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ArticleNature communications2025

A loss-of-function human ADAR variant activates innate immune response and promotes bowel inflammation.

Pengfei Xu, Yue Xi, Jong-Won Kim, Min Zhang, Chen Gao, Yue Wang, Meishu Xu, Xingchen Wang, Songrong Ren, Da Yang and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Pengfei Xu *Center for Pharmacogenetics and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. pex9@pitt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6854-6040
Yue Xi *Center for Pharmacogenetics and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Jong-Won KimCenter for Pharmacogenetics and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Min ZhangCenter for Pharmacogenetics and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Chen GaoDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Yue WangCenter for Pharmacogenetics and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Meishu XuCenter for Pharmacogenetics and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Xingchen WangDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
Songrong RenCenter for Pharmacogenetics and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Da YangCenter for Pharmacogenetics and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8336-9457
Qingde WangDepartment of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Wen XieCenter for Pharmacogenetics and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. wex6@pitt.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3967-155X

Funding

The Center for Label-free Imagingand Multiscale Biophotonics (CLIMB)P41EB031772 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI Stephen A Boppart · 2022 to 2026
$7.6M
Xenobiotic Receptors in Mediating the Environmental Effects on Human Disease and MorbidityR35ES030429 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Wen Xie · 2019 to 2026
$6.9M
Cellular and Metabolic Basis of the Role of CYP1B1 in Liver FibrosisR01DK135538 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Wen Xie · 2023 to 2026
$1.6M
Olympus FV3000 Confocal MicroscopeS10OD030254 · OD · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GIBBS, ROBERT B · 2022 to 2022
$482k
NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB031772NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK135538NIEHS NIH HHS R35 ES030429NIH HHS S10 OD030254U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases) DK135538U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) ES030429
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) arises from genetic-environmental interactions. Adenosine deaminases acting on RNA 1 (ADAR), an RNA-editing enzyme converting adenosine (A) to inosine (I), is essential for tissue homeostasis. Here we report that intestinal ADAR deficiency contributes to IBD pathogenesis in humans with reduced ADAR expression in patient intestinal crypts. Genetic or pharmacological inhibition of ADAR in mice causes spontaneous ileitis and colitis. Organoid studies show that ADAR loss leads to double-strand RNA (dsRNA) and endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) accumulation, disrupting intestinal homeostasis via melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 (MDA5)-mediated dsRNA sensing and Janus kinase (JAK)-signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) signaling. Editome analyses identify Mda5 as an ADAR target, and edited Mda5 exhibits impaired dsRNA sensing. The human ADAR p.N173S mutation is a loss-of-function variant that fails to rescue IBD in intestinal Adar deficient mice, whereas JAK1/2 inhibitor Ruxolitinib attenuates IBD. We conclude that the ADAR-dsRNA/ERVs-MDA5-JAK/STAT axis is a potential therapeutic target for IBD.

Indexed as

Adenosine DeaminaseImmunity, InnateInflammatory Bowel DiseasesLoss of Function MutationRNA-Binding ProteinsAnimalsColitisFemaleHumansInterferon-Induced Helicase, IFIH1Janus KinasesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMice, KnockoutNitrilesADAR protein, humanAdenosine DeaminaseIFIH1 protein, humanInterferon-Induced Helicase, IFIH1Janus KinasesNitrilesPyrazolesPyrimidinesRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Double-StrandedruxolitinibSTAT Transcription Factors

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