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ArticleCell reports2026

ADAR1 regulates dsRNA formation in nuclear and mitochondrial transcripts through editing-dependent and -independent mechanisms.

Heegwon Shin, Tyler J Dorrity, Justin Aruda, Kenenni A Wiegand, Jung Seung Nam, Jiping Yang, Aidan S Jones, Jake A Gertie, Meera K Singh, Yuanjun Yin and 7 more

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  4. NanoCortex: A Unified Agentic System for Nanopore Sequencing Analysis.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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17 authors.

Heegwon ShinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Tyler J DorrityDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Justin ArudaDepartment of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Kenenni A WiegandDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Jung Seung NamDepartment of Genetics and Development, Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Jiping YangDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Aidan S JonesDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Jake A GertieDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Meera K SinghDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Yuanjun YinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Keer HeDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Rafan SarkerDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Rajesh K SoniProteomics and Macromolecular Crystallography Shared Resource, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Yousin SuhDepartment of Genetics and Development, Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA; Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Iok In Christine ChioDepartment of Genetics and Development, Institute for Cancer Genetics, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Silvi RouskinDepartment of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Hachung ChungDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: hc3070@cumc.columbia.edu.

Funding

Investigation of Self-Nucleic Acids as a Trigger for NeuroinflammationR01NS127802 · NINDS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Hachung Chung · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
Elucidating how long 3'UTRs form and cause autoinflammationR01AI182769 · NIAID · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Hachung Chung · 2025 to 2026
$1.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI182769NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS127802
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Endogenous (self) double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) in human cells can activate innate immune responses. ADAR1, an A-to-I editing enzyme of dsRNAs, suppresses aberrant immune activation by self-dsRNAs. However, how ADAR1 influences the cellular dsRNA landscape remains unclear. We show that human ADAR1 downregulates self-dsRNA abundance through editing-dependent and editing-independent mechanisms. We further conducted quantitative dsRNA sequencing on wild-type and ADAR1-deficient cells. dsRNAs are enriched in protein-coding mRNAs-especially those with repetitive elements and elongated 3' UTRs-and mitochondrial RNAs. ADAR1-regulated dsRNA transcripts consist of nuclear-encoded mRNAs and, unexpectedly, mitochondria-encoded RNAs rarely edited by ADAR1. Accordingly, dsRNAs accumulate to high levels within the mitochondria of ADAR1-deficient cells. Mass spectrometry and biochemical assays can detect ADAR1p150 in mitochondrial fractions. Notably, ADAR1 loss sensitizes cells to inflammation under mitochondrial stress (e.g., herniation and X-ray irradiation). Hence, we show that dsRNAs regulated by ADAR1 go beyond A-to-I edited transcripts and that ADAR1 can control mitochondrial dsRNAs.

Indexed as

Adenosine DeaminaseCell NucleusMitochondriaRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Double-StrandedRNA EditingHEK293 CellsHumansRNA, MessengerRNA, MitochondrialADAR protein, humanAdenosine DeaminaseRNA-Binding ProteinsRNA, Double-StrandedRNA, MessengerRNA, MitochondrialADAR1AGSAicardi-Goutieres syndromeA-to-I editingCP: immunologyCP: molecular biologydouble-stranded RNAdsRNAdsRNA-seqIFNinnate immunitymitochondriamitochondrial stressPKRprotein kinase Rtype 1 interferon

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PMID41800619
PMCPMC13171160

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