2020
Small-Molecule Antagonists of the RIG‑I Innate Immune Receptor
Rawling DC, Jagdmann GE, Potapova O, Pyle AM. Small-Molecule Antagonists of the RIG‑I Innate Immune Receptor. ACS Chemical Biology 2020, 15: 311-317. PMID: 31944652, DOI: 10.1021/acschembio.9b00810.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInnate immune systemRIG-I receptorRole of RIGSmall molecule antagonistsPotent RIGAutoimmune disordersAntimicrobial therapyRange of diseasesImmune systemInterferon responseVertebrate innate immune systemImmune receptorsReceptorsNew drug design strategiesAntagonistRNA virusesDrug design strategiesCOPD
2019
RIG-I Recognition of RNA Targets: The Influence of Terminal Base Pair Sequence and Overhangs on Affinity and Signaling
Ren X, Linehan MM, Iwasaki A, Pyle AM. RIG-I Recognition of RNA Targets: The Influence of Terminal Base Pair Sequence and Overhangs on Affinity and Signaling. Cell Reports 2019, 29: 3807-3815.e3. PMID: 31851914, DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2019.11.052.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRNA moleculesRIG-I activationBase pair sequenceHost RNA moleculesViral RNA moleculesRIG-I recognitionMolecular basisRNA variantsRNA targetsPair sequenceHuman cellsBase pairsImmune receptorsMechanisms of evasionTerminal base pairsLigand affinityWhole animalInterferon responseDeadly pathogenRNA therapeuticsMarburg virusCellsOverhangMoleculesSignaling
2014
The RIG-I ATPase core has evolved a functional requirement for allosteric stabilization by the Pincer domain
Rawling DC, Kohlway AS, Luo D, Ding SC, Pyle AM. The RIG-I ATPase core has evolved a functional requirement for allosteric stabilization by the Pincer domain. Nucleic Acids Research 2014, 42: 11601-11611. PMID: 25217590, PMCID: PMC4191399, DOI: 10.1093/nar/gku817.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsATPase coreRetinoic acid-inducible gene IAcid-inducible gene INon-self RNASeries of mutationsActivity of RIGMetazoan cellsHelicase coreAllosteric controlTerminal domainPattern recognition receptorsAlpha-helixBiophysical analysisGene IAllosteric stabilizationType I interferonEnzymatic activityRecognition receptorsViral RNAStructural studiesRNAI interferonAdjacent domainsDomainImportant role
2013
Defining the functional determinants for RNA surveillance by RIG‐I
Kohlway A, Luo D, Rawling DC, Ding SC, Pyle AM. Defining the functional determinants for RNA surveillance by RIG‐I. EMBO Reports 2013, 14: 772-779. PMID: 23897087, PMCID: PMC3790051, DOI: 10.1038/embor.2013.108.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMelanoma differentiation-associated gene 5Robust ATPase activityDuplex RNA substrateMinimal functional unitATPase activityRetinoic acid-inducible geneInnate immune machineryAcid-inducible geneRNA surveillanceDifferentiation-associated gene 5RNA substratesIntracellular RNA sensorsDuplex RNARNA complexRNA targetsGene 5RNA virusesDistinct conformationsRNA sensorsDsRNA complexImmune machineryRNA duplexesInterferon responseFunctional determinantsFunctional units