PMID- 32678884 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200916 LR - 20200916 IS - 1362-4962 (Electronic) IS - 0305-1048 (Print) IS - 0305-1048 (Linking) VI - 48 IP - 13 DP - 2020 Jul 27 TI - Human OAS1 activation is highly dependent on both RNA sequence and context of activating RNA motifs. PG - 7520-7531 LID - 10.1093/nar/gkaa513 [doi] AB - 2'-5'-Oligoadenylate synthetases (OAS) are innate immune sensors of cytosolic double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) and play a critical role in limiting viral infection. dsRNA binding induces allosteric structural changes in OAS1 that reorganize its catalytic center to promote synthesis of 2'-5'-oligoadenylate and thus activation of endoribonuclease L. Specific RNA sequences and structural motifs can also enhance activation of OAS1 through currently undefined mechanisms. To better understand these drivers of OAS activation, we tested the impact of defined sequence changes within a short dsRNA that strongly activates OAS1. Both in vitro and in human A549 cells, appending a 3'-end single-stranded pyrimidine (3'-ssPy) can strongly enhance OAS1 activation or have no effect depending on its location, suggesting that other dsRNA features are necessary for correct presentation of the motif to OAS1. Consistent with this idea, we also find that the dsRNA binding position is dictated by an established consensus sequence (WWN9WG). Unexpectedly, however, not all sequences fitting this consensus activate OAS1 equivalently, with strong dependence on the identity of both partially conserved (W) and non-conserved (N9) residues. A picture thus emerges in which both specific RNA features and the context in which they are presented dictate the ability of short dsRNAs to activate OAS1. CI - (c) The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research. FAU - Schwartz, Samantha L AU - Schwartz SL AD - Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. AD - Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, USA. FAU - Park, Esther N AU - Park EN AD - Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. FAU - Vachon, Virginia K AU - Vachon VK AD - Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. AD - Graduate Program in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, USA. FAU - Danzy, Shamika AU - Danzy S AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. FAU - Lowen, Anice C AU - Lowen AC AD - Graduate Program in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, USA. AD - Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. FAU - Conn, Graeme L AU - Conn GL AD - Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. AD - Graduate Program in Biochemistry, Cell and Developmental Biology, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, USA. AD - Graduate Program in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Graduate Division of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Emory University, USA. LA - eng GR - F31 AI133950/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 AI144067/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 GM008367/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Nucleic Acids Res JT - Nucleic acids research JID - 0411011 RN - 63231-63-0 (RNA) RN - EC 2.7.7.- (OAS1 protein, human) RN - EC 2.7.7.84 (2',5'-Oligoadenylate Synthetase) SB - IM MH - 2',5'-Oligoadenylate Synthetase/chemistry/*metabolism MH - A549 Cells MH - Allosteric Regulation MH - Allosteric Site MH - Catalytic Domain MH - *Consensus Sequence MH - Humans MH - Molecular Docking Simulation MH - Protein Binding MH - RNA/*chemistry/metabolism PMC - PMC7367156 EDAT- 2020/07/18 06:00 MHDA- 2020/09/17 06:00 PMCR- 2020/06/17 CRDT- 2020/07/18 06:00 PHST- 2020/06/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/06/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/03/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/07/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/09/17 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/06/17 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 5858452 [pii] AID - gkaa513 [pii] AID - 10.1093/nar/gkaa513 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nucleic Acids Res. 2020 Jul 27;48(13):7520-7531. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaa513.