Project description:Various RNAs have been shown to elicit innate immunity by activating endosomal PRRs such as Toll-like receptors 3/7/8 (TLR3/7/8), and cytosolic PRRs (e.g., retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I), melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 (MDA5)). Such innate immunity provides cytokines and co-stimulation signals that are essential for adaptive immunomodulation.
Project description:Various RNAs have been shown to elicit innate immunity by activating endosomal PRRs such as Toll-like receptors 3/7/8 (TLR3/7/8), and cytosolic PRRs (e.g., retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I), melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 (MDA5)). Such innate immunity provides cytokines and co-stimulation signals that are essential for adaptive immunomodulation.
Project description:The importance of unanchored Ub in innate immunity has been shown only for a limited number of unanchored Ub-interactors. We investigated what additional cellular factors interact with unanchored Ub and whether unanchored Ub plays a broader role in innate immunity. To identify unanchored Ub-interacting factors from murine lungs, we used His-tagged recombinant poly-Ub chains as bait. These chains were mixed with lung tissue lysates and protein complexes were isolated with Ni-NTA beads. Sample elutions were subjected to mass spectrometry (LC-MSMS) analysis.
