase of viral infection. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109(29):11770-5 |
abstractText | Recognition of viral nucleic acids by pattern recognition receptors initiates type I IFN induction and innate antiviral immune response. Here we show that LSm14A, a member of the LSm family involved in RNA processing in the processing bodies, binds to synthetic or viral RNA and DNA and mediates IRF3 activation and IFN-beta induction. Knockdown of LSm14A inhibits cytosolic RNA- and DNA-trigger type I IFN production and cellular antiviral response. Moreover, LSm14A is essential for early-phase induction of IFN-beta after either RNA or DNA virus infection. We further found that LSm14A-mediated IFN-beta induction requires RIG-I-VISA or MITA after RNA or DNA virus infection, respectively, and viral infection causes translocation of LSm14A to peroxisomes, where RIG-I, VISA, and MITA are located. These findings suggest that LSm14A is a sensor for both viral RNA and DNA and plays an important role in initiating IFN-beta induction in the early phase of viral infection. |