Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy Medical Science and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China.
J Immunol Res. 2020 Jan 21;2020:6327614. doi: 10.1155/2020/6327614. eCollection 2020.
N-methyladenosine (mA) is the most important modification of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) in higher eukaryotes. Modulation of mA modifications relies on methyltransferases and demethylases. The discovery of binding proteins confirms that the mA modification has a wide range of biological effects and significance at the molecular, cellular, and physiological levels. In recent years, techniques for investigating mA modifications of RNA have developed rapidly. This article reviews the biological significance of RNA mA modifications in the innate immune response, adaptive immune response, and viral infection.
N6-甲基腺苷(m6A)是高等真核生物信使 RNA(mRNA)和长非编码 RNA(lncRNA)中最重要的修饰。m6A 修饰的调节依赖于甲基转移酶和去甲基酶。结合蛋白的发现证实了 m6A 修饰在分子、细胞和生理水平上具有广泛的生物学效应和意义。近年来,研究 RNA m6A 修饰的技术发展迅速。本文综述了 RNA m6A 修饰在固有免疫应答、适应性免疫应答和病毒感染中的生物学意义。