Adar RNA editing-dependent and -independent effects are required for brain and innate immune functions in Drosophila

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Publikace nespadá pod Pedagogickou fakultu, ale pod Středoevropský technologický institut. Oficiální stránka publikace je na webu muni.cz.
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DENG Patricia KHAN Anzer JACOBSON Dionna SAMBRANI Nagraj MCGURK Leeanne LI Xianghua JAYASREE Aswathy HEJÁTKO Jan SHOHAT-OPHIR Galit O'CONNELL Mary Anne LI Jin Billy KEEGAN Liam

Rok publikování 2020
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Nature Communications
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Středoevropský technologický institut

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www https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15435-1
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15435-1
Klíčová slova Gene expression; Innate immunity; Neuroscience; RNA editing
Popis ADAR RNA editing enzymes are high-affinity dsRNA-binding proteins that deaminate adenosines to inosines in pre-mRNA hairpins and also exert editing-independent effects. We generated a Drosophila Adar(E374A) mutant strain encoding a catalytically inactive Adar with CRISPR/Cas9. We demonstrate that Adar adenosine deamination activity is necessary for normal locomotion and prevents age-dependent neurodegeneration. The catalytically inactive protein, when expressed at a higher than physiological level, can rescue neurodegeneration in Adar mutants, suggesting also editing-independent effects. Furthermore, loss of Adar RNA editing activity leads to innate immune induction, indicating that Drosophila Adar, despite being the homolog of mammalian ADAR2, also has functions similar to mammalian ADAR1. The innate immune induction in fly Adar mutants is suppressed by silencing of Dicer-2, which has a RNA helicase domain similar to MDA5 that senses unedited dsRNAs in mammalian Adar1 mutants. Our work demonstrates that the single Adar enzyme in Drosophila unexpectedly has dual functions. Human RNA editing enzymes ADAR1 and ADAR2 are required for innate immune functions and neurological functions, respectively. Here, the authors show that Drosophila Adar has both innate immune and brain functions, despite being the homolog of mammalian ADAR2.
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