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Med Sci (Paris)
Volume 24, Number 10, Octobre 2008
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Page(s) | 859 - 864 | |
Section | M/S revues | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/medsci/20082410859 | |
Published online | 15 October 2008 |
La RNase L, un acteur essentiel de la réponse cellulaire antivirale
RNase L, a crucial mediator of innate immunity and other cell functions
Inserm ERI25-EA 4202, Muscle et Pathologies, Bâtiment Crastes de Paulet, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, 371, avenue du Doyen Gaston Giraud, 34295 Montpellier Cedex 5, France
La RNase L, une endoribonuclease activée lors d’une infection virale, est l’effecteur enzymatique d’une voie de dégradation des ARN simple brin. Son activité n’est pas limitée à la dégradation des ARN viraux. Elle joue un rôle majeur dans l’immunité innée, l’apoptose et la différenciation en régulant aussi l’expression et la stabilité d’ARN cellulaires. La dérégulation de son activité est impliquée dans la susceptibilité à l’infection virale et le développement tumoral. Le gène RNase L a été identifié comme HPC1 (hereditary prostate cancer 1), l’un des gènes de susceptibilité au cancer de la prostate. L’étude de son rôle dans ce cancer a permis l’identification d’un nouveau rétrovirus humain, le xenotropic murine leukaemia related virus (XMRV) qui est un virus proche des rétrovirus leucémiques murins (MuLV).
Abstract
The 2-5A/RNase L pathway is one of the first cellular defences against viruses. RNase L is an unusual endoribonuclease which activity is strictly regulated by its binding to a small oligonucleotide, 2-5A. 2-5A itself is very unusual, consisting of a series of 5’- triphosphorylated oligoadenylates with 2’-5’ bonds. But RNase L activity is not limited to viral RNA cleavage. RNase L plays a central role in innate immunity, apoptosis, cell growth and differentiation by regulating cellular RNA stability and expression. Default in its activity leads to increased susceptibility to virus infections and to tumor development. RNase L gene has been identified as HPC1 (Hereditary Prostate Cancer 1) gene. Study of RNase L variant R462Q in etiology of prostate cancer has led to the identification of the novel human retrovirus closely related to xenotropic murine leukemia viruses (MuLVs) and named XMRV.
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