Organellar homeostasis and innate immune sensing

CR Harapas, E Idiiatullina, M Al-Azab… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
A cell is delimited by numerous borders that define specific organelles. The walls of some
organelles are particularly robust, such as in mitochondria or endoplasmic reticulum, but …

Mitotic disassembly and reassembly of nuclear pore complexes

U Kutay, R Jühlen, W Antonin - Trends in Cell Biology, 2021 - cell.com
Nuclear pore complexes (NPCs) are huge protein assemblies within the nuclear envelope
(NE) that serve as selective gates for macromolecular transport between nucleus and …

Deficiency in coatomer complex I causes aberrant activation of STING signalling

A Steiner, K Hrovat-Schaale, I Prigione, CH Yu… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Coatomer complex I (COPI) mediates retrograde vesicular trafficking from Golgi to the
endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and within Golgi compartments. Deficiency in subunit alpha …

Nuclear cGAS restricts L1 retrotransposition by promoting TRIM41-mediated ORF2p ubiquitination and degradation

Z Zhen, Y Chen, H Wang, H Tang, H Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Cyclic GMP–AMP synthase (cGAS), initially identified as a cytosolic DNA sensor,
detects DNA fragments to trigger an innate immune response. Recently, accumulating …

The trinity of cGAS, TLR9, and ALRs guardians of the cellular galaxy against host-derived self-DNA

V Kumar - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The immune system has evolved to protect the host from the pathogens and allergens
surrounding their environment. The immune system develops in such a way to recognize …

Nuclear cGAS: guard or prisoner?

CC de Oliveira Mann, KP Hopfner - The EMBO Journal, 2021 - embopress.org
Abstract cGAS, an innate immune sensor of cellular stress, recognizes double‐stranded
DNA mislocalized in the cytosol upon infection, mitochondrial stress, DNA damage, or …

Nuclear cGAS: sequestration and beyond

J Bai, F Liu - Protein & cell, 2022 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP) synthase (cGAS) has been identified as a
cytosolic double stranded DNA sensor that plays a pivotal role in the type I interferon and …

Nuclear soluble cGAS senses double-stranded DNA virus infection

Y Wu, K Song, W Hao, J Li, L Wang, S Li - Communications biology, 2022 - nature.com
The DNA sensor cGAS detects cytosolic DNA and instigates type I interferon (IFN)
expression. Recent studies find that cGAS also localizes in the nucleus and binds the …

Vesicular trafficking permits evasion of cGAS/STING surveillance during initial human papillomavirus infection

BL Uhlorn, R Jackson, S Li, SM Bratton… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Oncogenic human papillomaviruses (HPVs) replicate in differentiating epithelium, causing
5% of cancers worldwide. Like most other DNA viruses, HPV infection initiates after …

Targeting DNA damage response pathways to activate the STING innate immune signaling pathway in human cancer cells

J Wayne, T Brooks, A Landras, AJ Massey - The FEBS Journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Activating stimulator of interferon genes to turn immunologically refractive cold tumor hot is
an exciting therapeutic approach to increase the clinical responsiveness of some human …