siRNA containing a unique 5-nucleotide motif acts as a quencher of IFI16-mediated innate immune response

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We previously reported that some small interfering RNA (siRNA) enhances DNA or DNA virus mediated-interferon (IFN)-λ1(a type III IFN) induction through the crosstalk between retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) and interferon gamma-inducible protein 16 (IFI16) signalling pathway. Here we provide further evidence of a new role for siRNA. siRNA containing a 5-nucleotide (nt) motif sequence suppresses DNA-mediated not only type III IFNs, but also type I IFNs and inflammatory cytokines. We define that motif siRNA inhibits the induction when the motif is located at the 3' or 5'-terminus of siRNA. Using THP1-Lucia ISG cells with various DNA stimulants, we reveal that motif siRNA inhibits DNA or DNA virus but not RNA virus-mediated signalling. Motif siRNA specifically interrupts IFI16 but not cyclic GMP-AMP synthase (cGAS) binding to DNA and has 2.5-fold higher affinity to IFI16 than that of siRNA without the motif. We further confirm that motif siRNA potently suppresses HSV-1 virus-mediated IFNs and inflammatory cytokines, such as IFNL1, IFNB and TNFA, in human primary immature dendritic cells. Collectively, these findings may shed light on a novel function of siRNA with the unique 5-nt motif as a quencher of innate immunity and facilitate the development of potential therapeutics to regulate innate immune cascades.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:114

Enthalten in:

Molecular immunology - 114(2019) vom: 05. Okt., Seite 330-340

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sui, Hongyan [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Jun [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Xiaojun [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Imamichi, Tomozumi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

148998-64-5
9007-49-2
Cytokines
DNA
IFI16 protein, human
Immunosuppressive motif
Innate immunity
Interferon Type I
Interferon gamma-inducible protein 16 (IFI16)
Journal Article
Nuclear Proteins
Phosphoproteins
RNA, Small Interfering
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
SiRNA

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Date Completed 21.01.2020

Date Revised 21.01.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.molimm.2019.08.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM300551541