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【期刊论文】5'-Triphosphate-Dependent Activation of PKR by RNAs with Short Stem-Loops
郑晓峰, Subba Rao Nallagatla, * Jungwook Hwang, * Rebecca Toroney, Xiaofeng Zheng, , Craig E. Cameron, † Philip C. Bevilacqua†
30 NOVEMBER 2007 1456 VOL 318 SCIENCE,-0001,():
-1年11月30日
Molecular patterns in pathogenic RNAs can be recognized by the innate immune system, and a component of this response is the interferon-induced enzyme RNA-activated protein kinase (PKR). The major activators of PKR have been proposed to be long double-stranded RNAs. We report that RNAs with very limited secondary structures activate PKR in a 5'-triphosphate-dependent fashion in vitro and in vivo. Activation of PKR by 5'-triphosphate RNA is independent of RIG-I and is enhanced by treatment with type 1 interferon (IFN-a). Surveillance of molecular features at the 5' end of transcripts by PKR presents a means of allowing pathogenic RNA to be distinguished from self-RNA. The evidence presented here suggests that this form of RNA-based discrimination may be a critical step in mounting an early immune response.
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