cGAMP in turn bound to and activated the adaptor STING, resulting in the activation of transcription factor IRF3 and subsequent induction of interferon beta. Our ongoing studies have focused on ...
The cGAS-STING pathway begins with an enzyme called cGAS-sensing double-stranded DNA present in the cytosol. It triggers a molecular messenger called cGAMP, which activates a protein called STING.
This method allowed Chen to trace the events leading to STING activation and zero in on the missing piece. Their findings demonstrated that cytoplasmic DNA, not RNA, set off a chain of events. cGAMP ...
In 2013, a synthetic STING agonist, 5,6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid (DMXAA), showed tremendous anticancer efficacy in mice but failed in human clinical trials because the murine and human ...
The first is cyclic GMP-AMP (cGAMP), a molecule that switches on STING when foreign DNA lurks in cells. The second is cGAS, the enzyme that enables the cells of mammals — including humans — to ...
The assay uses antibodies that selectively bind cGAMP in the presence of excess ATP and GTP. When the fluorescent tracer is displaced by cGAMP, a change in signal is achieved. The novel direct ...