Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Homeostatic regulation of STING by retrograde membrane traffic to the ER

  • Kojiro Mukai,
  • Emari Ogawa,
  • Rei Uematsu,
  • Yoshihiko Kuchitsu,
  • Fumika Kiku,
  • Takefumi Uemura,
  • Satoshi Waguri,
  • Takehiro Suzuki,
  • Naoshi Dohmae,
  • Hiroyuki Arai,
  • Anthony K. Shum,
  • Tomohiko Taguchi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20234-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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COPA regulates Golgi to ER transport, and mutations lead to autoinflammation and disease through poorly understood mechanisms. Here, the authors show that disease-causing COPA variants prevent STING transport from the Golgi to the ER, leading to cGAS-independent activation of the STING pathway.